Chapter 12

High atop the towering skyscraper that served as the heart of his corporate empire, Ethan stood on the highest floor, overlooking the sprawling chaos of the city below. The afternoon. breeze, cool and invigorating, ruffled his mane of hair as he stood there in contemplation.

With a casual flick of his wrist, he produced a cigarette, its tip glowing to life as he drew in a deep inhalation. Externally, his demeanor remained calm and composed, but within him, a fierce internal struggle raged. His wolf, a primal force within him, yearned to tear and destroy, for his beta and best friend had met a tragic end.

For years, his pack had thrived in peace, even before he had taken on to the role of Alpha. But the times had changed and their lives was under siege. The responsibility for the survival of his kind now rested solely on his shoulders as their leader.

“Boss, we’ve located them, one was killed but we got the other one,” Axel reported, prompting a momentary pause from Ethan. A muscle twitched at the side of his jaw as he clenched it.

With

With one last draw on his cigarette, he carelessly discarded it to the floor. “Let’s move.”

Ethan and Axel entered the elevator, ascending from the building’s highest floor. As they -emerged, he strode purposefully through the corridors, his pack members falling in line

behind him. Six loyal members trailed him, ready to execute his every command.

both fear and respect throughout the city, with some even viewing him as the leader of a

of his pack, his kind, teetered on the brink. Their hidden existence was no longer a secret, and the threat of

wolf clan, his employees instinctively backed away. His aura radiated

mood, a natural defense mechanism. Ethan Roberts was not a man to be trifled

had encountered him at that moment, she wouldn’t have recognized him. His aura and presence had undergone a complete metamorphosis. This change, from a calm, gentle Alpha to a ruthless killer, was a sacrifice he had deemed necessary, as the lives of

cast curious glances

vehicles and tinted windows.

his cufflinks and rolling up his

arrived,” his driver

signifying the transition from businessman to something darker and more primal. They approached a derelict, abandoned building

purpose.

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battered and bruised, was bound tightly, rendering him utterly immobile. His b*dy bore the marks of a brutal beating, leaving him barely conscious. The air in the room was thick with an

him and gagging him, leaving him vulnerable and reliant solely on his other senses. The echoes of approaching footsteps sent his heart racing, a pulse

found himself staring into the eyes of Ethan Roberts. His eyes widened in shock; this

positioning himself directly across from the helpless, bound man. In that chilling moment, he came face to face with the person who had brutally murdered Christopher, leaving him to die

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