Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I looked at the family that was around me. There was Nigel the alpha, tall and looking like he was in his mid thirties or so with auburn hair and bright hazel eyes. Next was a woman with red hair and green eyes and a face that was probably angelic most of the time but was filled with terror at the moment. There was a little boy that I would say was no older than six. A girl about as old as my younger siblings. And a guy about my age. All of the kids were clearly related. They had their mom’s green eyes and their dad’s auburn hair. It was more brown than red, but you could still see the color hiding in it. The younger two kids could be described as cute or adorable. That was what I usually associated with little kids. The guy that was my age could only be described as hot.
I instantly wanted to talk to him and get to know him, but I couldn’t. I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to talk to him. I would be too shy, and he would most likely be intimidated by Lex and Rudy. And it’s not like I was going to be here for very long as it was. We were leaving tonight.
While I was staring at the people around me, particularly that really good looking boy, my mom and dad were talking to the Alpha. I wasn’t paying attention to the conversation that they were having, but I noticed when the Alpha of this village called out in a stern voice.
“Arthur, take them to the river.” At those words the boy that I had been trying to look at without being overly obvious, jumped and spun to face his father.
“Yes, Da. I will take them now.”
As a group, we left the Alpha’s office. The Alpha was staying here with Rudy, Uncle Shane, Uncle David, Uncle Gabriel and Telyn. Me, Mom, Dad, Uncle Shawn, Uncle Dietrich and Lex were going with Arthur to the scene of the murder. We were splitting into two groups so that we could investigate that much faster. Those staying behind were going to be canvassing the small village, gathering as much information as they could. The rest of us were heading to the crime scene and then a local freezer that the body was being held in.
This village here turned out to be almost nothing but wolves. They didn’t report the murder to the police, but they had heard about what was going on and passed the information along to the castle. And that’s where my Aunt Rawlynne and Uncle Jackson had gotten the message and passed it along to us.
The body was discovered near the river. There was a large pool of blood laying between two large trees that shaded the riverbank. The blood hadn’t been spread around to make a rune like my mom had said happened at more than one previous murder. However, using our magical eyes, my mom and I were able to find the words hidden in the pebbles near the water. They had written them in one long line of words rather than like it was a poem or something like that. I have to admit that seeing those words was quite scary. The way they made me feel just turned my stomach.
“Hi.” Arthur sidled up to me after I was done looking around the crime scene. I didn’t know what might be important and what wouldn’t be, so I was taking this time to watch the others. Or rather, I had been.
“Uh..uhm.. h..hi.” I stuttered a little when the boy came to talk to me.
“You’re cute.” He was grinning and looking confident. “How old are you? I’m sixteen. My name is Arthur by the way, but I am sure you know that.” His grin was handsome and made me blush.
“M..my name is Talia and I..I’m fifteen.” I had always focused on school so much that I never had a boyfriend before. I was so hyper focused on my future that I was just trying to rush to it as soon as possible. Now, though, I wish that I would have had a little more experience with boys. I didn’t know how to respond to this boy that was smiling at me.
“Cool.” He was standing so close that his shoulder bumped into mine. That was a mistake. Lex was letting him talk to me, but I guess touching was out of the question.
“Step back.” Lex’s deep voice boomed out right next to the boy.
“Relax mate. I’m just talking to the girl. I’m not hurting anyone.” Arthur grinned like there was nothing at all going on.
“I said step back.”
“Alexio? Is there a problem?” Dad asked as he came stomping over to where I was. “What is happening over here?”
Oh no. This was going to be bad. My dad was going to get involved and that meant that there was going to be someone yelling. Most likely my dad. And that would end up with Arthur crying.
“This 鈥榖oy’,” Lex spat the word out like it was an insult, “bumped into Talia. He needs to step back before I move him back.”
“Is this true?” Dad looked very intently at how close the two of us were standing. “You bumped into my daughter?”
“Y..y..y..yo..your d..d..dau..dau..daughter?!” Arthur looked like he might have just swallowed his tongue. I don’t know how he hadn’t figured it out yet. I mean, I looked just like my mom.
“Yes. She is my daughter. This is Princess Talia. What do you think that you are doing?” Dad’s voice was getting louder and louder. I could hear the anger filling it with each syllable.
“I..I’m s..so, so, so s..so..sorry, King Joaquin. I didn’t mean anything by it. Sh..sh..she is a lovely girl. I..I..I just wanted to t..t..t..talk to her.” With eyes that were large and filled with fear, Arthur ran away from us as fast as possible. He moved to the road and stood tall and straight next to a fence.
“And that is why I never talk to boys.” I sighed, feeling just a little sorry for myself as well as Arthur.”
“He is not worthy of you, Talia.” Lex said that before slipping into silence. He was acting like that ended the whole thing. Since my dad had gone back to work, I guess that it did, in his mind at least.
After the crime scene, we were taken to the freezer that held the body. The wounds were just as bad as the last one. Only this time, there had not been an autopsy yet. That was good. This man was not going to suffer like the others.
I removed his soul and questioned him as only I could. His name was Larry and he was only twenty years old.
The investigation yielded no further clues. Nothing at all was different than what was found at the other scenes days and weeks later. And no one had seen anything either. There was no reason for us to wait here any longer than needed.
We left, without me saying goodbye to Arthur, no need to scar him further. After England we took a quick trip to Ireland and Scotland. We looked for what we could at the scenes, but the main reason that we went there was so that I could free the souls from their bodies before the autopsies. If I could save some people from that fate then I would.
These people, thirty year old Bree and Forty-two year old Bill, had told me nearly identical stories as the other three souls that I had freed from their bodies. That was five testimonies that I had heard from dead people, and the stories were the same every time. Just a few details were different each time. Even though I knew for a fact that there was more than one killer, the stories were so similar. Actually, Bill and Llewellyn had been killed by the same person. And Bree and Niclas had been killed by the same person. But this made three killers with nearly identical patterns. I may not be a cop, but even to me that seemed strange.
In truth, this was not just scary, it was also confusing.
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Riviana
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It had been a long day. Since we woke up earlier today and started to investigate in Wales, we have done a lot. We had investigated three different murder in Wales, one in Scotland, one in Ireland, and one in England. Now that we were done with all of that, it was time for us to be heading off to Sydney, Australia, where it was already the next day. However, it was still midday back home.
On top of what was going on with us all day, Talia was here with us, and she hadn’t gone to sleep since the day before. She had been awake longer than all of us and I knew that she had to be getting tired. She was hiding it well though. And she was still taking part in all of the investigations with us.
Not only was she helping us to find the clues and other evidence, but Talia was also releasing the souls from their bodies. She was using magic to do that. And that was exhausting her even more. She was going to end up crashing soon, if I wasn’t careful.
She had her guards with her though. I knew that if she got to that point, if she needed them to carry her or anything, that they would do it without even needing to be asked. They would take care of her, because she was their future goddess and they cared for her.