Karl


    The sun has barely made its morning ascent into the sky by the time I’m pulling into Ethan’s gravel driveway.


    The tudor-style facades of his mansion catch the golden early morning sunlight, and it’s actually quite beautiful. A row of four


    stained ss windows on the front of the house, each depicting the same tree in a different season, absorb the golden sun and


    seem to glow with color.


    One thing is for sure: Ethan has always had good taste when ites to his home. | just wish he had the same good taste when


    ites to women.


    I can’t help but let a sigh out as | pull up the driveway. Maybe it’s a bit earlier than it should be, but after what happened at dinner


    last night, | felt as though | couldn’t wait.


    I''ve driven to his house as my very first task of the day, hoping to catch him before he’s too wrapped up in his own duties. My


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    As | walk up to Ethan’s front door, my mind whirls with memories of what Abby saidst night. She was right; | shouldn''t ce the


    me entirely on my brother. He was in aa for years and lost his entire biological family to the same disease that put him in


    thea, and Gianna had all that time to sink her ws in.


    There’s no telling exactly what she said to him while he was in thea, and there’s certainly no telling what sort of lies she’s


    whispering into his ear now. I’m certain that it was her idea when he offered to take over as Alpha, and | wouldn’t be one bit


    surprised if she isn’t spinning all sorts of webs of deceit now that she’s his ‘election manager’.


    It just pisses me off. Whatever Gianna wants from me, she should have brought it up with me—not my sick brother. But it’s too


    late now, and all | can do at this point is hope beyond hope that he’ll see some sense.


    Either way, I’m not sure how he''ll react to what | have to say, but it needs to be said. | raise my hand to knock on the door, but


    before my knuckles can make contact with the wood, the door swings open.


    And there she stands: Gianna, with that smug fucking smile stered on her face as if she’s been waiting for me.


    “So she’s living with him now?” my wolf, just as angry as | am, hissed inside of my head. “What a little leech.”


    “Ah, Karl,” Gianna purrs, her voice dripping with false sweetness. “What a surprise to see you this morning after your stuntst


    night. Are you here to see Ethan?”


    | nod, my jaw clenched. | need to keep calm, to show restraint. Reacting like | didst night, no matter how much Gianna irks me,


    won''t help anything. “Yes, Gianna,” | manage. “I need to talk to him. Is he here?”


    She scoffs. “Perhaps he''ll consider speaking with you,” she says. “But don’t hold your breath.”


    She steps aside to let me in, but her


    eyes never leave mine. As | enter


    house, | can feel bpqigax6lingering on


    ma aaiF bes trying to size me up, to


    figure me out. It sends a shiver down


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    “Karl?” he says, setting aside the newspaper. “What are you doing here?”


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