Two days later the trackers finally called back in. They tracked the rogues west into Tennessee before they doubled back and ended up near Asheville. They were forced to stop and considering the circumstances Samantha told them to return. They found a smaller group of them and over a dozen hostages. Samantha ordered them to be returned to the pack. We will be expecting them soon.
Elder Alan was emailing the Council of Thirteen to alert them of what happened. He was not expecting much he told me, as the Council prefers to let the individual packs settle attacks from rogues and other werewolves. They normally only intervene when it involves vampires or witches or something that concerns the royal family.
Samantha feels a lot better now, and the doctor says I can resume my silver regimen tomorrow. He also was extremely irate that we shared a kiss that caused me to pass out. Again, he made us both swear to come in for more bloodwork and test
“Samantha! Samantha!” I shake my mate, before grabbing my phone and dialing the first name in my list. “Jess! Jess!!! Something’s wrong with Samantha!!!”“What’s wrong?” She asked worriedly. “Where are you?”“Um...in her old room! Jessica!!! I can’t get her to wake up!”“I’m on the way Benjamin! Is she breathing???”I roll her over and check, “Yes she is!”“Okay, stay calm. I’m almost there.” She answered. “The doctor is on the way too. What happened?” She appeared in the doorway and hurried over to my mate. “It looks like she fainted, what happened?”I shake my head. “We were just talking! I don’t know! We were talking about her doll when she asked me.... why her doll used to smell like me??? Then s
Sometime later we are all gathered in Samantha’s office; my parents, Chris and Laura are also here, we are going to be transferring Jake into our pack. This time, Violet is showing me exactly what files are needed: paperwork and basic background checks. She tells me that if we are bringing in someone from a pack we don’t usually deal with the process takes longer... we need to know exactly what the other pack is like to be sure we are not bringing in a mole. There are other safeguards in place and that involves a strict interview with Samantha, Violet, and the petitioning wolf.I couldn’t help but notice that Samantha kept the desk between her and Jake the entire time, and she had to replace her gloves when she went to shake his hand. I sighed, I hope she doesn’t have to wear them a lot... I hate that she has to hide that part of her from others. She once offered to stop wearing the polish for a while, but I insisted she keep it on; it&rs
Samantha just stood there for a moment. “Wait a minute, what?”“When the trackers brought them in, he was with them. We separated him from the rogues and put him in the special cell. He doesn’t want to let us take him to the hospital, he doesn’t smell like a rogue, and he is only about 9 or 10.”“We can’t have a pup down there are you crazy?” Samantha growled before rushing off, I am right behind her. I hear growling and screaming coming from the cells before I enter, the guards looking at me in silent respect. As soon as we enter, I hesitate, the smell is overpowering and the ‘walking dead’ are whooping and hollering. She glares at all the prisoners before blasting out her command. “Shut up!”Instantly everyone quiets down and Samantha walks to the closest cell and peers inside. Inside is a young boy, tears are running down his face and he is
Later, as we are settling down for the night, Lily lets us know that Nick had to be sedated. There were also signs of past abuse, healed bones and deep bruises. Doctor thinks most of the broken bones happened months ago; since Nick hasn’t shifted yet he was forced to heal at a human’s pace. Just what hell has this child gone through?Samantha didn’t take the news well, and she is sitting on the roof. The moon isn't full, but she says the half moon may still help calm her nerves. I’m giving her space because she asked for it, but I agreed only if I could check on her once she was gone for more than 30 minutes. I could feel her emotions and they were scaring me slightly; going from extreme rage to sorrow back to rage again. I was feeling exhausted, and these wasn’t even my emotions. I glance over as she climbs back in the window and I go over and hug her. She is shivering and I kick myself for not making sure she had a coat.
I woke up the next morning and my mate wasn’t in the room. I glance around before I notice a note on the coffee table.Hey Sweetie, I had to blow off some more steam. Sorry I didn’t wake you, you looked so peaceful. Be back soon, I promise! -SI sigh as I read the little note over and over, I check under the coffee table and her tools are gone. She must have gone to the cells to deal with another ‘walking dead.’ There isn’t much I can do so I go about my normal routine, getting my workout clothes out. Its been way too long since I attended a training session and that stops today. As I’m leaving our room I look to my mate’s old room, I don’t know what I’m expecting...maybe another flash of a forgotten memory?Standing in the doorway a little longer than necessary I sigh and leave. Nothing new came to me, maybe I shoul
After we got the trailer packed up, we sat and visited with my parents. Tim stayed by us the whole time, I don’t know if he was trying to hide from Monica, but we haven’t seen her since the incident in the yard. We learned that Kimmie left the pack soon after Dad banished her from the packhouse and kept her in the dungeon for a few days as her punishment. Her parents seemed very apologetic for their daughter and sent her away to family members.I’m glad that she is gone. The bitch brigade is down to three now and we haven’t seen the other two today, thank the Goddess.My mom pulled me to the side as Chris started asking more about the role of a Delta, our parent’s pack doesn’t have one and he was planning on creating that post when he took over. “I found something for you, dear.” She led me into her bedroom. “I was going through some of my things and found a bunch of pictures. If what you
We make it back into our bedroom and Samantha hurries to the bathroom for her shower. I settle on the couch and start looking through my pictures, so far nothing I am finding has any clues to what I am looking for. I sigh as I place them in a pile to the side. I hear the shower turn off and I start to put them away. I leave a couple out for her to see, one from my own shifting party and another from my earlier years. I was holding one of my favorite toys from the time, an Ironman action figure. I was smiling from ear to ear.I sigh, I cried so hard when Chris and Jake broke it...then to make it that much worse they told my parents that I did it because I wanted the newest one...My memory flashed again, and I remembered another toy. One I didn’t recognize, it was a white one that had wings and chirped.... a small girl’s laugh.... was this Samantha’s? I held my head as I tried to remember more, but nothing was coming.
Early the next morning my mate went to check on Nicholas. The doctor had to sedate him again last night. It seems as soon as it gets dark he starts to become frantic. One of the other women who was with him told us that at night one of the rogues would knock him out with chloroform to keep him quiet while they were moving. I shudder when I think of what those women went through. Some were sold to the rogues, and some were taken in the night. Some watched their whole families get murdered and their pack burn.And that didn’t even begin to describe their ongoing abuse. The ‘lucky’ ones were sold to other packs...and some were kidnapped and delivered to other packs for a fee. Others started out as human and were turned when it got to be too hard to attack a pack.I didn’t like to even think about it.Of course, the council has been notified of every little detail we uncovered but they haven’t r