I walk into the meeting room to see Riley filling some pieces of paper out, we've just finished a case and it was his turn to do the paper work. We've been partners since we started working for the Alliance 4 years ago, but were best friends since we both arrived here around 11 years now. He looks up smiling sliding a piece of paper over to me with a pen, the pen nearly rolling on the floor.
"You need to sign there" he says quickly looking back towards the papers he was filling out, probably wanting to get out the way, the paperwork always takes forever.
I smile signing the paper sliding it back over, as I turn the doors open and in walks Morgan, our boss, holding a file in his hand.
"I've heard you've finished the Anderson case" he smiles as Riley hands him the completed file, Morgan takes it but swaps it with the one in his hands, that was slick.
"I have another one for you to sink your claws in" he smiles while reading the file we gave him, Riley opens the file but sighs throwing it on the table annoyed, I guess he didn't like it.
I walk over to read it myself, when you're given a file they don't give you all the information. You basically have to piece it all together like a jigsaw, Riley likes to say the people that make the file have all the information but they just wanna make us work harder. This one was about a Beta called Lukas, now I know why Riley's annoyed.
"Why do we always get stuck with the Alpha's and Beta's?" He asks annoyed crossing his arms, Morgan just laughs shaking his head as he went, which Riley didn't like.
Morgan doesn't understand that all the Alpha's and Beta's treat us like we're under them, they do this because all they see when they look at Riley and me are humans. If only they knew the real reason for us being humans, we weren't born humans but werewolves. Some bad people did some bad things to us turning us into humans, but they don't see it that way unfortunately, nobody does.
"Because I know you two are the best people for the job, just deal with the threats then you can leave, it's an open and close case "Morgan says throwing his arms to the side, while Riley still shakes his head walking around the room, he really wasn't happy.
"We'll go right there and have a chat with him" I smile standing up, which causes Riley to look over at me throwing his hands in the air, we've always dreamt of getting to be senior field agents, refusing jobs isn't gonna get us there.
"See that's the kind of attitude I want, thank you Taylor, now I better get going good luck" he smiles walking out happily, pleased that it had gone his way, but let's be honest, he knew we'd agree to go.
"He always does this, leaves us with the annoying ones and you always agree to them" Riley grumbles picking up the case file looking through it angrily, I knew the anger wouldn't last long though.
"Let's just go and talk to the Beta, Morgan said it's a open and close case, just get it over with" I tell him grabbing my coat walking towards the door, he doesn't move but once I turn the corner he soon appears next to me.
"It's lucky you're like a sister or we'd be having a major falling out" is all he says as we walk out the doors towards the car, I told you the anger wouldn't last long.
It doesn't take us long to arrive at the Midnight Pack, as we begin to pull into the pack a weird feeling takes over my body. I've never felt anything like this before, it was like my body was drawn to this place for some reason. A huge building, which I'm guessing is the pack house comes into view. A buff guy walks out with his arms crossed, he didn't look to happy to see us.
"He looks annoyed without us having to even talk to him, in reality he needs us here way more than we need to be here" Riley mutters saying exactly what I thought he would, I laugh reaching into the back to get the file hoping none of the papers fall out, that wouldn't be a good start to this whole conversation.
"I'd put the file in your bag, he might get annoyed if one of the pack members see it, it'll damage his gigantic ego" Riley says getting out the car, this once again makes me laugh but I do slip the file into my bag concealing the embarrassment the Beta might feel.
"I'm guessing you're from the Alliance, follow me" the dude on the steps growls out, Riley and I just stare at each other before following him in and towards an office.
"The Alpha couldn't make it" he says opening the door letting us walk in, when he closes the door it's done unnecessarily hard behind us, I think he was trying to act intimidating but it wasn't working, we've seen tougher guys than him.
"It's not the Alpha we're after it's you, now we need to ask you some questions about the threats you've been receiving" I try to say but he just laughs cutting me off, Riley tenses beside me staring up at the guy, I knew he wanted to punch him.
I shake my head slightly at him knowing we didn't need to start a war, between the alliance and this place. But the weird feeling that I felt outside starts to make a reappearance, once again it wasn't a bad feeling but one that I couldn't quite describe. It was as though, something in my body knew what was gonna happen but couldn't tell me, I know that makes zero sense!
