admitted

Ashton’s POV

“Alpha… thank you for coming. I’ve been so frightened. I haven’t opened the shop all day because I was

worried they would just return,” said the Jewelry shop owner, Eliza.

She was practically trembling when I entered the shop.

“Tell me everything that happened,” I ordered, following her toward the camera room.

“They walked in, they were wearing masks and hoods. A couple of them had guns. Said they’d shoot me

if I didn’t comply. Then, they took the sapphire necklace and left.”

“Only the necklace?”

“Yes,” she answered. “It’s the most valuable item in the store.”

“Let me see the footage.”

She typed something from the keyboard attached to the monitors and soon the image of the thieves

popped up on the screen. As I got a better look, I took notice of everything I could see. Their dark

sweatshirts and worn-out jeans; their dark masks. The cameras are old, so the images were a bit

pixelated.

They looked to be my height, if not a little shorter.

I watched as one of the guys went