ALPHA JACOB POV
The trip was long, but regardless, it was necessary. When my beta informed me that my rejected mate's body was missing from the cell, I was pissed. I knew she was dead. There was no surviving my wolf's beating, not without her wolf to help her heal. I knew for a fact she was as good as dead!
So, that meant some sick f**k snuck in and stole a corpse.
A large part of me was tempted to say, f**k it. Thanks for cleaning up the trash for me. After all, if there’s no physical body to be found, then there’s no crime.
However, Raymond wasn’t letting it rest. He continuously kept bringing up the weird timing of it all. My mother and those two mutts were inspecting the dungeon, and he pointed out how close they were to finding the hidden passage down to her cage. I found myself