"I didn't want or ask for a bunch of humans to come here, how are you actually meant to help when you're weaker than everyone here?" He asks smugly which for some reason just got me so mad, I stood up from my seat placing my hands on the desk he was sitting at, to say he was shocked was a huge understatement.
"Well, if you're so tough we'll leave and wait until someone attacks you, that'll make our job at catching the people easier, trust me you aren't as tough as you think you are, there's some men out there which will eat you alive, who do you think turned us into humans?" I ask looking the disrespectful dude right in the eyes, he raises an eyebrow at me trying to keep the tough guy act up "we haven't always been humans we were born a werewolves just like you, but we got attacked by some bad people who killed our wolves. The only reason we're here right now is because they took pity on us as we were children, I don't know if they'll spare your life like they did ours, but if you feel like you can handle it, carry on" I say holding my arms up walking backwards, Riley also gets out of his chair to add effect, but I knew he actually wanted to leave him.
"Okay fine, don't leave" he says getting up from the chair so quickly it nearly fell over, I smile turning around sitting back on the chair I was once on, Riley reluctantly sat back down on his.
"Now tell us about the threats but show us one ounce of disrespect, we're leaving" I tell him with a pointed look, I love the power I had, is that bad?
He just nods as I go in my bag taking the case file out, Riley passes a notepad and pen basically telling me I had to do the work, he really wasn't in the mood for this. I go to ask the first question, but the door to the side opens and gets my full attention. In walks an even bigger dude wearing a black suit, he was so muscular that I wondered how he even managed to fit through the door he just entered. My eyes immediately, go to his very good looking face, but once our eyes locked, it's like the whole world fizzled away.
"Mine" he quietly mutters under his breath, that being the thing that snaps me out of whatever trance he somehow put me in.
I begin to shift in my seat uncomfortably, his eyes just burning holes as I sat there. This cannot be happening, what I think just happened better not have just happened. Riley notices my change in mood and looks over, he sends me a concerned look which I don't answer to.
"This is the Alpha, I thought you couldn't make it?" Lukas asks the guy, the Alpha still refused to look away from me, but I was definitely avoiding eye contact with him and focused on the floor.
"The meeting got called off until next week, I'm Toby, the Alpha of the Midnight Pack" he says introducing himself, his voice sends intense shivers to run down my body and all the way to my toes, oh no it's happened!
I remove my eyes from the floor to look at Riley, he was still staring at me fully concerned and worried. I shake my head slightly which told him, he needed to take the reigns to this conversation.
"You were about to tell us about the threats" Riley says talking for the first time, hopefully speeding up this process so I can leave and get back to my normal life, away from Toby!
"Well I've been getting threats from this guy for a few weeks now, at first I thought it was just the normal threats that comes with being Beta, until the threats started to turn well.....disgusting" he says which does make me look up slightly than look to Riley, who I could tell by his face, was thinking the exact same thing.
"What do you mean by disgusting?" I ask finally speaking since Toby walked in, who I made sure I avoided eye contact with, just smile and wave.
"He once sent me a head with a note hanging out the mouth" he says in a disgust way, my whole body freezes where I end up dropping the pen that lands with a smack on the floor "The way you're reacting is telling me you've dealt with this guy before" he says pointing at us, at least he was right about something in this whole conversation.
I quickly pull another file out the bag flipping through the photos, I was hoping this was some misunderstanding or some copycat has well, copied the way one person does things. I managed to find the photo I was after, I didn't know why I kept this photo in my bag for so long anyways.
"Is there something like a symbol that is left on everything he sends you?" I ask still holding the photo up to my chest, he thinks for a second but quickly nods pulling his phone out.
"It's like a wolf and a dagger" he explains handing the phone to me, I place the phone and the picture I got out the file next to each other, they were identical, unfortunately.
"I'll ring Morgan" is all I say getting up pulling my phone out, I open the door leaving Riley to answer some of Lukas's worried questions.
"Hey Taylor, have you finished with the case?"he asks on the other end, but I knew what I was about to say, would change his tone dramatically.
"We're still here but we've ran into an issue, the threats he's getting are from Richard" I say looking back at the guys in the room, this was about to take a turn no one was expecting.
