Lance's POV.Long after Dylan left to sort out some issues, I'm still searching. Allyssa must be up and looking for me by now, but I cannot stop.Someone just got killed under my nose, my subordinate just got killed right under my nose and I had no idea and did nothing to help the situation.There are footsteps around the shrubs near the place where the body was found, but when I follow it, it leads me right back to where I started.It's either the killer had circled his victim and killed him, or he had circled the crime scene just to mock me, show me that whatever I do, my efforts are not going anywhere, and I'm still stuck in the same cycle of failure.Frustration pumps through my bloodstream and in my veins, ringing loud in my ears as I pace the length of ghd crime scene, trying to make heads or tails if whatever is going on here, the powers at play are way too powerful.I know now that whoever is doing this is meticulous and calculative and also confident, if they dared to kill a
Belinda's POV.My heart hammers against my chest with vigor, at this point I'm going to have a heart attack, if the Alpha catches us here, then this is the end of the road for me.Hearing his footsteps, I think he's planning to creep on us, so I signal Adrian and Elaine, we all dive into various hiding spots, I hide behind a wall, there is a crack down the middle that I use to peer at the Alpha.He looks confused and frustrated, looking around for us, I press my palm to my chest to calm myself down, it wouldn't do me any good to panic now, I have to be level headed.I know it was risky to come here, especially with that guard's death, but I really needed to talk to Adrian and Elaine together, sort out our plan and lay everything in place.But we definitely did not expect the Alpha to sneak up on us, and now, I am desperately praying to the Moon Goddess that the Alpha does not smell us and find out that I am involved in all these.Closing my eyes tightly, I watch as the Alpha turns awa
Elaine's POV.I pop a cherry in my mouth, that Belinda girl is really a rude, temperamental bitch.She talks as though she is on top.of the world and not trash beneath Allyssa's feet. If not for the fact that this job is so important to me, I would have given her a piece of my mind.So what if she is the one who hired me? Adrian is the one that approached me, gave me those fake pictures and told me that he had a job for me, if not for Adrian I would have skinned her face with the knife in my boots.But I just have to restrain myself for a little longer. When I get the job done and get my money, she will definitely have a taste for my fist. I savor the taste of the cherry in my mouth as I reminisce on the day Adrian found me. I was deep in debt and crumbling, unable to keep up, my debtors drawing closer and becoming more venomous with each day, refusing to listen to my pleas for more time.So when Adrian arrived as my saving grace one day when I was getting beaten up by a loan shark
Elaine's POV.I don't miss a step as I walk with purpose towards Allyssa's room, somehow, I'm nervous that the Alpha had told her something about me, judging from the way he had almost snuck up on us two whole times while I was meeting with Belinda and Adrian, although I had made sure to spray a super strong perfume, multiple times to hide my scent and had kept my voice as low as possible, but something still jerked inside me, I was anxious, but I kept my face and posture straight as I stood in front of their bedroom door.Lifting my hands, I knock vivaciously on the door, there is a grunt and a shuffle before Allyssa comes out, smelling like the Alpha.I sniff, the Alpha's scent is all over her, I would not need a psychic to tell me what exactly was going on in that room, in broad daylight, her hair is scattered, her lips red and swollen, lipstick smeared a little to the left side of her cheek, her face is hot and pink, the blush spreading all the way from her neck to her ears.Her e
Allyssa's POV.Long after my Elaine is gone, I circle back to the spot we were sitting just moments ago, my thoughts running wild in my head.Elaine claims that he had seen the Alpha yesterday night, attacking the night guard, but in fact the Alpha had been with me last night, and we had barely caught a wink of sleep, we had been… busy.The memory of the night makes my face flush, images of the Alpha riding and biting me, claiming, marking and bonding me, giving me pleasure in inexplicable ways, flooded my mind and I shook the thought away.Elaine had to be wrong, it is kind of suspicious that she had been down there last night, but I brushed it off, focusing on her words, she said she saw a man, and thought it was the Alpha, in fact she was convinced that it was the Alpha.But seeing that, that is not the case as the Alpha had been with me, I try to connect the dots and find out who exactly Elaine had seen yesterday night, if she saw him and thought he was Lance, then they must have
Lance's POV.A lot of things are not adding up, something about this case feels very wrong and very close to home, maybe it's because the person that was killed is a guard, someone that I personally trained with and someone that I trained.I know this investigation is broad and there are different angles of it that I've not touched, but something is amiss, something I cannot place my hand on, I groan in frustration, wishing Dylan was here.Dylan is doing his own part in this investigation, and I need to do my own part too, although he does not know about my incessant snooping around, but something in me, is telling me not to tell him yet, to wait.This whole thing is making me jittery, not to talk about the rest of the pack, although the information was to keep a tight kid on this disaster, somehow, the news was spreading rapidly like wildfire all over the pack and everyone was scared and rattled.And that's why I can't let my snooping or whatever I find get out, not even Dylan as tha
Elaine's Pov.Allyssa is proving to be a hard nut to crack, thankfully, I did not expect her to easily go with the notion that her mate is the culprit, but I do know that I have planted a seed of doubt in her mind, now I just need to make it seem like the Alpha is actually doing something very suspicious, and my plan will start.But, I also need to know what the Alpha is doing, I can't attempt to frame him without knowing exactly what he is up to, if he is still busy investigating the death of that useless guard and how far he has gone, I could use it against him.I need to make him look bad in front of Allyssa, and even try to make him suspicious of Allyssa too, but that would be harder.There's a knock on my door, interrupting my thoughts.Grumbling, I wonder who it is, I go to open the door, and a guard stress down at me, clearing his throat he speaks,"The Alpha has called for you, he is waiting for you and said I should escort you to him" he tells me.Well, isn't that delightful,
Lance's POV.What the hell is taking their time, it's been thirty minutes and still no sign of the guard or Elaine.I don't have the patience to wait for her, but here I am, because I need to clarify exactly who she is and why I found her belonging at the crime site, two possible places that could have been the hideout.Also, now that I know she was one of the people there, I need to know who she was meeting at that spot. I want to find out what shady business she was doing at that place. I start pacing, wondering what the hell is keeping them, when I check my time again, fifteen minutes have gone by and still no sign of the guard or the woman in question.The guard soon comes barrelling into the meeting room, sweat dripping from his face and his pants filling the room."What's wrong, I clearly told you to come with her and it's been forty-five minutes already, do you think I have the time and the patience for you to dilly dally around?" I ask him and he shakes his head in apology."