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Chapter 45 - Crime equals punishment
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I followed Lucian into some sort of conference room. He was seething with anger, and I grabbed his arm and rubbed it to keep him in check.
"Stay calm, love," I said in his mind."Alright, shoot off." Lucian folded his massive arms and commanded his betas to report. "As per your command, we had been scanning all the CCTV footage and the area around the burned down cabin. We didn't find any clue until we came upon a blurry image." Damon darkened the room and started the projector, few images appeared on the white screen. It was too blurry because of the darkness. But there was one image that seemed to have a bit of red among the thick foliage. On a first look, one would dismiss it as a flower or some bird. Damon zoomed in and there it was the image of a human, I mean not exactly human, but a shape-shifter in a human form. He or she was covered in a red hoodie. Nothing else was visible.Lucian clenched his fist and growled."Is that all?"
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Six years later - Alice ********************** Emma and I were sitting outside in the garden watching our little ones tussle. We often visited each other. "How you keep up with the three of them, I'll never know. I'm having a hard enough time with Arya." She said. "It's difficult sometimes, but it's also fun," I said looking at my 6-year-old Aiden and 2 -year-old twins. Rose and Leo. It was a pleasant surprise when I discovered I was carrying twins, few years after we had Aiden. The kids looked up at us and yelped, they were cute little pups. Both Aiden and Rose had inherited Lucian's green eyes and dark hair. Leo was more like me with his hazel eyes and brown hair. Arya had caught Aiden by the ear while Rose and Leo tussled in the mud. "Aiden, sweetie, Mama's not going to come to your rescue every time the girls pick on you." I laughed. "I can't believe he lets her get away with that. He outweighs her by quite a bit." Emma said. "He is a little gentleman, he just plays along"
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