Stephen’s POV
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“I need you both to check on Ms. Williams by both with her clothes and without her clothes.”, I ordered, on which their eyes widened. At the same time, they looked at me warily like I was insane, unable to find any appropriate words to respond for a minute.
“But Stephan…” Nora started but shut her mouth when she earned a glare from me.
“I’m not doing anything wrong. I just don’t trust anyone when it comes to Alpha safety, and all Ms. Williams has to do is strip in front of you both. I’m sure that’s not a big deal for a werewolf.”
“I don’t have all my life to wait for this work to be done. So, what are you two waiting for? Christmas?” I asked in sarcasm. They nodded their head and got back to the work I had asked for. Once they left, I went back to Ryan’s office to check the status of her phone.
“Did you find anything?” I asked, slamming the door wide open.
“Jesus, Beta! You scared me.”, He said, placing his hands over his heart and acting dramatically.
“Is the work done?” I asked and wanted to take YES as an answer.
“Yes, I did, and unfortunately. I found nothing.”, he responded, passing me her phone. I opened it and checked her caller history on my own but found nothing suspicious. “She has two sim cards in her phone, and I have checked the call history of both even over the internet, and just like I mentioned before, everything is crystal clear.”, Ryan said. “I think you are doubting her unnecessarily.”, he added.
So, she got a green flag from Ryan.
But I still believed that something was fishy, and I wouldn’t rest in peace until I figured it out.
Because the things were too clean for my taste, sometimes, the things in front of our eyes were not dangerous, but the things hidden from our eyes were.
“Fine! Thanks for all the information.”, I grumbled.
If she could sneak out of my pack to get her work done, I could do the same and in the same way, just like she did, because two could play the game. I went directly into the forensic lab, where all her cosmetics were kept and retrieved from her luggage. I grabbed the perfume bottle that could hide the smell and left it there without informing anyone where I was heading to.
I used that perfume and my car to reach Alpha Williams’s pack. And I must say the guards on patrol were so overconfident over their smelling sense that they were barely guarding the pack border because I could see them busy with their phones. I parked the car far away from the pack and then planned to sneak inside the pack without getting caught.
Now, I realized how Aleena easily sneaked out of our border. I used that part as my opportunity and finally sneaked inside the pack. Thankfully, with Thunder’s help since, I made my way to Alpha Williams’s bedroom without getting caught.
‘I hope you don’t get caught while doing all this. Otherwise, we will have to bear heavy punishment.’, Thunder warned.
‘Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing, and if I would have asked someone else to do this, then there was a high chance of them getting caught.’, I assured him.
Immediately, I felt someone trying to reach me through the mind link because suddenly, I felt something bugging my mind.
‘Beta Stephan!’
‘What’s it, Nora?’
‘We didn’t find anything, Beta. Neither in her clothes nor without clothes.’
‘Okay.’
‘You better find something, Brother otherwise, no one can save you from the wrath of big brother.’, This time, Nora said, more like a sister than a reporter.
‘I know, Nora. I know that.’
‘Did you find something?’
‘Nothing yet.’
‘It means your ass is in trouble,’ she said in a worried tone, and I closed the mind link, focusing my mind on the work I was here for. I didn’t waste time and stole Luna’s phone, for which I was here in the first place.
I didn’t stay there long after that. While I was on the way back to the pack, I felt someone was mind linking me again. I used the same path which I had used earlier to reach here.
‘Where are you?’
‘Are you that mad at me that you won’t even say HELLO to your son?’ I asked my mother, who was not in a pleasant mood.
‘Daniel is awake and is looking for you. So, come home soon.’, She said angrily and closed the mind link. A part of me was happy that Daniel was gaining his consciousness now, but at the same time, I was worried about the other part because I hadn’t had any solid proof against her yet. And by any chance, Daniel would get an idea about what I had done, and others would have added spices over it then, just like Nora had mentioned, ‘My ass was in trouble.’
Immediately I felt my smell returning. Great, nothing could be more perfect than this. Otherwise, I would have to answer about it, especially Daniel.
I checked the time and realized that this worked for three hours.
‘Ryan! Where are you right now?’
‘Back to my office. I just met Daniel. He asked when he didn’t find you among the family members.’
‘Yeah! I’m almost near the packhouse. By the way, did someone inform me about everything?’
‘Well, no one informed on their own, but when he didn’t see Eva’s sister, he asked about it, and Mom told everything that happened to him.’
So, it was not Evangeline who complained about me.
‘Then?’
‘Daniel started leaving the bed to handle the situation on his own, but he got scolded by his mate, and he returned to the bed with a scowl on his face. You should have been here. I must say, the future Luna has already a strong-headed and bossy woman.’
‘Well, what can I say on this? That my brother cannot be luckier.’ I smiled at the thought that finally, my brother had someone in his life who cared for him unconditionally other than his family. ‘Anyways, I need your help again.’, I said, changing the topic.
‘I’m listening.’
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After reaching the packhouse, I first gave the phone I had stolen to him and asked him to unlock it; along with that, get the call history checked on her number.
If Alpha Williams never shared Eva’s real identity with both her mate and his real daughter, then I was sure that something would be off about them, or there could be even the slightest trust issue between them; otherwise, why wouldn’t a mate would hide anything from the other one? That too for all this year?
“Did you just steal the phone of…”
“Shut up! And get back to work, quick. And yes! Make sure that no one would able to track this number.”
“Why do you always ask me to do something I can fall in trouble with later?”
“Don’t worry if anything goes wrong. I will take the blame. Now, just get this work done, and by that time, I’m going to meet Alpha.”
He sighed and nodded his head.
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#TBC