Chapter 58. The House Is on Fire

Xavier

I grunted as Louis settled opposite me and helped himself to a glass of wine. Then, he filled his plate with crackers from the tray and proceeded to eat them.

“You didn’t eat from home?” I asked, interrupting him.

He chewed loudly, smiling. “No, you called me quite early. My wife had barely started cooking, and you can’t be kept waiting, so I had to leave her and rush over.”

“Okay. Aurora is home, but I feel she’s still in danger.”

“Why? She should be safe in the house with the kids, or are you suspecting that someone is in here?”

I had thought about this too, but the staff wouldn’t dare risk their lives to betray me. Beta Darren was a lesson to all of them, and they knew what I was capable of doing to betrayers.

“The staff don’t have the resources and connections to hurt Aurora. It’s someone outside the borders of this pack. They’re trying to destroy me by killing her, and the sooner we figure out who’s behind the attacks, the