Chase's POV“Fucking hell.” I swore as I flipped through the file.“It's clean.” Henry said from across the room where he leaned against the far wall of my study.“Too fucking clean.” I gritted out and dumped the useless heap of paper back on my desk.I wasn't in the best mood. The information I had asked for on Sally Wallace— the late owner of the car that had left Greene's had finally come in early this morning from Hwan's cousin.I had reluctantly gotten out of Maya's arms without waking her and hauled my ass to my study where Henry and Ron waited for me.Now I wish I hadn't. There was nothing that could help here.Ron sighed and flipped through his copy. “All her movements were accounted for and no single person she interacted with prior to being hospitalized could be classed as suspicious or odd.”“Basically, she was the cleanest, most problematic woman before cancer did her in.” Henry flopped onto a chair, exhaustion written all over his features.“Yeah, or someone took great pai

Chase's POV“A spy camera?!” Hwan sprang out of his chair to examine the deceptive pen. “Shit.” He cursed then with lightning speed, he disassembled the device.I caught Ron's eye and a look of understanding passed between us. The spy had planted it.“You’re skilled with spy cameras?” Ron asked, sparing a glance at the pieces in Hwan's balled-up fist.“Devices in general. This one model is easy enough to put together and take apart.” He dumped the pieces on the shelf, obviously worked up. “Why would anyone plant a spy cam here?“I have a few guesses.” I muttered.His face fell as realization dawned on him. “That's how they learnt about the case.” They heard it when I spoke with my cousin on the phone!”Ron gave him a grim nod.“This makes no sense. How did whoever this is know to put it in my place? Who would do such a thing?”“Again, I have a few guesses.” I sighed. I had hoped Ron and I's suspicions were wrong but now it didn't seem like it. Sometimes being right wasn’t all that gre

Chase's POVThe perks of being an Alpha and a lycan were endless and today one of those perks came in handy. While my pack members were in the territory, I could feel out on my kink to them and get the general orientation of their location.Although his ability waned if they were no longer in the territory, it helped a lot. It was an ability that few knew of— Louis probably did not or else he would have long fled the territory.Ron and I shifted and headed north to find Louis. As I sped beside Ron, my surroundings blurred but they eventually became familiar and dread curled in my gut and I slowed my pace to a trot.Blood drained from my face as I took in the landmarks with barely concealed horror.I came to a full halt as I realized where Louis was. I should have known.'Of all places that bastard could have hidden, he chose there?' My furious growl did nothing to stop the cold sweat that broke underneath my fur.'Chase, what's wrong?' Ron realized I had stopped and retraced his steps

Maya's POVMy dress was perfect.I went shopping with Genny in the afternoon to find a dress for tomorrow's party. The party was formal and almost like a ball so I knew I wanted something long.It had taken us hours but when I finally spotted my dress, I had known. I kid you not, I had actually gasped.It was a floor-length maroon number with a corseted top and a daring slit that made my leg look mouth-watering.I had woken up in an empty bed so at first, I was slightly miffed at Chase but while I was shopping, the irritation melted away and by the time I found my dress, I was excited to see his reaction to me in it.I was back in our room—yes, 'our'! All my things were here now— waiting for Chase to come home. I had no idea where he went to— I hadn't seen Ron or Henry either— and although I could have just asked him, I didn’t want him to know I had gone shopping. I wanted him to be stunned speechless tomorrow. And okay, maybe I also wanted him to think I was mad at him for leaving so

Maya's POVI chatted with a member in the living room while waiting for Henry. I missed having Genny and Faith under the same roof with me. I had made more friends here but I still needed a daily dose of Faith's snarkiness and Genny's kindness. With Christian back, I had been giving them some space for family time but I was starting to regret that decision.Henry returned shortly after with a bulging rucksack and gestured at me to follow him.“Where are we going?” I asked as we left the house.“The garage.”I wanted to ask why we needed to go there but that was another place I hadn't gotten to see yet, so I kept my mouth shut. We walked several feet away from the house and I frowned. “The garage isn’t attached to the house?”“Nope.” He smirked. “It was at first but given the amount of cars we kept collecting, we eventually broke it down and built a new one away from the house. Right here.”My jaw dropped to the ground. The building in front of us was massive. If I hadn't known it was