SILVER THEORY

　　Camilla and Ethan take the direction of the corridors. Ethan is still thinking about Jessie, if not for Camilla, he would have sent her away long ago. But he has allowed her to start despite every annoying little thing she has done.

　　Camilla notices the small frown on his face and she purposefully brushes her hands against his as they walk. The familiar electric sizzle that follows, makes Ethan snap out of his thoughts.

　　He summons the courage to wrap his hand around hers, enjoying the familiar feeling at the contact. She had a way of melting away his worries without even doing anything. Indeed, a mate is truly the only one-two who can make you feel better in every circumstance.

　　"Where have you been all my life?" He whispers so sweetly to her.

　　A deep blush creeps up her cheeks and she starts working faster, feeling shy all of a sudden. "You said you had work to do! Go do your work..." She squeaks looking everywhere but his face.

　　"You forget that your hand is in mine," Ethan says pointing out their joint hands.

　　Camilla tries to pull away but he holds her back with so much force she stumbles into him. Ethan's wolf purrs in pleasure as her hands rest on his shoulders. The tiny contact of her hands brings a feathery sensation to the muscles beneath his shirt. Their eyes lock and in that instance, the whole world seems to come to a stop. Not just for him but for her as well. They are in a world of their own and the distance starts closing between them, inch by inch.

　　"Alpha!"

　　A loud shriek makes Ethan and Camilla snap out of their trance and pull away from one another. Ethan sends a glare in the direction of whoever called him and he finds Sandra standing there and gawking at them.

　　He was almost about to finally kiss Camilla and she ruined the moment!

　　"What?" He snaps at her.

　　"I should go to my room, bye!" Camilla squeaks running off before Ethan can stop her.

　　Ethan watches her leave with a longing in his eyes which Sandra doesn't fail to notice. He looks at her as if she holds his entire life in her palms.

　　"Alpha?" She calls seeing how lost he is in Camilla once again.

　　Ethan turns his eyes back to her, raising his brows. "What do you want!?" He growled. He is close to jumping on her and tearing her off. He just missed the opportunity of a lifetime because of her.

　　"Adam called. The results are out..." Sandra says. In truth, it wasn't her job to tell him. It is Peter's duty because he is the one they called. She had only called Ethan because she wanted to purposefully ruin the moment between him and Camilla.

　　"Why didn't he call my private line or Peter's?" Ethan starts walking towards his office, angry at her and himself. He has been expecting a call from Adam for a while now, how could he have missed it?

　　"Well... He said your number wasn't going through..." She added trailing after him.

　　Ethan got into his office and pulled out his phone, he immediately starts dialing Adam's number. The scientist picks up at once.

　　"Hello, Alpha Ethan!" Adam greets him through the phone.

　　"Adam, I hear you have gotten good results?" Ethan asks, sitting in his chair. He picks up an empty paper in case he needed to scribble down some things.

　　"Yes, we have. The liquid is-" Ethan raises his eyes and finds Sandra still standing there listening in to his conversation.

　　"Adam please hold on," he tells him. He then places his hand against the mouthpiece of the phone and turns to Sandra.

　　"Sandra please get Peter for me and you may leave, thank you, " he says firmly.

　　He found it annoying that she had to wait on his phone. That is rude and uncalled for.

　　She reluctantly walks out of the office, cursing under her breath. This is not how she wanted this to happen. She wanted to know what that scientist what's to say to him. She needs to know how close she is to getting caught. She will have to find a way to get the results of that laboratory test. It will change so much in that town and she doesn't want to be on the losing end.

　　She walks briskly to the guest room Peter is occupying and pulls the door open without knocking. Peter is sitting on his bed pressing away on his phone, the sudden intrusion makes him raise his head from what he is doing. As his eyes fall on Sandra, they immediately flash a threatening sign.

　　"Don't you ever knock?"  Peter is angry at her audacity. He thought the conversation last time gave her enough evidence to realize that he wants nothing to do with her.

　　"My sweet, I-"

　　He drops his phone with a thud and glares at Sandra who shuts her mouth immediately seeing the intensity of his anger.

　　"Why are you here Sandra, I don't have all day. Go straight to the point or get out!" He barks. His eyes turn darker and Sandra know this isn't a game but he means every word he is saying

　　"Ethan asked me to call you." She whispered.

