Chapter 224. Judgement Day

Summer’s POV

Alexander stood behind me, his large hands on my shoulders as I pored over the scattered documents and photographs spread across his office desk.

For days, I’d been obsessively tracking every person who had contact with Suzanna in the past year—her acquaintances, her doctors, even the guards who’d watched her cell.

Each lead had turned into yet another dead end.

“Nothing,” I sighed, rubbing my tired eyes. “Absolutely nothing that connects her to any Alpha powerful enough to control minds.”

Alexander’s thumbs worked into the tense muscles of my neck, his touch sending waves of comfort through our strengthened mate bond.

“You need rest, sweetheart. We have the Council meeting in three