<h4>Chapter 320: Shall We, Dear mates.</h4>


    Marcus sat in the car waiting for the girls. He already knew they would take forever to get dressed. Bellezza finished early and came out to join him. She could have stayed to help the girls but she chose toe to him, and that alone told him she wanted to talk.


    "What’s going on?" Bellezza asked as she sat beside him and closed the door. She had been worried all morning, and the fact that he refused to talk to anyone scared her even more. "Brother, do not hide anything from me."


    "I am not hiding anything from you, Be. I am angry and hurt at the same time," Marcus said quietly. He looked toward Ang’s window. No one was watching. "I spoke to the boysst night."


    Bellezza let out a long sigh and rolled her eyes. She wondered why he kept going after the boys. "So?"


    "I felt something was wrong after I left with Ang, so I went back to the academy to check. I found out Eliza was killed by one of the boys. I don’t know which one yet."


    "What?" she shouted, her eyes wide with shock. She thought she heard him wrong. "What did you say?"


    "You heard me clearly, Sister," Marcus said. He was not going to repeat himself and risk anyone else hearing. He leaned back against the seat, both hands resting on the steering wheel.


    "This is not good," Bellezza whispered as she closed her eyes and tried to breathe. She could already feel chaosing. "What are you going to do? You won’t hand them over, right? Please don’t."


    "For now... yes. I have to protect my daughter’s happiness. But if ites down to her safety, I will hand her mates to our brother without thinking twice."


    "No..."


    "I warned them. I cannot go to war with anyone now that I finally have my daughter with me. Do you understand?"


    Bellezza wanted to argue more, but the front door opened and the girls came outughing. She forced a smile so they wouldn’t notice anything, but inside, she was terrified.


    "We will, kiddo," Renn said as he wrapped his arm around his brother’s neck and kissed his head. He knew everyone was freaking out, but staying at Hiro’s ce and waiting for the golden call was the safest thing they could do. "How the fuck did he know about it?"


    "Marcus?" Samuel asked with a frown.


    "Yes. How was he able to figure this shit out? I don’t understand," Renn said as he let go of his brother and stood up. No one knew about it except their group. After what happened to Alex, there was no one left who could betray them.


    "No one saw us when we were burying them," Taros said as he tried to think back to everything from yesterday. "We did a clean job."


    "So we thought, but that’s not the case," Kaito said. "I can think of only two ways. Either Marcus has been following us around, or miss Valois saw us when we were burying the body."


    "I should have known," Renn hissed, his jaw tight as he realized it was his mother again. "We forgot about her. What are we going to do about this woman?"


    "True. She has been in our business for too long, and we need to make sure she stays out of it," Samuel said, agreeing with his alpha.


    "We will handle herter. She is not our priority right now," Kaito said. He knew most of them did not like his decision, but he stood by it. "Ang is our priority, and saving our own heads is more important. Forget miss Valois for now."


    Renn sighed as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. Guilt ate at him. Everything that happened was tied to his mother, and he wished he could take it all back. "I am sorry you have to go through this because of me..."


    "No, it’s not because of you," Kaito said firmly. "We will not start ming anyone now. We need to figure this shit out first."


    "We have to tell Ang and deal with her anger, and her uncle’s anger too, since he is the one who is going to avenge the mother of his child, right?" Taros asked, as if he hadn’t been there when Marcus exined everything.


    "Exactly. Marcus promised to buy us time," Kaito said.


    "What if he doesn’t?" Samuel asked, fear showing in his eyes. "What if he rats us out to Ang and his brother?"


    "He won’t do that," Renn said, shaking his head as he walked back to the sofa. "The man loves his daughter, and he will do anything, even if it means siding with us for now, just to protect her."


    "But we should not take advantage of that," Taros said softly. His heart was racing. His phone beeped and he pulled it out fast. It was a message from Marcus. He read it and told the others. "He wants us to move back to West and tell Ang the truth, but only after the party."


    Kaito inhaled deeply. He had never been in a situation this hard. He felt trapped. It was either save his brothers or lose them forever. There had to be a way to fix this. "Can we leave? We shouldn’t be here when Ang arrives."


    "You are right," Renn said as he stood up with his Beta. Taros joined them and the three of them went to get Hiro and Kael. They were already prepared to leave. "How do you feel, Hiro?"


    "Better than before," he replied, even though his eyes were still swollen.


    "You don’t look too good. Ang is going to ask about it," Taros said.


    "I thought we were going to tell her tonight," Hiro said, stopping for a moment.


    "We will," Renn said as he opened the car door for him. Hiro sat down with a tired sigh, and Renn joined him. Samuel got in the back while the rest went with Kaito.


    They arrived at the West side two hourster, and the whole ce was dark except for the lights in the pack area. Ang found them easily, as if she had scented them the second they stepped in. She ran straight to them and hugged each one of them tightly.


    "Where did you guys go?" she asked, her eyes moving from one face to another. There was loud music, bodies moving everywhere, andughter in the air. No one seemed to notice the boys slip in, or so they believed.


    "Come here," Kaito said as he slid his hand around her waist and pulled her close. He moved the strand of hair on her face to the back and leaned in, his lips almost touching hers. "You look hot tonight. I could eat you right here and now."


    Angughed softly and rested her head on his chest. "You all promised me a wild night, remember?"


    "Did we?" Hiro asked, surprised. He hadpletely forgotten. And he wondered if she would still want them after hearing what happened to Eliza.


    "Hmmm," Renn said as he scratched the back of his neck. "We will see about that."


    "Or maybe we should have it now," Ang teased, herugh making the boys freeze for a moment.


    Renn looked away quickly. Was she on heat?


    "Shall we, my dear mates?" she asked with a smile that sent their hearts racing.