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Lenora’s POV“Thank you for seeing me, Mister Saad.” I take a sip of the potent smelling tea. “Your wife has been so kind to entertain me until you finished your business call. I read the dossier about your daughter. Why don’t you tell me a little more about her?”“It’s an honor to meet you, Luna Stone. I’ve been told you prefer anonymity, but your reputation precedes you. My family is blessed to have you assigned to this matter.” He smiles with a wistful expression. “Rita is the jewel of my eye. I can’t imagine not having her in my life.”“I understand, Sir and we are going to do everything in our power to reunite you with her. It says here she was adopted. Is there any possibility that her birth parents could be involved with her disappearance?”“No, no. They abandoned her when she was very young.” He waves his hands dismissively, then his demeanor changes. It looks like he’s sad, but trying to fight off a surge of anger. “I believe she was pupnapped by a jealous competitor of mine.
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1 Year Later“Well, we’ve run all the tests we can think of, Luna. You and Beta Milo are both healthy inside and out. Our next step would be to do a complete physical for Justice and Ghost.” Doctor Nolan closes his folder.“Excuse me?” Justice gasps. “You may be fine with an examination, but I don’t want some stranger examining my lady bits!”“Justice, we just need to make sure there isn’t something preventing us from having a pup.” I try to reason with her.“No. Unless I’m bleeding too profusely to heal myself, I don’t want an examination.” She stands her ground, then moves to the back of my mind.“I don’t think Justice is interested in a checkup.” I pinch the bridge of my nose.“Same with Ghost.” Milo looks confused. “He says he only wants to see another doctor if he’s dying.”“Basically, the same for Justice.” I twist my mouth.“Well, we can’t force them to be examined. They get a say in their care, too. You know, sometimes these things just take time. Your work is very stressful,
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“Sobo?” Rin looks at her grandmother.“Hush, mago.” Asuka shakes her head, still unable to look away from her new found mate.“This little creature is your granddaughter?” Ryuu snaps his head toward Rin.Threads of steam rise from his nostrils as he stares her down, unblinking with his parietal eyes. Rin gasps and steps back, hiding behind me. I can feel her grab my shirt to hide her eyes from the intimidating features of the ancient dragon.“Guys!” I hold my hands back to hide Rin further.I know how male wolves react when they find their mates outside of the Mating Gathering. I have no idea what happens when a werewolf finds a male dragon as a mate. The pounding in my heart makes me nervous about the potential.“Dragons are extremely protective of their mates, Lenora.” Justice comes forward to help my reflexes. “If he sees that pup as a threat, she’s in danger. He was civil with Dina because she was just a companion for him, not his actual mate.”“Take the pups to our room, Leni.” M
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I can’t catch my breath. I look at the Ikeda family. Mrs. Ikeda puts her hand over her mouth with tears in her eyes. Arnie and her husband comfort her.“Rin-” I’m going to protest her decision, but Bronx holds his hand up, hushing everyone.“Rin, I saw how scared you were of Ryuu when you came into my office and when you were in the Luna and Beta’s apartment.” Bronx bends his head down to look her in the eye. “Why would you want to go to Japan with him and your grandmother?”“When Luna Lenora comes to our class, she tells us to always be brave and stand our ground.” Rin twists her fingers. “And Sofu and Sobo Ikeda have Uncle Arnie to be with them, but Sobo Azuma only has me… and I guess Mister Ryuu now, too.”“That’s right, she does.” Milo steps forward and places his hand on my shoulder. “Is there something that scares you here at Blood River that would make you want to leave, Rin? Or maybe someone? Because if there is, we’ll take care of it right away. We won’t tell anyone you told
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Milo’s POV18 Months Later“Alright, guys, no assignment this week.” Reggie announces earning a smattering of applause from the teams.“Actually…” Bronx comes in and drops a folder on the table. “Volunteer assignment through Mason, Stone, and Slater.”“Covert mission?” I grab the folder and skim through the pages. “Missing girls?”“Not just missing girls. Missing girls no one has reported missing. And from whose packs have had visits from our favorite bitch of an Elder wolf.”“How did you know they disappeared if no one reported it?” I flip the pages.“School attendance reports.” Bronx leans on the table.“Okay, so what’s the mission?” Reggie takes some pages out of my hand.“Go to Glitter and the surrounding areas. Make sure none of these girls are working in the club or turning tricks before we look further into Randall.”Reggie and I look at each other. The look in his eye is exactly how I feel. We burst into howls of laughter.“Bro, you’re fucking kidding me.” Reggie wipes tears a
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“Where is she?!” Bronx yells. “I’m in the alley to the right of the building. She’s running away from me! Go to the left! Intercept her!” I sprint through the dark alley trying to catch the woman. “MINNIE! IT’S MILO! COME BACK!” The shadow turns a bend in the back of the building as it rounds the corner without looking back. “She’s behind the building! Lost eyes on her!” I call into the mindlink. As I round the corner, I run into a group of women standing on the corner of the block. Instinctively, I grab a brunette and shift my weight to break her fall before she hits the ground. I jump up and help her stand upright. “Sorry, are you okay?” “Yeah, hon.” She grins, exposing multiple missing teeth. “You looking for a date?” “Date? No. Sorry, ladies. I’m married…” I back away and turn to keep running. Bronx, Reggie, and James turn the corner on the other end of the building. What the fuck? Minnie is fast, but no one is that fast. I sniff the air. There are too many scents to focu
