Page 109 of My Unexpected Mate

His attempts were unsuccessful. Until now.

There were some rumors that Victor killed Patricia because she helped take him down. Apparently, she was after power and when she saw that other supernaturals were turning on Victor, she switched sides, hoping to rise to power without him.

Sebastian’s contact managed to find out a possible location where Patricia could be hiding. His contact didn’t believe she was dead.

He listed a few villages, all of them more than five hours away from our city. We should go and check them out.

When I was about to look up at Nick and tell him everything I found out, I caught something handwritten on the bottom of the page.

Victor’s mate?

I smirked and looked up at Nick. He was looking at me and I could see how impatient he was.

“What does it say?” he asked.

“Patricia could be Victor’s mate,” I said quietly.

Nick’s eyes widened. He stared at me for a while and then smiled.

“She is his weakness,” he said.

I nodded and gave him the papers.

He took them and started reading. I watched him frown and then smirk at the end.

“We have to go to these villages and find her,” he said. “If she really is his mate, we would have an advantage.”

I nodded. “Yes. And if she isn’t, she is the only one who really knows him. She could be a great source of information.”

Nick nodded and handed me the papers back.

I placed them back in the envelope and put the envelope back into the desk drawer. I wanted to plan our trip to the villages, but we were interrupted by a knock on the door.

“Come in,” I said.

The door opened and Aria walked in.

“Hey, love,” Nick said with a big smile on his face.

“Hey, guys,” Aria said and walked over. “I wanted to talk to you about something.”

“Sure,” I said and motioned for her to sit on the other sofa.

“What is it, love?” Nick asked her and leaned toward her.

Aria looked down at her lap. “I wanted to talk to you about going to my old village. The one I was born in.”

I clenched my fists. She was born here, not in some damn village.

“Why do you want to go there?” Nick asked her.

“I want to see Cassie and Jake,” she said, not looking up. “I miss them terribly. I need to know they are okay.”

Nick and I looked at each other. I was scared she would want to stay with them. And I could tell Nick was thinking the same thing.

Aria’s POV

I was staring into my hands, fidgeting with my fingers.

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