Six

The terrified young sprout of a courier rambled on, occasionally going down a rabbit hole here and there in his explanations. Terrell would raise his hand to caution Kyle not to steer too far, as though the outside story had no relevance to the current affairs.

After a long and grueling discussion, Terrell sat back in his chair, eyeing the young man carefully.

“You may sit.” Turning to Jason, “Get him some coffee, or water. What would you like, Kyle?”

“C-c-c-coffee, Alpha sir, please.”

Terrell nodded towards Jason. The man turned on a toe and went to grab coffee for the very timid creature.

“Okay, the female children of the town are being tortured to death. But why only the females? Why not Gavin's son?”

Kyle shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. His eyes were lowered, afraid to make eye contact with the overpowering alpha.

Terrell sat in silence for a moment and continued his quest