Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Who are you? What are you? A..are you something that isn’t human?” She didn’t look scared now. When she asked me that, she looked like she was more in awe than anything else.
“My name is Riviana Gray, and I am what I am. And right now, me and my family are working on solving these murders. We want to stop anyone else from being hurt like this. We want to make sure that no one has to worry about being killed just by going outside of their home.”
“You’re good people. I can tell.” She smiled at me and I felt the calmness inside of her spread to me.
I talked with the doctor for a little while longer. She was still worried, she was still scared, and she needed someone to be understanding with her. I didn’t tell her what I really was, or what my title really was. However, I did tell her that there were things in this world that she didn’t understand. I explained to her that ghosts were souls, like she just saw. I explained that magic was real. And I told her that just because someone was different than the 鈥榥ormal’ person, doesn’t make them a bad person.
I also explained to her that there were likely more people like me than not like me that she had met in her life. Or that the split was probably fifty fifty. That seemed to make her smile and calm down just a little. And when I gave her my business card, she seemed to feel even better. Having that little piece of tangible hope in her hands was enough to give her a little more hope for the future.
“Thank you, Riviana. Thank you. I swear, if I didn’t know any better, I would say that you were some sort of goddess sent here to help me.” I didn’t know how to respond. If I was being honest, I was a goddess, but I didn’t act like one all the time.
“I am just glad that I was able to be here. We’re going to go now, Dr. Brown. If you need me, call me.”
“Thank you, Riviana. I will.” She rose from her seat with me. It was like she was eager to see me off, but also reluctant to see me go. It was a little odd, but I knew that some people could get like that after traumatic events. I wasn’t going to push anything here though. Well, maybe one thing, but that would be all.
“Dr. Brown, please do keep quiet about this. It is so much easier for us to do our work without so many people getting involved.”
“Oh, yes, of course.” She nodded and smiled as we walked out of the room. I hoped that I didn’t have to worry about her at all. That wouldn’t be a good way to move forward.
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Joaquin
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I had stayed in the car while Talia and Riviana went to free the soul from the body. Based on what I heard after that time, I think it was a good idea. I wouldn’t have been able to stay calm when that doctor came in unexpectedly like that. I would have flipped out, and probably gotten angry about it. Riviana handled it a lot better than I would have.
Now though, we were heading back to Artem’s house. It was almost time for us to interrogate those slimeballs that ran away at the beach. One of them had to know something about what happened. And the sooner we found it out, the better.
This is going to be good. I haven’t had the need to interrogate an asshole like this since the beginning of my relationship with Riviana. Those asshats that were sneaking onto my property all those years ago were the last ones. Too bad that one of them died. Though it wasn’t my fault. That had been Edmond.
I would behave myself this time. I wouldn’t hurt them. I would just scare the living daylights out of them. I might even shift into my Lycan form and really give them a fright. That would be good. I would love to see the looks on the faces of those cultist freaks when I showed them what I could really do. They though that we were monsters, well I would show them a fucking monster.
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When we got back to the estate, I followed Riviana to where the prisoners were. Talia was sent to spend some time with the triplets. That would do her some good after what happened today. She wouldn’t need to worry about these people at all. They were for me and Riviana to handle.
“Hello, King Joaquin.” Chris shot to his feet when he saw me. “I didn’t expect you back so soon. I requested records be sent over on all those that had been captured. Well, on the names that we were given for them anyway. And I took fingerprints from them. I wanted to see if there was anything that we would be able to gather from that as well. They should be here soon.” He was looking a little scared and nervous as he spoke.
“That’s fine. We’re going to start the first interview. Bring me the file when it arrives.” I walked to the first door and sniffed the air. This was definitely a human that I was going to talk to. “What is their name?”
“This here is Jared Hughes. He says that he is twenty-two years old and that he doesn’t know why we were chasing him.”
“Of course he doesn’t.” I sneered at the door.
“Control yourself, Joaquin.” Riviana put her hand in mine. “We will be in there together.”
“Yeah, I know. Do me a favor though, Little Bunny. Let me do the talking. Please.” I was practically begging her in front of that cop that was so close to me.
“I will let you do the talking to begin with. If I need to ask something or step in though, then I will. Agreed?”
“Fine.” I smiled at her and accepted the terms. “Now, let’s go.”
The man that was sitting at the table looked like a scared little boy. If this guy here was supposed to be a member of the group killing all those people, then I was a fucking ballet dancer that was famous for pirouettes and doing the split while jumping in a frilly tutu. And I had never done ballet in my entire life.
“Explain yourself.” I said as I sat at the table. Riviana was sitting quietly in a chair in the corner.
“I..I..I don’t know what you want me to say. I..I d..didn’t do anything w..w..wrong.” He was trembling as he spoke to me.
“Why were you running?”
“W..what?” He looked like a little rat that had been cornered and was looking for a way out.
“Why did you take off running at the beach? If you didn’t do anything wrong, why did you start running?”
“I..I am not good with people. I..I normally d..don’t do th..things like that. I..I was looking b..be..because I wanted t..to see th..the cops i..in person. I..I am writing a b..b..book and wanted t..to see how th..they actually handled a crime scene. Wh..when the men around me started shouting I..I got r..really sc..scared. I thought that th..there was g..going to be a..a..a fight. I didn’t want to get h..hurt. S..so I ran. I..I..I’m sorry. Pl..please, l..let me go.”
I sighed and looked at the table. I didn’t want to look at him anymore. Mostly because I was afraid that if I did, he would get scared and die of a heart attack. I could hear how scared he was as he spoke to me. It was audible in his breathing and the pounding of his heart. I knew that he was telling the truth, but I needed to see his records first.
“Wait here. I need to check one thing after I leave this room, if that checks out, then someone will take you home.”
“I..I will be fr..free to go?” He looked shocked as his wide eyes glued themselves to my face.
“Well, you didn’t do anything wrong, did you?” I gave him a stern look.