Alpha Edward’s POV

I paced in the living room as I waited for Matthew to arrive with Elisa's mother. I needed her confession and to make her look me in the eyes and confirm all that I had just been told.

The door of the sitting room opened. Matthew walked in with the men who accompanied him. But Elisa's mother wasn’t with him.

“Where is she?” I asked with a raised brow.

“She has run away. I believe she knew we would come for her, so she ran away,” Matthew responded, and I growled. “Then we will have to send men to look for her; she cannot hide from us.”...