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Harper laughed, shaking her head at Nicole’s request. “Why are you so afraid of him?”
Nicole kept her head down, her cap shadowing her face. “I… I don’t know. He just makes me
nervous. There’s something about him that feels… different from the rest of us.”
“Fine. I’ll get rid of your big bad wolf,” she promised with a gentle squeeze of Nicole’s shoulder.
When we returned inside, Harper casually mentioned that we were planning to explore the countryside, heavily implying that Alpha Sebastian could return to the farmhouse.
Alpha Sebastian checked his watch with calculated casualness. “Yes, I should be going.”
As he stood up, he leaned close to me, his lips brushing against my ear.
I felt a shiver run down my spine, and my earlobe turned red from the unexpected intimacy.
Alpha Sebastian smiled and gently patted the top of my head. “I’ll see you later. Don’t get into too much trouble.”
With that, he left, and I found myself watching his retreating figure until he was out of sight.
Once he was gone, Harper revealed that Nicole had discovered three suspicious locations that matched our description.
We immediately headed out.
On the way, Nicole sidled up to me, her eyes curious. “What did Alpha Sebastian whisper to you
back there?”
I gave her a teasing smile, allowing a hint of coyness into my expression. “Private matters between
him and me. Do you really want to know?”
Nicole’s eyes widened in understanding. “Oh! He was being… romantic. Sorry, I shouldn’t have
asked.”
“It’s fine,” I replied with a smile.
We visited two of the locations, but neither matched exactly what we were looking for. Something was always slightly off.
By six in the evening, we were heading to the third location, which was farther than the previous
two.
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As we drove, the weather changed dramatically.
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The wind picked up suddenly, dragonflies flew low, and dark clouds gathered overhead. Within minutes, a heavy downpour reduced visibility to almost nothing.
I asked Tang to pull over to a small side road.
Through the curtain of rain, I spotted a flashy red Porsche Cayenne slowing down in the distance.
“That’s Cici’s car!” Harper exclaimed.
I looked in the direction she was pointing.
Sure enough, on another road there was an unmistakable red vehicle. “It really is her. What a
coincidence.”
Our exchange caught Nicole’s attention. Her expression turned to shock. “…You know Cici? You
know the classmate I was talking about?”
Harper turned to face her. “At this point, I might as well be honest with you,” she said gravely,
dropping her pretense entirely. “I’m not Mason’s cousin. We’re like you–victims of Cici’s cruelty. We
came here to find evidence of her murder.”
Nicole’s eyes widened with surprise, but she quickly accepted this revelation. Looking at the red
blur through the rain–like a pool of fresh blood–her eyes grew disturbingly empty and lifeless.
“Yes, we have to catch her and bring her to justice.”
As the rain gradually lessened, the red car sped up.
I instructed Tang to follow.
After trailing for a while, Tang observed, “This is heading toward our third location. I think we’re on
the right track this time.”
Neither Harper nor I responded. Nicole remained quiet as well. Levan seemed confused but kept
his questions to himself.
My phone vibrated in my palm.
I didn’t check it immediately, waiting several minutes before looking at the screen.
It was a message from Luna Dora: Mrs. White’s mother had an old family home in the Boulder countryside. It was abandoned until a few years ago when Mrs. White suddenly decided to
renovate it and bought a large piece of land around it to turn into an orchard.
Below the message was the orchard’s location.
I read it without responding, then put my phone away, watching as the sky darkened prematurely.
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On the highway, a black Rolls–Royce Ghoste cruised along.
Luna Dora and Alpha Xavier sat in the back seat.
Why are we going to Boulder?” Alpha Xavier asked.
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Don’t ask now. You’ll understand when we get there,” Luna Dora replied. “After tonight, our pack
might return to its proper path.”
Alpha Xavier thought for a moment before simply answering, “Alright.”
Luna Dora squeezed his arm sympathetically.
She had visited the White family under the pretext of discussing wedding details. There, she’d earned about Mrs. White’s orchard in Boulder countryside and discovered that Mrs. White had
aken Cici there to pick fruit today.
Her heart had raced at this news.
Why today of all days?
Connecting this with other information she had, she realized the White mother and daughter might
have walked into a trap.
She decided to see for herself–partly to discover what kind of person had managed to lure the White women to Boulder, but primarily to witness Cici’s capture. If necessary, she would help
things along.
Cecilia’s group followed the red car to the village they had already planned to visit.
The vehicle disappeared into a three–story red building with a specially paved driveway.
Tang parked in a spot that was both concealed and offered a good view of the building.
From a distance, they watched as Cici and her mother exited the car, accompanied by a driver and
bodyguard.
Cici wore a sullen expression.
Mrs. White looked nervous, frantically scanning their surroundings as if expecting an attack at any
moment.
After they went inside, there was no activity for a long time.
Cecilia’s group waited impatiently in their car.
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le reached into her bag and took out a box of mints. She ate one herself before offering them e others. “Would anyone like a mint?”
lia took one first. “Thank you.”
yone else followed suit.
le watched carefully as they all consumed the candy before looking away.
lly, there was movement at the red building. The White women emerged.
White instructed the bodyguard to retrieve a cloth bundle and a suitcase from the trunk. After
g some instructions to the driver, she pulled Cici toward the orchard behind the building.
orchard was vast.
lia’s group followed for seven or eight minutes, continuing deeper into the property.
er had already started recording video on her phone, capturing footage of pear trees, grape s, and peach trees as they passed.
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