CHAPTER NINETY - GATHERING EVIDENCE

"It is now," he murmured into her hair. "It is now." The tension in the mansion had been building for weeks, a palpable undercurrent of unease that set everyone on edge. At the center of this storm was Ethan, Erik's younger brother, whose constant troublemaking had escalated from petty annoyances to dangerous sabotage. Ethan's latest scheme was his most audacious yet. He had intercepted a crucial piece of evidence that Anna had been working tirelessly to obtain - a ledger detailing the conspirators' plans and financial transactions. Believing he could use this information to his advantage, Ethan decided to alter the document, planting false evidence that would implicate Anna as a traitor to the pack. His plan was simple: he would "discover" the doctored ledger and present it to Erik, proving once and for all that Anna was not to be trusted. In Ethan's mind, this would finally open his brother's eyes to the danger of allowing a human into their world and restore his own position as E