Chapter 126-1
Troy
We all piled into London’s office. His beta, Cruz, and gamma, Kristen, were there. My whole pack was there, minus Cindy. Lunessa and Irene were there as well, although I noticed that Lunessa had
put as much space between herself and Ava as possible. It was a large office, but it sure as hell didn’t seem large now.
And Amelia looked nervous as hell.
Normally, I would have fed some calming vibes through the bond, but I still hadn’t replaced the
bond, so I put my hand on her shoulder. Even without the bond, she could feel the effects and
immediately relaxed. “Thanks,” she whispered.
“Just take your time,” I told her. “Whatever you’ve found, it’s not your fault.”
London cleared his throat. “I think we’re all here. Where did the drugs come from?”
“It’s not just the drugs,” Amelia admitted before she cleared her throat. “Kiana, Troy gave me your
parents’ names to see if I could dig anything up. Based on your age, with five years of buffer
because your memories aren’t that up to snuff, I should have been able to pull their names up on a
roster. Most packs have digitized their census going back almost a hundred years to account for the oldest of their pack members. Without a last name, I pulled up a few Danes in all the packs.
There were no mating ceremony records to a Katherine, but I’m not even sure there would be a
mating ceremony between a wolf and a witch.”
“I’d do it,” Troy said with a shrug. “Why wouldn’t I? There’s still a wolf bond to be honored.”
Lunessa and Irene both immediately looked at their feet, and even London looked uncomfortable.
“Anyway, I did find one year where there was a Dane on record, but none of the other years. That
only makes sense if the infant died or the whole family left the pack, but the date of birth was
given, so this Dane only appeared once when he was seven years old. So, either a child appeared and disappeared…
“Or someone tried to delete records of him and missed one,” I finished darkly. “Whose pack?”
Amelia rubbed the back of her neck. “It’s not concrete proof of anything, but just suspicious. And I’d already run this pack for suspicious activity and came up with nothing, but since I had just a little crumb of suspicious activity, I thought I could dig a little deeper. I hacked into their financial records. For the past five years, there have been very large untraceable transactions.”
“Amelia,” I said softly. “It’s okay. Just tell us who it is. We know better than to make any
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accusations without more proof, but we need to know where to start.”
“I’m so sorry,” she whispered. She was looking up, but I had no idea who she was looking at. Who
did she need to apologize to?
Just then, the computer screen went black. Amelia growled, and a figure appeared on the screen.
“So, this is my little hacker. A little tiny bug that needs squashing,” a voice sang out. Cold eyes met
mine. “Hello, Troy.”
Now I knew exactly who Amelia was apologizing to. The whole room had gone tense. “Hello, Claud
ine.”
Finn went pale, and London came to stand with me. I nudged Amelia out of her seat, and she ran to
Finn. Kiana walked around beside me and took my hand.
“Aww, Isn’t this cute,” Claudine said darkly. “Hello, London. I hear you’ve been having
some…problems with your wolves controlling themselves.”
She cackled with laughter, and I saw what was always lurking just beneath the surface. I had
wanted it to be strength.
It was insanity.
“What have you done, Claudine?” London growled. “And why me?”
“Oh, London, darling, it was nothing personal. Your pack was the easiest to try to drug. I’ve been waiting months for your brewery to make a special order. That part of the plan didn’t exactly work, but I figured eventually curiosity would win out. The results have already been sent out so the drug can be perfected. I don’t suppose there are any volunteers for the second round? Perhaps that
healer of yours, Troy. I’m certain his curiosity is piqued. I’m certainly interested in how you’re still
alive. What did that healer of yours do?”
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