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“Talked to the police. Justin Grant had lawyered up. They were called in for questioning before the Jackal pack was arrested and he’d negotiated to cooperate and come in the next day. Not sure if the idiot called the Jackals or if they were just tying up loose ends, but he was missing his tongue and it’s being ruled a homicide.”
“Safe to assume he was the one faking results for them and probably sent Clint’s pack to the Jackals then. Good riddance.”
“All three Rothchild Alphas are at the safe house now with their Omega. Michaels has two of our other guys with him. Once Graves is dead, Pack Rothchild will be on their own or the police will figure something out.”
“What about?—”
“Jade! Or Theo. Or Trevor. Just someone. Come over here!”
Ethan’s eager voice pulled me from my thoughts and brought a smile to my face. I couldn’t resist the chance to pick at Theo as we walked over to the other side of the BullPen where Ethan’s station was set up.
“He asked for me first.”
Theo scoffed and met my gaze with a crooked grin.
“My bite is the only one on his neck though.”
“For now.”
“You going to make your move, babe?”
“I’m getting that secondary nest set up for him in our barracks room. I thought I’d see where that went tonight. Unless you think?—”
Theo pulled me to a stop with a hand on my elbow and flooded our bond with joy, excitement, and love. There was no jealousy anywhere. My worries fled in the face of it and I smiled at him.
“Thank you, love.”
“Let’s go listen to what our Omega wants to tell us and then maybe you can sweep him off his feet.”
Nerves fluttered unexpectedly at the thought. I had no doubts that Ethan was my Omega, but I hadn’t got to spend much time alone with him. He had made it very clear that he didn’t want the whole big show when it came to courting but fuck if I didn’t want to make him understand what he meant to me and to the pack. We approached his station, and he was practically bouncing in his seat, while Cole was sitting calmly next to him on a laptop, looking amused.
“We found him! Or well, a lead at least.”
“What did you find, Biscuit?”
Trevor moved over to join us as well and Ethan beamed.
“Okay so, Violet Rayne was a stage name, but Rayne was her middle name too. Knowing Graves’ surname obviously helped narrow it down, but we found that a Violet Rayne Graves gave birth to a baby boy thirty-three years ago and named him Joseph Blake Graves. The birth certificate didn’t list a father, but Violet obviously knew who he was, based on the name and the hush money style child support payments.”
“She died eleven years ago: the cause of death was listed as an overdose. She’d changed her name again, after a failed marriage to another Beta, but her maiden name was included in the death records. I found a property, still in her name and it’s only two miles from the warehouse they kept Shae and the others in.”
Could it really be that easy? I threw a look at Trevor and Theo to see whether they had the same thought. Ethan caught my hesitation and continued.
“I know it seems obvious, but there’s nothing to tie Blake Graves to Violet Moore without a lot of digging. Utilities are active on the property under the name Jack Collins.”
He looked at us with an expression that begged us to get it like it was the punch line in a bad joke. Theo and I were trying our best not to look as confused as we felt, when Trevor snorted derisively.
“Jack Collins… Jackals. It’s like we’re in a fucking Scooby Doo episode instead of dealing with actual human traffickers.”
He shook his head and crossed those massive arms over his chest. Ethan’s perfume spiked in the space between us all, and Trevor just shot him a smirk, shamelessly flexing. After a hard swallow and a little shake of his head, like he was chastising himself, Ethan turned back to his monitors.
“Right, that’s what we think anyway. Also, thanks to Cole, we have confirmed sightings of him at the gas station just a quarter mile from the house. It’s worth checking out, right?”
His voice ticked up at the end relaying that it wasn’t just a question but also that he was nervous that we’d dismiss his idea. I moved over and tipped his chin up so he would give me his eyes.
“Yes, Omega. It’s more than we’ve had to go on this whole time. Theo and I will check it out tomorrow, but you need to get some sleep.”
“But, I could?—”
