Unscramble Dialing Novels & Stories

My lips twitched. "Tell me that… after I get through this call." He chuckled. "I think I'll have something different to say to you then." After I got off the phone with Charles, I took a deep breath and went through the Inter-Pack Registry to search for the Duncan alpha's line. I dialed the number for the Duncan Pack. A woman picked up the phone. Her voice sounded with a hint of weary resignation. "Hello?" she said, her voice barely above a whisper.

The first call came three days after Clara went off-grid, and she was in the bunker's command center when her secure phone buzzed with an unfamiliar number. The caller ID showed a local area code, but the number wasn't registered to anyone she knew. She let it ring once, twice, three times, watching the screen with cold curiosity as the name "UNKNOWN" flashed in bright white letters against the dark background. On the fourth ring, she answered but said nothing, waiting in complete silence.