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Chapter 31: Exploratory Notions of the Heart
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Whatever time they ran last time, they cut it in half getting back to the campsite. All of the pack was hovering around as Peter and Andy had Matt on a medical stretcher, the pair rushing him into the med bay. "Alright, Lucille, Gary, tell me what happened. Everyone else, no crowding. Go back to what we were doing before. Andy will make sure Matt gets the best care possible so let's not stress him out, okay?" Logan was quick to take control, and, in a few minutes, the grounds had cleared out, going back to whatever they were doing. Jamie saw Valerie speed walking over to her but before she could ask for an explanation, her wrist was snagged and she was dragged all the way back to their cabin, the door being closed, Valerie whirling around with a wild look in her eyes. "That look does not spark joy." "I'm not really feeling joyful right now either." Valerie started to pace, obviously a ball of frazzled nerves. "Okay, okay so you know how I said I would keep an eye on Andy for you?"
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Valerie holed herself up in the bathroom when night came and the time to call her parents was optimum. Best to do it when the rest of the pack was asleep and would probably just think it was work calling instead of Valerie. Jamie put herself in the farthest corner of the cabin to give her some privacy, but the crying and reverent whispers made her heart and her teeth ache. This is what Andy and his parents stole from people. Stole from them. This is why she couldn't just stop and leave it alone. People got hurt, people were being hurt, and he wasn't stopping. So they had to be the ones to stop him. When Valerie came out, her eyes were puffy from a day filled with crying, but Jamie didn't point it out. Together they huddled in the bathroom while Jamie called her parents and gave them the lowdown about everything that happened, and the next lead she needed them to follow. "Your parents are good people," Valerie told her after the call ended. "Not a lot of packs would stick up for us
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It was do or die, but at this point, Jamie would really like to just die and get it over with. The cop shows made it look so easy. Criminal investigations, find the proof, bag and tag the bad guy, happily ever after. Except this was taking longer than a series special, their criminal dosed her with something that just might kill her, and Jamie wasn't exactly happy she was losing more sleep over the guy. Her and Valerie had waited till nightfall to sneak out of their cabin and into the woods, Valerie leading. A few twists and turns, a good mile or so out, and they were by a small creek with a large tree that had a spot near the base scraped out for a hidey hole. "I used to come out here, listen to the water, curl up and hide when everything got too tough. No one could hear me cry so…yeah," finished Valerie lamely. "Alright," said Jamie, not pointing anything out. "So how should we do this?" "Well, after you shift, you'll either turn back like Matt did or…" "Or what?" "Or you mig
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Jamie woke up with a headache and groaned into her pillow. "Emotional distress, painful realization?" asked Valerie as she readied herself for the day, yawning tiredly. "Headache.""Ah, yep, sounds about right." "How dare you not warn me." "Hey, could be a migraine," shrugged Valerie. "Don't jinx me." Yeah, a migraine on top of everything else, that was the last thing Jamie needed. "Think of it as punishment for making me watch you do what amounted to a coin flip of seizure or shifted form for an hour." "I…alright that's fair." It was kind of mean to make her go through that, but who else was she gonna trust to at least attempt to make sure she didn't die? ANDY? If she trusted him to care about her health, they wouldn't even be doing this investigation to begin with. Ah, good old paranoia. Working since she was five and knew Santa was breaking and entering. Killed a bit of the Christmas magic but hey, at least her dad didn't put her on the Naughty List for hitting him with a
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Jamie didn't get her nap. It wasn't even an hour later that someone was knocking on the door, Valerie huffing as she threw on a sweater and answered it since Jamie didn't move from the bed. "Andy! What's up?" She did almost fall out of bed though from that. What was going on? "Oh, I came to get your permission to draw some blood from Jamie," smiled Andy. Valerie and Jamie felt their breath catch. Not good. "What for?" Valerie asked carefully. "For a blood donation. Jamie's the only one who's blood type fits, AB negative." "Blood donation for who?" asked Jamie, trying to sound like she was only curious and not freaking out. "Ballie Batson." Jamie's breath caught. Either Andy was more of an evil genius than she realized, or he really did need that blood. Ballie Baston, who's twin was Hallie Batson, the twins of the Central pack who were shoo ins for the future alpha, who Jamie KNEW shared her blood type. This was a lose lose situation no matter how it played out, and Jamie had
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Jamie didn't die of blood loss, but Logan's joke about her being death now had merit. She certainly felt like death. It was a lot like being sick, only you knew someone did it to you on purpose, unlike accidentally getting the flu, so not only did you feel like crap, you were also furious. So, Jamie was not only forced to stay in bed drinking cranberry juice and sipping canned chicken noodle soup in a mug, she wasn't even allowed to be up to punch the jerk who did this to her. Valerie thought she was stupid for going through with it when they knew Andy was most likely lying, but Hallie and Ballie, while Jamie had never been in a pack with them, were still her friends, not to mention good people. They'd do the same for her if she was injured and potentially dying. She could also have her dad ask how much blood they needed. It would be less of a win and more of a consolation prize to know if he was using her blood for experiments or not but just more evidence to add to the pile. He
