Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
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Riviana
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It had been a long week. I knew that the others had been told that they weren’t to contact me too often, because they needed to keep from getting found out. Not only that, but they likely wouldn’t find anything right away, so contacting me before the first week was up probably wouldn’t be helpful at all.
Still, I had just about worried myself crazy as I waited for them to call on that first scheduled check in. I had made sure that I was keeping an eye on Juniper and Paul’s four children, and Landon’s two children. I called Emmalee a couple of times as well, doing my best to make sure that my niece and nephews were doing OK without Carter. And to make sure that Emmalee wasn’t having a hard time of things.
I learned from Emmalee that Carter had indeed thrown me under the bus. He had told her that I had assigned him to this mission rather than admitting that he had volunteered for it. I didn’t correct the situation either. I didn’t want Emmalee to be angry at Carter for doing what he felt was necessary. Besides, he was doing it as a favor to me, so there was no reason to rat him out.
She was a little upset with me in the beginning, but not enough to voice it to me. She just didn’t like being away from her husband, and I didn’t blame her. I could imagine how it would be if Joaquin had volunteered to leave me. I wouldn’t be too happy about it either.
I got Emmalee calmed down though, and she was happy about the calls to check in on her. It just added more to our weekly conversations that we kept up on as the years waned onward. She was able to relate to me in a lot of ways, and she asked for advice when she needed things from me. I was more than happy to help with what I could.
Finally, it was time for the others to contact me, and I was waiting in my office for the check-ins to begin. Prompt as always, Carter was the first to 鈥榗all me’ through the mental link.
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“Riviana?” He called out to me.
“Hello, Carter.” I replied quickly. “How have you been?”
“I am fine. I assimilate easily enough, as I usually do.” He sounded a little cocky, but he had a reason to. He truly was good at this part of his job. “I have been put on the planning team. I haven’t been given permission to make plans on my own, but I do have access to all the information that they have at the moment.”
“That is good. Are they planning anything at the moment?”
“Yes, they a-.” There was an interruption to Carter’s words then.
“Riviana?” Landon called out to me.
“Hello, Landon.” I spoke to him and Carter at the same time. “You joined Carter and I just now. He was in the middle of saying something.”
“I am sorry. I do not have long to speak. I just wanted to check in and tell you that they are ramping up their production of explosives. And they are making them bigger. Rather than the small bombs that were at the university, these are larger and deadlier bombs that will take the space of an entire backpack. They are planning something major here.”
“That is not good.”
“What isn’t good?” Carter said, able to hear me but not Landon.
“I need to get back now, Riviana. I am sorry. Paul and I are in the same department, he won’t be calling in today. He is alright though, so do not worry.”
“Do what you need to do, Landon. I will work things out with Carter.”
“Work what out with me?” Carter sounded confused as he spoke. I heard the popping noise of the connection between Landon and I being cut off. “Riviana?” Carter called for me.
“I am sorry Carter, Landon came in while you were speaking. I didn’t hear the last of what you were saying.”
“That is fine, I can repeat it. However, can you first tell me what it was that he was talking about? I didn’t hear his side of the conversation, just yours. I take it that something is going wrong? You said that something is not good.”
“Nothing is wrong at the moment. It is just that Landon and Paul, who both seem to be working in the bomb making department, are making larger bombs than the ones that were at the university. These bombs will be more destructive, and deadly.”
“Oh.” There was a note of panic in his voice that didn’t settle well with me.
“What is it, Carter?” I asked him, hoping that he would repeat what he had said earlier and explain why that news had been so hard for him to hear.
“Well, as I was saying before, Riviana, they are planning another attack. One that I thought would just be a message, like the ones before. I thought that the bombs would be the same ones that Ramie used at the university. However, now I am thinking that this will be more than just a message.”
“What do you know, Carter? What is happening?”
“There is a convention that is planned for the beginning of March. The DOE is targeting that convention.”
“What sort of convention is it?” I asked him, not sure if I wanted to know. Actually, I had a feeling that I already knew.
“A Super Natural Appreciation Convention. It’s a giant fan party where people show their love for our people.” Just what I thought.
“So, they want to kill the people that support us and want to see us thrive.”
“Exactly. I thought that they were just going to scare them at first, but now I am not so certain. Now, I am sure that they want to eliminate them all. They are sending in a lot of DOE members that day. Most of them are just grunts that will be placing bombs, and they don’t care if they die in the attack. That was what I didn’t understand at first. I didn’t think that there would be casualties.”
“This is definitely not good. Let me know where this convention is going to be, and we will send in guards to take care of the incident before it even gets started.”
“You know the location already, Riviana. It’s being held at the same stadium we did the reveal at.” That was another reason for the DOE to target the convention. The location itself was deemed to be a supporter of us as well.
While I was talking with Carter, I heard the crackle of another connection just a moment before Juniper spoke into the back of my mind.