The Four Beta Brothers – Chapter 104

ETHAN

I pulled at the door, but it was locked. There was no surprise there. I started to pull out something to unlock the door with when I heard the faintest noise. It was like a breath on the wind, but I knew I wasn’t alone. I grabbed a dagger instead and spun around. The blade sliced into the chest of my silent assailant, and he screamed.

He continued coming at me, despite the fresh blood running down his chest. I grabbed his fist midair and chucked him over my shoulder. His body slammed into the door, and the lock splintered open, sending him tumbling down a set of stairs.

through a door, I thought to m

d through the threshold, prepared for even more attacks, when my phone started buzzing.

lo?”

.” It was Asher on the other side of the line.

a trap. I thought they were trying to kill us, but they only had regular bullets. If they truly wanted to kill us, they w

lliams showed up,” Asher said.

o take Juniper.

I muttered to myself. Whoever was pulling the strings on all of this was clever. Juniper was their goal al

Asher asked.

at has been going on with Alpha William when he gets to the school,” I said. My chest was tight, knowing that I was likely walking into another trap—one I didn’t know if I was going to make it out of. The people we were dealing with were several steps ahead of me at all times, so it only made sense that they were preparing for me to come after Juniper.

tures of all of the documents we found. We lost most of the hard copi

eed you to take

also knew that wasn’t true. I knew that if he was in my shoes, he would do the same thing. Juniper was our mate. We would do whatever it took to protect her.

e’re on our way

to make sure she came back alive and well for my brothers. Even if I wasn’t there, I knew they would be okay as long as they had Juniper.

I’ll make sure Ju

off.

I hope to see you soon, but if I don’t, I know you’re more than capa

filled with quiet reservation. He was holding himself back from saying what he wanted to

needed me.

“construction” purposes. It was the perfect place for the Clandestine family to run their operations. No one would expect werewolf hunters to be on the campus. It was supposed to be one of the safest places for werewolves. Then again, werewolves were not supposed to be werewolf hunters.

ne more important—someone like my father.

was still alive. He must’ve had some sort of sick plan in mind.

k. I was faster and smarter than most, which was unfortunate for anyone about to face me.

this was different. I wasn’t killing because it would save more lives or innocent ones. This time I was ready to destroy anyone who dared to touch my mate—my father included.

experience than me, which was why I didn’t know how things were going to play out.

y way in the small hallway.

pected, then most of them would be able to walk out of here alive with the assistance of their healing abilities. If everything went according to plan, they would walk out of here and directly into th

me. “Where is she?” I demanded.

e guard sputtered.

Juniper?” The basement of the library was a maze—nothing like I had suspected. There were countless doors lining the hallways, and because of the attacks, I hadn’t made nearly as much progress as I had hoped, and I didn’t want to waste another second searching for my ma

to attack me. It didn’t make him or any of these other people bad people, just people who had done bad things.

you have a family?

It’ll be better that way.”

eir injured bodies and groaning. I had been ready to do whatever it took to get Juniper back without thinking about the peo

et Juniper back, but I wasn’t ready to give up my humanity to do it.

fed.

head of the snake has been chopped off.” I used my beta tone to emphasize my point. “Now tell me where my mate is.”

ream anywhere. Juniper was in trouble.