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It only took Jamie a few days to get over the blood loss. It would take far more time for Valerie to get over her getting a date. "Girl, this is fantastic, but also like, what the hell? We haven't even captured Andy and—Ah! But I can't believe Logan asked you out!" she squealed. "Say it louder. The rest of the pack hasn't heard you yet," deadpanned Jamie. "Sorry, I'm happy for you, I am, but like…Andy," she grimaced, like it was a curse to speak his name. As if it was enough to understand and it was. "I know," groaned Jamie. "I shouldn't have done it and it'll probably bite me in the *ss later but…" "Ah, the trouble with being in love," sighed Valerie. "It makes you stupid." "Yeah, I feel a whole lot more than stupid right now," breathed Jamie, going to rub her eyes before Valerie smacked her hands down. "Don't you dare! It took me two hours to convince you into that make up. If you ruin it, I'll kill you." "Alright, geez, you're starting to sound like Sarah." "She sounds like
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"Aw crap," groaned Valerie as Jamie stormed back into the cabin, looking none too happy. "Please tell me this isn't a pillow situation." "Andy crashed my date." "That b*tch!" Valerie was instantly angry, and it made Jamie feel a bit better, but she sighed, letting her head thunk against the back of the door. "I knew this would have consequences but not this fast. At least he got hit with a tuna jelly sandwich." "I'm sorry, a f*ck*ng what sandwich? You sure this wasn't a murder attempt on Logan's part?" "Daniella helped with the picnic apparently." "Ah. Yep, that would do it. Still, I can't believe Andy's gate keeping Logan like you're some homewrecker though." Jamie snorted at that before shaking her head. "To be fair, I kinda am a homewrecker, for him at least. Gonna wreck this man's life—and his face." "…he's targeting you." Jamie nodded silently. It was all just happenstance before but now it was reoccurring. Whatever the reason he was targeting her, because she was suspi
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"—and then Logan busted down the door and almost hit me with it. Then I dragged his body back, my parents came by to help, blah blah, exposition travel, and now we're here." Finished Jamie. There had been lots of dramatic gasps and screaming during her explanation, and the alpha of the southern pack and his brother had to be held back from leaping over the tables to kill Andy, but other than that it went okay! Hardly anyone purposefully interrupted her for clarification that Valerie and Jamie's parents were able to help with. Everyone else made sure to keep to their seats since they didn't want to fight Jamie at all, even if they didn't know what her shifted form was. A few people were even crying, some families scattered across different packs reuniting for the first time in years. It was…almost gruesome in a way, to have it all laid out. How many people suffered for another's gain, but that was the question wasn't it."Andy Burroughs," started Ballie. "Why did you and your paren
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Jamie was not allowed to get any f*cking rest. A true tragedy. She got a nap, that was all she was allowed before it was apparently time to leave at the *ss crack of dawn. She was given consolation hugs by her parents. They managed to talk the other packs down into a meeting and trial, but that trial was in the morning. Early morning, meaning they would have to leave even earlier to be there on time. Jamie was at least allowed the other front passenger seat in the car Logan was driving at the consequence of having to have Valerie in her shifted Dachshund form on her feet while Daniella sat in her lap. Daniella's parents were a smaller breed of dog and offered to shift so the others could fit. That left Jamie looking after a child while still very tired. She, thankfully, had the time to at least shower and change, donning her leather jacket and combat boots. Daniella was thankfully distracted by braiding her wild hair and Logan was focused on driving while jamming to whatever song
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"Tell me the truth Andy, did you do it?" asked Logan. "Do what?" "Don't play this game!" he snarled, dragging Andy closer. "Did you do it?" "Hey, yeah, can we know what 'it' was?" called Kim, voicing everyone's question."We were woken up looking for Jamie and now we're having an interrogation?" "Yeah, why is Andy wrapped up in duct tape and…did Jamie bite him?" asked Gary in disbelief."He stabbed me in the neck!" shouted Jamie hotly. "He's lucky I didn't do worse and that's only because the drugs knocked me out!" "Drugs?! What's going on!?" "Oh my god!" wheezed Valerie, still out of breath but now she was laughing. "You really did go through with it. You don't give empty threats, do you." "I don't." Jamie glared into Andy's soul, and he was deeply aware of the threat she was capable of being since he kept his mouth shut. "What did Andy do?" "That is a LONG story," grimaced Jamie. "We can help explain it though." "Dad?!"Jamie didn't know who was more surprised. The Northe
Toying Alpha Chapter 47: Apologies, We're All Out of Trust
He was an idiot! A really big idiot!Logan was trying to stave off a panic attack as he sprinted through the woods in his shifted form. It was a little bit hard though when his childhood best friend was apparently about to murder his girlfriend—ex-girlfriend. How the hell did Jamie not straight up murder him after that? He was supposed to at least hear her out, not just write her off! Oh God, he was what people talked about when they brought up their sh*tty exes. 'Yeah, my ex almost got me murdered because he didn't hear me out that his friend was experimenting on people.' Logan didn't want to believe it, that Andy could do something like that, but it all made sense, everything made horrible, terrible sense. Why Jamie was so wary of Andy, so odd around him. Andy's own interest in her shifted form—him never letting Logan see the bodies. He thought it was because it was too gruesome, but he knew his families shifted forms well, he'd seen what their claws could do. If he was allowed
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Valerie knew something was wrong the moment she heard Jamie screech in rage before tapering out into silence. It was more than enough to know they failed in convincing Logan, yet she hesitated to call the Western pack. She should've gone with Jamie instead of letting her do this alone, that was on her. It wasn't over yet, they still had time. They still had all the proof they collected and photos of the experiment's documents. They needed Logan on this. Valerie didn't want to go to war with the other packs, not when she might be fighting people she knew. Not when she would never be able to bring herself to fight in Andy's defense after everything he and his parents did. If Jamie didn't succeed with diplomacy, then maybe Valerie should take a page from her book and beat it into Logan's thick skull. She'd do it, even if he could take her in a fight. It had to end. Valerie rushed out of the cabin with their copied medical records, looking for Jamie, but she was nowhere to be found.
