Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Yes, I have been brought up to speed by Agent Long recently. I know that he is the one behind the DOE. And that he killed that man in the video last night. He is clearly running rogue and a danger to others.”
“He’s killed more people.” Talia told him as she slid off the table and into her seat. “There are at least eight more that he killed last night.”
“I’m sorry young lady, who are you?”
“That is my daughter, Talia. She has a rather unique ability that allowed her to check on a few things for us.”
“An ability?”
“Yes. She has been perfecting it recently. She can project her soul and see other locations. She used the ability to check out the caves that Dolan told us about. He said they were Orson’s backup location. However, they seem to have fled from there already. They’ve moved onto another place.”
“And you believe that he killed eight more people?” Director Glick didn’t look convinced yet.
“I know that he did.” Talia told him. “I saw their bodies, their blood soaking into the ground. He shot six of them as they were running away.”
“My God.” The director seemed truly appalled. “I didn’t know that Orson was this far gone when he took over the search for the DOE. Nor did I think that he was the one that started the whole thing. And as for you!” He turned to face Dolan at that moment. “You joined him. You and the others.”
“The others were a part of it from the beginning. I mostly followed Orson because I didn’t know what else to do. Immediately though, I knew that he was off his rocker and that he needed to be stopped. I am sorry, Sir. I know that I should have stopped him and contacted you sooner. I just couldn’t though. He was becoming crazier and crazier by the minute. I felt like if I did anything to stop him, he would kill me. I did enlist the help of Queen Riviana here. I asked for her assistance, knowing that her people wouldn’t be as easily killed.”
“So, you knew that he was crazy? That he was capable of killing people?”
“Yes Sir, I am sorry that I didn’t stop him sooner.”
“You will face disciplinary action over this, West.” Glick looked at him angrily. “Still, you did try to rectify the situation. That will go in your favor. If we can stop Orson before he does anything too serious, you might not be fired. You will be sanctioned though. And you will have this in your record for the rest of your career.”
“I understand.” Dolan took the words as a statement of fact. He knew that he was going to get in trouble, so there was no need to argue. That showed that he took responsibility for his actions. That spoke a lot about the type of man that he was, and I was happy to know him because of that.
The newcomers sat at the table and looked up at the head of the table, where Joaquin and I were now sitting with Reeselynn in her daddy’s arms. She hadn’t been taken away yet, and she wouldn’t be for a little while still. We needed her. Not for the meeting, but Joaquin and I needed her with us.
Over the next few minutes, I explained to Dayton, Glick, and the others what had been happening. I told them about the man that was behind all of this and what he was planning on doing. I explained to them what I wanted to do so that we could protect the people of the city. I explained how the city seems to be the target of whatever attack that Orson was planning. We knew that he was coming, we just didn’t know when.
Understandably, the magic users and Fae immediately agreed to help me with the barrier. And after asking several questions about whether or not this barrier would stop people from coming and going in the city. After I settled his worries, telling him that it would not stop people from moving around the city, or in and out of the city, he seemed to settle down about the issue.
“As long as the people won’t be affected by this barrier, I don’t think that I have a problem with it. I am not the highest authority in the land though, so there might be others that take it up with you later.”
“I am not worried, Director Glick.” I told him calmly. “The barrier will be invisible. We don’t want anyone to know that it is there. They will not see it and they will not feel it. The whole purpose is to let me know when Harrison Orson enters the city.”
“I can understand that. It would be helpful to know when such a dangerous enemy was nearby. I envy you for having that ability.” He smirked, almost as if he were thinking wistfully about a life with magical abilities.
“I hope that we can count on you, Director Glick. I would like for you to stand united with us when we face Orson. I know that if he saw that he had no other options, he might become desperate enough to do something truly bad, but if we are all there together, we might be able to stop him. That is my hope anyway.” I was giving him my most sincere voice, letting him know that I was completely serious about this situation. I hoped that it was working.
“I can understand that, Mrs. Gray. I also agree that we need to approach him together. We need to stop him, and if we know where he is going, then we need to be there before he is. So, to answer your question, yes, you can count on me to be there with you. I am willing to work with you. On one condition though.” He paused and gave me a knowing look. “I need to be involved in everything that is happening from here on out. I will be present when that barrier goes into effect. And I will set up shop nearby so that I can monitor the situation. We will all work together to stop our common enemy.”
“That is fine with me. We want to put an end to this as soon as we can. And we can offer you a space here at the castle. We have more than enough room.”
“That will work for me. I will head back to the office and to my home for some clothes. Long, West, you two are working with me on this. We will stop this madman that tarnished our good reputation.”
“Yes, Sir.” The two men said at the same time.
With all of that set in stone, it was time for us to move on. We needed to get the barrier started. We needed to have the three new NSA additions to the team gather their things from Denver, and we needed to find Harrison Orson. He was out there somewhere, and the sooner we found him and stopped him, the better. There would be less bloodshed when he was captured and placed behind bars. The humans and the super naturals alike would be safer with him out of the picture.
This was all coming down to the wire. I knew that it wouldn’t be too much longer before it all came to the final showdown, wherever and whenever that might be, it was going to be happening soon. Looking at Reeselynn once more as she slept in Joaquin’s arm, I was once again reminded of how much I needed to protect in this world.
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Reagan
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Well, that was an exciting meeting. Mom, Dad, Talia, the director from that NSA office showing up, so much had happened, and it hadn’t even been that long of a meeting. At most two hours, if that. It is over now though, and time for us to move on.
Mom was going to be going with the other magic users and Fae to put up a barrier around the city. Dad was, of course, going with her. And that meant that little Reeselynn was going to be here with us. Nona and Lola were here as well, but as the older siblings, I know that Rika and I could handle things. We had been just fine with the quads when they were younger. Granted, we were only eight when they were born. Now we were nineteen and a lot more mature and responsible.
I was sitting with the baby in the living room, looking down at her face and the peacefulness that she seemed to emanate. I knew that I was being sentimental, but I didn’t care there was just something about her, something that was so calm and perfect.
“Hey, what are you doing?” Rika asked as she came into the room. I had sensed her coming, so she hadn’t surprised me at all.
“Just looking at her face. She is so calming and serene. Do you think it’s like an innate ability of hers or something?”
“I don’t know. It’s been a while since we were around babies like this. And even then, we were too young to sense something like this. It could just be a baby thing.”
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“Maybe.” I nodded my head at her words, still looking at the sleeping baby. “Do you ever think about it?”