Chapter 383: Allies in unexpected places

Ramsey

"Good day, sir," the policewoman said quietly. "How are you doing? How is your wife?"

"She’s fine," I said curtly. "You’re here again?"

"Yes," the woman said with a sigh. "I know there’s a lot on your plate, but Paul keeps insisting on justice and..."

"How much is the car?" I asked quietly.

"Sir, if we could just..."

"Listen, I have a lot on my plate and I don’t want to be bothered by trivial things. Fine, will two hundred thousand cover the car and get him to shut up?"

Paul stepped forward, his voice still hoarse from yesterday. "I want this animal arrested immediately. Look what he did to me!" He gestured at his bruised neck. "He nearly killed me, and he destroyed my car!"

One of the policeman’s eyes widened. "Two hundred... that’s too much..."

Paul pushed past him and came to stand in front of me. "I don’t want your money, I want an apology, a heartfelt one. If you don’t give me that, then I’ll really sue."

I laughed.

"You want me to apologise to you? I didn’t even do that with Xander... why should I do so with you, a mere human?"

"You see, officers!" he bristled to the police, "This man is entitled. See the way he talks. Not a shred of remorse." Then he turned to me. "I’m giving you one chance, one, to get on your knees and apologise. In front of these officers. Or I swear, I’ll press charges—assault, destruction of property, attempted murder, whatever sticks."

I crossed my arms, fighting to keep my expression neutral despite the rage building in my chest. The urge to finish what I’d started yesterday was almost overwhelming, but I forced myself to remain calm.

"Officers, I was protecting my pregnant wife from a man who had trapped her in his vehicle against her will," I said evenly. "I’d like directions to your station. I’ll be happy to come in later to discuss this properly."

Paul’s face turned an interesting shade of purple. "This is ridiculous! I’m a citizen! I pay my taxes! I demand justice!" He turned to the officers with wild eyes. "If he won’t settle this right here, right now, he should be taken into custody immediately!"

The female policewoman asked, looking between us with practised

his voice taking on a tone of injured dignity. "I want him to apologise to me. On

hide my contempt. "That’s not

snarled, spittle flying from his lips. "I have rights! You can’t just assault innocent people because you’re

outrageous accusation, I noticed a familiar figure walking toward us from the other side of the

attention to him initially, assuming he was just being friendly. But as

said quietly, his voice carrying an authority that made the police turn toward him. "I couldn’t help but

looked him up and down. "And

he pointed to his house. "I saw what happened yesterday. The man you’re threatening," Elias glanced at me, then back to the officers, "was defending his pregnant wife from someone who locked her in

white. "That’s a lie! I never—She came

turning instead

on that house," he said, pointing at our house. "You can see them—top right corner of the porch. And another one at the intersection just down the road. Both were facing the car. You’ll see that she

clearly more experienced, narrowed

Did you lock her

jaw moved, but no

finally choked. "I just wanted to talk.

justifies holding a pregnant woman against her will?" Elias asked calmly, folding his arms across his

"It wasn’t like that!"

raised a brow. "Enough. We’ll pull

myself studying Elias more intently. There was something familiar about him—not his appearance, exactly, but his presence. He was too smooth. Too calculated. The

The tall figure who had battled unknown creatures outside our home, then disappeared into the darkness after

been

cameras will confirm everything I’m saying," Elias was telling the officers. "My

we’ll need all parties to come to the station

need you to come along as

face had gone from a deep purple to a pale grey. "But what about

actions may be considered justified defence of

patrol car, his voice carrying back to us as he continued to rant about his rights and

away, Elias turned to leave. "Well, I should be

quietly, my voice carrying the unmistakable tone of Alpha

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