Alpha Beast (The Alpha Shifter Collection)

“But?” he asked.

“But nothing, I’m just… I have to be here with you. I don’t understand it myself, but I feel like I have to be here. It makes no sense. I know that.” She climbed out of the car and he did the same, looking over the car roof at the building.

“Are you getting anything?” he asked.

“No. It even looks different in the morning. Strange.”

No, to him, it was strange that dead people could zap his wife’s energy. That fucking terrified him, and not in a good way.

He tapped his fingers on the roof of the car and looked at the building, trying to figure everything out. There was one story going out to the press, another to his men, and the truth he told Jenny last night.

“What about over there?” Jenny asked.

He followed the direction where she was pointing and saw it was another angle of the street. There were three other businesses, all of them with cameras pointing in opposite directions of his building.

“I guess we better start going to look.” He slammed his door closed.

“Did you bring your checkbook?” she asked.

“I did.”

“You’re going to need it,” she said.

The first property was a florist. The woman gave him an angry glare until he pulled out said checkbook and wiped out half of her debt with the stroke of his pen. He handed her the piece of paper and she took him toward the back room where she held the tapes of the past week.

It wasn’t too hard to find the one he needed. The times were on the top right-hand corner.

The woman stayed with them as the footage played, but it didn’t give anything away. The shadows on the ground gave an indication of when the fire got out of control. There was also a fire crew at some point, but that was it.

“Do you want your check back?” the woman asked.

He declined and followed Jenny out of the florist. “Even with that money, she will never recover.”

“Don’t be that way. Without your seedy business here, she might find a way of bringing in new customers.”

“My seedy business?” he asked.

“Yes. Do you think that eyesore didn’t cost a lot of people in the long run, not to mention your reputation?”

“There is nothing wrong with my reputation.”

Jenny turned toward him with a shake of her head. “Seriously, you want to play that game?”

“I’m not playing any game, just stating a fact.”

She rolled her eyes. “They don’t even know that you’re a wolf. That at the height of the full moon, you give in to your blood lust.”

He wrapped his arm around her. “The only lust I feel is getting you naked and riding your sexy pussy on my dick.”

She chuckled. “Soon, but we have got to do this.”

“You’re in a chipper mood,” he said, taking hold of her hand as they crossed the street. “Do you care to tell me why?”

“Sure. I don’t believe in allowing stuff like this to completely suck with my day.”

He glanced at her. Her smile was so serene. She looked beautiful. Her hair did seem whiter than before, if that was even possible. He didn’t know if it was or not.

Lifting her hand to his lips, he kissed her knuckles. “Have I told you lately how beautiful I think you are?”

“No. You don’t tell me nearly enough times.” They had stopped in the street and Jenny’s gaze moved toward the main building.

“Do you see something?” he asked.

“No, nothing. It’s like nothing and no one is home, but I feel something.” She licked her lips and her hand trembled in his. “I don’t like this.”

“Come on, let’s go to the next place.”

The next shop was a toy store, and after paying a great deal of money, there was no luck there either. As he followed Jenny out, they went to the final store, which was an artisanal store that had seen much better days. He wondered if the owner was going for true authentic value, but he kept his thoughts to himself as they were played a tape.

Jenny held his hand and the moment he saw a car, she tensed up.

He watched as they were able to see a screaming and crying woman being pulled into a car.

“That’s exactly how she described it,” Jenny said.

“The little girl?” he asked.

“Yes.”

“I’m going to need this tape.”

“But—”

“Tell me how much you need and I’ll write it down, here and now.”

Seconds later, they were out of the shop and back in his car.

Jenny had gone quiet and her gaze was on the building. She all of a sudden got out of the car and walked right across the street.

“Of course, my wife has to be able to see everything no one can.” He got out. He couldn’t deny his senses. His wolf knew that something was here. Without questioning it, he crossed the street.