Her Devilish Alpha - Chapter 194

“Moving on from who Briar’s interested in, I came to tell you that I found something.”

Xavier suddenly turned serious. Without any further hesitation, he ordered, “Show me.”

Adrian placed a file on Xavier’s desk, explaining, “There were traces of magic found nearby where the ferals appeared, and they were quite old. It took quite a while for them to show so we didn’t find it right away. Seems like someone’s definitely behind this, and they either are experienced in magic or…”

“Or has someone who aides them that is experienced in magic. Yeah, that I figured,” Xavier inhaled.

“The funny thing is Cornelia is an easy answer. She knows who’s behind this, she could tell us,” Adrian pointed out.

“But that didn’t work out. She’s as tight-lipped as ever.”

Adrian patted Xavier on the back, “We’ll find who did this. And when we do, we’ll make sure whoever did it pays.”

A glimmer of hope shimmered in Xavier’s eye, “Yes, yes we will. And when we do, there’ll be hell to pay.”

“Just admit it, before there was Mavier there was us.”

Xavier stared at Adrian blankly, “Excuse me?”

He received another pat on the back, “You heard me.”

“You’re one strange guy.”

“And yet we’re still friends. You chose to be friends with the strange guy, and as an added bonus you also chose to work with him hehe,” Adrian grinned.

Xavier rolled his eyes, “You can go now. I’ll keep the file to look at myself.”

“Alright, I’ll see you later,” Adrian said, before he disappeared.

Now that he was left alone in his office, Xavier flipped through the file Adrian had left on his office desk, making sure not to miss every single detail. Perhaps one teeny tiny detail would lead him to whoever did it, or bring him closer to finding who did it. He felt it was proper if he found the person behind it. After all, he couldn’t risk it happening again.

It was his job as alpha to protect his pack. Make sure no one inflicted any harm towards Eudora, not under his watch. His friends as well. What happened to Indiana was no accident, he couldn’t deny it. What Cornelia had said to Madeline confirmed it too. Cornelia wouldn’t lie to Madeline.

Well, maybe she would, but not about this. Besides, he saw the way Madeline was right after Indiana had died. It was like a piece of her heart had been ripped out of her chest. He was grateful Madeline was alright now but he couldn’t just forget how she was. So, he took it upon himself to find whoever was behind this. Madeline knew about how he had already gotten people to search the area where the fight had taken place, but she hadn’t known about the results.

He’d tell her when he saw her again, which was for lunch. Then, he’d tell her about the new clue.

However, something tugged at him at the back of his mind. This magic was definitely not created by a rookie. Whoever did this intentionally left the magic at the spot, wanting it to be found. Heck, whoever did this must have wanted him to fall for it, and probably would have known he’d figure it out sooner or later as well.

‘Now who is capable of planning this all,’ Xavier thought to himself, racking his mind for answers only to come up with… nothing. This person wasn’t foolish, Xavier had to admit it himself.

The type of magic used, where it was found, Cornelia’s hint, it was supposed to piece itself together. It was supposed to show exactly who was behind it. But a trail wasn’t that short, there would always be a long, winding road ahead and there had to be someone at the end of it. There simply had to be.

Xavier knew he was just at the beginning. He thought back to the nightmare Madeline had, wondering if it was connected with all of this. It was certainly plausible, Madeline could have been dragged into some person’s territory. Perhaps it was his way of scaring her out of her wits and shooting a firework up in the sky. Basically, Mr or Ms Villain’s way of shooting a flare gun.

Tapping his finger on his desk, Xavier thought of all the possibilities, knowing he couldn’t possibly overlook any of them. That would just be extremely reckless of him, wouldn’t it? If the only reason he couldn’t find out who Mr or Ms Villain was because of his recklessness or because he overlooked a simple detail, he would never be able to forgive himself.

He scoffed, choosing to refer to whoever the person behind it was as Mr or Ms Villain since he had no idea who they were. It could have been anyone, but he couldn’t accuse anyone unless he had solid, concrete evidence. And said solid, concrete evidence couldn’t just fall out of the sky like the rain.

It would take days, weeks, maybe even months before Xavier could find anything. All he could do was hope the said person made bolder moves. That way, it would be easier to find out who he was and deal with him immediately.

Didn’t Madeline deserve to know who the man behind Indiana’s death was too? If the situation hadn’t been handled the way it did, Indiana wouldn’t have been the only one that was turned into a feral. There would have been more than just one casualty. She wouldn’t rest until she found the person responsible for Indiana.

If she was desperate enough to try to guilt-trip Cornelia for answers as to who was behind this, who knew what else she’d do? Madeline seemed like she was out for blood, as fine as she seemed. Xavier could sense it too, how Madeline felt towards the situation. She wanted to know who, and when she did, she wouldn’t be able to hold back.

Even if it hadn’t been intentional, the person had killed her friend. And now that Cornelia had given Madeline that one hint, she confirmed it.. They weren’t just crazy and trying to find someone to pin Indiana’s death on, they were actually onto something.