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Chapter 105: Background Check

Astrid’s POV

I gazed upon the stranger who just entered my room. I looked at him curiously, wondering who he was and what he was doing here.

Despite this man being entirely unfamiliar to me, I felt intimidated by his presence. With his shoulders back and his head held high, he projected an aura of nobility. He has a confident air to him. His silver strands of hair streaked his dark locks, lending him a distinguished, almost noble bearing.

“Who is Giselle?” The man spoke again with regality when no one answered his question.

He particularly gazed at me, directing his question to me.

Feeling intimidated by his gaze, I turned my eyes on Drystan, locking gazes with him. Seeing my gaze, Drystan instantly knew what I wanted to say.

“Astrid, this is Alpha Theron, the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack,” Drystan stood up and introduced the man who had just arrived to me.

My eyes widened, and my hand covered my mouth instinctively in shock. The man in front of me is none other than the Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack. That perfectly explains why he has the countenance of a King.

It was ignorant of me to fail to recognize who he is. “I’m very sorry, Alpha. I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you. Please forgive me for being unable to show you my courtesy,” I spoke with reverence and fear of offending him.

The man in front of me is the Alpha of the most powerful Pack in the world, and we are inside his territory. Offending him would be asking for death.

Tinstantly wiped my tears with the back of my hand and straightened myself in front of him. I’m just talking to a man who has all the power that I could imagine.

“It’s okay. There’s no need to show your courtesy to me. You just woke up. You need to stay on your bed to rest,” Alpha Theron answered in understanding.

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I was about to thank him for everything that he had done for me. Drystan said that he was the reason why I managed to survive, but before I could show him my gratitude, he spoke once again. “Giselle did this to you? Did I hear that right?” he asked me with his brows drawn together.

He is really determined to know about the words I said, which he accidentally overheard earlier.

I lowered my head and gripped my bedsheets tightly as anger coursed through me. “I was kidnapped, Alpha. The person who kidnapped me clearly wanted to kill me and make my death appear like an accident. There’s only one person I could think of who could do that to me. Aside from Giselle, there’s no one else who would hate me so much to the point of hiring someone to kill me,” I spoke in a hard voice.

Alpha Theron’s breathing turned steady as he thought about my words carefully without taking his eyes off me, “This Giselle that you are talking about, is she your ex–mate’s fiance?”

I flicked my chin up when I heard his words. How did he know about that? Did he hire a private investigator to do a background check on us?

I felt unsettled at the fact that this man in front of me knew a lot about my life. What about the others around him? Do they also know that too?

The idea that strangers had delved into the private recesses of my life made me uneasy.

Yet, as the seconds ticked by, my instinctive reaction slowly ebbed away when I realized how it is normal and just right for them to do this.

Thinking about it, the Shadowfang Pack had long been a closed–off society, wary of outsiders and the dangers they might pose. It was only natural for them to exercise such caution before welcoming them into their Pack.

The Shadowfang Pack had never welcomed any outsiders to their Pack in the past. We were the first ones to break that record.

Even outsiders who were mated to their Pack members weren’t allowed to join their Pack. Their Pack member had to choose between rejecting their

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Chapter 105 Background Check

mates and staying with their families or leaving their Pack forever to be with their mates.

I think it was cruel of the Shadowfang Pack to make their Pack members choose between their mate and their family.

I’ve only known about this because I’ve done research about their Packs out of curiosity and to also plan how I could get the cure that I needed from them.

“I know we have no evidence that will point out that Giselle is behind this, but l’agree with Astrid’s words. Giselle is the only person who could possibly be behind this.

Yesterday, when Astrid was missing, Giselle insisted that she had never seen Astrid, However, earlier, Astrid told me that she had just met with Giselle before she was kidnapped. I don’t see any other reason why Giselle would make that lie except if she knew something,” Drystan spoke up for me, making me look at him.

“Giselle said that she never saw me?!” I asked him again.

Drystan nodded his head. “That’s right. She insisted that she never saw you.”

I knew it! I was right the whole time. Giselle would never lie about not seeing me unless she what happened to me.

“That monster!” I growled under my breath as my blood boiled in anger.

“Beta Alek, I need you to do a background check on Giselle. Give me everything you can find out about her,” Alpha Theron commanded his Beta behind him.

“Yes, Alpha,” Beta Alek bowed before leaving in a hurry.

“Don’t worry,” Alpha Theron assured us. “I will tell you everything I can find once the investigation is done.”