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onto someone. “We definitely need to get inside before that sun rises, preferably to an interior room without windows.”
“Holy shit!” Mikael was shouting now. “Is that a dark one? Did you just bring one of those vile creatures to our doorstep? Seriously, Avery?”
“What the hell?” I picked up where Mikael left off.
“We did a little sting operation last night.” Nicholi’s smug voice and expression really only added to my need to punch something or someone. “We dressed Tessa here up like one of the victims, and sent her out and about to look clueless. Sure enough, this idiot took the bait, and then we took him.”
“I figured you would both want a crack at him before we feed him to the sun,” Avery added.
“I want a front row seat for that. My hair demands it!” Tessa looked at me then, “no offense.”
“None taken. I couldn’t imagine dying mine blond. Thanks for the sacrifice.”
“Yeah, sure.” She shrugged in the most non-committal way possible.
“Let’s get this over with then.” Mikael and I led them to the office area we had built into the house. The house was an open floor pan on the lower level, but the office was smack in the middle of everything. I had asked for it to be like that on purpose, that way no matter where I was in the house, if I needed to meet someone for business the office was accessible. All we would have to do was close all the doors to block out any residual sunlight now.
It occurred to me, after we all piled into the office and shut the doors, that I had forgotten to ask the all-important question. “Where were you?”
The dark one just stared at me like I had grown two heads, but I wasn’t speaking to him yet. I turned to look at Tessa then, to make sure everyone knew who I was speaking too. “Where were you when he tried to attack?”
“Oh. I was just on the outskirts of our pack lands.” She shrugged, knocking her newly darkened locks back behind her shoulder.
“Were you near the caves and tunnel that connect our lands?”
“I wasn’t far from there. Why?”
“I figured with girls being snatched from both packs that they had to be using a tunnel system or something for quick travel.” I hedged a bit. I was actually thinking that maybe the portal Serena had mentioned was somewhere inside the caverns themselves. I turned back to the dark one, and commenced with my questions for him. Not that he answered a single one of them. I tried. Mikael tried. Avery and Nicholi both took a good crack at him. I would give the dark ones this, they could handle pain like champs.
Before long, Asriel was knocking on our door, ready to take my mate away for a hunting excursion of their own. They would hopefully track down all the escapees from the Locks so that the packs could rest easily knowing the worst of the worst of our own kind were locked away again, or dead and not coming back to harm another soul.
Ashley had come with Asi, because we had already agreed she would stay with me while the guys were gone. It was a small comfort for the both of us. As Mikael went upstairs to get ready I explained what was going on in the office to Asi and Ashley.
“Jesus, when things go down around you, they really go down.” Ashley gave me a hug and tossed her coat on the couch.
“I’m beginning to think that’s an understatement.” Asi insisted.
“Yeah, well, you just stay safe and bring Mikael back, along with your fine ass, after you guys take care of business. For now, we’ll be just fine. There’s plenty of security outside, as you just saw for yourself.”
“Wait, you got stopped by security outside?”
“Yeah, they hammered us about why we were here until your dad spoke to them and okayed it.”
“Give me just a second…” I ran off to the office then, and peaked my head in the door. “Hey, when you guys showed up at my door with that thing,” I pointed at the dark one they were still trying to torture for information. “Was anyone out there
“Holy shit!” Mikael was shouting now. “Is that a dark one? Did you just bring one of those vile creatures to our doorstep? Seriously, Avery?”
“What the hell?” I picked up where Mikael left off.
“We did a little sting operation last night.” Nicholi’s smug voice and expression really only added to my need to punch something or someone. “We dressed Tessa here up like one of the victims, and sent her out and about to look clueless. Sure enough, this idiot took the bait, and then we took him.”
“I figured you would both want a crack at him before we feed him to the sun,” Avery added.
“I want a front row seat for that. My hair demands it!” Tessa looked at me then, “no offense.”
“None taken. I couldn’t imagine dying mine blond. Thanks for the sacrifice.”
“Yeah, sure.” She shrugged in the most non-committal way possible.
“Let’s get this over with then.” Mikael and I led them to the office area we had built into the house. The house was an open floor pan on the lower level, but the office was smack in the middle of everything. I had asked for it to be like that on purpose, that way no matter where I was in the house, if I needed to meet someone for business the office was accessible. All we would have to do was close all the doors to block out any residual sunlight now.
It occurred to me, after we all piled into the office and shut the doors, that I had forgotten to ask the all-important question. “Where were you?”
The dark one just stared at me like I had grown two heads, but I wasn’t speaking to him yet. I turned to look at Tessa then, to make sure everyone knew who I was speaking too. “Where were you when he tried to attack?”
“Oh. I was just on the outskirts of our pack lands.” She shrugged, knocking her newly darkened locks back behind her shoulder.
“Were you near the caves and tunnel that connect our lands?”
“I wasn’t far from there. Why?”
“I figured with girls being snatched from both packs that they had to be using a tunnel system or something for quick travel.” I hedged a bit. I was actually thinking that maybe the portal Serena had mentioned was somewhere inside the caverns themselves. I turned back to the dark one, and commenced with my questions for him. Not that he answered a single one of them. I tried. Mikael tried. Avery and Nicholi both took a good crack at him. I would give the dark ones this, they could handle pain like champs.
Before long, Asriel was knocking on our door, ready to take my mate away for a hunting excursion of their own. They would hopefully track down all the escapees from the Locks so that the packs could rest easily knowing the worst of the worst of our own kind were locked away again, or dead and not coming back to harm another soul.
Ashley had come with Asi, because we had already agreed she would stay with me while the guys were gone. It was a small comfort for the both of us. As Mikael went upstairs to get ready I explained what was going on in the office to Asi and Ashley.
“Jesus, when things go down around you, they really go down.” Ashley gave me a hug and tossed her coat on the couch.
“I’m beginning to think that’s an understatement.” Asi insisted.
“Yeah, well, you just stay safe and bring Mikael back, along with your fine ass, after you guys take care of business. For now, we’ll be just fine. There’s plenty of security outside, as you just saw for yourself.”
“Wait, you got stopped by security outside?”
“Yeah, they hammered us about why we were here until your dad spoke to them and okayed it.”
“Give me just a second…” I ran off to the office then, and peaked my head in the door. “Hey, when you guys showed up at my door with that thing,” I pointed at the dark one they were still trying to torture for information. “Was anyone out there
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