Chapter 42


    Willow


    “I finally found you, Willow.”


    I gasped as Walter pulled me into a sudden hug. The heat burning inside me was extinguished as if I were


    thrown into a river of ice, but it wasn’t because of my proximity with another man. It was due to my suspicions that I was going into a


    heating true because of Reuben. The extremely cold, dangerous, and deadly aura I felt behind me made my heart drop into my stomach. I froze in t


    second hug, realizing the ominous presence came from Reuben. When I pulled away from Walter and turned to stop Reuben, it was already toote. Re


    Reuben roared, “WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE HUGGING HER?!” He shoved Walter away from me before pulling me into his chest. My mi


    off me.


    “No! Walter!” I gasped, desperately wanting to pull away from Reuben and assess Walter’s condition. My mind raced with countless possibilities, had he


    flung into something, sustained a severe injury or worse? Perhaps impaled on a jagged object? However, I didn’t even have a chance to act as Reuben


    “Eyes. On. Me,” he growled, each word punctuated with a dangerous intensity. The madness in his dark green eyes betrayed the possessive obsession


    being.


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    Iplied with his demand to stop him, keeping my gaze fixed on him, acutely aware of the madness in Reuben’s eyes. It was more pronounced now th


    “Well, well. Looks like we’re onto something, aren’t we?” Walter’s voice tinged with amusement emerged from behind me. It was clear he wasn’t exactly


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    distance. Earlier, the sharp scrape of shoes against the dirt had reached me. It seemed Walter had managed to steady himself against the shove. How c


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    Walter wasn’t an easy man to overpower. He wa not back down either. I swiftly made


    a decision to step in before things escted further, but I paused in my actions when I noticed a shadow materializing behind Walter.


    “If something’s truly starting how


    about I join the fun, human…” Bix’s voice whispered into Walter’s ear as he loomed behind him, gradually pressing his long ws into Walter’s neck.


    The gradual slide of Bix’s


    nails against his throat seemed like a threat that would end the game, yet Walter’s expression remained unchanged as he addressed Bix, “I’d love to hav


    As Walter spoke, Bix felt something brushing against


    his abdomen. Lowering his gaze, he discovered a sizable silver dagger, exuding a thirst for blood, poised against his abs, seemingly ready to strike at an


    “If you so much as leave the slightest scratch on his body, your soul will be wandering this world until the end of the time, searching for your lifeless shel


    “That’s enough!” I yelled, whirling around to face them all, unwilling to witness this madness any longer. “No one is starting anything here. All of you, stop


    I strode over to Bix and Walter, cing a hand on each of their wrists. “I said stop,” I reiterated my final order firmly, casting a decisive look at both of the


    Bix frowned in displeasure butplied, retracting his long ws from Walter’s throat Simultaneously, Walter obeyed mymand, withdrawing his


    “Willow, you’re as dominating as ever. That’s why I have fal-


    “Shut your mouth before I punch it,” I


    interrupted sharply, shooting a deadly re at Walter. I knew if I didn’t stop him, things would escte beyond my control and whatever nonsense he wa


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    “Alright,” he acquiesced, shing another handsome smile as his weapon vanished neatly into his high–end jacket.


    Oran, Bix, and even E, who had silently observed the scene from the front yard, fixed their gaze on me, their unspoken questions scratching at my res


    point or the things were


    over.


    “Walter is not an enemy. He’s my friend, I asserted, locking eves with Reuben.


    “You’re friends with a hunter?!” Bix’s displeased voice cut through the air. “I wonder why I’m not fucking surprised!” he taunted venomously.


    “Yes, he’s a hunter, but…” I began to exin.


    “Walter Abbott, one of the richest men and sessor of thergest hunter organization. in Britain,” E spoke out of the blue. All eyes turned to her as sh


    The revtion shifted everyone’s expressions once they realized the magnitude of who Walter was. It also dawned on them that this man was a walking


    “Yes, you’re correct, but Walter isn’t here to initiate a war or anything of that sort. There’s a major fashion show that I have been invited to participate in h


    “Indeed, I’m here as Willow’s model,” he grinned broadly. “Actually, I lost the address of the hotel where I was supposed to stay. So, I tracked your locatio


    “However…” Walter paused, directing his sea–


    blue eyes at Reuben. “I didn’t anticipate. such a warm reception,” tension crackled in the air as they exchanged unfriendly res. “Who might this man b


    “He is…” My lips parted, but no words escaped. At that moment, I realized the dilemma. of how to introduce Reuben. Should I call him my Alpha? The pr


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    wasn’t part of his pack and would depart in three months time. We were soulmates but notmitted to each other. I resided in his home but not as his


    “She is my wife,” Reuben’s voice reached me, yanking me out of my thoughts as his strong arms encircled my waist from the side.


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    What did he just say? Wife? Walter’s shock mirrored my own as my eyes snapped to Reuben in surprise.


    When did I be your wife?” I mind–linked him, utterly confused and speechless.


    He smiled and lightly kissed my lips, “The moment you entered my life.”


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