Poor guy.
I walk back in after talking with Morgan, he was as shocked and worried as I was. He told me there's no time to loose, so he and the team are arranging all the other files about Richard to be brought up, when we arrive back with Lukas."You're going to need to pack a bag, you're coming with us" I inform Lukas but he just continues walking around in a stress, I mean he is getting hunted by a literal monster!"Why does he need to leave?" The Alpha asked which meant I had to finally look up at him, I've been avoiding eye contact with him this entire time, he was breathtakingly good looking though, not the time Taylor!"The man that is sending you these threats is highly dangerous and will stop at nothing to hurt you, but if you come with us we can keep you safe and make sure that it doesn't happen" I say trying to make Lukas fe
In what feels like forever we pull up at the gates of the alliance, now that would have calmed me down to have this car ride over. But the next task was to try and sneak these two in the building, we'd be in so much trouble if we were caught.I pull the fake file Riley made up on the way here, apparently the two in the back are some very violent rouges. He even thought of a backstory for them and everything, if it doesn't work out for Riley in the alliance, he could totally become a writer! The gates open and we head towards the building, my heart was pounding in my chest."Two to be taken in to the block A, to be interviewed by Morgan Dufner" Riley says to the guard, who looks into the back at the guys sitting silently, for the first time this car ride, than turns to us with a smile. &nbs
"Mummy!" I shout frantically looking around the empty woodland, I kept tripping on little branches from the trees that had fell, it was dark, cold and wet "mummy I'm scared, mummy where are you?!" I cry out as rustling could be heard behind me, I whip my head around nearly falling as I went."I'm not your mummy, but I'm gonna make sure you are scared" a man's voice evil sniggers behind me.I wake up in a sweat looking around my little room, that's a memory I haven't thought about in a few years. I turn to my clock to discover it's 4am, well that wasn't a long sleep. I rip the blanket from me swinging my legs to the side, maybe I needed a walk to clear my head. I grab my coat from the wardrobe and slip it on, not forgetting to grab my keycard as I went, there's been a few times I've forgotten that and have been left outside for hours!
We were soon on the road heading to Toby's pack, for right now I felt fine and wasn't missing him. But I guess I've only been away from the place 20 minutes, I wonder what it's gonna feel like after two hours. The car ride was silent, Brandon was just typing away on his laptop as usual while I was in my own little world.In no time we arrive at the border of Toby's pack, wait I'm his mate, this is our pack! Okay try to put that at the back of your mind and focus on the task at hand. I get out of the car, making sure my name tag was visibly around my neck so the guard doesn't think we're about to attack. By the time I make it over to the guard, Brandon had just gotten out of the car, the dude needs to know when to hurry up."Hello, I'm Taylor and this is Brandon, we're from the alliance" I smile over to the guard who's face soon goes blank, this
A few more hours pass until we leave Toby's pack, we found a few more little bits of evidence such as, a gun that looks like the same one Richard likes to use in his attacks, a hand drawn map showing the layout of Toby's pack and a little photo of a newborn baby, Jordan suspects it's Lukas but we can't know for sure at the moment.Once the car was packed, I wave goodbye to Jordan and the guard before starting to head back to the alliance. We told Morgan we found some huge evidence but that was it, before we could have a full conversation I heard Riley shouting. The phone was hung up before I had the chance to hear what it was about, this does make me nervous and scared that Toby or Morgan has told him about who I'm mated to."Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Brandon asks snapping me out or my worried thoughts, I send him a confused look not
I leave the office and head to the lunch area, Morgan sent a message to Riley telling him to make sure Lukas doesn't throw away his cup. I was on my way now to collect it, I was hoping Riley wouldn't still be upset with me when I get there. In my opinion, he didn't really have anything to be annoyed about. Brandon only joined me because Riley was asleep, that in no way shape or form means that Riley is being replaced.Once I reach the lunch hall, the loud voices and chaos just fill my ears, this is why I never come here! It's like these people have never seen food in their lives or have been deprived of it, they need to chill! I soon lock eyes with Toby who just looks me up and down, does he seriously have to check me out every time I walk in a room?! I mean I don't do that to him....much. I make my way over to their table, where Lukas was just having a great time chowing down his food, I see all the stress
