Accidentally Claimed
That would be the real victory, watching the mighty Ethan Blackwood brought to his knees.
He moved carefully, reaching out to his network, the same clandestine web of informants that had long kept him apprised of Ethan’s every move. As expected, Ethan had the girl surrounded by layers of protection, half his pack shadowed her every step, and even from a distance, Ethan himself kept a watchful eye.
But Duncan had something Ethan didn’t: human greed. Stevenson, a petty, grasping man from the human world, would sell his own conscience for the right price. He was the first to offer Duncan something useful, details about the girl, her routines, her vulnerabilities.