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“YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT LOAD OF BULLSHIT, MILO?!” Leni rages, slamming her fist on her desk. “And you brought MY BROTHER with you to tell me this WHY exactly? You think it would somehow make me just… just forgive you? You didn’t even bother to come home last night! I’m just supposed to believe you were chasing someone you haven’t seen in literal YEARS down the alley of a strip club?”“Sugar, please, Iet-”“Don’t you dare ‘Sugar’ me, Milo Emory Stone.” She grabs a paperweight off her desk and points at the door with it balled in her hand. “Get the fuck out of my office. I’m locking sugar bowl the fuck up until further notice.”“Lenora, come on.” Bronx tries to defend me. “I know it sounds outlandish, but it’s true. Milo went outside to take a piss, and he called us to help track down Minnie. He wasn’t outside more than five minutes before he called us.”“BOTH OF YOU GET THE FUCK OUT!” Leni uses her Luna tone and throws the paperweight. The glass orb hits the solid oak door with
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Lenora’s POVThe more I think about how badly I blew up, the more I realize Bronx is right. I was out of line and being unfair to Milo. I want to tell him how sorry I am, but he’s sleeping so peacefully. “Bronx was also right about our mate.” Justice sighs. “You need to be patient with him.”“Yeah.” I blink tears away. “You’re right. I flew off the handle. He didn’t deserve it. Neither did Bronx. Neither did that paperweight.”Bronx said Milo drank himself into oblivion before he passed out. Sure, he drinks, but not usually that heavily. I can’t believe Ghost didn’t want to go for a run before it came to that. Doctor Stanton recommended working out or going for a run when he was stressed out to burn off the extra energy. That usually helps him clear his mind and feel better. I’m such an asshole. I know he would never do anything to hurt me. Why did I lose my temper like that?“I think I’m going to ask our mate if he would be okay if I stop taking the fertility medicine, Justice.” I b
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Lenora’s POV“You see?” Musu puts her hands on her knees and pants. “A few hard workouts every week are all you need. No?”I lower myself to the floor with a groan and roll onto my back. “I don’t know about that, but I’m definitely too tired to worry anymore. I guess now that my back doesn’t hurt, I have to make up for lost time.”It’s been over a month since I tried to explain to Milo why Randall criticizing me was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Between Justice trying to stop me and Ghost… Well, I don’t know if Ghost was trying to protect our secret from Milo or if he truly doesn’t understand the gravity of the continuation of my life, but I failed miserably at trying to explain. Justice has even resorted to ignoring me unless she absolutely has to engage with me.When I got back from checking on Musu, Milo began to treat me differently. It’s like he was actually noticing me for the first time in a long time. He has been extra sweet and thoughtful. More than usual, I mean. He
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Milo’s POV“I expect better from you, Bronx.” I let Ghost snarl at him. “Fuck off.” He murmurs with glazed eyes from the gurney.I don’t care that we had to drag him down to the hospital wing to be sedated. He’s gonna get an earful from me. He hasn’t been taking care of himself. He’s gotten angry with MasonCo employees for no reason and handing down unnecessary write ups to directors for various departments in the pack. The past few weeks, he has been more and more irritable. I know for a fact he’s been making excuses and dodging his therapy appointments. I bet he hasn’t been taking his medications either.He even left Codi’s birthday party early when his mom mentioned she was looking forward to Bronx and Kas giving Codi cousins to be best friends with. Kas laughed it off about it not being the right time for them to start a family because Bronx is so busy he couldn’t even stay for the entire party, but you could see how much it upset her that he walked out. I’ve also seen him brush
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“As you know, the Goddess Project is funded with Council historical research funds and a MasonCo private client project. From a business aspect, what we have found so far, we consider a success. From a personal aspect, I cannot begin to express my disappointment in what we have found.” Bronx lowers his chin and looks around the room.“Disappointment?” Elder Karthik picks up his folder. “What do you mean?”“When you see the footage, you’ll understand.” I make eye contact with as many Elders that will look at me. I make a mental note that the ones who won’t make eye contact also happen to be on one of Randall’s ledgers.“We’ve included dossiers on the women we have confirmed in your folders. The details that we cannot confirm are from new individuals or the women we have found already are on a separate punch list. We are working on either matching them up to one of our suspects or identifying a new one.” Bronx looks around the room at the Council and motions to Elder Henri. “My Betas an
