Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Hi Mom. Hi Dad.” I smiled at them. “Did you find anything important?” I didn’t want them to know that I was upset earlier, so I was being positive and upbeat right now.
“Well, we found something.” Mom took a drink from the cup in front of her. It smelled like it was some sort of alcohol. It must have been a rough day.
“They are hiding the house from us. We will be breaking down the defenses tomorrow so that we can investigate the house itself.” Dad added. He too was taking a drink of alcohol. They were all drinking, based on the scents coming from the cups. Only Rudy was sitting nearby with juice that matched my own.
“That is odd.” I tried to be understanding, but I hadn’t been there, so I didn’t know the situation. “Is there anything at all that I can do to help you guys? I want to be a part of this.” I was hoping to be invited tomorrow, but I wasn’t going to hold my breath.
“No. It is best if you wait here. We don’t know what is going to happen at that house. With the precautions that they are taking, they might not be friendly at all.” I sighed once I heard that answer, even though I had been expecting it.
“OK.” I nodded, surrendering to my fate.
“Look, Talia, we just want to-.” Mom was starting to explain something to me but at that moment, her phone started to ring. However, hers wasn’t the only one that started to ring. Dad’s, Uncle Vincent, Uncle Gabriel and Uncle David also grabbed their ringing phones. The five of them answered the calls at the same time and started to talk.
It was a little hard to concentrate on all of them at the same time, so I just focused on my mom, who was right next to me.
“Hello?” Mom was a little confused when she answered the call.
“Riviana.” It was Uncle Jackson on the other end of the call.
“Jackson? What is going on? Did something happen?” Mom knew that something had. Why else would there be this mass call and panic session going on?
“There were more murders.”
“I suspected that. It has been five days. We are making progress though. I am sure that we are getting close to the killers. There is a lead here in Germany that we are following.” Mom explained to him what had been going on.
“There is more.” Uncle Jackson continued. “They have targeted a new area.”
“Where are they this time?” Mom asked him.
“Here. In the US. There were five murders along the California coast between late last night and early this morning.”
“What?” I didn’t blame mom. Even I was having a hard time processing what Uncle Jackson had just said. “Are you sure that they are the same? The methods were the same? These aren’t copycats or anything?” Mom didn’t want to believe this, and neither did I.
“I am sure, Riviana. They were all killed the same way. Though there was one difference in one of the cases. I will tell you about that when you get here. But, please, hurry back. We need to get to work on this as soon as possible.”
“Yeah, I understand. We will leave here right away. Give us at most an hour. We need to pack. Though I am not even sure if we need to do that. We can send for the rest of our stuff later. This is important.” I could already see my mom starting to stand up. We weren’t even going to eat dinner. “See you soon, Jackson.”
“I will send you the location of the murders. Rawlynne and I will be at the first one. Meet us there. “
“Understood.” Mom nodded and then ended the call. Dad and the others had hung up as well.
“This is bad.” Dad said without being prompted. “We need to leave right now.”
“Agreed.” Mom nodded as her phone pinged. That was the list of locations. I didn’t know why these people had chosen another location for the murders, but it looked like they were moving closer to my home, and that was really scary. I was instantly afraid for my family and my friends.
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Riviana
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We were just about to eat dinner at Dietrich’s castle when all hell broke loose. Me, Joaquin, Vincent, Gabriel and David all got calls at the same time. I believe that it was a coordinated effort, or a terrible twist of fate, that all the calls came in at once.
I took the call from Jackson about the fact that five more murders had happened last night. And they had all happened along the California coast. That was not good. These people were expanding their territory, and they were heading to the center of our population. Not only that, but they were closer to where my children were.
Also, I had a feeling that now that these people had reached the United States, they were going to focus their efforts there. They were going to seek victims there for the foreseeable future.
“Dietrich.” I called out to him, my heart heavy with anger and fear.
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“Yes, Riviana?” I think he knew what I was going to say. He wasn’t stupid, and he could already guess what was happening.
“We need to leave. We need to investigate these murders. And, apparently, there was something new at one of them.” I remembered the tone that was in Jackson’s voice. There was something about it that had sent shivers down my spine. Something had happened that was bad, really bad.
“I understand. However, I must stay here.” That was also something that I expected. Dietrich and I were probably thinking about the same thing right now.
“I know. You and Shawn stay here. The two of you can investigate here. Come back when you are done, and do not forget to contact me when you know what is going on there. Anything that seems relevant, contact me right away.”
“Understood.” He nodded at me to let me know that he was in agreement. “However, I do suggest that you eat before you leave.” He gestured toward the food that was being carried in. “You will need your strength to check out these murders. Wendall and Rella will gather your things for you while you eat.”
“Yes, King Dietrich, we will do so right away.” The man, Wendall, nodded and agreed. The woman just nodded at his words.
“That would probably be best.” I sat back down. “Who knows how long our night will be now. I mean, it is still late morning in Colorado, and an hour earlier in California. We were about to relive most of this day. Getting something to eat now would be the smartest decision that we could make right now.