I continue to follow Riley until we arrive outside, he knew I was there and just began to pace up and down. I went to speak but he holds his finger up, I didn't know if he's figured out that me and Toby are mates and is now trying to wrap his head around that. Or maybe he was just mad about everyone turning on him, him just pacing without talking isn't giving me any answers!"Riley, you need to calm down and pull yourself together" I say ignoring his whole finger pointing thing, even if he knew about me and Toby, I wasn't gonna let me treat me disrespectfully."You're telling me I need to calm down! I woke up this morning to my work partner just gone!" He shouts which does make me roll my eyes, if that's all this is about that's stupid! "If that wasn't bad enough, for the entire day all I've done is babysat those two, which as we all know I hate
Around an hour later, I was fully patched up by Brandon who was still insisting I get checked out in the hospital wing. Being in that place just brings horrible memories from when I was a kid back up, so as like the lunch hall, I avoid that place like the plague. Toby sat beside me the entire time with his hand on my leg, I just know Brandon saw that and is probably aware of what we are. But I know he isn't gonna talk about it unless I do first, which I really appreciated. Morgan still hadn't returned from when he pushed me in the room, we hadn't heard a thing from him which I didn't know was a good thing at the moment.Toby said he thought I could do with some rest but I declined that offer, what I need to focus on is work so we can sort all this mess out. The only issue with my plan was, I didn't get much sleep last night which meant I was hanging. I somehow had to act normal and get on with my work, without let
We pull into the alliance with Richard in the back, we didn't even have to stop at the gate as it was already open. The guard at the door sends me a clap as I drove in, I guess the news of us finally catching Richard has got out. Lukas was sat beside me in the same blindfold, but the smile could still be seen on his face. "I can hear everyone's so happy that you've caught him" he smiles as I round the corner to our section, everyone still clapping as we went by. "We caught him, I wouldn't have been able to do it without your help" I smile pulling the car up in the parking space, I get out the car thanking the people that would congratulate me as I went by. I open Richards door unclipping his seatbelt, he hadn't said a word since I placed him in the back. But he follows where I pull him to also get out the car, I than go around and help Lukas to get out of the car and lead them both into the building. Once we were inside, Lukas was able to take the blind
The metal stairs creaked under our feet as we climbed them, maybe having two of us walking up them at the same time wasn't the brightest of idea's. In no time my hair began to blow in the wind as we climbed higher, maybe I should have brought a hair band of some kind. We soon take the last step and were standing on the roof, but it appeared to be only us on this roof. We walk away from the stairs slightly and look around, there isn't anywhere he could be hiding on this place! "We know he has to be here due to the note" I say holding the note in the air looking around, I couldn't help the bad feeling that was growing inside of me. "Or he's just done this to mess with us, why is the man that is supposed to be my father like this?!" Lukas asks throwing his arms in the air in frustration, I just sigh looking out into the distance where I actually see the pack house in Toby's pack, I didn't know we were this close to that place. "Now you may see why I left y
Neither of us spoke on the car ride to the warehouse, the vibe in the car was tense and anxious over the next moments ahead. In a few short hours, this whole situation with Richard could come to an end or take an even bigger shift and turn no one is expecting. In my mind I was going over the plan and everything that we knew, which helped me not to worry over the little details. From all the letters Richard has been sending me, we know he has some kind of care towards me so I don't think I need to worry about him surprise attacking us. But I also know how much Richard goes over things, he could have been coming up with this plan from the start and wants me to feel comfortable, then he'll attack. What was keeping me even more calm were three things, how close Toby's pack was to the warehouse, the fact Brandon and the team would be watching our every move and finally, the fact I had Lukas with me. If I had to do this all by myself I don't think I would have agreed so quickly, but with h
I was soon walking back into the main room with the information that I knew, a lot had changed for me while I was in that room but nothing had in here. Toby and Julian were still having a screaming match in the middle of the room. Brandon was sat at his laptop but sends me a look when I walk in, while Lukas was sat with a blank face watching the two guys in front of him. My eyes go to Toby where I could just tell by his face, if he could he would have shifted by now. I sigh making my way over to the middle of the room, moving past Morgan to stand in front of Toby blocking his view of Julian. "I think we all need to calm down, how is any of this helping to catch Richard?" I ask placing my back against Toby while walking backwards, slowly he was walking back with me "while you two were comparing penis sizes, I was doing work with the help of Brandon" I say having to really push hard on Toby, after the penis comment he didn't want to move. "You don't need to compare, you already know
