Ethan’s eyes went round. “Alpha?”
“I have suspicions she might be a werewolf,” I said. “Keep that under wraps.”
Ethan swallowed hard, but then nodded. “Yes, Alpha.”
He’d been acting a bit strangely the past few days. I couldn’t blame him, exactly. I knew it put a lot of pressure on him for him to continue his duties knowing his sister would soon be exiled. But hopefully this trust here was showing him that he was still in my circle, despite what his sister might have done.
He was the best Beta an Alpha could ask for, and I would reward that with more trust and more responsibility.
“Thank you, Ethan,” I told him. “I mean it.”
He nodded as he looked away.
When I returned to my office, Victoria was leaving. Her expression was tight. She was probably angry with me for not hearing her ou
