Chapter Two Hundred and Forty
THANE’S POV
Every single commander and a few high ranked members had been interrogated, but none had been found wanting..
I couldn’t stop thinking about Riley. In the room, all alone, it was clear that she wanted to spend the night a different way, and I was going to make it up to her.
“None of them did this.” Axel said to me when we were back in my office.
“Yes, I could tell they weren’t lying.”
Just then there was a knock on the door, and Regnux, one of the commanders, walked in.
“I wanted to speak with you,” he said. I noticed how nervous he looked.
“Go on,” I said.
“So from the investigations, it is clear that the murderer is not a Commander or a high ranked. What if we’ve been looking in the wrong place all these while?”
“Skip to the point, Reg.”
He nodded. “The point is, what if it’s someone closer… maybe the Luna, I mean after what…”
Axel walked to him. “Do you have proof?” He asked, cutting him off.
“No, not exactly…”
“So you come here and accuse the Luna with no proof?” Axel asked furious now, and so was I.
“Forgive me, my mistake; I shouldn’t have said that,” he said, heading for the door.
“Wait.” I called.
“Have you spoken of this with anyone else?” I asked, and he shook his head.
“No.” He responded quickly.
In a flash, I stood right in front of him.”
“Have you spoken of this with anyone else?” I questioned again, but this time using my Alpha aura, and he shook his head.
“No, I have not. I wanted to come to you first.”
“Good. Now leave.” I said, and he hurried away.
“You let him go… just like that?” Axel questioned
“He didn’t tell anyone about his suspicions; he came to us first.
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“So I guess I did interrupt something.” Axel said as he walked beside me.
“I was about to have the time of my life with Riley, and this… ‘gathering‘ came up.”
“We needed to take them by surprise so we could tell if they are really being honest. Who knows, she might re–arrange something tonight
I was hoping she would. I couldn’t help but smile at the memory of her in those sexy g- strings. Gawd, she was sexy.
“Don’t bother me this night.” I warned Axel.
“Of course, I would hate to spend another night patrolling the pack borders.”
I walked into our room, and the first thing I noticed was that she wasn’t in here; the second thing I noticed was a letter on the desk. I picked it up and read through it.
You left me hanging last night. No worries; I forgive you, but plans are still on. Meet me at the pack’s warehouse; don’t keep me waiting.”
I smirked. This sounded a bit too bold for Riley, but well, I liked her bold. I put the letter in my back pocket and headed out of our room.
Axel gave me a weird look. “Where are you heading to?” he questioned.
“Well, I got a redo quicker than I expected.”
I stopped right in front of the pack’s warehouse.
I was all for the wild sex in the most strange places, but I wondered why she chose here of all places. This alarm was ringing in my mind no matter how hard I tried to ignore it.
I pulled open the door, and I walked in. Something came flying at me, and I caught it midair it was a syringe, filled with a blackish substance. I felt the presence behind me, and I turned just in time to see his face. Nyaos, one of the elders. He launched at me, driving us both to the ground, and I rolled over so he was beneath me.
“Where is she?” I growled at him.
“You would meet her soon,” he said, stabbing a syringe identical to one that had been thrown at me earlier into my neck.
The effect was immediate, and soon all I could feel was pain–pain so intense, unlike anything I had ever felt before.
