Everyone returned to the office. The large room quickly filled with people. Now with the cave crawling team and the rest of the Hell Hounds. Introducing the Beta Jeff Bandor and his mate to Ian and his men. The Alpha Gregory Wolversen was all business. Aricka Wolversen was his mate and the Luna of the Black River Pack. She was the one that helped smooth out his rougher angles.
The Alpha pair stepped out.
That’s how Yolanda described them. To speak with“Consider the fact that your life partner sits in this room. Even without that, they are the key to your survival. The laws I’m speaking to you are older than the country we belong to. If you walkaway at the end,you won’t survive very long. Each one of you has seen or learn something you can’t unsee, and it endangers thousands of people. Not just supernatural creatures. Throughout history, we have seen humans become obsessed with destroying supernatural creatures. It never ends well for them and often innocent supernatural beings. Humans die because they misidentify them as supernatural creatures. Now you are all lucky. My mate says that you are all show
The group found a lot of their things dropped in the packhouse entrance. Meaning the pups poked about at the baggage, trying to peek into the boxes and bags. The dangerous items went to the guarded armoury for care and storage. “Okay, guys. If it’s not yours, should your paws be on it?” Catching the pups’ red pawed as the pack joked about events like these. Yolanda watched various guilty parties jump back from what they’d been doing. “Okay, as punishment, you all need to haul these things for us. So, pick up a bag and let’s move out.” The others snickered through a chorus of groans. “Don’t give me puppy eyes. You know that doesn’t work. We all put in an effort. That’s how we get things done. Many hands make light work. Once the work’s done, then the fun begins. You ar
Yolanda pulled her cellphone from the pocket of her jeans and returned the call. Ian disappeared into the bathroom by then with his clothes and a shaving kit from his bag. Someone answered the phone before she mentioned where to find the first aid kit. “Yeah, hi. What’s up?” “Dean Kelp just arrived, and he’s demanding to see you. Get here when you can. He’s got his head in that book you guys brought back with you.” Jeff, the Black River Pack Beta, was on the line. This wasn’t unusual. Jeff often did the Alpha’s calling, and they needed to call several people in for this. 
Ian followed Yolanda down into a sub-basement. They walked down a ramp from outside the packhouse to a vault door. It was a typical vault door. If a person ignored the glowing runes around the door. It was unnerving to see something he would expect in a horror movie. “What are the marks for? Symbols?” Yolanda laughed as she opened the heavy door. “Each rune is to prevent some being from possessing the weapon supply. Just wait until you see the documents, they must sign to use the weapons. Why do you think I’m upset at not working with this? It’s an enormous responsibility. There we go. Come on, I’ll introduce you to my domain.”&
Ian couldn’t believe how much fun it was distracting Yolanda among those weapons. It reminded him of a library and doing something naughty in the stacks. This was more interesting with the weapons. It took them a few hours to get everything pulled, registered, and she showed him how to package everything safely for pick up when they needed them. “Fine, this is all we can finish. Time to lock up and head back. They will have something by now. Who knows, they may have some news or another job to do. How often do you need to check in with your boss?” “I check in every three days. He g
Hilda returned to the kitchens to get the documents she needed the Luna to sign. The rest returned to the office once an older gentleman came down the stairs. Negating his silver hair, he looked much like his son. A quick introduction and welcome. Ian didn’t want to explain that he hadn’t decided whether he would be her mate, or he’d even stay. His train of thought got pushed aside as he saw a book passed to the mage from a disembodied hand coming from a blue glowing ball of light. “What the hell?” “Mini portal. He ordered a book from their library by the looks of it. Where do you think the more interesting tomes went when the Library of Alexandria burned? Do you th
Hal followed Aria to her home. He didn’t know what he expected to find. What he found was unexpected. Gravel roads, wolves peaking through wooded areas while humans walked by greeting Aria and her returning their greetings. Quick words reminding her of things while she poked at a tablet in her hands. She’d used the excuse that she needed to catch up on work. Her conversations with the wolf shifters were all business. Hal wasn’t sure what work she meant. Wasn’t she just their version of a bodyguard? What else did she do? What other job did she hold? But there she was, walking down a path, ignoring obstacles she might trip over. She fried his nerves watching her, blinded not two hours ago from the cave in. He itched to pull out his own laptop. He’d wait until he could sit.&nb
“So, if we’re hunting for an immortal creature, how do we kill it? Just a stupid human here. But if you can kill an immortal, that immortal isn’t immortal.” Hal looked up from where he and Aria huddled over laptops. The Fianna worked on translating various items within the book found in the cave. The symbols on the other items needed to be deciphered. He’d spent the better part of an hour explaining every creature they would encounter. How to kill them and when? What to use and how? Ian felt like he was preparing for war, and when he commented on that, he’d received looks that put his understanding of the situation in a whole new light. They were at war now. There wasn’t anything funny or cute about a brownie or elf. No one spared time to correct him, but