I walk back into the living area where Brandon was sat on the chest of drawers, I know he just heard the whole conversation I had with my mother as he opens his arms up. I walk over accepting the hug thanking him. "What you said back there was all true, she deserves to be put away for hiding Richard" he tells me giving me one last squeeze before we both pull away, I nod my head agreeing with him while the Alpha walks in the room with my mother, also closing the door. Before I had the time to walk over to see what he was doing, Julian runs out from wherever he was holding a piece of paper in his hands. Without speaking, I'm handed this mystery paper. It read. "Dearest Taylor, Once again, I know you're so close to finding everything out so you'll find this no problem. Now you know about my secret identity and your mother and me marrying, I know I'll soon be caught. You're so kind that I know you might allow me this, before I'm willing
"Get on the ground!" I shout as she takes even more slow steps out of the room, her eyes go to me where she immediately, starts to well up. "Taylor" she says starting to cry as she went, I've had enough of people crying when they see me so this wasn't bothering me anymore. "I said get on the ground" I repeat walking closer to her, she finally does listen and drops down to her knees full blown crying. Brandon runs in the room behind her to check if Richard is in there, but he soon runs back out shaking his head. As he was still behind my mum, he cuffs her hands behind her back before pushing her down to the floor. "He isn't in any of the other rooms either"Julian says from behind me, either he wasn't home and we just picked a bad time or he saw us and fled, I needed to know which one is was. "Where's Richard?" I ask pulling her to stand up, she was still in floods of tears shaking her head "I don't care how upset you are, we need to k
When I walk back into the main room, it was pure chaos. Brandon and Julian were running around working, Morgan was shouting down the phone at whoever knows who and the two guys looked as though they were gonna puke. I stand on one of the tables and throw a box of files on the floor, it landed which a thud which did make all eyes turn to look at me. "This room is starting to resemble the lunch hall and we all know how much I despise that place, I know we have so much work to do but let's not go crazy!" I exclaim as Morgan hangs up the phone, I guess that person is having a little break from all the screaming."We've been trying to track down Charles Peterson or even Venessa Peterson, but we can't find any record of them on any high tech computers" Morgan tells me still standing behind his desk, what I had to work out was how I'm going to be able to get off this table without injuring myself, I didn't think this plan through."That's because you're looking
"I will answer anything you ask me" he says as I open the file on Richard, this could be the closet we'll get to catching him, I know I keep saying that."Do you know anywhere we could find him, we know about his place in no territory but is there anywhere else?" I ask pulling the photos Brandon took of that building, before all the rouges turned up and caused trouble. "I rarely had any contact with Richard throughout the years, I always went through Denton to keep who I was hidden from Richard" he tells me which wasn't great, all the things he's gonna tell me might be what Denton has already told us since being here "but once you guys caught Denton, I knew I'd have to do my own research on Richard so I know he wouldn't turn against us" he says successfully peaking my interest, he might be useful after all. Brandon is amazing at his job and can find things that no one else can, but when it comes to criminals sometimes they're able to hide some things tha
I was now making my way back into the alliance building, having to drag two very hungover men with me. Both still in blindfolds, but I knew they kind of enjoyed the fact they didn't have to look at the sun. We decided it would be better to stay at the pack last night, the party didn't end until maybe 4am and both Toby and Lukas were completely hammered. But it did give me a chance to see Toby's house and pick out some clothes for me when I visit there. We're making plans for me to stay there but I still don't know what I'm gonna do at this place, I wish there was a way for me to continue to be an alliance agent and stay at Toby's pack. "Our pack" he groans pulling the blindfold off now we're in the building, Lukas keeps his on and tells me just to lead him to the main room. I just laugh a little leading both guys into the main room, where the team where already waiting for us in there. Both guys just walk over to the back of the room, Lukas forgetting to take his