It doesn't take long for Adrian to show up. A good thirty minutes before I see his car fly up to the house shooting gravel and dust behind him. He parks and quickly gets out of the car and I put on my sobbing face again. I run outside and hug him, trying my hardest not to strangle him. He wraps his arms around me and leads me inside. He takes me to the dining room table and calls for Marie. I already informed the staff to play along. They didn't need to know the details. She comes out with the safest look on her face. "Marie, can you please make us some tea." He asks her and I look up at her and nod my head. She was instructed earlier to put a small dose of wolfsbane into his tea. Just enough to weaken him without him noticing. "Of course dear." She leaves to fetch the tea. "Tell me what happened." I stare blanking in front of me and shake my head. He puts his hand on my arm and wraps his other around my waist gently pulling me towards him. Out of reflex, I jump away from him. He

The house was buzzing the next morning. People were running around making sure the house was clean, even though it always was, and everything was put in place. I walk through the house looking for Lilly and find her in the back yard in the garden. "What's going on?" I ask her. She turns to look at me and smiles. "The council is coming here. They'll be here in a couple hours. They want to see my reports in person about the two Alphas and a beta that have been killed on my orders." "They can't just take your word for it? I mean I doubt you'd lie to them." She just shrugs. "Policy I guess." "Well...let them come. It's not like we have anything to hide." "No, but taking in Gregory's pack makes it look like I did it for numbers." "But you didn't." I say confused. "I know that. We all know that, but to them it looks like I'm trying to take over other packs. They will probably question some of his pack members and Sienna. That also includes Allie." "No. After all she's gone through,

~Lilly's P.O.V~Waking up the next morning I feel refreshed. Yesterday went better than expected. Arthur has had it out for my family for awhile. I still don't know what happened Ed between him and my grandfather but that shouldn't affect me but for whatever reason he thinks it does. I look over at Mark and see he's still sleeping. He looks so peaceful. So beautiful. I lean over and kiss his cheek. He stirs but stays sleeping. It makes me smile. I climb out of bed, careful not to wake him and head to my office. Might as well get some work done. Not long after I sit down, I hear a knock at my door. "Yes?" I call. "Just me." Steven says as he opens the door. He closes the door behind him and sits in the chair in front of me. "So how bad was it?" "Well, Arthur thinks I gave the orders to kill two Alphas to take over their packs and gain numbers so that I can one day attack the council and take over." He stares at me before laughing. "Not a bad plan. Man that Arthur sure is smart to

~Mark's P.O.V~I wake up feeling something wet and cold on my chest. I look up to see Lilly drooling on me. Gross. I laugh and try to slide out from under her as gently as possible. Once I'm out from under her, I head to the bathroom and grab some Tylenol and a glass of water and set it on the bedside table for when she wakes up. I head downstairs to the kitchen to get some breakfast. As soon as I walk in, Allie comes running up to me and hugs me. "Good morning brother!" She says excitedly. I groan. "Coffee. Please." Marie hands me a cup and I take a few sips and then look at Allie again. She's beaming."What's gotten into you? Why are you so happy this early in the morning?" I look at the clock and it was only seven a.m.."I don't know. I just woke up happy." She smiles at me. Wait. What's on her neck? "Allie? Did, um, did something happen last night?" Her cheeks go bright red and she looks away smiling. "Nope." I move her hair from her neck. Yup. I did see something. "Really?

~Mark's P.O.V~Steven and I jolt up standing when we hear someone scream. We both instantly take off towards the house rushing up the stairs. I burst through the bedroom door, making Lilly and Allie jump. "What is it? What's wrong?" Allie just looks at me with a big smile on her face and her hands behind her back. "You two should talk, I'll meet up with you later Lilly." Allie says, still smiling like a fool. She grabs Steven and pulls him with her. "Come with me. Let's go get something to drink." Once the door closes, I look back at Lilly. She almost looks worried, I can't tell what's going on through the bond. Her emotions are all over the place. "What's going on Lil?" I ask her and she goes to sit on the bed. "Well..." She starts to say when her eyes glaze over. Once they return to normal, she finishes her sentence. "We'll talk about it later. Apparently the council is here." She gets up from the bed and heads towards the door. "What do they want now?" I ask. "I'm not sure