Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Hey Scott, got a second?” That was me, Detective Devon Scott. I had just made it to detective this year and now this shit happened. I am twenty-eight years old and have been a cop since I turned twenty-one. It was all I ever wanted to do.
“Yeah.” I called out to my captain as I rose to my feet.
I walked quickly to his office and shut the door behind me, chances are this was not going to be an overly quiet conversation. As soon as I was in his office and the door was shut he had already started yelling. I knew it so I wasn’t shocked by it at all.
“What the hell are you up to?” his voice boomed and echoed off the glass around us.
“Well, I am here to talk to you, I am guessing that is what you called me over for.” I played dumb for a minute.
“Cut the shit, Scott. You know what I mean. I told you that you’re not to do any more private patrols. I can’t sanction them when you’re off duty.”
“Then I will work overtime. I am canvassing the city in search of eight missing children. I don’t think that any one in IEB will tell you to make me stop. If we don’t find these kids then we will be the ones to take the heat for it.”
“We’re not in this alone anymore. The FBI is sending over two agents to help us investigate all of this.” He wasn’t yelling anymore but I could tell he wasn’t happy.
“Took them long enough.” I grumbled the words, knowing he wouldn’t be happy with me at that moment.
“You want the feds to come in here and steal our case?” He was glaring at me now.
“I don’t fucking care who handles the case as long as the kids are found safe and sound.”
“You’re such a fucking boyscout, you know that.” He was laughing at me. “That’s why I am going to assign you to help them, you and Andrew.” I never really liked Detective Andrew Masterson, but I needed to work with him now. Great, this was going to be fun.
Even when the FBI showed up things didn’t seem to be going very well at all. Not to mention that the rich billionaire playboy that lived in that gated community I mentioned before had sent over some of his staff to help us as well. Apparently they all had private investigator licenses and they had been welcomed with open arms by the FBI.
I didn’t mind the FBI stepping in and helping us. I wouldn’t have minded the help from the PI’s either, that is if they hadn’t been wannabe mafia members following around that playboy like he was someone special. Just because he had a shit ton of money and owned more than half of the city he thought he could do whatever he liked.
Fuck him! I hoped I never had to meet him personally. If I ever did, I would probably punch him in his stupid playboy face. And then I would of course be fired, or at the very least I would be put on administrative leave. I couldn’t afford that, I needed to find those kids. I refused to be taken off the case altogether. So, that’s why I hoped I never came face to face with his stupid, smug, smarmy ass.
Oh, how I wish I would have known how wrong I was about so many things.
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Ella
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Yesterday was the wedding for the Alpha and the Luna. It was a good day. The ceremony was beautiful and I loved seeing the dresses that I made as everyone moved down the aisle. They all looked lovely but I just couldn’t get into the whole celebration. I opted to skip the reception and so did mom.
We learned the next day though, that some strange people came to the wedding claiming to be from the fabled Sentinelle. They told everyone at the wedding that our Luna, Riviana, was the new Goddess Incarnate.
I believed it though, she was amazing and it just made sense to me and everyone else. Riviana was a great Luna to us, and now she was going to be the Luna to all of the shifters in the world.
I was just shutting the door to the shop at a little after six. It was early but I was not feeling up to working later. As I pulled my key from the lock my phone rang. The caller ID said that it was Riviana, the Luna. I wonder what she wanted.
“Hi Riviana, what’s up?” I tried to put as much energy into my voice as I could.
“Hey Ella, I hope this isn’t a bad time?” Riviana sounded like she was excited. I wished I could be that excited.
“I’m just closing up the shop for the day. Mom didn’t seem up to working too late today. It’s been hard on her lately. On all of us really.” I heard the sorrow in my voice, the sadness was so hard to hold in.
“That’s why I’m calling really.”
“It is? You have news? Is he alright? Is he going to be ok? Please tell me he isn’t-.” I couldn’t stop the questions from coming out.
“Calm down Ella. Slow down and take a breath.”
“You’re right.” I sighed and resigned myself to listening to what she had to say.
“Feeling a little more calm?” Riviana asked me.
“A little, but I really miss him, Riviana. I wish it was me that was taken and not him.” I did my best not to cry.
Just then I heard a voice growl from within the nearby shadows..
“Then I can make that happen.” A man’s voice spoke then, it felt sticky and disgusting when I heard it.
“Who are you?” I asked the man.
“A message.” Another gravelly voice answered me.
“Leave me alone, I don’t have time for this.” I sneered at him, annoyed.
“We can’t get to your Luna, but we can get to you.” A third disgusting voice laughed at me. That’s when I felt fear for the first time.
