Chapter 43. Echoes of Deceit

Third-Person POV

When Preston saw that the woman on the bed was Taya, he was shocked.

It looked like he’d been wrong about her.

As soon as Roman fell from grace, Taya had hurried to attach herself to someone else with power.

She worked fast.

Preston hated being wrong about people, and the fact that she was human somehow made it worse. How was this "nothing" of a human woman able to wrap men around her finger so quickly?

After thinking about it for a while, he texted the picture to Griffon.

Someone needed to teach Taya a lesson, but Preston didn’t feel like it was his place to do so. After all, Griffon was the one who’d been involved with her, so Preston would leave it to him.

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As Griffon returned home and saw the photo, darkness filled him, and his wolf started to rise to the surface, itching to get out and… punish.

“When did you see this?” he texted Preston.

Preston replied, “Just now. One of the