Chapter 39. Interrogation


    Riannon knew that she would never forget that face and she recognised him at once. The man who


    used Maya of being a traitor. The man she interrogated personally for many hours. The man even


    Ash interrogated and he was by far one of the cruelest interrogators she knew. And yet that man never


    cracked.


    She remembered his perfect face being broken in many ces and yet he kept saying the same story


    over and over again. He was the one to me for what happened to Maya back in the past. Because he


    helped to set her up.


    Riannon always knew that this man was connected to Roxy somehow. She knew it. She just had this gut


    feeling inside telling her that she was right about that.


    He watched her walking inside of the barn with Ash by her side and she could swear that she saw a


    vague smile in the corner of his lips. His hands were chained and lifted up and he was shirtless,


    revealing his perfect muscles.


    A warrior. This was what he imed to be. His long brown hair was reaching his shoulders and was not


    bloody yet, meaning that no one tried to beat the truth out of him. Yet.


    “Ri,” Brayden stormed her way but stopped when she gave him a death stare.


    “What is going on here?” she walked past him and stood in front of the man. Maya was in the room too


    and they exchanged knowing nces. No words were needed. But Riannon tried her best to signal her


    friend that everything would be fine. Whatever it took now, she would make sure that nothing happened


    to her in this lifetime. She wasn’t going to lose her again.


    She noticed a few warriors and their Gamma in the room as well. All of them looked concerned. Maya


    was everyone’s favourite and some of the men were even after her in hopes to get her as their chosen


    mate.


    At least, she could hope for their support if it came to this.


    “Nice to see you, Ri,” Brayden stood next to her right in front of the man with the grey eyes who was


    watching her with some kind of amusement in him, “I missed...”


    “I asked what is going on here!” she demanded not even bothering to look at him.


    “Unfortunately, our Maya ispromised,” her husband sighed as if he was sad. He


    wasn’t. She knew that he wasn’t. He did not care. She wasn’t his friend. If anything, they were NOT each


    other’s biggest fans although there was never an open confrontation.


    “Nonsense,” she interrupted him.


    “Luna,” Roxy dared to speak, “We found out that Maya…” “Shut up!” Riannon said calmly but loud


    enough for everyone to hear, “You may be my


    higher-ranked wolves should deal with and as far as I remember you are still an omega.


    Unless something changed in the few days that I’ve been absent.”


    Everyone looked at her. And she only lifted her chin up higher.


    “I understand that you are upset, Riannon,” Brayden said, finally not using her nickname anymore, “But


    Roxy… Roxanne here was vital for the investigation.”


    “I have no doubt!” she let out augh that was stone cold. “Helpful little omega, isn’t she? How did all this


    start again?”


    “I…” Roxy started to form tears in her eyes the way she always did, trembling.


    “There, there,” Ria came to her and patted her shoulder, “You were so brave and full of yourself just three


    seconds ago. I am sure you can handle an adult conversation without bursting into tears for once if you


    try really hard.”


    Again, no one spoke a word. They all just looked at her, stunned.


    “Maybe you need emotional support?” Riannon went on, “We can do that too! Luckily your mate is right


    here! Come on, Bray, give her a hug. The girl needs some strength! For the sake of her wolf and all.”


    Her husband clenched his lips tight. But before he was to reply something, Roxy spoke.


    “All I did was notice she had your bracelet under her shirt when you left. I didn’t think much of it, butter


    I followed her and saw her walking into your room. She went straight to your jewellery box and took


    something else from it.”


    “Right,” Riannon nodded a few times, “And to that, I have a very important question.”


    She made a pause and walked back to the chained man because she needed to see his


    reaction as well as everyone else’s.


    “Which bracelet?” she asked and noticed how the man’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Just a second of


    movement. Nothing more. Not enough for anyone else to notice. But she knew that he was surprised.


    “Excuse me?” Roxy seemed startled as well. But that did note as a shock.


    “Which bracelet did you see on Maya?” she repeated the question slowly as if she was talking to a stupid


    child.


    “Erm… A diamond one,” Roxy stuttered.


    “There are many diamond bracelets in the world,” Ria scoffed, “Yet you were sure that Maya had mine


    on. You must remember the details well then. It must be one of my memorable


    “It was the one with an emerald in it,” the omega said quietly, hugging herself and


    lowering her head as if the pressure was too much for her.


    “Oh, really?” Riannon sneered, “And how would you recognise it if I never wore it in the few days that


    you stayed here?!”


    This time she got a few gasps from the people around them. “I…” Roxy was lost for words. But just for a


    second. Then she looked straight into the


    Luna’s eyes and said, “I looked at your pictures in the magazines and saw that one.”


    “Did you see others?” Ria did not want to lose the momentum and kept going, “Can you describe them?


    You seem to have quite an eye for jewellery if you remembered it that well from just one pic.”


    “I…” the omega looked at her mate and Brayden stepped in at once.


    “Riannon, enough! That’s not about the bracelet anymore!” he practically growled at her.


    “On the contrary,” she turned to look at him, “The bracelet is the most important part here! It was enough


    for you to suddenly search my best friend’s room! Like I couldn’t have given her the damn thing! And you


    know that I would let Maya have anything she wants from my jewellery box! Not that she would want


    anything! So, why did you order that search?!”


    “Because I wanted to get to the bottom of this!” he snapped, “And I am happy that I did! Because that


    phone is the main issue now, Ri! Not the bracelet!”


    “How convenient!” she narrowed her eyes at him.


    “The phone unlocked with her fingerprint!” he snarled.


