CIAN
I stood there looking at Fia. She was still breathing hard from running. Her cheeks were flushed. Her eyes were bright with urgency.
Bank accounts. Of course. Why had I not thought of that? If Gabriel was behind this, he would have paid someone. And payments left trails. Even the most careful criminals made mistakes with money.
I felt something shift in my chest. Something uncomfortable. Fia was helping me. She was actively working to save my mother. After I had screamed at her. After I had blamed her for breaking Madeline's picture frame. After I had treated her like she was nothing.
I looked at her face. Really looked at it. There was no calculation there. No hidden agenda. Just genuine concern. Just a woman who wanted to help save a life.
I could not even let myself think she had ulterior motives. It would be insulting. To her. To myself. To everything I was supposed to stand for as an Alpha of this pack and her... mate
