All Chapters of Trading My Cheating Ex for His Alpha Uncle : Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

ZARAXavier and I walked away from the lab and stood by a railing as he revealed that the man who had breached the company's security and switched the solvent had died at the police station.My jaw fell open in shock, and I couldn't speak for a full minute.“What happened? Was it the torture you put him through?” I asked.“No. He was foaming at the mouth. He was poisoned,” he informed me.The reality of that sent an intense wave of fear coursing through my entire being. Whoever was after my life was willing to go to extreme measures to achieve whatever they wanted, even murdering the person they hired inside a police station just to bury the evidence.I shook my head repeatedly. “This is bad. Really bad. Who could be so heartless, killing everyone who gets in their way? If they could reach someone in police custody, then...”“You are not safe, Zara,” Xavier concluded. “I'll order more bodyguards for you. They'll stay with you at the pack until we find them. We can't risk you going out

ZARAIt was almost six p.m., and the seven of us left the lab at the same time to have a team dinner at an Italian restaurant within walking distance of the company.The moment we stepped out of the building, Xavier suddenly appeared behind me, and my eyes widened in shock.I grabbed his shirt, pulled him to the side, and whispered, “We already established the fact that they do not want you there.”“Well, I am not going for their sake, but for yours.”“Thank you, Alpha, but I’m good. I’ll meet you at the pack later.”“I cannot leave you to go there unprotected. I’ll sit somewhere else and get my work done while you...” he shrugged, “...have fun.”“Ghost is with me. He can protect me,” I retorted.I glanced behind me and saw him standing a short distance away. Yes, I was right. He was there.“Ghost alone cannot protect you. We don’t know who we’re dealing with yet. In fact, I already hired five other bodyguards to protect you. They’ll be with you at all times.”“Five bodyguards?” My ey

ZARA“What happened in the dream?” Xavier asked, urging me to continue.“That’s it,” I told him. “She just gave me a warning and also asked me to take the holy water.”My chest tightened, and I didn’t know where all these thoughts were coming from. Xavier couldn’t be the one I shouldn’t trust, could he? But I didn’t even know his real intentions toward me. He showed up at the bar, only for me to realize the next day that he was Ryan’s uncle. Then, coincidentally, I ended up at his company, where he offered me the proposition to become his Luna for one year, offering me two million dollars. And now, I had found out that he knew my grandmother before she died.Everything seemed too convenient. The threats to my life started right after I met him.I shook my head, brushing that thought away. My mind was too troubled that it had started pointing out the impossible, suspecting everyone.“We need to find out how Elder Eleanor died,” he pressed.“Sure. The burial is tomorrow, and I will be a

ZARALet’s just hope that whoever heard our secrets doesn’t spread them. Otherwise, we’d be fucked if the council learned about our arrangement. Leaving him would make it even more difficult to convince everyone that it had all been real.Anyway, Xavier and I got ready for work and left for the tower. It was a long day, my mind occupied with countless thoughts, including the death of Elder Eleanor. What if Xavier was right? What if that poor woman had truly been murdered and hadn’t died a natural death? I’d be consumed with guilt if I found out that she had lived for so many years without death knocking on her door, only to be killed after my very first interaction with her.Before six, Xavier and I were already on our way to the Blood Moon Pack for Elder Eleanor’s funeral.It was to be done the old-fashioned way, just as she had requested over twenty years before her death. A pyre would be built in the pack square, her body placed on top of it, and it would be lit by the pack’s Alpha

ZARANow, why the hell did he do that? What was supposed to be a secret was now known by the entire pack, and rumors ran faster than light. Everyone in the city would hear about this, and eventually, the Moonridge council members would too.Although it was high time we took a step toward them finding out, it wasn't supposed to happen like this.“Is she really our Alpha?”“Does that mean the weakness disease would finally be cured?”“Will we be strong again?”“What if she’s a fake Alpha and she’s only deceiving us?”“She’s truly alive. She didn’t die with her mother years ago.”“I don’t think she’s our Alpha. She doesn’t look powerful.” The voices of the pack members floated around, everyone having different opinions.“Alpha,” Beta Derick said, lighting a torch before extending it toward me. “Would you do us the honor of releasing the priestess to her resting place?”I had a lot of things to say to him, a lot of anger I needed to unleash on him, but I had to pretend everything was oka