Aria's POV
The client list lay open across my desk. Twenty names... Twenty possible answers... Or twenty dead ends.
I leaned back in my chair and rubbed my tired eyes.
Lydia rested her head on her paws inside my mind. You have been on this for three hours. You have barely moved.
"I know. I can't afford to stop."
The hidden hand behind Claudia had to be somewhere on this list. If Ryder hadn't lied. That thought lingered in the back of my mind.
Could I even trust the names he'd given me? Or had he deliberately fed me false information?
I picked up my pen again. The first name, a real estate tycoon. I'd already investigated him. There were no obvious ties to Claudia. Crossed out.
The second, a powerful and influential Alpha from the western territories. He was currently recovering fro
