Chapter 28: Intruder at house
VALENCIA’S POV
’Someone is here,’ Aurora whispered as soon as we neared our lakehouse, and I immediately became alert.
Blame this ink on my fur that I wasn’t able to smell anything clearly anymore. Thanks to Aurora who told me about it beforehand.
I padded my way towards the back door of the house, my heart as calm as I could make it to not allow that other person to know I was there.
It was only today that I shifted and an intruder was already here? It only meant one thing. Someone was keeping a lookout at me.
Then again, judging from the kind of work I am involved with and how often I mess with the rogues and intervene with their plans, I won’t be shocked if it’s one of the rogue’s team members or worse, a family member.
Why are family members worse? Because their sense of revenge can actually take you to hell and make you crawl your way out.
How do I know that? Because I helped a rogue she-wolf avenge her son’s death by an Alpha who killed her son intentionally in the name of hunting.
That day I saw a new version of how a mother can supposedly turn from the most loving person to a beast. If I hadn’t intervened right in time, the mother would have skinned that Alpha’s son alive. And as much as I wanted to help her teach that alpha a lesson, death wasn’t a solution for someone who wasn’t directly at fault.
Shaking my head, I held my breath as I entered the hall, the dim light of the kitchen, making my heart skip a beat.
What was this person doing in my kitchen? Adding poison to my food?