Jordan worked every day trying to keep his Alpha going. He wanted to find Melody and her sexy little friend for so many reasons. He could give Edward only part of what he wanted in the information he’d need to search for her. The firm opened up their records to them, but there were so many dead ends of there too. Edward was a shifter who used both modern and traditional tracking methods. When he entered her office, we met him in a peculiar situation, one neither Malcolm nor Jordan noticed before. Beyond the smell of her perfume, there was no scent of her. Somehow, she restricted her scent. Jordan entered the restaurant and was escorted to the table where Malcolm and Edward sat. “Sorry, I’m late” Jordan sat down, they ordered, and Edward started his report. “I was trying to find that information. I found it, but you aren’t going to like it.” Edward clearly didn’t want to tell Malcolm something. “Here, you can read it yourself in greater detail later.
It took Ellie several months to get Melody on the mend, and she worried constantly. Mel took too many of the scent blockers for too long and Ellie was sure it didn’t help her health wise. She’d found an email from the pharmaceutical manufacturer of the pills. The letter stated that they’d like to remind the users of the drug signed a waiver releasing the company of their legal responsibilities for any ill effects caused by the drug or unforeseen drug interactions. After that, they warned that women on certain types of birth control could expect their birth control to fail, and possible pregnancies could occur with long-term use of their product. Normally, Ellie would wonder who would use such a drug for a long period of time. However, she knew someone and the why. “Hey, you’re out of bed. How are you feeling?” Ellie looked up from her laptop on the table to see Melody entering from the bedroom. “Yeah, I’m feeling better, like a truck ran me over, but
Melody felt huge as a house, and it didn’t help her mood any with everyone commenting on it. Her kit was just a large boy. That was all. When the men of the den found out she was having a boy, several single men flocked to her side to pressure her into mating with them. Their sudden change of heart had nothing to do with science and everything to do with old folklore. If a female birthed a male, then she’d keep doing it. They currently outnumbered the men of the den three to one. They wanted control of the den again from the women. This made Melody and Ellie want to leave faster than ever before. There was no way she would stay. There was already talk of forced mating and the arguments were getting violent in some households. She was in the courtyard trying to get some air and to avoid Thomas Addlewood when she finally went into labour. It was all she could do to get inside before her water broke. Twenty minutes passed before she stumbled into the apartment she shared wi
Malcolm, weeks later, had his meetings, with everything in his life a mess. It wasn’t his fault this time, though. His client was having issues with a virus running rampant through their shops and facilities. It forced everyone to postpone several inspections and face-to-face meetings until the virus ran its course. He tried to go over his files and notes on the client he’d met today, but he was restless. Nothing would stick in his mind. This wasn’t him. Malcolm was distracted from everything. Jordan kept warning him he was acting like a shifter who’d lost his mate. Now he wondered if he was like this still. Did he risk losing a mate? Humans and other shifters sometimes could become mate. But he was an Alpha and a mate like that wasn’t acceptable. His mind kept drifting to tan curves and a string bikini. That purple dildo and the feel of her around him. Malcolm put his laptop down and looked at the heated state of his lap. Jordan, among others, star
Ellie was the first to admit she panicked and rushed from the post office. She’d finished sending the packages, but hadn’t checked the PO Box. When she got off the phone with Melody, her heart was pounding, and she was talking like a madwoman. She had an emergency, and she’d pick up her packages tomorrow or the next day. Ellie prayed the clerk understood what she said. It was so humiliating. It took Ellie a bit to find her way to the back parking lot of the building. The one-way streets were killer on your mileage and time-consuming. It’s supposed to lower the traffic on the streets. In a pig’s eye, it did. It just made things worse for everyone. She texted Mel that she was waiting, and the coast was clear. Ellie drove right by him to get there. But he’d not seen her or her car because he was too busy looking into shop windows for Mel. Ellie guessed he didn’t think they’d have a key to the building. A week and a half, that’s what time they had to wait for the apartm
Malcolm picked up his phone and answered the call. It was Eddie, the investigator. He wasn’t supposed to report yet. He had to have found something. “Alright, Malcolm, now listen to me. I may have found something. A charge on her credit card and an apartment building address for her. But they aren’t there yet. They move in a few days from now. The charge on her credit card maybe because it was stolen or something. It’s for a seedy motel. The charge is for the same number of days as there is between now and the move in date with one extra day.”Malcolm heard him. It seemed too easy. After all this time. Where had she been at that time? “Do we know if she’s a human or a shifter?” “That’s something I need to find out. I’ll stake out the motel. She doesn’t know me. I can get close and find out. But I suspect you should give her time to move into the apartment and settle before you contact her. That will ensure your pup is comfortable while you work this out.” Eddie was tryin
Melody and Ellie finally had everything in storage. It wasn’t much. Because they had orders to fill. They would pack them in the storage unit and then send them as needed. There wasn’t any furniture to speak of moving into here. That came here when Melody moved from her apartment. She’d been paying cash for this place, so no one knew she believed this would happen. That would have caused it to happen earlier than this. A few days in a motel was nothing. She just hoped they wouldn’t kick them out because of David crying or any scents they’d have to use if they needed to make something unexpectedly. Once they were settled into their room, and David was asleep for the night. Well, most of it. Melody had time for herself to think. So much happened in the last year and look at her now. Gods, she must have let someone down. She would wish that David didn’t live. He was too sweet and precious for that. No, she regretted not telling Ellie to stay, and she had told Malcolm the tr
Malcolm waited for Eddie’s call for almost a week. When his phone showed who was calling, Malcolm snatched it up off his desk. He held up a finger to tell Jordan to stop talking and put the call on speakerphone. “Eddie, what do you got?” “Some of the news you wanted me to get, but I’m not sure how you react to your answers.” Eddie started his conversation to always reflect how his clients responded to him calling. “Try me.” “I went a step further. Melody is not working for a rival company. She is living with Ellie. They are running a small internet business that makes soaps and perfumes, among other things. They are becoming quite popular if the internet hype is believable. Melody is mom to the pup, and it’s a male wolf with interesting potential for his markings when he shifts if he keeps that hair colouration.” “A fox shifter. You’re sure?” “Both of them. But the pup is a wolf.” Malcolm saw his surprise echoed on Jordan’