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It's been three fucking days of Liam and I investigating what happened. Who was behind Celeste's death and who posted the article. Liam still can't believe I didn't and how they looked like idiots celebrating me back then in the office.

I don't even make it three steps into the drawing room before I realize it's going to be that kind of evening. He's already there. You have got to be fucking kidding

me.

He sprawled out on the antique velvet chaise as if a damn royal cat who just mauled a deer and now wants a nap after the carnage.

Except this cat is six-foot-something, way too muscular to be lounging that prettily, and currently staring at me with the same intensity serial killers give their prey when they're deciding whether to disembowel first or flirt.

"Again?" I mutter under my breath, dragging a hand through my hair as I turn to Liam. "What the fuck is he doing here again?"

Liam pauses beside me, a thick folder tucked under his arm, eyes narrowing in that exasperated, brooding way he's perfected. "I thought this was a private meeting?"

"Yeah," I say flatly, "so did I."

I specifically told the maid to restrict anyone and that it would just be me and Liam using the drawing room.

But who is a maid when your fucking maid demands it, right?

Ugh, this is so frustrating. He is so frustrating!

A maid edges out the doorway, her face flustered as hell as she peeps in, I walk closer so I could hear her as she whispers something like "He said it's a royal directive, Miss Sinclair.."

Royal directive, my ass.

Enoch doesn't even pretend to look ashamed. He shifts his leg off the coffee table with all the grace of a wolf pretending to be civilized. Spoiler alert, he's not. "Don't mind me," he says coolly, flipping open a book he's not actually reading.

It's entitled 'How To Not Kill' on its covers. I hear some steps behind me, and Liam immediately moves closer, hiding as though Enoch might touch him. I could honestly tell him he's falling right into his trap.

That moving closer to me thus making Enoch's wolf mad about our proximity might get him killed even more. But he's not aware of mates or werewolves, so I let him.

I turn back to Enoch with a glare. I hope looks could kill right now because he's absolutely getting on my last nerve. We can't finish anything with his stupid ass in here.

“I'm just resting. In my palace. In a room I like.” he mutters with a smug look on his face.

Resting. In the drawing room. During a scheduled private briefing. With Liam. "Oh for fuck's sake," I hiss under my breath.

Liam snorts beside me and I sighed. These two are freaking idiots. "Should I come back later when His Highness is done... 'resting'?"

"No," Enoch answers for me, snapping at Liam who then takes another step back at his glare. "You may proceed. I'm not in the way." he growls, pulling back the book on his face.

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snapped, rubbing my temples. I need to get shit

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flirting back then to get him back? Now, he's here

tilting his head just slightly as he stares at me. "You want me to

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yes, I do want him to leave. But I already know he won't. Not when Liam's here. Not when he's still buzzing with territorial piss

Ugh, Goddess.

into one of the chairs and yank the file from Liam's hand. "Let's just get this over with

open the first page as we try to ignore the elephant in the room. It has been three days since he's like this every time Liam's here, another day wouldn't make a difference. And this meeting might just be the last one

taking losses here if the controversial article was known to the public that it's been made with the

shifting from dry to grim, "the one fromLady Celeste's quarters before her time of death. She went missing a few

Lady a bunch of biscuits before sleeping-which might have been the cause of her death." He started. My heart beats a little faster. "S-so poisoning?" I presume, raising my

We both

He mutters.

chamomile tea before she slept." He mutters with a grim tone. I absolutely still wonder why the palace hasn't been too adamant

was the future

death not being

Liam with a smirk and I see Liam grits his teeth. No one has ever

some guild." Liam replies. The tension rises as Liam meets Enoch's glare. Fuck it, he's already beat up, what is he trying to fight

grumble, annoyed, "Just give me a picture of what this maid might look like." I added, holding out my palm to Liam. He finally turns to

animosity. You

I said, I'm not afraid

a pixelated picture. I look at

Wait this woman-

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doesn't register the rest.

Because there

the grainy still

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in the room and it was her cleaning the place, I instantly knew she

in the Maldives, smiling as though she handed me a fucking bomb instead

"I hope you find what you're looking for," she knew exactly what I was looking

never

My breath goes shallow.

don't even finish the sentence. My body moves before I do. I snatch

hands trembling as I bring it

There's no mistaking it.

The chill in the hallway. The look in her eyes. The way my wolf stirred-agitated, scared. Not of a threat but of

was the maid who poisoned Celeste. When

came and followed us to Maldives with

laptop and

That's when it clicks.

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