Although he never took much notice of his brother, Ethan could tell inside him that the wolf was not in a good mood and the tension in his body was noticeable. Also, his pheromones were all around them like a dense cloak that made all the wolves near them as they passed move away or shuffle their heads in submission.

He was about to let out a sarcastic comment, but he restrained himself from doing so, he wasn't so stupid not to realize that the subject they would touch on was delicate as everything about his mate. And from the tone Dixon had used... he had better be prepared.

After a few minutes and they had wandered so far into the back woods of the herd, near the boundary they finally stopped and the alpha turned in the direction of his brother.

-I hope the conversation is interesting enough for us to go so far away from the house. I don't like the idea of leaving Clara alone, especially after all she's been through. Nor so close to Will, he's another male. She's like salt, she's sl