The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 82

#Chapter 82- Motive

Ethan

“It’s all taken care of?” I ask, staring down the desk sergeant at the police headquarters.

She nods, averting her eyes from my dominant gaze. “Yes Alpha, Ms. Mechant

will be held at the sanitorium until her trial.”

“Good.” I answer briskly. “I want to be notified the moment a date is set, or if any new developments arise.”

“Yes sir.” She replies obediently. I’m about

to walk away when the detective on my Mother’s case catches my attention.

“Excuse me, Alpha, do you have a moment to talk?” He asks, looking far too pleased

with himself.

“Assuming you have something of consequence to share.” I grumble, closing

the distance between us.

“Of course, sir.” The man agrees, leading me towards his desk, “I would never waste

your time.”

I follow him at a distance, muttering under my breath and trying to guess what fresh hell he might be preparing to thrust me into. Taking the guest chair as he settles in front of his computer, I mentally count to ten, urging myself to have patience.

“Well?” I press when he doesn’t explain why he pulled me aside, “What’s going on? Have you found something?”

“As a matter of fact, we have.” He shares

with a smug smile. “As you know we collected a few boxes of evidence from your

apartment on the night of the murder,

including a number of items from your

mother’s room.”

“And?” I prompt him, wishing he would get to the point.

“Well my team has been going through that

evidence all week, and yesterday one of my

rookies came across a document we

previously missed – one which could explain your ex-wife’s motive for the

crime.”

hackles raise. If the obnoxious investigator doesn’t stop insisting Jane is responsible for my mother’s murder despite my repeated orders to investigate

evidence bag across the table, and I snatch it up, scanning the contents of the form. The logo of an out-of- territory laboratory is stamped at the top, and

full of obscure biological markers and alleles, with each of the quadruplets’ names and my own in the

don’t really understand the specifics,

read

column are the words, probability of paternity: 100

%.

the tests run myself because deep down I was

you find this?” I ask hoarsely, feeling more emotional than

this

Jane’s guilt, rather than the joy of my paternity’s confirmation, because he’s grinning

a bill at first, it

went through all her

we found

how soon after she received the results

end.

maybe she didn’t plan on telling you at all.” The investigator theorizes. “Maybe she was going to use the

to confront her with it, and lost her life as

result.”

staring at the page with utter reverence.

way.” The investigator argues, “You’ve been telling me Jane didn’t have a motive to kill Petra all along, but I’ve seen people killed for far weaker reasons than

believe that Jane killed

the report in the air. “If that were the case, why did she leave the report for you to find? If she knew this existed and was willing to kill to hide it, why didn’t she

panicked and ran before she could look

the call reporting my

she ran out, she

in and she would

–

before you arrived.” I counter, feeling more frustrated by the

minute.

his head. “You’re infatuated with her and you don’t want to believe she’d do this,

going to have to accept

later.”

looking into Eve?” I question.

anything I’ve told you about her.”

respect, Alpha, you

I reserve the right to run my investigations as I see fit.” He grumbles defiantly.

remain on the force.” I remind him. “If

think long and hard about how badly you’re willing to risk your

rife with indignation, ” Are

outrage.

to a growl than a true laugh. “Was that

insolent wolf, I continue, “if

to keep your job,

a lot better than

not run your department, but

tries to glower

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