[Lucien]
Hildegard linked me when she left with Violet and that put my mind at ease to some extent.
I remained in holding for a few more hours, while the station kept pretending evidence would miraculously appear. It wouldn’t. There was nothing to find after all.
Still, the extra time gave me space to think. As much as it grated on me, Violet and Raye would be safer on the pack lands while I hunted down the double. I couldn’t protect them and chase a ghost. I was only one man.
And although my family name could have opened doors, I didn’t use it. Letting the accusations run their course had been strategic. Violet was right—public sympathy was on Marielle’s side. Her little online sermon had the masses eating from her hand. So staying in custody, letting the press fizzle out and the auth
