Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“I got a call from Carter. The DOE is in panic mode. The Colonel escaped from Dayton at the office, and they are planning to attack the city sooner. Carter and the others got out safely by making the Colonel think that Mr. Doe was killed. I am guessing that they will assume Kirk is dead as well.”
“What?” The amount that his face fell at that news was comical. He looked like a cartoon character or something.
“I am opening a door for them. Then I will have Vincent take Mr. Doe and Kirk to a room to stay for the night. In the morning, we will talk about what to do next.”
“Riviana, you just had a baby. You can’t be going to meetings like that. I will handle it.”
“I had a baby, Joaquin, but I am still the Queen around here. And I will not abandon my people. I will be there, and you will not try to stop me.” I let anger fill my voice. He grunted in frustration but didn’t say anything else. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a door to open.”
I hesitated for a moment before I made the door. I realized that I needed to know where Carter and the others were before I opened the door.
“Carter?” I called him mentally.
“Yes?” He answered in a tone that was trying not to laugh. I think that I had left the connection open during my talk with Joaquin. He had heard me assert my dominance. “Where are you?” He proceeded to give me details of the building they were in, the address and a physical description of it as well. Once I knew where they were, I started the process of making the door.
Within a moment, Carter, Juniper, Paul, Landon, Kirk, and Mr. Doe were entering the room. Joaquin had obviously called Vincent while I made the door, because he knocked gently as the others came into the room.
“Come in.” Joaquin called out to them, and Paul laughed.
“A little late for the permission, isn’t it?” He said as Vincent entered the room. “Oh, so it was for him, not us. Now I feel unwelcomed.”
“Shut up, Paul.” Juniper was obviously not in the greatest of moods. “Wait a minute!” She looked around the room. “Riviana!” She whisper screamed my name in a state of shock. “You had the baby?!”
“Just after midnight, right here at home.”
“Oh my goddess!”
“Congrats, Riviana.” Paul said.
“Congratulations to you both.” Landon smiled.
“She is beautiful.” Mr. Doe said while looking embarrassed. “I am sorry for intruding on this moment.”
“It is fine. We understand that things happen, and I am happy that you all made it out alive. We will figure out what to do in the morning. In the meantime, we will have someone looking for Orson.”
“So, you know that the Colonel is Agent Orson?” Mr. Doe looked completely calm, except for his eyes.
“I do.” I nodded at him. “And since you said you work with him, Mr. Doe, I am guessing that you are an agent as well.”
“My name is Dolan West, and I was a member of the team that was investigating you before. As I said, at the time, I didn’t understand anything about this. Neither did the others. Agent Austin, Agent Lakewood, Agent Conners, and Agent Tiller were right there with me. The only problem is, they seem to have bought completely into the insanity that Orson is spewing. They are his loyal subjects. I couldn’t let them hurt anyone though, and that was why Kirk and I were working to give you details about the bombings in advance. We wanted to save people.” He hung his head in shame.
“I understand, Dolan.” I spoke to him calmly, not at all upset with him. “You were confused and thrust into a situation that you were not prepared for. The main thing here is that you are a good person, and you have not been a part of the violence. The same goes for you, Kirk. And because of the help that you gave us, I will forever be grateful.”
“We all will.” Vincent said, speaking for the first time since coming into the room.
“Now, if you would like, Vincent here will show you to some rooms that you can sleep in for the night. If you have anything that you need to tell me before the morning, please tell Vincent. I wish to spend the rest of the night sleeping and resting. As you can all guess, I am a little exhausted.” And in truth, the fatigue really was hitting me now.
“Understood.” Dolan and Kirk both said that one word at the same time before they followed Vincent and the others out of the room.
“I will be back to meet my niece in the morning.” Carter said with a grin.
“Not without me, you won’t.” Juniper snapped at him.
“We will all be back.” Landon said as he looked at Joaquin, his spiritual brother.
“Sounds good.” I felt happy and loved at their words.
“Ready for sleep?” Joaquin asked me as the door to the room closed.
“Yes.” I nodded and settled against him. “But I don’t want to lay all the way back. I am still a little sore.”
“I will be your pillow.” His loving voice caressed my cheek as he adjusted a little and pulled me against him. “Pillow and blanket.”
“That works for me.” I was just settling into his chest when there was another frantic call inside of my head.
“Queen Riviana!” I recognized Dayton’s voice immediately. “I am sorry to call you like this. I know that I do not have permission to do so, but your phone has been going to voicemail for the last couple of hours.”
“Dayton?” I said the name out loud as I sat up.
“What?” Joaquin said as Dayton confirmed in my head.
“Yes, Queen Riviana.” I knew that Joaquin needed to know what was going on, so I spoke out loud again.
“I just spoke with the people that I had undercover in the DOE, and two of their members that have been working for us since the beginning.” I wanted to make sure that no one pointed a finger at them later. They were my agents, or that is what the rest of the NSA would think.