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."
Allyssa's POV.Elaine's words leave me shocked and rattled and try as I might, I don't think I can brush her off anymore, her words are sinking in, and I hate that, I hate that I'm letting her words get to me, but she is my aunt, it's not like she is Belinda whom I know is against me.This is my aunt I'm talking about, but then again Lance is my mate, and I am supposed to know my mate like the back of my palm, so why am I here doubting him like he is just a phantom in my life.I breathe hard, Elaine looked really scared and dead serious, hell, she was even crying, my heart wrenches and folds over in my chest as I picture her teary face trying to convince me that her life is in danger.I stand up from my position on the sofa and start pacing, what the hell makes her believe that the Alpha is after her life and why in the world is after her life in the first place, assuming her suspicions are in fact correct.But then again, why am I thinking like Aunt Elaine is right and the Alpha is w
Lance's POV.As I stare at her and see that fucking smirk I almost come undone, rage pouring through me in waves as I think of the different ways I'm going to rip her head from her body."You called me Alpha" , she repeats, one brow raised as if to ask exactly why I called her."Who are you?" I ask, I never actually liked her and right now, I am feeling really aggressive, but I need answers first, before I work on my rage."I'm Elaine, you know who I am, why do you ask?" She still has that smug look on her face as she replies, and I'm very sure that she is trying to rile me up, if that's her goal, it's actually working, because I punch the desk before me.I don't just punch it, I punch 'through' the desk, leaving a gaping hole right where my fist punched through. She gasps looking shocked, "What's going on?Why are you being so aggressive?" She asks and the question makes me laugh, hard in her face."Tell me the truth now you imposter, who the fuck are you?, Why are you here? Why are
Allyssa's POV.The shock on my face must show because he is taken aback, I feel a lot of emotions at this point, disgust, rage, anger, sadness, I feel betrayed.I think I'm going to vomit, I look at him like he is sick, deranged, unstable, and honestly, he is.She warned me, she came to me and begged me to save her from him, but I denied, maybe if I had not denied all the facts she told me, if I had not brushed all of it off as hysterics, she would still be alive.When I look at her again, her body mangled on the floor, I bend over and vomit in one of the shrubs.When I turn back to look at the Alpha, the blood on his hands, on his face and his clothes tells me everything I need to know, tells me who exactly is responsible for this crime.I watch his face closely, wondering why the hell he had to do this, a tear gleams on his face and I am taken aback, I feel the urge to laugh at him.Why is he crying? The almighty Alpha? Why is he showing this emotion? He fucking killed my aunt! My o