Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“You did?”
“Yes, the undercovers are with me again. The DOE headquarters has been abandoned.”
“Yes, we know.” He sighed. “We followed after Orson after he left here. He landed near the city of Benkelman, Nebraska. And then he hopped into another vehicle to escape. The pilot of the helicopter told us everything that he knew though.”
“Did he now?” I sighed in exhaustion. “I think that we need to talk in person.”
“I can come now, Queen Riviana. As you said, we need to talk about this. And I have my superior, Director Glick. He is willing to help us even though he is a human. Shall we come over now?”
“Give me a couple of hours, Dayton. I have had a very eventful night. Be here at eight in the morning, alright? Gather as much information as you can until then. And get a nap. We will have another busy day.”
“Yes, Queen Riviana. We will see you then.” He disconnected the call between our minds and the peace settled around me again.
“More commotion?” Joaquin asked as he hugged me tight.
“Yes, but it can wait. We need some rest.”
“Agreed.” He snuggled against my back and soothed the tension that was creasing my forehead. “Shh. It’s OK, Little Bunny. I am here, I will take care of you. And come morning, you can take care of everything else.”
“I know.” I sighed, the exhaustion almost overtaking me. “It’s going to get even busier tomorrow. Not only do we have a new baby, but I need to tell our families about the baby, and we need to figure out what to do about Orson. It’s like everything that could happen or go wrong, decided to do it all at once. And now, for the first time in a long time, I am starting to feel truly overwhelmed.” I trembled for just a moment. “So much is happening all at once, Joaquin.”
“Shh. It’s OK, Little Bunny. We are together, and together we can do anything. We can even handle this. I know that we can. Together, you and I are unstoppable, there is no obstacle that we can’t overcome.”
“Dramatic much?” I barely got the words out, and my laugh never did make it. I was drifting off to sleep.
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“But it made you smile.” He kissed my cheek. “Sleep now, Little Bunny. I will hold you until the morning.” That was the last thing that I remembered until Reeselynn’s cries woke me a little while later.
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Wesley Cervantes
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The sound of the alarm trilling woke me with a start. I wasn’t prepared for it though, it felt too early for the sound to be blaring into the dark room.
“Why is the alarm even on?” I grumbled as I reached for the clock on the bedside table. I was very old school, and my youngest daughter is always pointing that out to me. I still used an actual alarm clock. Although, it was quite a bit more advanced than the ones that they used to have.
“Answer that.” Eve told me as I pressed the snooze button repeatedly.
“The alarm isn’t snoozing.” I told her, still half asleep and groggy.
“It’s not the alarm, you dolt. It’s your phone.”
“Huh?” I woke a little more at the sound of her words. “What time is it anyway?” I looked at the clock that I was trying to snooze and saw that it was a quarter to five in the morning. “Who is calling us this early?” I reached for the phone even as I spoke, Eve sitting up in the bed as I did so.
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“Answer it quickly, Wes. It might be from Riviana, about all that stuff that has been happening.” She suddenly looked very scared. I didn’t blame her. There was a lot that had happened recently, and it was all falling on the shoulders of our Riviana. I was worried about her too.
I looked at the phone screen, processing the name on the caller id even as I swiped my finger across the screen and answered the call. The caller was Joaquin. And that meant that something had happened. Something big.
“Hello?” I asked him in a tone that gave away my fears already.
“Wesley, you and Eve need to come here right away.” He sounded hyped up, not angry or upset, but just excited about something. What was happening? This had to be about those bombing and that DOE group.
“To Riviana’s office?” I asked him as I was already getting out of bed. Eve, having heard what Joaquin had said, was already ahead of me. She was pulling clothes from the closet for the both of us.
“No, to the tower. Bring Olivia too, this is important.”
“Bring Olivia?” I was worried now. Were the DOE breaching the compound? Were we not safe here? What was happening?
“I have more calls to make, I need to go. I will see you soon.”
“Joaquin?” I called his name even as the call ended. This wasn’t good. It wasn’t good at all.
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Noah
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