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She woke up with a killer headache, her jaw aching but now it was bruised on top of that, and blood in her teeth.It was, arguably, the worst wake up of her entire life. Then Jamie realized she was in Andy's lab, collared to his weird chain wall and it immediately nudged the removal of her wisdom teeth into a distant second place."Good, you're up. You were out for longer than I thought you would be. To be fair though I did give you a second dose after you, you know, bit me." Jamie turned, gaze landing on Andy, his arm wrapped but there was still blood on his lab coat in a ring of teeth. "You're lucky that's ALL I did," she hissed, standing up and tugging on the chain. A thick metal collar with a lock was around her neck. She was strong but there was no way she was gonna be able to pry the thing open. "That's not gonna work. It's made with tungsten steel. It's funny, when did you start to suspect me?" he asked curiously, taking a seat in the swivel chair at one of the desks, messin
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Somehow, after putting everything back in place, Jamie was even faster running back to the pack."Please tell me you have something good, and the lab place wasn't some sort of secret man cave," begged Valerie the moment she slipped back into their cabin. "If this doesn't convince him, I really don't know what will," grimaced Jamie, showing Valerie the documents she found. They were all signed off of by the Burroughs, all on different occasions. They were called experiments and subjects for God sakes. Valerie made a face as she looked at her before gasping at Logan's."Wait—Logan has Canis Syndrome?!" "I thought he might, but to think he really was 'a success'. Andy hasn't returned?" "Not yet," sighed Valerie in relief, checking out the window again and making sure of it. "If you're gonna talk to Logan, now's probably the time." "I know," murmured Jamie. "Keep the phone on you, if things go wrong…well, you'll probably hear it." "I can talk to him about this." "I know, but it's p
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For a moment, Jamie almost thought she missed whatever hidden lab, secret bunker thing Andy had when she sprinted for 15 minutes. It would be just her luck that after everything she missed the stupid thing, but a flash of metal caught her eye at just the right moment. Jamie went into a dead stop that almost sent her slamming into a tree, but it allowed her to keep her eyes on the metal, tracking it down in the last twilight hours of the evening. It was an old building, moss and vines crawling up the sides of it, the windows small and high, while the metal—the metal was the door. This was it, this had to be it. A quick inspection showed a deadbolt lock, and Jamie quickly searched the area. Andy had to keep a key somewhere nearby. He traveled across practically the entire White Oak territory and then some. He wouldn't just risk THE KEY to the lab. "Alright, if I was a smart doctor who was carrying a 20-year legacy having yet to get caught and trying not to, where would I stash the ke
Toying Alpha Chapter 42: Sprint to the Finish
"Did she mean we have seven days left today or it started yesterday?" asked Valerie.That was the question Jamie got the second she was awake, and the answer Valerie got was a very heartfelt swear. "I'm not sober enough for this." "You're not even allowed to drink." Jamie stared Valerie dead in the eye. "I'm not sober enough for this," she repeated, daring her to continue and Valerie raised her hands in surrender. "I'm gonna go tail Andy. We have a basic idea of his schedule so either today or tomorrow he'll head to his lab. My chores today are scrubbing the shower stalls." Jamie groaned heavily before giving a thousand-mile stare to the ceiling. "Is it truly too late to murder him?" "You've made it this far in, so I'd have to say yes. Just for bragging rights." "Go, I'll get the stalls. Don't get caught.""Knockin' on wood, girl." With a short knock, she was off. Hopefully Valerie would be able to find something. Getting up was a hassle. Jamie swore that once this was all o
