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I?”
He asked, his voice laced with sarcasm.
    Lucy
could feel the conversation spinning out of control. Yet, she felt powerless to
control the rage bubbling under her skin. “Just, you know, that type.”
    “No.
Tell me. How do you see me, Lucy Rune. I gotta know your feelings .”
    “You
want to know? I think you’re a self-entitled, overgrown frat boy meathead.
That’s what I think.” Lucy stomped toward the exit.
    “Please
walk quietly in the meditation room,” Mitch said, pointing to the sign on the
wall.
    Lucy
glared at him venomously and shoved through the door. As it swooshed angrily,
swinging back and forth in her passing, Mitch smiled, and then closed his eyes,
to enjoy the solitude.

 
A Night to Remember
    Lucy
was fuming as she entered the apartment. Mitch stole any relaxation she’d
gained from meditation. She slammed the door harder than she meant to, making a
picture on the wall rattle. She looked at the crooked picture, only getting
angrier.
    In the
back room, after hearing the door slam, Alec looked up from his work and arched
his eyebrow at Jared. Jared smirked, knowing Lucy’s mood during full moons. He
hoped their news would improve her spirits.
    “I hate
him,” she griped as she burst into the back bedroom.
    “Mitch
the Bitch?” Alec asked.
    Lucy
smiled. She loved that Alec always referred to him as Mitch the Bitch. “Yes. He
ruined my meditation.”
    “How’d
he know you were there?” Jared asked, looking up from the papers spread in
front of him. Lucy was so wrapped up in her frustration that she didn’t notice
the mobile draped over the Meredith Stone.
    “He
probably saw me through the door and decided to ruin my day.”
    “Maybe
he just wanted to meditate,” Alec said. “It’s not like you’re on a recognizable
schedule.” Lucy glowered at Alec, not wanting to be reasoned with. Alec added,
“Jared has news.”
    “Why
me?” Jared asked.
    “Because
you’re doing the hard work.”
    “But you’re
the one who got the decoder,” Jared argued.
    “You
have a decoder?” Lucy asked.
    “Yeah,
but you’ve been hunched over the manuscripts all afternoon,” Alec said to
Jared.
    “But I
couldn’t do it without the decoder you found.”
    “Girls,
you’re both pretty. Now shut the hell up and tell me what you found.”
    Jared
flashed Alec another covert smirk before turning to face Lucy. “Alec met with
your mom and found the decoder. It seems to be working.”
    “And?”
    “So far
I’ve only translated the titles of a few pages.”
    “Why
are you jumping from document to document?” Lucy snapped.
    Jared
ignored her harsh tone, knowing the reasonable, kind Lucy would return in a few
days. “Two reasons. One, I’m using the titles as a litmus test of sorts. If
enough of them make sense, then I can assume it’s translating correctly.”
    “Okay.”
    “And
two, I want to know what all we have, so we can prioritize.”
    “Okay.
Yeah. That makes a lot of sense.” Lucy offered an apologetic half-smile. “What
have you found so far?” She took the seat next to Jared.
    Alec
shuffled the papers into his hands and read. “One is titled History. One is
titled Rogue Species. One is titled Resurrection. And one is titled The Gen5
Pack.”
    “The
Gen5 Pack? Is that you guys?”
    “We
don’t know yet,” Jared said.
    “Anything
labeled...cures?”
    Jared
shook his head. “Not yet. But that’s my priority.”
    Lucy
shook her head. “The pack is your priority.”
    “What
if a cure has to happen now, like there’s only a certain amount of time?” Alec
asked, his voice rising.
    “You’re
speculating, Alec. We know that
there’s some trigger that’s going to make you guys wolf out just like me. And
if we all change, we’re screwed.”
    “I can
work on both,” Jared said.
    “We can
all sit and translate,” Lucy said. “Hell, I’ll do the translations, it’s my
fucking specialty. I’m saying you two must find this pack. Stop them.”
    “Or
convince them to