“F-Forgive me, Alpha! I-I’m the one who borrowed Beta Hall’s hat!” he confessed, suddenly dropping to his knees.
I drilled my gaze into him. “Is Hall telling the truth?”
He swallowed hard, bowing his head deeply. “Y-Yes, Alpha. M-My own hat got soaked in the rain that day. Beta Hall saw it and was kind enough to let me use his own,” he explained through a stutter. “I-I never meant to leave it behind here. I’m truly sorry!”
I blew out a frustrated sigh. “If you made it here back then, why didn’t you report it to me?”
He lowered his head even further. “I-I thought no one was here, Alpha. I never saw Luna Melissa come out even once, so I assumed this was just another place that would lead nowhere. I-I didn’t want to bother you over another dead end.”
I couldn’t figure out whether his app
