New Player In Town

Ehann, half-dragging the man who was bleeding on the floor to the special sleeping quarters of the special employees of Luna. There are a few of them that stayed inside the building for protection. At first, Eon won’t agree to it. Until one time, some members of some gang decided to show up to Luna to hunt one of their patrons.

Good thing, he and another wolf were on the premises at the time. They were able to contain the situation. But it could have been worse if they weren’t in the building. And that was the only reason why Eon agreed for some of them to stay but to have a rotation. He hates the fact of them gathering in one place at the same time. It reminded him of their old pack and he hated that.

“Where is this place?”

Ehann was pulled back to the present when he heard Frio’s question. “It’s the sub-level basement.”

“Where is the freezer?” He scanned the room and all he could see were bunk beds, a four-seater square table, a sink, and a pantry.

“Do you want me to take you to the freezer?”

“No." He shook his head vigorously. “No, please. I just want a bed to lie down to sleep in. I need to heal.”

“You are not going to sleep in any of the beds with all that blood,” said Connor - one of the employees of Luna that was off duty - was lying on the top bunk bed at the end of the room. He was one of the two wolves on rotation to stay in the building tonight.

Ehann pointed to a black sliding door on the right, next to the sink. “Take a shower there. I'll find you some clothes you can change to."

When Frio closed the bathroom door behind him, Ehann opened a locker that has been locked for months.

“Markus would kill you when he finds out that you let a stranger use his clothes.”

“He hasn’t been here since, what? New year? He won’t mind if some of his clothes go missing.” He smirked, pulling a Lacoste shirt and jeans.

Connor didn’t reply to what Ehann said. He knew his position. Even when they are not a pack and since he wasn’t from the same pack Ehann and their boss Eon came from, and despite him and Ehann being both Betas, he knew that Ehann is Eon’s right-hand Beta. No matter how much Eon reminded them that there is no pack and that they are not a pack—it doesn’t matter.

Frio came out of the bathroom with a towel tied to his hips.

Ehann threw him the clothes that he stole from Markus’s locker before Frio could open his mouth to ask for clothes.

“You have three hours to take a rest. And after that, Connor will take you upstairs to talk to the boss.”

Frio glanced at the man Ehann called Connor as he began putting on the clothes he got without hesitation.

"You can sleep in any of those beds, except for the lower bunk on the left."

Frio nodded and asked, “Can I get some Ibuprofen?”

Connor, who was lying down on the top bunk roared in laughter at what Frio said. “Why in the world do you need a painkiller? You’re a fucking wolf!”

"Never mind," he muttered as he walked towards the right bunk bed, and, trying not to make a sound, he slipped under the cover.

It wasn't just to get away from Ehann's beating that he said his body was frail. It is true that his body is weak. This is what made him leave his own pack and live with humans. He was tired of being treated like garbage by his own pack. He thought his life away from his pack would be different. He was completely wrong, though.

However, he found a way to survive. He found some people where his shitty ability can be useful. Life gets a little better after that, except for a situation where he gets some beating, like what happened today. And it’s not helping with the improving of the quality of his life that the people he works with often use strength—which he doesn’t have.

He was still thinking about his past when the pain and the drowsiness of sleep took his body to a deep slumber. He just woke up when someone kicked the post of the bunk bed and made it shake.

‘Why do these people like kicking so much?’ he thought to himself as he got up from the bed. He slowly eased out of the bunk bed when he saw it was Connor who kicked the bed. ‘It’s time to meet Eon.’

He passed by the sink, splash cold water on his face, and gargle before he followed Connor out of the basement. He was wiping his face with the sleeve of his shirt when they got on the elevator.

Connor didn't speak the entire time. As soon as the elevator door opened, he pointed at a stair and left him, going the other way. Taking one step at a time, he slowly climbed the stairs and could hear faint music as he went up.

When he reached the landing of the stair, he was expecting Ehann to meet him but it was Eon and by a quick glance of the room, he noticed that they were alone. Frio wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

“Sit down,” he said, pouring himself some bourbon. “Tell me about this special ability of yours.”

He went straight to the point. He didn’t keep him alive to know about the girl he was looking for but because of his special ability. No wonder his Beta wasn’t in the room.

“I have twice the sense of smell of an ordinary wolf. And I smelled the woman as one of us but I think I was already late.”

“Late for what?”

“To acquire that She-wolf.”

“Acquired? Are our kind are now nothing but something that can be acquired?”

“Sorry,” he lowered his head when he heard the slight anger in his voice. He needed him to keep on verbalizing his question because he was still weak that his wolf was still recuperating. He can’t handle Eon’s wolf if he would interrogate him.

“There’s a group that is recruiting lone wolves to join their pack.”

“This pack is now in LA?”

“Yes, they are recruiting members because in their business —number is power.” He decided to tell him everything he knew because he’s tired and still weak. He needed Eon to stay alive. And he can do that by being honest about what he knows.

“This group of wolves has something to do with the Russian?”

“Yes,” he nodded.

“How big is this group?”

“Difficult to tell. They recruit our kind to use as mercenary?”

“Like you?”

“I have a different set of skills, one that does not involve the strength of one’s body.”