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“Huh?”
“My father is still missing, or have you forgotten?” he asks me when I turn to the next aisle, only to run into him.
“I haven't forgotten,” I tell him.
“You just believe what everyone else believes, that I killed him,” I shrug because that is what I believe. Osiris nods once and then peers around. “Did you?” I ask him, and he sighs heavily.
“My old man and I may not have gotten along, but he was a terrific father. I was just a terrible son, but we fixed all that. We sorted everything out,” he shrugs. I side-eye him, not believing him.
“Besides, I thought you were the strigoi, so I guess we’re even.” Osiris tells me, and I stop.
“You seriously thought I was a strigoi?” I ask, a little shocked. I thought he was trying to turn the city against me, not that he actually believed the nonsense he spouted.
“Well, you’re always hanging with that bloodsucker.”
“Marco,” I correct, and he nods.
“Yeah, and it made sense why this strigoi was never seen or caught. You could have easily covered it up. That is why I went after your seat on the council.”
“Is that why you also went after Elena?”
“Nah, that was just to get under your skin. Not that I would have minded had she taken me up on the offer,” I growl at him, and he puts his hands up in mock surrender and laughs.
“What, she’s fucking hot,” he shrugs, and Khan presses forward, not liking how he speaks of her. We reach the doors to the corridor when, finally, the lights flicker on.
“Finally!” Osiris says, tossing his hands up in the air.
“So why did you come back? Your father went missing the moment you showed up here. Kind of makes you look guilty,” I admit.
Chapter Seventy-Eight
“He called me back. He wanted me to give evidence against Derrick. Only when I got here, he was already missing.”
“Because you reported him missing.” I state.
“Look, I know it looks suspicious, but I didn’t kill him,” Osiris says, and I can hear underlying anger in his tone.
“Wait, what evidence did you have to give against Derrick?”
“My father wanted him off the council. He found out about his true identity, who he used to be. I told my father to let it be and that I’d handle it. He refused. Said he had evidence that Derrick and Thomas were dealing and trafficking women again with Alpha Lyle,” I stop.
“Alpha Lyle? As in Cane’s father?” Osiris nods. I hold up a finger, trying to piece this puzzle together.
“Now I know you’re lying. Elena found the bank statements….”
“With my name on them, yeah.” Osiris digs in his back pocket. He produces his phone, unlocks it, and presses a few things on the screen. He then turns the phone around to show me. Supernatural council ID. “I was undercover and have been for three years, but I don’t work directly with the supernatural council; I work with the human government agencies. It's why I have been gone so long.”
“So that is what you meant when you said I wasn’t the only one with friends in the council,” I exhale.
“Exactly,”
“Well, if you’re in the supernatural council, why do you hate Marco so much?” I ask.
“Do you have any idea the links to the underworld he has? His brother was a crime boss, not just in the supernatural world but also in the human cities. He covered up for him. I investigated him in my first year. However, nothing would stick until my boss pulled me from the case and said I was stirring up trouble, but that is part of the reason I started looking into Derrick. Derrick worked for him, he used to be in the Winter Ridge pack before his father banished him for selling his pack members. Only when he left did his father realize how much money he was bringing the pack and that his son was getting them out of debt.”
“Winter Ridge pack?”
“You know, the pack that was killed by their mates. After Derrick left, his father almost declared bankruptcy, so he started dealing drugs for Floyd. When that wasn’t enough, he started selling the women, who in turn sold them off to—”
