Chapter 6

• Stephen's POV
• 'If I regret doing this, then she will regret it twice or thrice times greater than it if I figured out that she did something nasty, just like I was thinking.', I thought but didn't give importance to saying the same about it because I believe doing work rather than talking unnecessarily. That stupid girl didn't even realize I took out her phone when I pushed her into the cell. I checked her phone. The phone was locked, so at first, I needed to unlock it first.
• 'John and Wade check every corner of the room where Ms. Williams had stayed, including her luggage and the cosmetics. Tell them that 'this is Beta's order if someone tries to intervene.'
• 'Noted, Beta.'
• 'Okay, Beta.'
• Closing the mind link, I went directly to Ryan's office, who was my cousin, Aunt Emma, and Uncle Jame's first child. Now, you might wonder why he had an office in the pack?
• Well, that was because he was the human-technology expert in our pack.
• "Ryan!!" I walked into his office without knocking on the door and found him working on a laptop and having chocolate in his mouth at the same time. "I need you to unlock this phone and get all the information from it and the sim card's call details. In case of anything suspicious, I need the recording of the call.
• "Consider it done, Beta."
• "You can call me Stephan, you know."
• "I will do that when you aren't in work mode, and knowing the situation, I don't think you're going back to normal mode until Daniel wakes up."
• "Hmm. By the way, what do you think about his mate? We all can see that she is worried and concerned for the Alpha, but do you think there is her hand in this incident?" I asked, thinking about Evangeline. A part of me wanted to doubt her because how could she reach here without a single scratch on her body while Daniel was barely breathing. But the other part of me is otherwise.
• "To be honest, I can't comment on that part because I know nothing about his mate. And I don't understand what can be the reason behind doing something like this with her mate? If she wanted to rule over this pack, she could have done this by becoming Daniel's mate. She didn't need to kill her mate for that. And not to be forgotten, even if she wanted to kill him, she could have done after getting marked by Daniel and becoming his official Luna. As per the law, if anything happened to Daniel, you would be the pack leader, not Evangeline. But…
• "But what?"
• "I can't say the same about her sister, you know! She can have reasons to harm Daniel. But again, I won't comment anything because I know nothing.", Ryan said.
• "Just get this work done ASAP.", I ordered and started leaving his office when Wade mind-linked me.
• 'Beta, we found something in Ms. Williams's luggage.'
• 'Great. I will be there in a minute.'
• When I walked inside the packhouse, I could sense the tension in the environment. And I could tell that it wasn't just because of Daniel's situation but also the result of the act I had done in the morning. But no one dared to say a word at that time. I made my way toward the guest room where Ms. William had stayed.
• "What is it?"
• "Here. We found a pouch full of Vervain bullets and the guns.", John said, pointing toward the guns and the bullets. "And not just that, we also found a perfume bottle which is not used for fragrance but to hide the smell.", he added.
• "That explains why no one couldn't catch her smell when she left the packhouse last night.", Wade concluded the same thing which was going on in her mind. "Not just that, we also find a spray consisting of a high level of silver, which can be dangerous for both werewolves and vampires."
• "Why is your wrist burn?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.
• "Because I was checking what was in it by applying this over my wrist, and the result is right in front of you."
• This girl looked like she knew nothing except using a ton of makeup from the outside, and from inside, she was no less than a villain. Who could have taught that she was a devil under the mask of an angel?
• "Do one thing. Send all her cosmetics products to the forensic and get them tasted over there? I won't suggest anyone touch her things; who knows, and she might have stored poison in any of her things."
• "Okay, Beta.", They agreed while I made a mental note to ask about all these with Evangeline. I didn't want to think in that way, but at the same time, I wondered whether Evangeline, too, carries all these things? I wouldn't be able to find out about that part until I get her stuff checked.
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• "We have found all these things from Aleena's luggage.", I said, placing them in front of Evangeline. I heard a couple of gasps when they observed everything. "That's why I have some questions for you."
• "Sure. Go Ahead.", Evangeline said confidently.
• "You don't look surprised after finding all these things from Aleena's luggage. Why is that so?"
• "Well, that's because she's a vampire hunter. You can confirm about it from my father.", She responded.
• "Then why are you still alive? She never tried to kill you, or she loved you so much that she dropped the idea of killing the vampire who is a family member?"
• "Stephan!!" I heard Mom's stern voice, but I gave no ear to her voice because right now, it was not her son who was talking to his older's brother mate but a Beta who was looking to investigate his Alpha's case."
• "It's okay, Mom. He is just doing his job, and I'm okay with the fact that he doesn't give a damn to anyone standing in front of him when his works come first.", Evangeline said, calming down my mother. If she genuinely settled down my parent's anger, I must admire her for cooperating with me. "Now, returning to your question, Beta Stephen, Aleena, and my mom never knew about my true identity until yesterday. And the reason behind it was that my father, Alpha Williams, wanted to keep my identity as a hybrid to the minimum number of people he could because hybrids exist. You can't expect dad just to take a mic and announce it worldwide to invite all types of danger for me."
• "He didn't share about it with others. I get that. Why didn't he share about it with your mother or sister? I believe they are family."
• "Dad trusted my safety with no one. NO ONE. And the reason I came here with Daniel was to know more about him and his family member because if I had to stay with all of you, I must know the people with whom I could share my secret. And I'm glad that I can trust all of you with my secrets. Moreover, I would have to share it with everyone sooner or later because my Lycan would have appeared after finding her mate."
• My heart warmed seeing the amount of trust she had in the family, which she knew from hardly twenty-four hours, and here I was interrogating her. I felt terrible for doing so.
• 'I won't suggest you check her things. Even though I don't know much about her, I can tell you that she can never think of hurting our Alpha.' Thunder, my wolf said.
• "And no one will break your trust.", I said after hearing her. "One last question, if you don't mind me answering. I know whenever Lycans shift back into their human form, their clothes remain intact, which makes sense in your condition. But why Ms. William's clothes were intact when she shifted back into human form?"
• "That's because there was some amount of my blood in her vein when she had lost a lot of blood in an accident."
• "I know it is personal, but why did you give her your blood? Your blood could have reacted in a negative way to her."
• "I didn't think about all these things at that moment. I knew that she needed blood, and a small amount of my blood could heal any human. This was the incident when she wasn't blessed with her wolf."
• That made sense.
• "Thank you so much. Now, I would take a leave because I had to handle other things ."
• "Stephen, I was thinking of making homemade food for Al…."
• "Sorry! That is not allowed. Not until her stay in the dungeon.", I said, cutting her in between. "Paige and Nora, come with me. I have some work for you both."
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• #TBC