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Strike One

Author: Joyce Mama
last update Last Updated: 2024-09-04 06:13:14

*Ares's POV*

Elais gets up from his seat the moment I enter the room.

“We have done the research on him.”he begins with an unusual coolness. “He is into real estates and hotels.He has already bought land in the territory for construction.He is from Ravenclaw pack but his family relocated to England years ago.I doubt he is the spy.”

I stare at my beta blankly,he wasn't giving me anything I can use to pin on this man and drive him out of my territory.

“Did you find anything incriminating?”I oblige despite my countless requests that he did it earlier.

He hands me the file and shakes his head.

“No.”

I frowned,Elais could find out if you cheated on your fifth grade test if he wanted to. No one is perfect,if he had searched,he would have found something.

“Did you look for anything incriminating?”I asked calmly.

Elais rubbed his hand on his jaw. “No.”

Be calm,I tell myself.You already snapped once tonight.

“Why not?”

His eyes searched around the room for listeners and found n
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