Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
The men and women were divided into their groups with various people leading them. The leaders included me, Riviana, Trevor, Valerian, Samuel, Wesley, Carter, Noah, Riley, Landon, Shawn, Dietrich, Vincent, Gabriel, David, Shane, Cedar, Paul, Rawlynne and Jackson. We were all to coordinate a detail that was to scope out the park, monitor the mall, and follow the men from the mall to the restaurant and eventually to the park. It was going to take a lot of time and effort to get this night to be considered a success, but we were going to make sure that it all went off without a hitch. And we were also getting the proper law enforcement involved as well. FBI and local police that were nonhuman were parts of the teams that were going to be out in the field. We would see to it that this was all done. We wouldn’t lose a single person tonight, and we were going to capture the men that were trying to kill our kind. And from here, we would lure the others out. This would be over soon. I just knew that it would be.
Finally, all the marks were in place, and it was time to get going. I walked to the front of the ballroom with Riviana and looked out at the sea of people that were looking up at us.
“Thank you all for being here. This night might seem stressful, but I am sure that we will all come through it with no problems at all. Let’s give it our all and capture all of these people. Let’s save our people and our city.”
“YEAH!” The knights and guards that were in attendance cheered happily as Riviana addressed them. Most of them only ever saw her, they didn’t talk to her, and she didn’t address them directly. This was likely a truly exciting time for them.
We left in waves. Of course, we couldn’t have a hundred and twenty people leave the castle all at once, that would be suspicious to all those living peacefully in the compound. And I didn’t want to alarm them at the moment. This was all about protecting people, not just those five girls, but all of my people.
Riviana and I left with Shawn and Dietrich. The men and women that were in our groups left in small waves before and after us. We had told them where to go and we would be in touch with them through mental link. There was no need to worry about them right now.
Riviana and I, not wanting to be seen by the Jaegan, since they knew what we looked like, were going to be scoping out the park from a distance. And when it got closer to the time to stop the attack, we would make our way to the park itself. We were going to be hands-on in this part of the operation as well. Why not? Really, I mean, we have been part of everything else up to this point, right? Why stop now?
鈥楺ueen Riviana, I see the girls that you mentioned.’ The voice of Garret, one of the knights that we assigned to the mall came through my mind. He was addressing her, but all of us in charge could hear him. 鈥楾hey are walking toward the exit. There are several people waiting outside the mall in different groups. I have a feeling that a few of the groups know each other though, since they keep looking at each other.’
鈥楢lright, Garret.’ Riviana didn’t move or even look like she was talking to someone as she looked at the park. She was using those eyes of hers that could zoom in and out so that she could see from great distances. It was a skill that I really wished that I had at the moment. 鈥楩ollow them, but don’t make it obvious. Stay in contact with us and the others. I want this to be a coordinated effort.’ She finished addressing him, but I knew that the others hadn’t heard her. Just me and the rest of her personal entourage. And that was to say, all eighteen of the other leaders.
鈥楢ll of you, be on your guard. There might be more than one group that is at the mall. There are several sets that are lying in wait for the girls as they make their way to the exit of the mall.’ I thought that the others needed to know what was going on.
鈥楿nderstood.’ The word came from several of the men and women at the same time.
It was boring, waiting here for them to get to the park, but it was what we needed to do. This was the place that we said that we were going to be waiting for them so that we could be first on the scene when they attacked the girls.
鈥楺ueen Riviana, I see that the five men have made contact with the girls. They are obviously charming them since the girls are smiling and giggling like, well, like teenage girls.’
鈥楪ood observation, dumbass.’ Trevor’s voice came through after Garret’s did. I knew that he wasn’t making it so that Garret heard him though. It was just for the rest of us leaders.
鈥楾hat other group that was looking at the men are following them. I knew that they were together.’ Garret’s voice sounded vindicated or proud of himself as he spoke in my head. 鈥楾he other teams should work on following them now.’
