For the next few days, the wolves from the villa seemed more at ease with the pack members who had rescued them and then moved in. The only obstacle to complete absorption was that they were often reserved and secretive, unwilling to offer their complete trust. When asked about the missing mistress that had been the catalyst of their troubles, they maintained that she had been a kind woman and that they had helped her to escape to the capital where she had family. The behaviour of their master had clearly contradicted this answer, but they insisted that it wasn’t uncommon for their previous Dominus to believe his own hysteria. Although the answer was accepted by the Alpha and Luna, Ewan couldn’t ignore the niggling sensation that they were lying and that the lies they were telling would pu
