His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 45

I followed Lucian into some sort of conference room. He was seething with anger, and I grabbed his arm and rubbed it to keep him in check.

"Stay calm, love," I said in his mind.

"Alright, shoot off." Lucian folded his massive arms and commanded his betas to report. 

"As per your command, we had been scanning all the CCTV footage and the area around the burned down cabin. We didn't find any clue until we came upon a blurry image." 

Damon darkened the room and started the projector, few images appeared on the white screen. It was too blurry because of the darkness. But there was one image that seemed to have a bit of red among the thick foliage. On a first look, one would dismiss it as a flower or some bird. 

Damon zoomed in and there it was the image of a human, I mean not exactly human, but a shape-shifter in a human form. He or she was covered in a red hoodie.  Nothing else was visible.

Lucian clenched his fist and growled.

"Is that all?"

" No Alpha, this morning we found a shredded red hoodie deep in the forest but not far from the cabin. It seemed to have been lying there for the last few days. Probably, from the night the cabin burned down."

"And?" Lucian asked.

"We cannot scent anyone from it because it's been washed off by the rain, but we were able to trace the owner of this hoodie."

"Who is it?" Lucian snapped the pen he had been fiddling with.

"It's Eliza, Alpha Lucian," Savannah added.

I could hear his teeth grinding, Lucian was that furious. Hair covered his hands and claws protruded from his hands, his green eyes flashed gold.

"Please calm down love," I placed my arm around him and nuzzled his neck. He buried his nose in the crook of my neck and took several deep breaths.

The Betas looked on perplexed.

"You can't be impulsive, my love, let's think this through." My soothing words finally seemed to work. His claws and hair faded away.

"I would like to have a word with the Alpha, in private," I said, addressing the betas.

Savannah and Damon nodded with a grim expression and left the room. 

"Is this place soundproof?" I asked Lucian.

He looked up from my shoulder and nodded.

"It's not Eliza," I said.

He raised an eyebrow.

"What makes you so sure?" 

"I don't know, it just seems too easy, and dumb. She does have her eyes on you. I agree, but I just have this feeling it's not her." I spoke.

He sighed. 

"Well, if you know what she did, you would agree with me." He smirked and sent me the mental image of Eliza in a hideous pink satin, on our bed.

I lost it!

A growl escaped my throat and I lunged at him, pushing him into the wall. My claws had protruded, and I was holding his neck.

"When did this happen? Did you......" 

"Woah! Easy love. Do you think I can ever cheat on you?" He said, circling his hand around my waist.

"She tried to seduce me after you had left...."

"That bitch!" I growled.

"Exactly! She is that desperate, so I am not surprised she tried to kill you." He hissed, pulling me tighter.

I thought for a moment.

"On the contrary, if she is that dumb, to try seducing an Alpha with a mate. I don't think she could pull this off."

I relaxed, and my claws were gone, we sat back in our chairs and I just could not shake this feeling that there was more to this.

"The evidence points out at her." He stated.

"I know, but the evidence can be planted," I said.

"We'll interrogate her and get out the truth."

"She would deny it, of course, or might confess due to fear."

He ran his hand through his hair.

"Do you have any better suggestions?" 

"No," I said dejectedly.