Chapter 9

Blue's POV

I had come to pick him all alone. I wasn't sure why, but I just preferred it that way.

“Erm… were you able to get the files?” Maverick asked, stealing a glance. He had been stealing glances throughout the ride like he wasn't just holding me like his wife outside the car.

“Yeah, Kylie has them, and they'd be waiting for you at home.” I responded, looking at him. I smiled at him, and he clearly eased up.

“Thank you so much.” Maverick said, forcing a smile.

“So, are you hungry?” I asked, pulling over at a place, still in the strictly wolf territory.

“I'm famished.” Maverick said, and there was a glint of happiness in his eyes as I spoke about food. “The food they served wad pretty good, but I couldn't even take a spoon.”

I chuckled dryly, patting his thighs. “I'll be back.”

I hurriedly got down and got us fries and chicken from the restaurant we had stopped in.

I went back into the car and dumped everything on his leg. There was a smile on his face that screamed about how hungry he actually was.

I was about to ignite the car when he spoke.

“Can we just stay here?” Maverick asked. “At least, till we finish eating?”

“Sure. Why not?” I shrugged, easing back into the chair. I ordered the same thing for both of us, so we took it equally.

“This is the best chicken and fries spot in the wolf kingdom. Nothing’s beating it, I promise.” I said, and he chuckled.

“I'll see about that.” Maverick chuckled, putting one of the nuggets in his mouth. He chewed for a while and then closed his eyes before releasing sounds of ecstasy.

“Okay, this is fucking good.” Maverick said and I laughed.

“How has the CIA or the FBI never found you guys?” Maverick asked.

“There's a spiritual covering over this place. Anyone that discovers it forgets it. And discovering this place is impossible because of the intense amount of security checks in place. There are sensors that detect when something is coming in this direction, there's always something to stop it.” I responded, and he was very attentive.

“That's super cool.” Maverick sighed. We kept eating in silence, and heavens know I was looking for something to say.

“So, what's your engineering major?” I asked, and his face lit up.

“Mechatronics.” He said. “I'm basically studying three courses in one.”

“Let me guess, Mechanical, Electrical and maybe Software Engineering?”

“Almost close. The last one is basically just computer engineering. It's quite fun.” Maverick said.

“So, what do you like doing apart from being the scary tough Alpha?” Maverick asked and I laughed.

I began listing several things, and he was surprisingly a good listener.

I don't think I've ever spoken for so long without being interrupted. His world was crashing down, and here he was with me, still laughing like there was absolutely no problem in the world.

I drove us back to the pack house, and he went right up to have his bath. I was tied up with Kylie downstairs, signing several documents, and ensuring that several trades went well.

“There's a problem.” Allison, the pack's gamma said.

“What's it?” I asked.

“The iron pack was supposed to stop a delivery of drugs to the wolf territory.” She said.

“Yeah, I know that?”

“The cartel it was supposed to get to, eventually got it, and worse still, they have fabricated evidence that we are the distributors.” Allison said.

“What the actual fuck?” I snapped.

Allison handed over a tablet to me, and she moved several steps back, in an attempt to avoid whatever angry reaction might come with this.

It was a video of Kylie and Arya packing several grams of uncut cocaine into a duffel bag.

“Fuck!” I snapped. I was the biggest fighter of drugs in the territory, and this would be viewed as an hypocritical act. It annoyed me.

“The video is well doctored, and the original clip gotten from a CCTV has been wiped off.” Allison said.

“So we can't even fight this.” I hissed.

“We can't, Alpha.”

“And what do they want?” I asked.

“An escort for their next drug delivery.” Allison said.

“And something tells me that this is not just an ordinary cartel we're delivering to.” I muttered.

“It's the Skull cartel.” She said.

“Fucking hell!” I growled, feeling my wolf about to burst out. I could see the veins on my hand already trying hard to pop out, and I was barely maintaining my cool.

“Alpha, please be calm.” Kylie begged, maintaining his distance.

I closed my eyes and practised my breathing counts. I did not stop until I was feeling a lot calmer than I was. My stomach was churning really bad, and I had to rush into the bathroom closest to the living room where we were having a conversation.

I poured out the content of my stomach in that sink. I was disgusted by the whole situation, but I was also infuriated. I washed up, and I made my way out again.

“Alpha.” My pack of twenty two bowed.

“What do we do now?” Kylie asked.

I took a deep breath, trying to see what could be done to salvage this whole situation.

“Allison, reach out to the Alpha of whatever cartel that is, and tell them that I need to have a conversation with them, and I'm not even begging.” I growled.

“Kylie, get everything computer analyst you know on this , if they can't doctor it back to it's original form, make sure that they can prove that the video is doctored.”

“And the rest of you, go and fucking do something! Anything!” I snapped, and everyone went to work immediately.

I made my way to the room. I was feeling very dizzy on my way over there, like I'd collapse or worse still, faint.

I struggled with my consciousness, and we made it to the room.

Maverick had changed into fresh clothes, and he was going through the files Kylie had gotten for him. The attraction I was building up for him suddenly started to irritate me. I want Luca only, but I now have a mate that's feeling nothing for me, and it disgusted me.

“Maverick?” I called, looking at him.

“Huh?” He muttered, casting a glance at me.

“Get the fuck out of my house now!”