Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Alright then.”
I thought about the man that I needed to contact. Of the three people that I knew would come as soon as I contacted them, I wanted the one that would be the kindest toward them. The man that was not going to make jokes or anything like that. So, to suit my purposes, I was thinking about Lucifer.
Once the connection was established, I sent my intentions to him telepathically.
“Lucifer, can you please come to where I am? I am currently in an Alpha house in Wales.” “I will be there right away.” His words came without delay. And sure enough, a second later, there was a magical door appearing in front of me.
The door finished materializing and the man stepped out. Lucifer with his dark hair and pale skin, appeared before me in all his splendor.
“I am here, Talia, what is it you needed from me?” At that, he noticed the two souls that were sitting opposite of me. “Well now, this seems to be an interesting situation that you have found yourself in.”
“These men, Niclas and Llewellyn, were recently murdered. They have suffered greatly, and I would like you to take their souls to their afterlife personally. And, if it is not too much trouble, can you search for others that might have crossed over already. These men were trapped in their bodies until I released them, but there might be some that already crossed without needing my assistance.”
“Oh my. That sounds horrible. As a favor to you, Talia, I will do as you ask. As I have tried to prove for millennia now, I am not a bad man. I am simply misunderstood. So, please, leave these two with me and I will see to it that they are well cared for. And, of course, I will look for more victims for you.” Lucifer nodded his head with a kind smile on his face.
“Thank you, Lucifer. I knew that you were the right one to call. I know that I can always count on you.”
“I am happy that you have that confidence in me.” He bowed just a little bit before turning to the men that were before him. “Let us get you properly dressed.” He waved his hand and the souls were now wearing clothes that seemed to be unique to each of them.
“M..my favorite shirt. H..how did you know?” Niclas was dumbfounded.
“I am a god, I am all-knowing.” Lucifer chuckled just a little but that was all.
“Thank you.” Llewellyn seemed to be wearing his favorite clothes as well. That was good. They would be happy in them at least.
“Now, gentlemen, come with me.” They rose and followed Lucifer through the door. “I will be in touch soon, Talia.” Lucifer called out once more before the door disappeared.
“Thank you.” I knew he didn’t hear it, but at least I said it. “And goodbye to you two.”
I was alone in the room now. It was just me and the silence around me. That silence felt deafening in that moment. It was like it was hiding so much that seemed to be happening around me.
“Hahh.” I sighed, breaking that silence for no other reason than because I could. And because I wanted to. It felt off to be here in this silent room. “I guess I need to go and tell my parents what I learned.” I slowly got to my feet and was thankful, once again, that I had that perfect memory of mine. I wouldn’t forget any of it.
As I started toward the door, I heard thundering footsteps coming toward me. I also smelled two very distinct and familiar scents.
“Talia! Talia!”
“Where is she!? Talia!? Where are you!?” Yeah, I knew that they would be angry with me. Oh well, time to face the music.
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Riviana
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I had just sent Talia back to the Alpha’s house with David and Shane. Shawn, Vincent, Gabriel and Dietrich were still with me and Joaquin at the coroner’s office. The coroner, Gwri, and the Alpha, Cadwal, were not with us at the moment. They were busy taking care of some business in their pack. So, for the time being, it was just the six of us. I knew that Shane and David would be disappointed to be missing out on this conversation, but I didn’t have a choice. We needed to talk things out as soon as we could.
“Dietrich, I want to talk to you about something.” The man in question had been looking down at the floor. I could tell that there was something that was eating away at him. And it was not something new. He had been looking off since the first time we read over the case reports last week. Now, I wasn’t about to let it slide anymore. He needed to stop hiding things from me. He needed to talk.
“Talk about what, Riviana?” He smiled and gave me that usually calm and serene face of his. Only he was not sculpting it right. He wasn’t able to look completely carefree and innocent like he normally did.
“Well, for starters, tell me why you look so nervous right now. Do you know something about what is going on?” I hadn’t meant to sound accusatory but based on his words that followed I was able to guess that they sounded at least slightly accusing.
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“Do I know anything? What are you saying? Do you think that I have anything to do with this? Do you think that I am a killer? Is that what you think of me, Riviana? I don’t even drink blood as often as I used to. I have been a model citizen for almost twenty years so that I did not disappoint my mate.”
“I didn’t mean that, Dietrich. I am sorry. I didn’t mean to make you think that I thought you were a part of this. What I was meaning, and what I should have said in the beginning, is do you know who might be behind this? Do you know who might be using those symbols to trap the souls inside of their bodies?” I did my best to make my voice sound calm and apologetic at the same time. I had messed up just because of the way that I had worded that question.
“Hahh.” He seemed to deflate almost instantly. It was like all the wind that had filled his sails just a moment ago were gone. He was calm and looked very sad. “I know you didn’t mean that, Riviana. I am sorry. I guess I am just extra sensitive at the moment. It’s not just your people that are being targeted. It’s mine too. And it has me on edge.”
“I know, Dietrich.” I walked over to him and put my hand on his arm. It wasn’t quite his shoulder, but I was too short for that to be a natural place for me to put my hand. “Just tell me what you know about the runes. Please.” I prompted him to come out and tell me what he knew so that he didn’t have to bottle it up anymore. “Just tell me what you can.”
“Well, the runes are old. Very old. They predate me by several centuries. They go back to old Norse legends. Anyone would be able to research them and use them. That is the problem with information being so easy to access. Even the evil things are there for these people to take for themselves.” He sighed and seemed to feel some sort of anger about that fact. “However, there was once a man that I knew who used those symbols. He was a man that sought to have a world filled with peace and light. He was a hunter of sorts. And I will admit that I helped him from time to time.”
“What kind of hunter was he, Dietrich?” Shawn didn’t seem to know what Dietrich was talking about. He was just as surprised to hear about this as I was.
“He hunted people that were not human.”
“DIETRICH!?” Several voices called out to him at the same time. Me, Joaquin, Shawn, Vincent and Gabriel were all floored by this discovery.
“It’s not what you think.” Dietrich looked like he was scared. He was frantically trying to get me to understand what he was saying. “Please. Listen to me. Let me explain. It wasn’t that we were doing anything wrong. We were helping the world.”
“You were killing your own people. You were killing people that were supernatural with a human!” Shawn looked like he just couldn’t wrap his mind around what he had heard, and what he was saying to Dietrich as well.