Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
He peels out of the parking lot and I can tell he’s mindlinking, aggressively, with someone. We got back to our house in under ten minutes and he flew out of the car without even closing the door. Osiston walks out our front door and meets him on the porch. Nickolas snarls and pulls his arm back for a punch, but Osiston is calm and sees the wild fury for the grief that it is and counters him easily.
Osiston leads him down the steps and into the yard where they grapple, Nickolas pouring all his rage into each punch and kick, but not being able to make a good connection while he is letting his emotions rule his movements. Osiston is too far away to take any real hits, but close enough to remain Nickolas’ sole target.
This goes on for the better part of twenty minutes. Osiston is breathing heavily and finally gets Nickolas into a submissive pose on his knees, and then Nickolas just goes limp and crumples to the ground.
Mina and I just stood by and watched. There was nothing else to do. That helpless feeling of being out of control while someone you care about is in danger is the worst. I have destroyed a gym and passed out because of that level of anger. That seems like a lifetime ago.
“Okay.”
Osiston says. “We have some information that we can share, but we are going to need you two to fill in the blanks.”
He looks at Mina and I. We both nod, then walk over to Nickolas.
I squat down in front of him and place my hands on either side of his face, bringing his eyes up to look into mine. He doesn’t fight me, but his gaze is lost, like he’s looking right through me.
“We are going to fix this, alright? We are going to make this right. It’s personal now.”
“You can promise that.”
He whispers, still not focusing on me.
“Yes, I can. I can promise my full attention and my full effort. I can promise that you have never seen me stubborn and on a mission before. Alpha Reggie told you I’m special. I’m really not, I just have a bloodline that affords me some bonus features. Let me help. No one messes with my family.”
“Can you really just metabolize silver?” He asks, sounding almost drunk.
“Yes. I can’t explain it though, that’s a Doc Ganon question.
“I need her back, Sky.”
This time he focuses right into my soul. I don’t know how his emotional connection works with the brand on, but I’m not going to deny him anything at this moment.
“We will get her, that I can promise you.”
He nods and gets up slowly, wrapping an arm around both Mina and I as we walk into the house.
We are all sitting around the cramped living room. Osiston isnt the only one who showed up today. That’s how I know this is bigger than we thought, Jorge, Alyssa and William are all here and I guess there is a team of five running the perimeter around our place. “What have you guys come up with? Anything?” Osiston asks, sounding more irritated than I have heard him before. “Right now, we just know that the male wolf population is growing each week. Many registered for college for this semester. We haven’t seen or heard anything more unusual than that. I haven’t heard of any girls being taken or reported missing either.”
I tell him, honestly. I have no idea what’s going on, but I also feel like we aren’t doing enough. “Sky did get us an invite to run with some of the guys on Thursday though. t’sthe first time the wolves have interacted with us.”
Mina adds. All heads turn towards me and I’m not sure I like the looks in their eyes. It’s the kind of look that says I’m about to be pulled from this for my safety. I can’t help the growl that rumbles in my chest, my wolf doesn’t want to be sidelined any more than I do, especially now that someone we know has been taken. “Relax Little One, no one is going to stop you from helping.”
He reads my mind. You’re too deep into this now, but you can’t fault us for being concerned. The rogues started increasing when you got here and didn’t approach until you and Mina were on campus. There’s something to be said for their timing.”
Osiston calms me. ‘We do know that there has been no rogue presence near Blue Crescent in the last five months, and two smaller packs have been attacked and completely wiped out from what we can tell. If anyone got away, we have not found them yet.
When we did a search of the destruction though, only male bodies were found. No females, no children. So there is a spark of hope that some were able to escape. We did find both the Alpha and Luna for both packs amongst the dead though.”
He finishes sadly.
“So, are they here? The Rogue King and his minions. Do we have any confirmation of that? Do we know where to look or where to start?” I’m frustrated now. It feels like these rogues are several steps ahead of us all the time. “It’s like chasing a ghost or a fairy tale. “The only confirmation is the increase in the population here, with no pack to speak of, it’s suspicious. This, like most prominently human public places, is neutral territory for us. No packs lay claim to areas like this. The Alpha King offers protection if there are wolves on campus, but no one group occupies the space.”
He turns to me. “You got an invite to run with these rogues?” I nod. “On your first day of classes with them?” I nod again. I feel like this is a trap waiting to happen.
“Yeah, Thursday night. How do we want to play this? They all have a scent, so while on campus at least, they aren’t trying to hide. Where will you guys be?” He smiles at me, both of us coming to the agreement that I am going and he is going to be there to follow. “We need a reason for Royal Pack warriors to be running on the grounds. Nickolas is going to have to stay behind. He is on a ‘leave of absence ‘ to take care of us. So he can’t be on duty.”
“We can put it out there that we will be running a training op near here. We do things like that all the time when we are forming teams with new recruits. We have a few people placed in leadership on campus, they can do their thing and spread the word.
It will give us cover for our scent being all over the woods and we don’t have to explain ourselves any further than that. If we do meet up with you for any reason, you and Mina have to pretend not to know us. Copy reactions from the rogues and blend in. We’ll try not to engage unless we have to.”
Jorge comes up with a plan on the fly.
“Perfect!” Mina smiles. “Now let’s see what Tyler sent you.”
She grabs for my phone again. I slap her hand away. “Remind me to change my password, again.”
I say as I open my phone to Tyler’s message. “You know I’m training to hack right? So technically I should be allowed to break into your phone, you know, for research purposes and practice.”
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