鈥楢lright, understood.’ Riviana responded to him calmly before addressing the whole group. 鈥楾hey have left the mall. I am sure that others have eyes on them now, follow them, but do not get yourselves caught. Don’t even get noticed. There is another group that is following them, I want those people watched as well. I am sure that they will follow them to the park later. We need to catch them all.’
鈥榊es, Queen Riviana.’ More of the same word echoing in our heads as they all responded to her.
After several minutes there was another voice. We weren’t getting play by play commentary from them, just when something happened, and that was making it feel like all of this was taking too long.
鈥楾hey have stopped at a restaurant. That other group is waiting outside across the street. Two other guards have gone inside the restaurant to keep an eye on them from in there while the rest of us watch the building from all sides.’
鈥楧on’t lose track of any of them.’ Riviana ordered them.
鈥楬ow many are there in the second group?’ No one had told us this part yet.
鈥楽even. There are a dozen of them altogether. Five with the girls and seven following them.’
鈥楪ot it. Now we know how many we are up against.’ I acknowledged their words and started to think about this. If we manage to capture all twelve of them, we might make a sizable dent in their ranks. We needed this. We couldn’t afford to let this opportunity get past us.
“Don’t worry, Fido.” Riviana gripped my hand and she leaned in close. “We will succeed. I just know that we will.” She kissed my cheek as she said it and I felt the relief wash through me. I hadn’t even known how tense I was until then.
“I know we will, Riviana.” I kissed her on her lips. A soft, sweet kiss that told her that I appreciated what it was that she was doing for me. “I know that we will get them. We will save those girls. And we will put an end to all of this. It’s just a matter of time.” I smiled and tried to force any and all negative thoughts from my mind. I needed to focus, and I couldn’t do that if I let doubts and worry invade my thoughts.
We waited for them to get done eating. The communication lines were silent for what felt like hours, but I knew that it was just a half and hour to forty-five minutes or so. Somewhere in that range at the very least. The place that they went to eat was not all that busy, so I knew that it didn’t take them all that long to finish their meal.
鈥楾hey are on the move again. They should be heading to the park soon. Let’s get ready to follow them again.’ I heard the voice coming through. It was sent to the entire group and I felt that it was giving them all that little bit of an edge that they needed. They were ready to do this. They were ready to save those girls.
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Joaquin
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“Alright. It’s time to get ready.” I looked through the binoculars toward the park that we were watching. Riviana was looking over there as well, but she was, of course, not using anything but her eyes. I swear, sometimes I was so envious of her.
“We should move a little closer to the park, so that we are ready to stop them when they are there.” Shawn said as he looked in that direction as well.
“No, we need to wait until they are actually at the park. Based on what Talia told us the other day, I don’t think that the attack starts right away. And we need to make sure that they are in the act before we apprehend them. If we don’t, we will be called liars in the future. We need to make sure that we do this right.” Riviana vetoed his idea right away. She, like me, didn’t want to risk this plan going south if we moved too soon. However, my apprehension was for something else.
“We also don’t want to risk them noticing us before they get to the park. They chose this place because it was supposed to be empty and secluded. They won’t bring the girls here if they think that they are being watched. We need to stay up here until they are actually in the park, and then we surround them and the other group that is following them.” I explained to Shawn why it was that I thought that we needed to stay away for the time being. We needed to make sure that all is done properly as Riviana said, but also that we don’t spook them and make them go somewhere else. This was a balancing act that we needed to work through. We couldn’t afford even one error. Those girls and the rest of our people were counting on us to get this right.
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I watched in the direction that I knew those guys were in. I was waiting for them to come into sight so that the next phase of our plan could finally start.
鈥楰ing Joaquin, Queen Riviana, they are almost to the park. They are once again walking, like they did to the restaurant. And that group is still tailing them.’
鈥楢re we sure that they are part of that same group? The other people that are following them? What if they are other authorities that are figuring this all out as well?’ I heard the sound of another voice, this one was from Carter who was on the other side of the park, waiting to surround it with us.