Erin’s POVThere was instant regret on her face.I watched the life draining from Susanna’s eyes. Her face had gone completely pale, and her entire body trembled as she clutched the knife, deeper into her stomach.Her perfectly white blouse was painted red with her blood, pooling to the ground around her feet. She gasped as she tried to contain her breath, but it was being drowned out by the sounds of her gargling the blood that was forming in the back of her throat, oozing out of her mouth, and staining her fair features.She hit an artery and was losing blood at a quick rate.I raced toward her, clutching the knife in my hands as she fell into the ground, painting the rest of her body in the pools of blood.The feeling of death lurking around the corner haunted me; I had felt it many times before when I lost those close to me. Susanna wasn’t close to me, but I certainly didn’t want to watch her die.I knew if I were to remove the knife from her stomach, I would have to act fast. As

Gavin’s POV“I want every test done to find out if Susanna really was pregnant,” Gavin ordered his Beta. “I don’t want you to leave the doctor’s side during the entire process. Understood?”“You really think Susanna would do all of this just to trap you?” Seth asked, raising his brows. “I find that hard to believe. I don’t think she’s that manipulative.”“I don’t know what she’s capable of. But I do know that I don’t trust her. Erin has disappeared because of all of this, and I want to prove her innocent.”“What if you find out something you don’t wish to find out?” Seth asked.“Then, I’ll deal with it if that time comes,” Gavin said in return. “But until then, I want to find out everything I can about Susanna’s pregnancy. I think she might have paid off the doctors to forge some of the results. So, get me every test, and don’t look away for a minute.”“Yes, Alpha,” Seth said, nodding his head.Gavin glanced down at his phone hoping for the off chance that Erin would return his call.

Erin’s POVMaybe it was the way he was looking at me, or maybe it was the way he spoke. But I couldn’t hold it in any longer.I started to laugh.He frowned, narrowing his eyes at me as I held onto my stomach and nearly tumbled over in a pit of laughter.“I don’t see what’s so funny,” Theo said, seemingly annoyed.“I’m sorry,” I said between gasps. “It’s not you. It’s just that I should have known you would try to recruit me to return.” I shook my head in disbelief, trying to contain my laughter. “You never did do favors out of the goodness of your own heart.”“That’s not fair…”“Isn’t it though?” I asked; my laughter started to die down and I just stared at him for a short while. “You can’t honestly say you’re allowing me to stay here because you care about me. You wanted to make me an offer. It’s obvious now.” I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at him. “Did Henry put you up to this?”He looked shocked by my words; I knew it was wrong to throw Henry in the mix of things but this felt l

 Gavin’s POVErin sat curled up on the couch; she had a suitcase with her. Whatever happened, it must have been far worse than Gavin could imagine.“I don’t know whom to trust anymore…” she breathed after a long while of not speaking.“You can always trust me,” Gavin said, reaching his hand out to touch hers. She tensed at his touch, but she relaxed soon enough. “What’ happened?” He finally asked her.They were alone in the living room, just how he wanted it. Beta Seth was kind enough to give them some space.Gavin had ordered one of his workers to get her some tea, so she’s been sipping it gradually, trying to warm her cold body.She slowly explained the entire story from when she found out that Susanna was lying about the pregnancy, to when Susanna stabbed herself.His suspicions of that were correct despite how unsettling that sounded.

 Erin’s POV“Gavin and I are just friends,” I assured Seth, taking another bite of my food, although, at that point, I wasn’t so hungry anymore.“Does he know that?” Seth asked, raising his brows.Who was he to decide what kind of relationship I had with Gavin? This wasn’t fair of him to put me on the spot like this.I pressed my lips firmly together and folded my arms across my chest.“Yes,” I answered firmly. “He knows that. I’m not here to step on any toes or become the Luna. I don’t want to be a Luna. I just want to be myself.”“Well, if that’s how you feel then we don’t have any issues.”Any issues? Who the hell did he think he was?I pushed my plate away from me and stood to my feet; I no longer wanted to entertain this conversation. He didn’t say anything when I left the room, but I co