THE VILLAIN Eamon could already hear them from where he sat, but he barely lifts his eyes from the flames roaring in the fireplace, the only source of light in the room. They stumble in panting like dogs, bleeding like prey, dragging with them that sour scent of panic.Idiots.“You failed,” he takes a long drag of the cigarette. His voice is calm. That’s when it’s always worst.“She—she fought back,” one of them mutters, the taller one. He doesn’t remember their names; he never cared to learn them.“She’s just a girl,” he leans forward coldly, “a college girl. She hasn’t even shifted yet, no pack, no training.” He’s standing now, fury burning in his eyes. “Yet you let her slip through your fingers.”“She had help,” the other one blurts. “A big wolf, he was fast.”“Oh?” With a few slow steps, he approaches them. “So now you’re telling me two grown, trained betas sent on a simple mission to snatch a half-breed girl were overpowered by some wolf?”They say nothing.He takes another dra
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