Lily’s father was standing over Lily’s wolf, a knife clutched in his hand and her muzzle in the other. The blade lowered, the steel flashing as it drew closer and closer to Lily’s eye. “Get the hell away from my mate,” Finn ordered in a voice of cold steel, but Lily couldn’t see him. Instead, Sam appeared beside the former Alpha and yanked the knife from his hand. “Let go of my sister,” he seethed. Their father slowly released his grip on Lily’s muzzle and straightened, but he looked pleased at the turn of events. “Kill her, son,” he said to Sam. “Gladly,” Lily’s brother replied, turning the knife on her. “I hate you,” he said coldly, meeting Lily’s gaze as he plunged the knife into her neck. Only as Sam pulled the knife out, his face morphed into Alpha Erikson’s. “You’re even mor