SWNOVELS Chapter chapter70
Just as I was wondering what he wanted me to see, he sent a link.
The headline read, "Roman Starke, Beta of the Starke Pack, Injured Last Night."
My eyes widened, and I opened my phone's browser to look for more information.
More headlines popped up, and I felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my face, they were so wide with shock. "The Starke Pack Business Scandal Exposed" and "The Starke Pack's Company Stock Plunges Overnight."
I clicked on each one, only to discover that Roman hadn't returned because someone had done one hell of a number on him.
Someone had managed to get into the hospital and snap a picture of him lying in a hospital bed. His mouth was covered with a bandage, and the picture showed bandaged hands, wrists, and legs. Whoever had wanted to hurt Roman wanted to hurt him BAD. They'd slashed his mouth, cut his index finger off, sliced through all the tendons and nerves in his wrists, and then made deep cuts on the tops of This thighs.
Their intent was to hurt him, maim him in ways that his wolf wouldn't be able to heal from...but also to leave him alive.
The Starke pack and the local elders for the Midwest packs sent special shifter investigators to search for perpetrator, but the surveillance cameras in the parking garage and on the surrounding roads were all destroyed, making it impossible to find the culprit.
After Roman's accident, it was as though Pandora's box had been open, and all of Roman's vile misdeeds were coming to light. Women had begun speaking to reporters about his "exploits" and sharing how The had abused them and forced himself upon them.
The comments on the articles were full of people saying that Beta Starke had gotten exactly what he deserved.
To complicate matters even more, the Starke pack's business practiced were exposed. They were involved in a lot of illegal activity-cases of corruption, bribery, tax evasion...the list went on.
Overnight, the Starke pack went from being respected and doing well, to going through a complete collapse. Their stock plunged when the markets opened, the Alpha was arrested, and the only reason the Beta wasn't arrested was because he was in a hospital bed.