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“What was in it?” Ethan asked, his curiosity piqued. “Nothing unusual,” Axel answered, and Ethan sighed, relaxing back into his s cat.
However, his wolf remained numb, senses dulled; there was no way it was ordinary,
“I don’t think it’s in the drink. Still, keep an eye out, though,” Axel warned warned.
“You don’t have to tell me twice,” Ethan responded.
“I already took some samples of both kids; I’ll have them tested out.” Axel asserted with a sigh.
“Don’t breathe a word about this out,” Ethan cautioned.
After a moment of silence, Ethan broached a question that had been on his mind for some days now. “Did you know, Axel, that Bella’s been mistreating serva nts?” Ethan asked.
“You found out, huh? It’s about time, don’t you think?” Axel muttered instead.
“So you knew?” Ethan inquired.
“Not really, there were signs,” Axel answered.
“Signs I didn’t and somehow couldn’t see,” Ethan sighed again.
“Where did Bella come from? How did you meet her?” Axel asked thoughtfully.
“It’s a long story. There are a whole lot of blank spaces when it comes to her,” Ethan sighed defeatedly.
“Did I ever tell you about that? No one seemed to identify Bella. The one person who did, at a meeting one day. Bella, she claimed it was a mistake. That the woman misidentified her, and a day later she’s dead,” Ethan mumbled thoughtfully.
“Who?” Axel asked.
“Pack elder Naomi. I thought it was suspicious, but when I tried looking into it, I was told she had died in her sleep, and that it might actually have been a mistake.”
“That’s suspicious,” Axel mused thoughtfully.
“Now that I think of it, it really is. Although her family member said she was sick and mixed up details. That she had Alzheimer.” Ethan frowned sitting up as he mulled over what he had heard.
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“That seems convenient,” Axel said with a frown.
“I know,” Ethan said, thinking now.
“I’ll look into this some more. Into Naomi, maybe pay her family another visit soon. Some other person apart from Naomi might have known Bella or can give me more information on how she passed,” Ethan thought out loud.

“What is Bella hiding?” Ethan asked quietly.
“I think it’s best we just let everything lie low for now,” Axel suggested.
Ethan nodded. “Yes, just have the new samples tested out. I need the results as soon as possible.”
“It would take about three days,” Axel informed him.
“I know,” Ethan responded. “Don’t breathe a word about it to anyone. Just have the samples tested, under different names if possible,” he warned in a serious tone.
“I know,” Axel responded.
“This isn’t my first road trip.”
When Ethan got home, he found Bella waiting for him.
When Bella saw Ethan, her eyes searched his features for an answer, an expression to give her a lead on what had happened. Ethan, she observed, looked rather calm, too calm for someone who just lost a loved one. Bella hid the look of anxiousness on her face.
“Ethan, is everything okay?” she asked, seeing his tired but serene look.
“Yes, why?” he answered.
“Nothing,” she replied slowly, feeling a little disappointed. Could it be that they had failed? If they had succeeded, Ethan wouldn’t have been home that early.
“Join me to eat,” she tried convincing him.
“Not hungry,” he replied strongly. Her face fell immediately. It had been a while since they dined together. At this rate, he might actually recover. And what did Ethan mean?
She watched as Ethan headed up the stairs, a frown deepening on her face. She hurriedly grabbed her hidden phone and made her way to the bathroom in her study.
“Did
you fail?” she growled out at Sebastian the moment he picked up.
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“I was going to call you, but then I remembered you said I shouldn’t contact you first,” Sebastian muttered.
“Ethan just got home, he looks too calm for someone who just lost someone, so that means you failed me!” she gritted out angrily.
“We weren’t supposed to; the boy was right there.”
“So you failed!” she cried.
“You’re useless!” she yelled in anger.
“Not my fault, we watched for the right opportunity. Some man grabbed him right out of the way,” came the exasperated reply.
“What nonsense are you on about?”
“I saw someone grab the child right out of the way. I was there to watch the scene to make sure it was carried out as ordered and clear any loopholes, but then the boy was in place, someone grabbed him out in the nick of time,” Sebastian replied.
“Was it Ethan?” she asked, a deep frown gracing her face.
“No, it wasn’t. He and his assistant arrived minutes later; it was someone else entirely.”
“This man dove in risking his life; I couldn’t stay to check. I left immediately.”
Who could it be?!
Bella bit her lips and fingers anxiously pacing around.
“You want us to try again?” he asked.
“No!”
“You’ll definitely fail; Ethan’s not stup id. You can’t try the same tricks twice on him.” And besides, he had been keeping her at arm’s length. He even insisted on handling things she used to take care of there in the pack himself. He was becoming immune to her.
She sighed, feeling a headache coming on. “Just onto the next one. Make sure you don’t fail me this time!” she ordered.
“We won’t fail you,” came the response, assuring her of executing it to the latter this time.
“Don’t contact me; I’ll be the one to reach out to you. Understood?” she reminded him.
“Yes.”
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“You know what, hold on for a few days, just so as not to arouse suspicion.”
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