Chapter 0123

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Desperate to redirect their thoughts, I blurted, “David… he said something about my wolf.” I took a breath, trying to steady my voice. “He said that he’d poisoned me, that my wolf was gone because of him.”

My mother’s face twisted with restrained anger. “That rotten little…” She cut herself off, her lips pressed together in frustration.

“To think I welcomed that man into our home while he was secretly harming my child,” my father said, fury blazing in his eyes. “But if he admitted this, and after what happened yesterday, it’s clear you need to see our pack doctor.”

I nodded, not hesitating. “Okay.”

I knew it was the only way to ease their minds, and in truth, I wanted answers just as much. I missed my wolf, who had been silent for so long. If there was any chance of undoing what David had done and bringing her back, I needed to find out.

“In the meantime, we need to decide what to do about David,” my father said, his voice laced with determination.

“I’ve already initiated an investigation,” Alexander replied his expression hardening. “The police are involved, of course, but I also have a private investigator on the case. It’s not that I don’t trust the officials, but I believe David may be more cunning than they realize.”

agree,” my

morning, as well as with police representatives. Unfortunately, despite the abundance of evidence, there’s nothing at the scene that ties David directly to the

mean?” my mother asked, frowning.

Alexander explained. “The camera was brand new, straight out of the box, with no previous footage to trace back to him. And

my mother pressed.

with David, my investigator believes that if we accuse him based on blood evidence alone, he’ll claim we staged it to frame him. It’s exactly the sort of tactic David would use

what can we do?” she

with Ella, or at least noticed him fleeing. We’ll also check CCTV footage and build from there.

disguise,” I recalled, thinking of the dark sunglasses and hat. “It wasn’t a great disguise, but unless people were paying close attention, they wouldn’t have

the struggle, his

chance he was seen,” my father said, sounding

everything. As infuriating as it is, even that may

words. He was right, and

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