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“And?” I ask.
Alex shrugs. “We don’t host pack meetings on the same date every month, but we do have business meetings on the same day every month.”
“That doesn’t mean other packs don’t,” Ben says. “But the point is null, anyway. I found the company. It’s a small start-up, with roots in biochemistry?—”
“Which is what his degree is in,” I say, sitting back in my seat. “That’s coincidental.”
“Was he maybe working on something for them?” Alex asks.
“Oh, I don’t know, why don’t I locate a clairvoyant and ask them?” Ben says, sneering at Alex.
“Where would you find a clairvoyant?” Alex asks with a smirk. Ben shrugs and clicks down on the trackpad.
“The only information on here is a contact for one of the lead management staff—Melody McDonald. She’s human and married and has four kids. Boring. They’re all too young to kidnap one and hold it ransom.”
“Oh, yes, morals,” I mutter, causing Seb to snort. I reach over for the journal, and Alex hands it over as Ben continues reading random tidbits out about the company. I’m not sure if it’s the breakthrough we think it is.
We still barely know anything about the man.
Maia very unhelpfully took all the photos of him?—
“Do not insult my mate that way,” Orion snarls. “There may not have been photos.”
“Yes, right. A three year relationship and no photos? We’ve seen her take hundreds of Phoebe per day.”
“My pup is the cutest little wolf in the entire world. Why wouldn’t we have all of the photos we could?” Orion snaps. The amount of fucking hostility from a presence inside my mind is very draining.
I turn the page and finally see a true clue. I pull the scrap of paper out and smooth it out to rid it of the creases, and I’m very fucking grateful Maia didn’t show Alex any photos earlier.
She was smart to take them out.
But not smart enough.
“Fuck,” I whisper, looking at a photo of a man I know only too well wrapped around my mate. His lips are touching her cheek, and if he were alive, I’d carve him to pieces for even breathing on her.
“Dirty Wolfe,” Orion roars. “How fucking dare he. It’s a good thing he’s dead. Maia deserves better than him.”
“She does,” I say softly as I take in the genuine happiness in her face. Her baby blue eyes are wide and glistening in the snowy backdrop. She’s wearing a big coat that hides her figure, but her hair is healthy and shiny underneath a bright pink hat. Her rosy red lips are in the biggest, authentic smile I’ve ever seen.
She looks so young, so carefree.
Maia is gorgeous.
And I fucking hate that he recognised that, too.
“What’s going on?” Alex asks.
“We’ve got a very big problem.” Alex’s hands still, and he looks up at me. Seb leans over and sees the photo, letting out a loud growl that has Ben shoving his computer away and snatching the photo from me.
“Fucking hell,” Ben says, shaking his head. “Well, I did always say I was the more attractive version of us. At least Maia has traded up now.”
“Don’t say that in front of her,” Alex says, leaning in closer to Ben so he can see why we’re all reacting this way. Seb’s still growling, and I hope that it doesn’t disturb the mother and babe. We cannot have their presence here right now. “Holy fuck.”
“Why?” Ben demands. “I’m the one who should be upset. Maia fucked my cousin.”
“Fuck,” I whisper, closing my eyes to pray to Artemis that when I open them, this will all have been a joke.
“Our cousin. She fucked our cousin. Our enemy. She had a baby with our enemy.”
