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aunt too. She's going to be thrilled!"
"You can't tell her," he growled as he forced himself to calm down and become fully human again. "Give Faith the choice. She's had a lot to deal with."
"I'm sure! Trust me, my lips are sealed," Pinky said then made a motion to zip her lips and throw away the key. "One odd thing though, I couldn't access Faith's social services records without accessing the Council's records."
"What are you talking about?"
"It was a shot in the dark, but whenever I'm researching something and hit a wall I can always find out a little more by coming here. I didn't think they'd have anything about an individual person, but what do you know, I entered her name into the database and pow! Penelope Crane, better known as Pea was her mom."
Erich shook his head. Why would the Council have these records? It didn't make any sense. "Show me these archives."
Pinky's face turned serious as she looked at Erich. "You don't know anything about them, do you? Come, I'll show you."
Pinky led Erich into the basement of Night Shift. With only a few lights dangling from the ceiling of the musty basement, they needed to stop and let their eyes adjust a bit before continuing. As they walked, their footsteps echoed on the concrete floor.
He had been down there before but didn't think there was more than just supplies for the bar stored down there. Pinky walked to a dark corner and opened a door that even Erich couldn't make out clearly with his bear vision.
The warm room hummed with the electrical sound of servers and hard drives. The lights from the equipment gave the room a soft glow. Pinky walked directly to a keyboard and monitor at the far corner of the room.
"I usually just hack into the mainframe to access whatever data I'm looking for. Pretty much every supernatural event or being I've thought to look up is in here."
Erich walked around the room and noticed a symbol repeating. A dragon surrounded by a ring of fire was on the cabinets, the servers, everything.
"This doesn't belong to the Council, Pinky. I don't know whose stuff this is. Does anyone else know you come down here?"
She shook her head as her eyes widened with understanding. "I thought they were the Council's because you, Caleb, and Joaquin have your offices here. Who else would put something so important here?"
"Look at this symbol. Have you ever seen anything like it before?"
Pinky looked at it and shook her head. "No, I'm usually in and out of here pretty fast so no one catches me. I never stop to look around."
Erich thought he saw the glimmer of recognition on her face, but didn't want to push. "Have you ever looked up anyone else's name?"
"No, only events and folklore. Faith's was the first." She typed on the keyboard and orange words filled the screen:
Faith Galloway. Female. Witch. Father: Unknown. Mother: Penelope Crane, abandoned. Sister: Eliza Crane. Devoted, Intelligent. Witchcraft ability untested yet powerful.
"Search for mine," he said as she turned towards the keyboard and began typing again. The screen went blank for a moment before words spread across it:
Erich Anthony Krause. Male. Grizzly Alpha. Kapok Council Member. Father: Anthony Krause. Mother: Cynthia Krause. No Siblings. Stubborn, Short Tempered. No obvious gift other than shape shifter ability. Possibly compromised.
"Possibly compromised?" Pinky said. "What does that mean?"
"Nothing," he grunted as he thought about his feelings for Faith. "What does yours say?"
She typed in her name and it quickly displayed on the screen but nothing else followed it other than the blinking cursor.
Pinky Smythe.
"Pinky? That's really your name?"
"Don't get me started," she mumbled as she typed in her name again and hit enter. Her name popped up once again on the screen and after a brief moment the rest filled in:
Pinky Smythe. Female. Talisman. Father: Jerold Smythe. Mother: Jennifer Smythe. Brother: John. Sister: Jane. Resourceful, Persuasive,
"You can't tell her," he growled as he forced himself to calm down and become fully human again. "Give Faith the choice. She's had a lot to deal with."
"I'm sure! Trust me, my lips are sealed," Pinky said then made a motion to zip her lips and throw away the key. "One odd thing though, I couldn't access Faith's social services records without accessing the Council's records."
"What are you talking about?"
"It was a shot in the dark, but whenever I'm researching something and hit a wall I can always find out a little more by coming here. I didn't think they'd have anything about an individual person, but what do you know, I entered her name into the database and pow! Penelope Crane, better known as Pea was her mom."
Erich shook his head. Why would the Council have these records? It didn't make any sense. "Show me these archives."
Pinky's face turned serious as she looked at Erich. "You don't know anything about them, do you? Come, I'll show you."
Pinky led Erich into the basement of Night Shift. With only a few lights dangling from the ceiling of the musty basement, they needed to stop and let their eyes adjust a bit before continuing. As they walked, their footsteps echoed on the concrete floor.
He had been down there before but didn't think there was more than just supplies for the bar stored down there. Pinky walked to a dark corner and opened a door that even Erich couldn't make out clearly with his bear vision.
The warm room hummed with the electrical sound of servers and hard drives. The lights from the equipment gave the room a soft glow. Pinky walked directly to a keyboard and monitor at the far corner of the room.
"I usually just hack into the mainframe to access whatever data I'm looking for. Pretty much every supernatural event or being I've thought to look up is in here."
Erich walked around the room and noticed a symbol repeating. A dragon surrounded by a ring of fire was on the cabinets, the servers, everything.
"This doesn't belong to the Council, Pinky. I don't know whose stuff this is. Does anyone else know you come down here?"
She shook her head as her eyes widened with understanding. "I thought they were the Council's because you, Caleb, and Joaquin have your offices here. Who else would put something so important here?"
"Look at this symbol. Have you ever seen anything like it before?"
Pinky looked at it and shook her head. "No, I'm usually in and out of here pretty fast so no one catches me. I never stop to look around."
Erich thought he saw the glimmer of recognition on her face, but didn't want to push. "Have you ever looked up anyone else's name?"
"No, only events and folklore. Faith's was the first." She typed on the keyboard and orange words filled the screen:
Faith Galloway. Female. Witch. Father: Unknown. Mother: Penelope Crane, abandoned. Sister: Eliza Crane. Devoted, Intelligent. Witchcraft ability untested yet powerful.
"Search for mine," he said as she turned towards the keyboard and began typing again. The screen went blank for a moment before words spread across it:
Erich Anthony Krause. Male. Grizzly Alpha. Kapok Council Member. Father: Anthony Krause. Mother: Cynthia Krause. No Siblings. Stubborn, Short Tempered. No obvious gift other than shape shifter ability. Possibly compromised.
"Possibly compromised?" Pinky said. "What does that mean?"
"Nothing," he grunted as he thought about his feelings for Faith. "What does yours say?"
She typed in her name and it quickly displayed on the screen but nothing else followed it other than the blinking cursor.
Pinky Smythe.
"Pinky? That's really your name?"
"Don't get me started," she mumbled as she typed in her name again and hit enter. Her name popped up once again on the screen and after a brief moment the rest filled in:
Pinky Smythe. Female. Talisman. Father: Jerold Smythe. Mother: Jennifer Smythe. Brother: John. Sister: Jane. Resourceful, Persuasive,
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