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Lenora’s POV“Milo, get the camera!” I gasp. “Hurry! Come on, Codi. You can do it, my big girl!”“Mamamama mmmama!” She squeals and lets go of the side of the sofa.I want to reach out and grab her before she falls, but her pediatrician says to let her try to do things on her own.Doctor Berra told me she understands why it’s so hard to let our children become independent, but I don’t think she understands at all. She says bumps and bruises are a part of our pups growing up. I thought I wouldn’t be around to kiss every one of them.Ghost, Justice, and I are the only ones who know that I shouldn’t even be here to watch my baby girl wobbling next to the coffee table. He doesn’t seem to understand the significance of my presence after her birth, though. He’s just grateful that I didn’t die. I’m not supposed to be alive to watch her gripping onto the tiger rattle and flailing her arms with a huge smile while her daddy cheers her on as she takes her first step… and her next… and her next…
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Musu’s POV“If you have photos or videos-” I tap my fingers on the keyboard.His muffled voice sounds like he’s speaking to someone else.“Ilya, I will hang up and remove you from my call list if you don’t take this seriously.”“My apologies, Miss Goba.” His gruff voice is thick with phlegm. The sound of it makes my stomach churn. “I just got another tip for you.”I roll my eyes in frustration. I hate this part of my job. Greedy, underhanded, low life creatures. That’s who I have to work with to get what I need. I suppose it could be because he’s part warthog, but I believe it is more because he’s a chauvinist pig. If Marco ever found out the things Ilya had proposed to me, he would find himself squealing, not me. That much I am certain of.“This man is a fraud, Musu.” My wolf Mercy is ready to hang up. “Move on.”“I need to know you are good for the money.” Ilya snorts.“I’m done with these games, Ilya. You already know my employer has deep pockets for useful information.” I let my a
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Kas turns on the nightstand lights in my bedroom and turns off the overhead light while I wait impatiently for her to be ready. Her movements remind me of a bird who can’t decide which branch to sit on. When the lighting is just right, she looks around the room and breathes a sigh of relief.“Okay, Lenora. I’m just going to place one hand by your tailbone and the other on the middle of your back. All you need to do is close your eyes and clear your mind.” She smiles at me with shining violet eyes as she mimics the placement of her hands in the air. “It won’t take long. Fifteen minutes tops.”I take a deep breath and shake my hands out. “Okay. So, just sit cross-legged on the floor?”“If that’s the most comfortable position for you. I just need to put my hands on your back.” Kas gently pulls me down. “This won’t be like when I helped you and Codi. It should feel… relaxing. Some people say they feel a warmth spread out from my hands, so that’s not unusual, but if you feel any pain say s
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“Oh! That must be my mom. She’s bringing snacks.” Carly hops up to open the door.I roll my eyes, but deep down I appreciate the effort she’s put into making me feel comfortable while Milo is out of town. I groan as I stand up, feeling the strain on my lower back. Justice slipped when we were conducting perimeter inspections earlier in the day. Even with as fast as she can heal me, aggravating the old injury takes longer for the pain to subside.“Sorry, child.” Justice frowns. “I should have been more careful.”“It’s alright, Justice. Neither of us could have known how easily that bit of river bank would give way.” I secure Codi in her bouncy chair and let her kick her legs happily so I can greet people.“Hello Beta!” Mrs. Miller comes in with one of her employees, carrying several giant platters covered with lids. “I put a little of everything for you ladies. Hot wings, salami, cheese, crackers, fruit and dip, chips, salsa, guacamole… Oh, popcorn. Extra butter, salt, and garlic. Just
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“I think I cracked it, Sugar!” Milo bursts into my office with his arms raised in victory.Musu turns to look at him and tilts her head. “Good morning, Beta.”“Oh. Sorry.” He drops his arms. “I didn’t realize you ladies were meeting right now.”“It’s alright, Milo. We were just talking about Paars. Musu is going to look through Bronx’s library and see if she can find anything helpful.”“Look for Paars in the history books?” He stops short and tilts his head. “You think she has something to do with the Menae?”“I think a female wolf who makes people sick just by being around them is something to consider. Oh, Alpha Lowe left me a voicemail. She skipped town like she said she would. Gone with the wind.” I sit back in my seat and fold my arms over myself. Having to keep everything Justice has told me a secret is so frustrating. “Musu, I think we’re done for the day. If you come up with anything, please let me know.”“Of course, Beta.” She stands and bows. “Beta Milo, it was good to see y
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“Hi Alpha Lowe!” I wave to him from under the beach umbrella.“Beta Lenora!” He waves and makes his way across the pebble beach.“Please sit with us.” I motion to the spot next to me in the shade.He lowers himself to the ground with a groan and props his arms on his knees. “Beta Milo is at my sister-in-law’s house looking around Brianna’s room now. It was making me too nervous. I had to show myself out.”“Yeah. A lot of our clients feel that way. It’s a necessary intrusion, unfortunately.” I frown. “We’re going to do everything we can to find her. I can’t think of better trackers than Milo and our Gamma Reggie. We’ll find her. We’ll bring her home to you.”“Thank you.” He looks out into the calm ocean. “She has the most beautiful blue eyes. They’re so full of hope and innocence and her smile lights up the room. It’s been so hard on everyone to not know what happened to her.”I nod silently and look out into the distance with him. “Alpha, are you aware of my past with Elder Randall?”
