Another week went by and Lucas called me every day to find out what progress we’d made. I knew that he was secretly having Timothy do everything that Tank was doing so I had Tank keep an eye on Timothy too.“Little Ryder!” Tank yelled from the dining room and I jumped from my seat behind my desk and literally ran to the dining room.“What did you find?” I asked him as his eyes glistened with happiness.“The house in Broadview has a lot of activity, I think I’ve found the person named Carlson Hall and then also the points of interest that Wentworth supplied have paid off, I’ve been tracking these four men and their vehicles and three more children have been abducted in the last twenty-four hours and we have them on a satellite view, we know where they are keeping the children!” he said excitedly.“Okay keep tabs on Carlson in Broadview, the children are our first priority,” I said and they all nodded.“We should make our preparations and plan to attack the stronghold just before dawn,”

I parked the truck in the street and walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell. I could hear footsteps and then the door opened and Megan’s father, Kurt, stood there looking at me. He was part of my father’s lair, a professor at the university and her mother was a nurse.“Good evening Mr. Greer,” I said and extended my hand.“Evening,” he said without shaking my hand and turned around and left the front door open.“I guess he doesn’t like you for some reason,” Abeloth mused and I grinned.“You think?” I asked as he chuckled.I closed the door behind me and followed him through to the dining room where Megan’s mother, Mary, her sister, Sharice and her father now sat. I kissed the top of Megan’s head as Kurt’s eyes followed me.“Good evening Mrs. Greer, Sharice,” I said and sat down opposite Megan.“I’m so glad you could join us Ryder, please call me Mary,” she said with a genuine smile“Thank you for having me,” I said and returned her smile.Megan was looking intensely at her

I woke up to the murmuring of voices that I couldn’t quite make out and I let my eyes adjust to the dimness of the room I was being held in. I was chained to a wall and my limbs had pins and needles all over, a sign that the poison was working its way out of my body.“Abeloth?” I asked in my mind.“I’m here halfling, they got us bad this time,” he said sounding groggy.“Can you separate?” I asked him.“It feels like I’m trapped inside you, I’m being blocked somehow,” he said as he tried to push through.“At least we found his hideout,” I said and Abeloth chuckled.“Yeah at least we got this far,” he said and lay down again.I recognized the vampire that took me from the side of the road as he placed a chair a few feet in front of me. Even if I could kick out now I wouldn’t reach the chair, they were still being careful around me and that actually made me smile.“He’s awake Sir,” the vampire said as he lifted my head and met my eyes.“Bring him some water,” the other man said.The vamp

I met Jack in a dark alleyway after Felix and I had completed our first assignment. We had both been shot and we were bleeding as we heard the high heels click clack towards us. He had smelled our blood and we both looked at the big man that stood in front of us wearing a skin tight dress. Jack was also Jackie and he loved to dress up and perform at a downtown club over weekends.Jack had loaded us in his car and taken us home, he was a lone wolf and preferred it that way. We became friends and whenever we travelled through Oklahoma we would drop in on him. He had cried when I called him with the news that Felix had been killed.During the day Jack was also into black market dealings and apparently his wolf had told him he could trust the dragon and vampire. Jack had lost his fair share of bets with Felix and we always had fun as Jack showed us off to his other cross dressing friends when we watched him perform.“You’ll drink my tea or I’ll make you,” Jack said as I opened my eyes. He

Marlo blinded the people in the foyer of the hotel as we walked inside, Tank carried Carlson and I carried Albert. Basil and Elio walked behind us as Marlo led our little group down the hallway to the ballroom where we could hear the music and voices.“Are you sure you want to do it this way?” Basil asked me.“The most influential Sires and dragonkin is in that room together with the Elders of our region, what better setting is there?” I asked him.“You have blood on your face,” he said to me.“Just adds to my flair for the dramatic,” I said as Tank laughed.“Little Ryder, you always know how to make an entrance,” he said to me.“Let’s make an entrance then,” Marlo said as she rubbed her hands together and stood facing the double doors.“I feel like we need a theme song,” Elio said suddenly and Marlo started laughing.“Piss off Elio, just open the doors Marlo,” I said with a sigh and adjusted Albert over my shoulder.Marlo’s eyes glowed white as the doors flew open and hit the walls o