Aiden’s Pov
I leaned back in my chair and stared back into the dark sky outside the window. The thought of Shenaya came to me. I couldn’t face her father since I was still trapped in my body and I hadn’t even heard anything from her. She would have given birth by now but she didn’t reach out to me to tell me anything about my pup.
How could she? I accused her of carrying a bastard child even though I knew she had no one else but me. Talking about the bastard child, I wasn’t sure if Skylar’s pup belonged to me. I had never caught her with someone else but I couldn’t help but feel that she was seeing someone else. That was why I had Lucas and his men follow her every move ever since she announced the pregnancy to me.
The main reason why I wanted them to follow her was majorly because I wanted her to slip up and reveal where she had hidden the concoction that bound Smoke to her but so far, they found nothing and it’s beginning to frustrate me.
I turned my head to look in the direction of the door when I heard the squeak. Lucas entered with a serious look.
“What’s up?” I asked him, I knew he found something from his expression.
“It’s kind of complicated, Alpha.” He looked troubled and my patience started wearing thin.
“I don’t have all the time in the world, Lucas,” I narrowed my eyes “Spill now,” I ordered.
He took a deep long breath and stepped closer to my table, he began.
“We’ve been following Lady Skylar, just as you ordered. She’s been cautious and it felt like she knew we were watching her,” he paused “But we found something unusual.”
“Unusual? How?”
“She’s been meeting someone, a man, but here’s where it gets strange.”
“Lucas spill please?” I was already tired of this suspense.
“The man doesn’t show in cameras.” I looked at him in disbelief because he didn’t know how crazy he sounded right now.
“Can you hear yourself?”
“Alpha I know it sounds crazy but I have proof. We caught footage of the theme together several times, entering buildings and going to hotels in the human world. All we can see of this man is his shadow. Not his face, bo, dy, and not even a clear figure. Just a black blurry figure.”
Lucas pulled out his phone and showed the footage.
“Take a look, Alpha.” He handed over the phone to me, “They checked into this hotel a few days ago and I had the CCTV in the room hacked. I thought we would finally see who had been pulling her strings.”
I played the video and watched intently.
Skylar is in the room, pacing like she is nervous before the door opens. I was expecting a man to enter but instead, a shifting shadow glide across the floor stood as if it was human. And what I witness next left my mouth hanging wide open.
Skylar ripped off her clothes crawled onto the bed and beckoned to the shadow. The silhouette moved towards her and the sound of skin hitting skin filled the room. All I could see was Skylar writhing beneath pure darkness.
“What the fuck is this?” I didn’t even know what to feel. “Is this some kind of trick?”
“Alpha, this is real. I have watched it over and over again to be sure my eyes weren’t playing some kind of tricks on me.”
“We double-checked every angle, every camera. The shadow was the only thing that showed up not human. Who or what they are, we don’t know.” Lucas said.
“So, she’s not just a witch playing tricks, she also sleeps with dark creatures. This explains why she’s been able to keep control over Smoke. I feel like it’s this creature that is feeding her with powers.” I said and Lucas nodded in agreement.
“Surprisingly, the room was clean. There were no traces of the concoction anywhere in the room. Every hiding spot we searched in the room came up empty.”
My mind kept on racing as I tried to process and take in this new revelation.
“She is hiding it somewhere else then, somewhere we haven’t thought about.”
Lucas looked like he wanted to say something but he’s holding it back. Why? I need all the ideas right now,
Spill, Lucas?” I said almost rolling my eyes at him. He hesitated for a while but latergavee in.
“Alpha, this is dark magic we are talking about here. If she is working with something that powerful, then it is more dangerous than we thought. It is something demonic and I think that is why Smoke is always weak around Lady Skylar.”
What? What he said made my anger burn.
“I don’t care if she’s working with the devil himself. We’ll keep monitoring her until she finds the antidote to this trap and I also want you to keep an eye on the shadow. Find out more about it. If we can’t get to Skylar directly, we’ll take down her source of power.” I could see the fear in Lucas but I honestly do not care. I just wanted liberation from this crazy witch.
“I understand Alpha,” Lucas nodded “I’ll put my best men on it but Alpha, please be careful, If we cannot see the creature ordinarily, it means, it’s not something we have dealt with before. It is dangerous even more than the most dangerous witch we know which is Skylar.”
“I don’t care how dangerous it gets, I am not backing down until I get to the bottom of this. I’ve had enough of being a puppet in my own body. I’ll rip her apart and burn down whatever alliance she made with the devil.” Lucas bowed slightly and left.
I looked at the Video again on my screen as Lucas already sent the video to me. Her body was entwined with the silhouette. The twist of disgust and anger in my gut made my jaw clenched.
“When I take back my control, there won’t be enough shadow to hide you from me, Skylar,” I muttered.