“So, have the pups been treating you, right?” Eva’s image came from Emily’s laptop screen with her cheerful smile and a rather loud child in the background wrestling with her father in the background. Eva realized where Emily’s eyes were. She winced in embarrassment. “Sorry about that. It’s raining here so I can’t send them out. You’ll get used to it when yours get old. Gods, did I just say that? Anyway, I miss you and wish I could help with the planning. How is it going?” Emily realized she hadn’t answered a single question. “That’s a lot to answer. Ugh, here we go. You asked for it. How is it with twin pups? Sleepless. I’m not sure I remember the meaning of it. As for the plans for a mating ceremony. Slow, very slow. I just don’t have the energy to plan anything. I’m exhausted all the time. Sometimes I’m not sure I’ll get it all done in time. Those days I just want to cry.” Emily practically whispered this to the laptop. She was embarrassed and didn’t want James to kn
Gerald was in a rush for the plane with his mate in tow. Gods, he’s just taken her in the back of a rented limo like a teen boy on prom night. The worst thing was he could do it all again, and he planned to go on the plane. They were definitely in heat. He could feel it in his blood and the one taking her would ease it. She definitely wasn’t in any better shape. She’d not complained when he tucked her panties into his pocket. April was trying her best to keep up with Gerald as he moved through the airport. It didn’t take them long to get to the private plane and onto it. Her baggage was being stored on the plane by staff. Now they waited to take off. April found her head swimming with the speed of it all. She wasn’t sure why her mood was so calm. Once they were in the air alone, there Gerald released their seatbelts and insisted she sit on his lap. He busied himself with her body, touching and exploring her at his leisure. When she tried to move off his lap, s
Penny enjoyed flying, but wolves weren’t meant to do it for long. She didn’t like that she couldn’t shift or run around. There wasn’t enough room for everyone. But seeing the clouds from the other side was cool and seeing everything looking like dollhouse furniture was amazing. Getting to watch a movie with headphones on was weird. But when they landed, they were met by strangers and were taken to a big open space with an enormous house with a fountain in the front. It kind of confused Penny because the fountain had fish spitting water. That was rude and bad manners. As they left the airport, Penny could swear she saw the back of a boy who might have been the boy from her dreams. She hoped not, for where he was, people she loved would die, and it was too early for that to happen. She wasn’t at university yet. Inside the resort was like a giant packhouse with a place people couldn’t find out things. It was all shiny and beside the desk was a sign that read.
“Hi Emily. Sorry, I have to leave a message like this. But we made it here to the resort alright. Slight problem though. We hadn’t even checked in and Penny that Damon’s daughter. She’s gone missing. I’ll try again later. We have to go look for her.” Emily finally got to her desk for the day. Her pups kept her, and many others, busy these days. This was the last message on her voicemail and as soon as she heard Eva’s overly cheerful voice, she knew there was a disaster happening. A pup alone in their territory was difficult. At least it wasn’t raining. They should be able to track her scent. Though if she disappeared from the lobby, it could become more difficult with all the layered scent. “James, we need some trackers at the resort.” Emily leaned into James’ office once she got there. James looked up from his computer. “All ready? What why?” “I just got a message from Eva. They made it here fine, but Damon’s little girl wandered off from the lobby before
Eva couldn’t believe the panic she was in. The first thing she did was run toward the river. It was at the base of a cliff or eroded embankment praying she wouldn’t find Penny broken at the bottom. She couldn’t have gone this far so quickly. She’s just six years old. That didn’t mean nothing when you spoke about Penny. Hours later, there still wasn’t any sign of her having wandered off. No trail or scent led from the lobby of the resort that matched Penny’s. There were still people looking, and Eva was beside herself. “My dear, if she was injured or dead, we’d have found her by now. I’m sure as soon as she gets hungry that she will appear out of nowhere.” Janine assured Eva, but it didn’t ease either woman’s worry. “There are still lots of places to look. Lots of rooms and many locations still to search. This isn’t a small place.” “I’m aware of that and you’ve made it larger somehow.” Eva would swear on her life there were rooms now that never existed when
“You left a message hon to come see you when I could. What’s up? Your message said it was urgent.” Thomas entered Asia’s office and came to her. “One of your pack’s pups has gone missing. Now they’re looking for them right now.” “Asia, which pup is missing?” “Oh right. Damon’s pup, Penny, is missing. I got a call from Eva almost an hour ago. They made it to the resort and promptly lost Penny before they could check in properly.” “Why didn’t Damon contact me?” “You were in a meeting with you Gammas. I was the first person they could reach. She said Penny’s been missing for over five hours now. The entire resort and James’ pack are searching. So far, there’s no trace of her. They have tracker searching, but it’s near impossible before of the foot traffic through the lobby.” “That pup could be anywhere. She’s tiny and fast for her size. She’s also afraid of nothing that I know of.” “I only met her the once, and she seemed adorable.
“Thanks for keeping me updated, Janine. I’ll have someone at the airport waiting to pick them up. I hope this doesn’t turn into a PR problem for us. It’s the last thing we need and to be a pup of a close friend, too. How’s Eva handling this and Damon?” “I have Eva with the on call healer right now, making sure she doesn’t need to be sedated and Damon’s just beside himself. He’s running himself ragged. It’s been nearly twelve hours now and none of our trackers here have found any sign of her. We’re looking bad, Emily, and I just feel horrible for Damon and Eva. I just finished going through this with James, but he was a grown adult.” Janine sounded like it was getting to her as well. “Then I have the resort pulling my attention away just like pack business.” “Well, let me deal with pack business here this time. I have plenty of sitters for the pups here. So that’s not part of the problem. You can put a skeleton staff in place to run the day-to-day issues. Is Haden
Janine hurried moved through the lobby. There behind one of the square ornamental columns was a half door leading into the wall. A faint light filtered through the doorway. “It connected the lights here to the main power. We think if the lights are on in the lobby, then the lights are on down here.” “Great and no one caught the wiring irregularities?” “They were afraid to cut anything in case they had to fix it again because it was a necessary wire to some obscure location. Someone also didn’t follow up on where it led. So we have a few lights down there. I’d recommend taking light with you because we don’t know how long the bulbs have before they die down there. Also, be careful that electrical is old and quite possibly a fire hazard.” It was one of the maintenance staff saying this to Haden and herself. Either way, the pup entered here. The secret passage went on for some time. It turned corners and steep stairs finally came into view. “I can see w