Chapter 192

Jace Monroe's POV We arrived at the Alpha Council's secure compound after the raid on the ranch where Howard was supposedly hiding.Unfortunately, we didn't find him there. From what we learned, he and his mate had been at the location, but they'd left about two hours before we arrived. I was exhausted, but I couldn't stop now.I still needed to interrogate those pathetic criminals we'd apprehended in Maplewood. After that, I would return to my pack territory. I sat down across from Magnus's desk as he handed me a hot cup of coffee, which I took gratefully. My body was tired but my wolf stayed alert. "Magnus, don't you think it's weird that Howard left right before we got there?" I asked. "I don't like it either," Magnus growled as he sat down with his coffee. "I think he still has someone feeding him information at Thorne Enterprises.Someone his accomplices might not even know about." "Makes sense. Are you going to alert Alpha Draven about this?" "Definitely.This case is a complex web o