The Four Beta Brothers – Chapter 97

JUNIPER

“Ethan’s in the bedroom. I’ll go get him,” I lied, trying to keep my heart steady. I knew this wasn’t some casual visit. After finding out about the principal’s connection to his hunter brother, I was sure he was working with Beta Burrell, too. It explained all of his unprofessional behavior towards me.

“You’re not a very good liar,” he said, moving in front of the hallway and cutting me off from the bedroom before I could get there.

ugh my plan. He wasn’t going to be easily fooled. I stepped back towards the kitchen, making a point to keep distance between us.

e principal held a threatening smile, making no effort to hide his sinister intent.

you wish to talk to me, then make an appointment during school hours. I don’t owe you my free time.” I took another step back, glancing around the room for any kind of weapon. If the principal decided to attack me, then I wanted something to try to defend

ling with by now. I know what you’ve been up to, Juniper, and you’ve pissed off some pretty powerful people, myself included.” He took a step forward, making my body tense.

e gesture.

ls?” I asked.

tion gets ruined to the point that he’ll be nothing after that. He won’t become the next beta. He won’t be able to be hired at another school. He’ll be less than you are.”

He actually thought threatening Ethan’s reputation would get me to fold.

t me grab some clothes.”

that to me again.

t. My chances all depended on how much the principal trusted that I was actually giving into his threat.

oped I was loud enough to get his attention.

alpha approval. The other way was for Ethan to mark me as his mate. One day, hopefully soon, I would be able to link Ethan, but that didn’t help me now.

d my muscles to move as fast as they could, but I hardly got out of the door before I was yanked back by my hair. Principal Clandestine threw me back onto the ground so hard that it kno

worse.

e to roll away from him. I was on my feet seconds later, and I ran straight to Ethan’s bedroom.

the bedroom and slammed the door shut. I locked it, and not even a second later, a thud echoed in the room from the weight of the principal being thrown against the door.

me!”

nything that I could use to help defend myself. Even if I hadn’t been properly trained, I knew how to swing an object. No matter what happened next, I refused to go down without a fight.

form, and I knew he was serious. I stripped off Ethan’s shirt and shifted into my own wolf form. I knew I wasn’t very strong or large in wolf form, since I was only an omega, but I also knew it was better to fight a wolf in wolf form.

of the room to give myself as much space as possible from the door when it finally gave way.

actually seeing him standing in front of me.

e to use my nimble body to get away from him, hoping my smaller size would allow me to move faster.

led and growled, and then he lunged with his mouth open

***

AXEL

through th

car while I sat in the passenger seat.

I was doing under the guise of night.

d of emotion. He was not as skilled at hiding his stress as I was.

nt of me.

wn eyes was something completely different. There was an unsent correspondence addressed to C.C. talking about poisoning the alpha’s family and the payment to come after completing it. There was another contract with C.C. to kill Juniper, dated over a decade ago. There were

he kept all of these things that tied him to the worst crime a werewolf could commit and so many other small crimes. It seemed careless and unlike him.

father was so careful now was because his carelessness resulted in the death of his so

ith everything.”

k into the situation,” Asher said.

mind against us? What if he doesn’t find the proof he needs, and he thinks we’re the ones lying? Father has been his beta since before we were born. Learning of a betrayal of that kind isn’t easy.”

e a choice. Nathan’s life i

oing?” Asher glanced over at me briefly before returning his eyes to the road.

surance,” I said.

ng funny.”

ox. James stole this from our father’s office years ago, and unless he kept a catalog of everything that could incriminate him, I doubt he even knows what this box contains.”

tapped his finger against the steering wheel, and I could see the gears turning in his head.

tures of what you can,” Asher said suddenly. When I hesitated to move, he smirked, “They w

Right,” I agreed, a weight being lifte

t off, as if he had been in the middle of deleting the message when he was interrupted.

He was just as much Juniper’s mate as I was, but he let his jealousy get the best of him. Knowing the truth of shared mates seemed to change him, but I knew he was kicking himself for what he had done to Juniper and felt like she deserved better.

it was up to Juniper if she was willing to trust him enough to give him that chance.