Page 74 of A Silent Prodigy for the Lycan Princess

Yeah, I will try to get results fast.

“Everything alright?” Aurelia asks.

“Yes, but Cato is annoyed I spend so little time with you,” I admit.

“Goddess, Maxima is the same.” Aurelia laughs before hugging me. “Okay, Arden, I know this isn’t ideal. We have work, and my friends are here, and you have your team and your brother, and it’s all a lot, but I’m not going anywhere. I want you.”

“And I’m not going anywhere, either,” I promise. “I want you too.”

“We will find time for each other. The big New Year’s Eve festival will happen soon. It’s Marilou’s birthday the day after, so she is super excited. How about we take the evening off and celebrate with everyone, and make sure to have some time for us into the bargain. Plus, we’ll make sure to have our wolves meet each other.”

Her words immediately put Cato’s tension and restlessness at ease.

“So, what’s on the agenda for today?” she asks.

“Emilien and I want to continue to check the police reports from six to seven years ago, and see if we can find the one that mentions the kidnapped rogue girl.”

“Oh.” She nods. “I guess we should generally look at the unidentified bodies of the last couple of years. Let’s see if the police found someone they couldn’t assign a name to.”

“You mean a Jane Doe,” I say, surprised. “That’s an amazing thought. We should definitely do that.”

“I will focus on that task, then,” she offers. “Nox agreed to help. I will grab him, and maybe you could lend me Gustave. Hedoesn’t have your photographic memory, but he certainly has a good memory, right?”

“Yes, I’d recommend him for that task. I actually feel he is much better than he thinks he is.” I agree. “Maybe you will find one of the omegas from our list of potential victims.”

“I hope not,” she mutters. “But, if it’s true that the girl who was abducted years ago and killed is one of our victims, then…”

“I know,” I say quietly. “Then it means chances are high that we’ll find more.”

For a moment we stay quiet, finishing our morning routine in silence, before we look at each other. “Wow, we definitely know how to do romance,” Aurelia says with a snort.

“Yes, we know how to set the mood.” I chuckle. I pause, looking at her nervously. “I hope you don’t hold it against me,” I say. “That I have so much work to do.”

She chuckles. “I’m just eighteen, Arden. I have my whole life in front of me, together with you. And I like that about you,” she says. “That this case is so important to you, more important than mating with me. Sometimes our priorities need to be somewhere else.”

“Because someone else needs us so much more,” I agree, happy that she feels the same way. “At least, for now. The moment we have solved everything, I want to fuck you,” I say, surprising myself with how blunt I am.

“And I want you to fuck me.” She smirks.

“Let’s hold that thought,” I say hopefully.

Aurelia just winks at me before leading the way to breakfast.

Aurelia and Leila have joined forces with Nox and Gustave and have their heads buried over their tablets, trying to find unidentified bodies that would match our potential victims, while Zoé, Emilien, and I try to find the girl who was abducted many years ago.

Eric has contacts within the police force and national security, and managed to get us access to some databases, which makes it so much easier for all of us.

“You can go faster,” I reassure Zoé, while she lets the police reports of bodies found six years ago flash across the screen.

I keep my focus on their age and gender. “Stop,” I mutter.

Zoé reacts quickly, pausing instantly and clicking back to the girl I spotted.

It’s a blonde, sixteen-year-old female, found in the suburbs of Paris. Never identified. “Could it be her?” Emilien asks.

“No,” I say while gazing over the additional data. “Her parents are still alive and were very involved in her life.”

“Right, then it can’t be our Jane Doe,” Zoé agrees. “Can I continue?”