　　"And you came here, and stood there acting silly!" Peter hisses getting on his feet. He starts walking to the door and Sandra scoots away from the way.

　　She frowns at his comment thinking about what she could have done that would make him be this harsh in her. They had already settled their previous fight. Yes, he didn't come back there but he was still in the house, she thought they had gone past it. She would have to get him back. If she allowed this anger of his to stay longer then he would fall out of love with her and she will lose. She still needed him for a lot of things. Her plans were not complete yet. She hasn't gotten her goal yet!

　　"My sweet?" She shrieks running after him. Maybe if she imposes herself in his life, he will have no choice but to come back to their room.

　　Despite her shrieks, Peter ignores her. He walks as fast as he can to Ethan's office. Ethan is still on the phone with Adam as Peter steps In followed by Sandra. Peter goes in and settled into one of the visitors' chairs, waiting for Ethan to complete the call.

　　"Are you sure about this Adam?" Ethan is asking on the phone. There is a small frown on his face as he looks up from his desk and sees Sandra trying to slip into the office as well.

　　"Adam gives me a second," once again, he covers the mouthpieces and faces Sandra sternly. "Sandra, I believe I asked you not to return, didn't I?"

　　Sandra opens and closes her mouth like a fish not knowing what to do. She settles for an awkward smile that resembles that of a person fallen off of his bicycle in a very steep area.

　　"I thought" she starts to say but Ethan is not having it.

　　"Please, leave." His voice is low, yet it shakes the office and Sandra finds herself scurrying out of the office.

　　"Why didn't Ethan want her in with them? After all, she was a stakeholder and an important one at that. How can he refuse to let her participate in the discussion??" She hisses as she walks away from the office.

　　It is pointless staying by the door to listen in. It won't work. She has already tried it on several occasions and each time she got nothing but gibberish even with her wolf ears.

　　As soon as Sandra closes the door, Ethan resumes his conversation with Adam.

　　"If you are certain then I have to return right now." Ethan is saying and this gets Peter's attention. He frowns. Ethan just got back a few days ago and now he has to return.

　　"Okay, tell Max to get everything ready. I'll be there as soon as I can." Ethan says, ending the call.

　　"Peter, they have gotten results," Ethan says and Peter looks at him.

　　"It is truly Silver."

　　Peter is in deep thought. This can mean a lot of things. Mike was involved in this but they all know he isn't smart enough to do anything as profound as that.

　　"What will you do now?" Peter asks for he tried to think of a solution but couldn't come up with anything.

　　Ethan gets up from the chair and starts pacing.  "Mike had the water infected with silver. Do you think that's possible?"

　　"No, I don't think so. Mike is someone who loves money a lot. I don't think he would do this." Peter says as he rubs a hand against his jaw.

　　"This takes us back to our first theory then. There are other people involved in this. All I have to do is talk to Mike. He will do anything to leave the hole," Ethan says as a plan slowly comes to his head. He will interrogate Mike and get him to spill who were involved in the silver crime.

　　"That's a cool idea. It should work," Peter approves. "So, when are you leaving?"

　　"Right away. You should take care of the women. And please take extra caution with Jessie. If she does anything disrespectful to Camilla please do me the favor of throwing her out." Ethan orders. He has had enough of Jessie insulting Camilla and feeling like she is better off than his mate. He regrets ever being involved with her in the first place.

　　Ethan starts moving to the door and Peter gets up after him. "Oh and also, Camilla said something about her friend coming over here. Please provide her with whatever she may need, I want Camilla to be happy."

　　"Lisa is coming here?" Peter's heart picks up a strange best as they move out of the office and continue heading to Ethan's room. The mere mention of her name makes his wolf flip over in excitement and for some strange reason, he couldn't tell why. He has been telling himself that he only feels connected to her because she is Damon's younger sister and thus he has to take care of her but the feelings have refused to stop. Rather they get stronger each time he thinks about her.

　　"Oh, yes. Camilla made me promise to accept whatever she wanted and she asked that her friend be allowed to come to spend some time with her when I am not around to keep her company." They get to the room and Ethan pushes the door open.

　　Staying under the same roof with Lisa may be a challenge for Peter with the rising feelings within him but it is a challenge he is willing to take.