Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 504 There’s a Murder

Hayley’s POV:

+8 Pearls

So this was Odessa’s real reason for inviting Johnny and me to dinner. She wanted to publicly force me to break up with Benjamin.

How shameless could she be?

“Enough!” Benjamin’s face was as dark as a storm cloud.

He had clearly believed Odessa had truly changed her attitude toward me, only to discover she had calculated against even her own son.

Seeing that both Johnny and Benjamin were about to lose their tempers, Odessa quickly found an excuse to slip away. “Excuse me, I need to use the restroom,” she said, grabbing her bag.

Afraid she wouldn’t get away fast enough, she shifted into her wolf form and bolted toward the restroom at full speed.

Once Odessa left, Johnny remained silent. Not even Benjamin’s apologies could make up for what had happened.

About 20 minutes passed, and Odessa still hadn’t returned.

Hera grew uneasy, and her instincts warned me that something was wrong. I decided to follow my gut and went to check on Odessa.

As I reached the sink area outside the restroom, I ran into a man wearing a baseball cap and a face mask.

knife in his hand and was heading toward the women’s restroom.

recoil in disgust, instantly identified him. I

surprised to see me but didn’t say a

his eyes, and any lingering

an ominous feeling washed over me. “What are you

to do with you,” Irving growled, his eyes filled

yet the Southwells still won’t leave me

worse than death without my wolf. So today, I’m going

toward the women’s restroom.

arm and struggled to wrest

had no intention of hurting me because it didn’t take much effort before I

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you kill again you’ll leave yourself with

froze for a moment, then abruptly

before he fled. I noticed a

Irving smiling?

it out. Tossing the knife intea nearby trash can, I rushed into the women’s restroom to check on Odessa.

Odessa lay in a pool of blood, and blood was