Chapter 175

AARON

I hang up the call from James

And then before I know it, I’ve crushed my phone in my fist.

Da mn it.

1/2

That’s the third one this month.

I toss the pieces onto the nearby table as Lillian comes in from outside, bringing a swirl of snow with her. She looks at me in concern as she goes over to put wood on the fire in the hearth.

“Is everything okay, Aaron?” she asks.

She’s always asking after me and concerned about my welfare. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone more selfless or sweeter.

“I need to go again,” I say, and I don’t even bother hiding the disappointment in my voice.

Lillian looks crestfallen, and I don’t blame her.

but she’s here all the time, on this remote mountain with no one else to see or talk to. I have guys patrolling the perimeter of the property, but they’ve got their own cabin down at the bottom of

her. “You know I don’t want to be anywhere else. But I need to take care of

she says with a nod, a note of sadness

Tobin as I go pack the bag I only just unpacked earlier today after getting

for sniffing around my

is he up to

course, with Tobin it could be nothing except the

something

enough to make a move directly

attacking my wife

is on the list of Council wolves I suspect could

I’m more powerful than Tobin, and I doubt he likes

had absorbed her father’s Alpha powers, I’d worried Tobin would slaughter her

maybe if I hadn’t been there, that’s exactly what

and that of the Leithrow pack. If Tobin were to k ill me and absorb that on top of

there was every chance he wouldn’t even survive

was ambitious enough to

doesn’t want to steal my power for himself, just getting me out of the way so I don’t take a seat on the

heading back to see what I can turn up about Tobin’s movements and

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