The Alpha rival's game

ded to leave Lilly. He had loved her

on his eighteenth birthd

shapeshifted for the first time and realized how diff

irthday, Eric had promise to cel

ey started as close friends, but as Eric

st every moment together, constantly

hool knew they

nto the same university was a dream come t

birthday, he had planned a special

er, his father organized a priv

nds, but his father strictly forbade it,

Lilly, Eric just wanted to get the family

y when he was just a born, his f

ut he never understood what kind of business he r

arty starting yet?" E

moon to reach it peak before we celebrate," his father

offed s

l moon have to do

rned to look at him,

. Now that you are an adult, you

are you talking about?

her was, and he kne

thom what his

n, and you will see wh

ric sent Lilly a quick text to

e didn't truly believe the full moon had anything to d

olding him back from seeing Lill

on

ed and tur

g on the large veranda

The moon is

ut an anno

s father before, and he did

randa and stood beside his father, w

en, blinding pain struck Eric's chest. It was a violent

his chest, g

plant on the veranda. His muscles spasmed wild

ening to me?" he ma

s father undergoing t

nd reshaped ben

harp claws as thick fur burst across his hands and arms. His heart

ed, Eric caught a reflection of him

ze in

him, with glowing amber eyes, razor-sharp f

a low growl that sound

stammered,

.. is

at his father had transformed

his father said,

s you've known. This is in our blood.

tand," Eric whispere

ct you," his father said, a ra

ith a normal, peaceful lif

are we?" h

e were

ge and confusion. He couldn't a

ear was one thought

ll

osed to met

w? The thought of being

rmation faded, Eric curled up in a quiet

her had sent him away on trips once e

d himse

assumed were his father's employees, w

he Alpha of the

barely heard them. He was too afraid to even look at his phone

ore, Eric went to

er's office, he overheard his

rom that human girl," h

we are. If she ever susp

tside the door, his

f she ever finds out,

otect the girl he loved, Eric make a

broad leaving Lilly only a sho

er was brutally murdered by an unknown w

and become the new Alpha of

s had killed Eric's father, but he stubbornly

's death and secure his territory and le

ld not for

tige University specif

feeling upon returning, seeing Lilly ag

pha, he finally possessed the power to prot

Dave kiss

ention because Dave knew