Nicholas’s POV
Finn knocked at his office door around eight thirty that morning.
He entered and then sat down across the desk.
"Talk," Nicholas said immediately he sat down.
Finn put a folded piece of paper on the desk.
Nicholas didn’t pick it up, he just stared at Finn.
"I got into Shadowmere through Cael," Finn said. "Old contact. Owes me. He gave me access to the informal channels....the pack networks, the gossip boards, the back room conversations that never make it into official records." He paused. "It took me two days but I found the thread."
"And...." Nicholas said.
"The posts are coming from inside Shadowmere. That much we already knew." Finn leaned forward slightly. "But it is not a rogue pack member venting. It is not someone with a grudge looking for attention." His eyes were steady. "It is organised. Deliberate. Someone who has been building this narrative carefully for weeks. Maybe longer."
Nicholas said nothing but he gestured to him to continue.
"The account that posted the sixth post," Finn continued. "The one claiming Victor was false-fully accused and then murdered. I traced it back through three proxy accounts to a single origin point." He nodded at the paper on the desk. "That is the name."
Nicholas picked up the paper and unfolded it.
He read it twice, then he dropped it back on the table.
"You are certain?" he asked.
"Yes," Finn said. "Cael confirmed it independently. Two separate sources pointing to the same person."
Finn pursed and took a long breath.
"Nicholas, this person has been inside Shadowmere pack for years. Had direct access to the records. Knew Victor personally." He held his Nicholas’s gaze. "This is not a stranger. This is someone who was close to that family."
Nicholas looked at the name on the paper.
"Is Garrett aware of this?" Nicholas asked.
"I don’t think so," Finn said carefully. "Cael says Alpha Garrett has been trying to trace the posts himself. Someone is operating inside his territory without his knowledge or blessing." A pause. "He is not going to be happy when he finds out."
"No," Nicholas said. "He won’t be."
He looked at the name again, and thought about what it meant, about the connection it represented.
"Does Callum know yet?" Nicholas asked.
"I came to you first," Finn said.
"Good." Nicholas folded the paper and then put it inside his drawer. "I want Callum and Eli in my office in twenty minutes. He looked at Finn directly. "And Finn...."
"Yes Alpha."
"Good job," Nicholas said.
Finn nodded once, stood up and moved toward the door, but he stopped before opening the door.
"There is one more thing," he said and then turned back to look at Nicholas.
Nicholas looked up from the document he had picked up.
"This person," Finn said carefully. "The one behind the posts." He paused. "They are not just building a narrative about her father’s crime." He held Nicholas’s gaze. "They are building toward something bigger, each post is a step. The service records. The murder claim. The details about the family."
Finn took a deep breath and then said "Cael thinks the next post....if there is one...will mention her by name. Full name. And it will mention the mark."
The room went very quiet.
"They know she has been marked?" Nicholas asked.
"Yes," Finn said. "Someone talked. Someone inside our territory or close enough to it." He exhaled. "I don’t know who yet. But they know."
Nicholas sat back on his chair. his fingers tapping the desk.
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