    “Big deal!” she scoffed, “Like those are hard to get nowadays! All you need is a ss that the person


    used!”


    “You haven’t seen what’s inside!” Brayden was breathing heavily now. He did not like to


    be contradicted.


    “Were there her pictures with our enemies?” she rolled her eyes, “Videos maybe? Texts


    are no proof, Bray!”


    “They are if they lead us into capturing the intruder!” her husband spat the words, “It’s


    too much of a coincidence!”


    “This part I agree with!” she folded her hands on her chest and came up closer to the man with grey


    eyes, “It is a bit too much of a coincidence that everything got solved so easily. And Maya, who is not an


    i***t, by the way, was stealing my jewellery and wearing it in front of


    messages that describe all her betrayals and future ns inly.I mean,e on! I know Maya since we


    were children. She is not that dumb! She would at least use a code!”


    “And yet she didn’t!” now Brayden was properly angry, “You should listen to what this man says before


    you continue to embarrass yourself protecting a traitor.”


    “She is not guilty unless proven otherwise,” Riannon snapped, “And I am not convinced at all. But you


    are right. Let’s listen to that very important witness who you got at the most convenient time.”


    She already did this in the past. She interrogated that man and knew what did not work. Because she


    didn’t break him and neither did anyone else. He was good. Very good. Which meant that he was


    dangerous.


    So, she had to try something else. Something that he wouldn’t expect.


    She came much closer to him, regretting that he was much taller than her. It did not give her the desired


    effect. But she had to work with what she had.


    Slowly, she traced her fingers over his face and all the way to his chin, cupping it gently as he did not


    tear his eyes off her.


    “You are very beautiful,” she said, and his lips parted slightly. “Th-thank you, Luna,” he said in a hoarse


    voice, “I…”


    “Don’t thank me,” she took her hand off him, happy to throw him off his course even a little bit, “It’s just a


    fact. Not apliment.”


    “Riannon, what is the point of this?” Brayden was losing his patience. “No point, really,” she shrugged her


    shoulders, “Just stating the obvious. He is very


    handsome. That’s all.”


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    She could hear the sound of her husband’s teeth-gritting.


    “All right, handsome, tell us everything. Who are you? Why are you here? And what is your connection to


    Maya?” she looked straight into his eyes, not even flinching.


    He impressed her in her past life but right now he was even more impressive. His game was on point.


    “What pack are you from?” she asked and immediately answered in unison with him. “Crimson Moon.”


    He looked at her with a newfound surprise. “They caught you on the border. What were you doing


    there?” she gave him a soft smile


    “I was…”


    “Waiting for Maya,” she said together with him again. She remembered every line of his. She never


    forgot a single one since he didn’t give anything new no matter how many times she


    asked. And just a few dayster he escaped to never be seen again.


    “Continue,” she waved for him to go on.


    “She was supposed to meet me under the willow tree and give me the information… stopped talking


    when again she pronounced all the words at the same time as him.


    “Couldn’t she just text it to you?” Riannon scoffed, “You didn’t seem to have any problemmunicating


    through texts, right? Why meet up?”


    he


    “She said that it wasn’t a phone conversation,”


    they said in unison again and now Maya


    snorted loudly.


    “Riannon, what is going on?” Brayden stepped closer to her, mixed emotions evident on


    his face.


    “Just an interrogation,” she angled her head to look at him, “Why? Don’t you think that his


    replies are so natural and flow nicely?”


    “How do you know what he is going to say?” her husband asked.


    “Because I have my sources, Brayden,” she chose to lie this time because she couldn’t possibly exin


    to him how she knew all that. But she knew that he would buy that. “And they told me that this would


    happen.”


    She turned to the man with grey eyes and asked, “What is your name?”


    “Axel,” he said, and she was d that she didn’t try to answer together with him this time.


    The name that he introduced himself with in her past life was Everett. He caught up with her game very


    quickly. She knew that she would hardly get anything out of him anymore. Not even through torture.


    But she couldn’t help and did one thing. Riannon leaned lower and whispered into his ear.


    “Nice try, Everett.”


    His face was void of emotions, just his lips twitched a bit as if he had a momentarily need to smirk.


    “Anyway,” she now was facing her husband, “I don’t see any good evidence here to use Maya. Just a


    bunch of badly thrown together clues and two very unreliable witnesses. I have more questions for them,


    to be honest.”


    victim again.


    “Fine, you are right,” the Alpha agreed, “Maya is almost family. I wouldn’t punish her severely anyway.


    We will send her to the border since her loyalty has beenpromised. It will be just for a year or two.”


    “No,” Riannon said firmly. She knew that she couldn’t lose that argument.


    “Ri,” he took her arm above her elbow and pulled her closer, “Be reasonable now. This is


    the best decision. She’ll be fine.”


    “I said no!” the Luna furrowed her brows, “Maya will stay by my side at all times! She is the only one I


    trust and this will never change!”


    “Ri!” this time he shook her roughly and she almost fell down from the impact, but Maya and Ash were


    next to her side to catch her just in time.


    “Are you out of your mind?!” Maya growled angrily. She was surprisingly calm prior to this but now even


    her nerves gave in.


    She pushed her Alpha and in less than a second he was back grabbing her throat tightly. “Brayden!”


    Riannon screamed, “Let her go!”


    “I will f*****g snap her neck for this!” he snarled and Ria was ready to attack him herself. No matter what


    it cost her.


    But this was when a loud menacing growl interrupted them all. “Take your hands off my MATE!”


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