Novel & Cerita Why Did Graves Betray 141

Agent Graves opened the door before we had even finished climbing the porch. “Good evening, sir," Agent Graves said, glancing at Adam and back at me protectively in front of Freya. “Let them come in,” Freya said. He kept glancing at us, still suspicious, before stepping aside and letting us in. When I picked some people to investigate, Freya had requested that I add agent Grave, as he’s her partner, but the trouble was, he’s human, doesn’t know about us, and lives in a town outside of our pack.

“Ughh… I’m so sorry, sir. I wasn’t looking at where I was going and now I’ve spilled coffee all over your… your very expensive suit…” Got all the information I needed about the woman from my researcher within twenty four hours, including the reason why I was so drawn to her in the first place. Why men were watching such a small student who didn’t look even a little special was beyond me. Kane leaned back in his chair, fingers steepled, watching me with the patience of a predator who already knew the outcome of the hunt. “It’s a very simple solution, Graves,” he said, voice all low now. “You stay away from my little girl, and I stay away from you and your stupid brother. You have nothing to f

Chapter 14: Hope and Love Annie found herself at the graveyard. The rain was pouring onto her head. She realized since her confrontation with first Grace Jones then Jenny Casey, she has made two powerful enemies. It doesn’t matter; she refuses to back down. Her eyes landed on the gravestone where her husband’s name was engraved. A deep frown marred her expression. The big question now, who did she bury? Why did the doctor lie to her? This is questions that needs answers. She needs help but her best friend was heartbroken.

They were mysterious and unfathomable. “Who is this? Why is he hiding his face?” The onlookers were confused and curious. Dustin eyed the man in black and snickered. “Mr. Graves, why do you need to hide your identity when you’ve come to kill me?” The man in black, Gareth Graves, was stunned. He never imagined that his disguise would be so easily seen through. “Were you hired by Lord Barbenheim or someone else?” Dustin asked mockingly. Gareth Graves, the leader of Asclepius Valley, had once before experienced Lucas’s might. Perhaps that still haunted him, so he was hiding his identity.

Every pair of eyes in the room swung toward me. I set down my cup and looked up at her. "Oh? What exactly did I do?" Cassie lunged at my desk and planted both hands on it, her eyes wild. "You touched the backend code, didn't you!" "You were jealous that I took the spotlight, jealous that Jason believed in me instead of you!" "So you planted a backdoor in the system and let those bots in on purpose, just to watch me crash and burn!"

Sebastian had been listening all this while and discovered no change in tone or anything to suggest there was a lie. Grimshaw had no idea he had Mara, which was why he was going on a rampage. It was only a matter of time before he discovered where she was being kept, and he would try his best to get his hands on her. He had to get to the root of her existence and importance. All these years, he had been hiding away in the shadows from the very wolf that had orchestrated his father's murder. Grimshaw had been the one many years ago that had managed to get his father's friend to betray him and send in that spy. Sebastian had let him be all these years because he had not the slightest idea how

I slowly lifted my eyes to the screen Because now the betrayal was no longer hidden in shadows It was standing at the very top of our structure And the worst part was not that we had been infiltrated It was that someone we trusted completely Had just given Zarev the final key to take everything we had left to defend

He pointed a finger in my face and growled, "You stalked me, Wisteria? I thought you were just childish, but you're worse than that! You checked my schedule behind my back?" I held the headstone as I struggled to get back up. Jackie was twisting the story, and all I felt was bitter sadness. Before this, I couldn't stop telling my friends how loyal he was for keeping his dead first love in mind for so long. Yvonne's pictures were everywhere in his study. He said he could not bring himself to throw them away, so I cleaned the frames whenever I could. I thought, 'A man this loyal won't betray me.' During Yvonne's deathday, I gave him time to remember her. Now it felt ironic. His loyalty was a s

I sat with it. Marcus. Who I had never thought much about. Who had been a background figure in my mother's story. The wolf she had lived with while I was growing up elsewhere. The wolf who had been part of the apparatus that kept the bloodline scattered and hidden and controlled. "Marcus placed Graves on the council," I said. Not a question. Assembling pieces. "Almost certainly," Senna said. "Graves was too useful and too specifically targeted in his actions to have found his position accidentally."

He had made a calculation about whether he could interrupt the submission before it completed — and he had either gotten the timing wrong or had decided the submission's completion did not change the operational calculus of what he was coming to do. Ren Graves. Twenty-six years old. An administrative position in his brother's pack that had never generated attention or documentation. Three years of running a faction that had engineered a bioweapon, authorized a threat against a five-year-old, and connected to the death of a Lycan lord eight years ago. He had come himself. Not operatives. Not hired personnel. Himself, alone, walking toward the east entrance of a locked facility at three in the