Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I could tell already, judging by the looks on their faces. They had all heard what I said. They all seemed to be somber and worried. They knew what was happening already. Still, Mom answered me.
“We heard.” Her voice was thick and filled with worry. “That man is unstable. I don’t know why he is the way that he is, but I have a hard time believing that it is just because of us. I mean, how could all of this come about just because we’re not human? How could this set him off so much? How?” I knew how she felt. I was the one that had been there, I was the one that had seen what he had done. I knew for myself that he was insane and that he was after us.
Mom knew it too though. She was the one that had been dealing with this man since he started to threaten us last year. He was the reason for everything that was happening. If only he had let it go, if he hadn’t threatened us after the Jaegan incident, then we would all be fine. No, he was definitely unstable and needed to be dealt with.
“Mom?” I called out to her, hoping to settle her nerves a little.
“Yes, sweetheart?” She gave me a smile and tried to hide what she was really thinking. Those that weren’t used to her expressions might have been fooled, but I wasn’t.
“We will get him. I know that we will. We won’t let him hurt anyone else. I will help you. We will all help you.” I made the solemn promise to her, knowing that I needed to follow through with it no matter what.
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Riviana
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I had listened in on Talia’s soul projection. We had all listened in. We had heard what she said about the boulder that had obviously been moved in an attempt to conceal the cave. She had told us about the dead bodies that were gathered at the entrance of the cave. They had been killed while trying to run away and save themselves. We heard all the details about the place that she had gone to. All the details.
The most ominous by far was the office that the man had set up there. He had only had them create this one room. That office for him with a desk and a map that showed Colorado Springs. And that map had been disfigured and mangled by the Colonel after what had happened at the NSA office and the other tunnels the night before. He had lost his mind, more than he had already lost it.
We weren’t just dealing with a man anymore. We were dealing with a human monster. A man that had no problem killing his own people because he was angry at us, at me. He was the worst sort of man that I could think of. A man that felt like nothing could stop him and that he had nothing to lose. He had completely lost touch with reality.
No, what was worse, he was inventing his own reality to make it fit his delusions. He was so far gone that there was no way to reason with him. He would do anything that he needed to do just so that he could stop us. He treated us like we were an active and hostile threat, when all we’ve ever done is try to help people and live our lives. To him, we were monsters, enemies, demons that needed to be erased from existence. And just hearing about what he had done was making it that much worse.
“We will get him. I know that we will. We won’t let him hurt anyone else. I will help you. We will all help you.” Hearing those words from Talia as she looked across the room at me made my heart want to smile. Knowing that she, and everyone else in the room, were willing to help me stop this mad man made things a lot easier for me. I knew that I needed to do all that I could to protect the people of this city.
I knew that the Colonel, Harrison Orson, was going to target the city. I didn’t know if he was going to target the entire city, or just parts of it. Was he coming after the castle and the compound? Or was he going to try to drop a nuke on us or something? I didn’t know what he was capable of, and that was what made him that much more frightening.
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“I know you will, baby girl.” I gave Talia the smile that I always did, but this time I meant it. This time I felt better about what was going to happen. I had her, Joaquin, my guards, and all the rest of the people in this room to help me. And on top of that, I had billions of people in my community that would be willing to put an end to the bloodshed and hatred. They were there for me, just as I was there for them.
“We don’t have time to waste.” Athair m貌r rose from his seat at the table. “We should bring the others here now. It’s been nearly an hour after all.” He looked at his watch and I moved to do the same. Then I remember that I was holding Reeselynn, still sleeping, in my arms. Seeing her tiny, peaceful face made me know even more, I had to stop that man. I had to protect my people and my family. I had to protect this tiny little baby, and all the other tiny babies in this city.
“Yes, I agree. I will open the doors now.” I rose to my feet and handed Reeselynn off to Joaquin. He looked at her tiny little face, with a smile on his as he bonded with her. He was already so in love with her, even though it hadn’t been that long since she was born, and he hadn’t held her too much. He still loved that tiny baby just as much as I did.
I didn’t hesitate now that I was on my feet. I conjured the three doors at the same time. I opened them to the places that I knew the others would be. The Warlocks and Witches were all waiting at the main hall in the Aerie Conveto. The Fae were waiting in the square outside of their castle. And Dayton was in his director’s office in the NSA building. We had researched them enough when all of this started last year, that I already knew the entire lay of the land. I knew where everything was without even having to think about it.
Within seconds, the doors had materialized and were glowing in the room. They were so bright that they made the previously well-lit room seem dim by comparison. Not that it mattered, it would all go back to normal soon enough.
The first door opened immediately. Coming through that side were the magic users that Crawford had assembled to help me. The second door opened but no one came through it at first. The third door opened last, but people flooded through in groups of two. The Fae.
“What the hell!? I have seen these on TV before, but this is insane.” I heard a man’s voice from the other side of the middle door. This was the one that went to the NSA office.
“It’s OK, Director Glick. Queen Riviana opened the door so that we could travel to her office without needing to drive. This is much quicker.” Dayton was doing his best to settle the man’s nerves.
“Good morning, Director Glick.” Dolan called toward the door. “It is OK. I traveled through the door last night. It doesn’t hurt at all.”
“West!?” Director Glick called out toward the door. “You can hear me?”
“We all can, Sir.” Dolan told him. “Come on through. We have a lot to discuss with you.”
“Yeah, yeah, I know. This is just so strange. I am not refusing to come over, I am just worried, that is all.”
“Please do not be worried, Director Glick.” I spoke to him calmly. “We have learned some things that we need to discuss with you. Please, step through and let us talk face to face.”
“Is that Riviana Gray?” He asked, not sure if he was hearing me properly.
“Yes. Please, step through so that we can close the door on this side. I will open another one to take you back to your office later.”
“Alright.” He sounded a little calmer now at least. “I am coming through.”
When he and Dayton stepped into the office, the other two doors had disappeared. Theirs was the last one at the time. They walked through at the same time and that was when I saw the look on Director Glick’s face. He could tell that he was surrounded by people that weren’t human.
“Good morning, Director Glick.” I held my hand out to him and was polite, but my face was showing the magnitude of what had happened earlier. I was sure that he thought that I was angry with him, but to his credit he didn’t react to it at all.
“Good morning, Mrs. Gray.”
“Please, take a seat at the table. We have a lot that we need to go over.”
“You said that already. I will admit that I am curious to know what you mean.”
“We have more information about Harrison Orson, the man that calls himself the Colonel.”