I didn’t care.
Stella was missing, for fuck’s sake, and nothing else had worked. Our friends Abby and Maya seemed to know something despite their constant denial, but I’d given up on trying to get information out of them a few days earlier.
They were currently at the top of my shit list, but that was a problem for after I knew that Stella was safe.
Iwasgoing to find out what happened to her, no matter what it took.
I was halfway through the list, and the day, when Cynthia’s phone rang. I didn’t hear what she said at first. She was the main receptionist, so her phone rang a lot.
When I felt her eyes on me, I looked up and found her glaring.
She definitely had my attention then.
“I’ll handle it,” she finally said. “Sorry, Alpha.”
Alpha?
No.
Holy hell,no.
This couldn’t be a werewolf thing. Abby had detailed too many werewolf romance books for me not to know that the alpha thing was important to them.
But they weren’t real.
Werewolves weren’t real.
Theycouldn’tbe real.
…could they?
Something weird was obviously going on in Moon Ridge.
And yeah, the town being full of werewolves was something of an urban legend at the university I taught biology at.
But werewolves?
Come on.
What scientific evidence was there that they existed? Where was the proof? If they were real, wouldn’t someone have figured it out and splashed it all over social media in an attempt to make a bunch of money in views or ads or whatever?
Cynthia ended her phone call. I watched closely as she searched something on her computer, then dialed a number she’d apparently found online.
Her voice was low, but the waiting room was small enough that I could hear everything she said.
“Hi, Nico. This is Cynthia over at Moon Ridge Regional. We have a miss Jade Hoover searching for her friend Stella who she believes went missing a few months ago. Without permission from her or a direct relative, I can’t share any information about anyone’s current healthcare situation, as I’m sure you can understand. The mayor’s office called and asked me to handle it, and I believe you know someone who could update her.”
Nico?
As in, Abby’s boyfriend?
What the actual fuck?
Iknewshe knew something.
He couldn’t be related to Stella, though. She had no idea who he was when they met, and she would’ve mentioned any kind of familial connection.
So why had Cynthia called Nico?
