Chapter 796: Secrets Behind This Gem
Hayley’s POV:
Cynthia froze, clearly rattled by the Alpha aura I’d accidentally let loose. She stared at me with fear.
I warned her, “I can’t stand people like you—just waiting around like the world owes you something. Sure, it’s all fine if your mentor’s still alive and comes back after sorting herself out. But what if something bad happened to her? What if she’s gone for good? How’s she supposed to find you then? Float over as a ghost?”
“What are you saying? Did something happen to my mentor? Something did happen, right? Just tell me! What’s going on?” Cynthia freaked out, clutching my hand and throwing question after question at me.
“Quiet!” I shouted, and that shut her up quickly.
“In the past two years, our wolf clan has lost many physical scientists. Your mentor’s second husband is one of them. I suspect that she’s also wrapped up in all this.”
Cynthia fell silent, deep in her thoughts.
I lightly placed a hand on her shoulder. “You want to find Rosalie, and so do I. But between the two of us, who do you think has a better shot?”
She looked down, defeated. “You.”
“The plane is almost on the ground,” I said. “You’ve got five minutes to make a choice. You can go back to waiting for nothing or come with me and help out. We might find her faster together.”
I gave her shoulder a quick pat and moved away.
“No need to think. I’m in,” she said firmly. “I trust you can find her.”
That surprised me. “You trust me that easily?”
She nodded. “My mentor trusted you. That’s enough for me.”
I smiled and didn’t say anything else.
Once we landed, I handed Cynthia off to Humbert. “Handle all the arrangements for her. I’ll keep the rare sapphire with me. Don’t stress about it.”
Then, I added, “Reopen the business just like we planned. I want Byrd Jewelry to shine next month at the Winterbite Pack’s jewelry exhibition.”
There was only a month left. All the big-name jewelry brands would be showing off their best stuff there. If I could track down Rosalie, maybe I’d uncover more clues about her husband’s disappearance. Of course, that was assuming she wasn’t missing. Whether HB Jewelry could break into the market came down to how we did at that exhibition.
After I said goodbye to Humbert and Cynthia, I made sure no one around recognized me. Then, I let Hera take over and made a wild run for the hotel.
I grabbed something to eat and then opened the safe.
Inside, the rare sapphire sat quietly. It was perfect, like it was made by divine hands.
I couldn’t help but reach out and trace its smooth surface.
It was the second one I’d found this month.
Normally, this type of stone had more of a bluish-green color. Pure blue ones were extremely rare, and the color shift usually came from unusual material changes.
My best guess? Radiation.
Wherever those gemstones came from, the place must’ve been hit with some kind of radiation that no one had talked about yet. That was probably what changed the usual bluish-green gems into that insanely clear blue.
The only reason I even managed to track down two rare sapphires at the rock betting auction was thanks to Hera. Her sense of smell was ridiculously sharp, way beyond what a normal Alpha could do. She could pick up the strange scent that radiation left behind.
There was no way any normal pack would let radiation hang around—not unless it was something low-key, unofficial, and probably run by someone shady, like a black market setup.
The first thing I thought of was those missing physical scientists. What if those perfect sapphires were made by them?
Still, I didn’t get it. Why mess with radiation just to make rare sapphires?
Yet again, everything seemed to tie back to those vanished scientists.
Unconsciously, I pressed my fingers to the sapphire, deep in thought.
This sapphire had to have something to do with those scientists. Maybe I could even find the truth about Grandma and Benjamin’s poisoning case. I had to get to the bottom of it.