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 tells me he's mind-linking someone, Brandon finally made it over and his face goes back.
"The Gamma has just given you permission to enter, he will be here shortly to escort you to the site of the attack" he says with a bow of the head, I just take a look to Brandon unknowing of what he meant, we were here to see where all the threats were left from Richard.
"Attack?" I ask with a raised eyebrow, are they calling the threats an attack? But Lukas and Toby never call it that.
"There was a second attack last night with another threat left, this time he used one of the pack members" the guard explains which does make my eyes go wide, Richards never done anything like that before.
"Is the pack member okay?" I ask instantly getting worried, it was like an instruct for me to get protective over a person who I'd never met.
"He sustained many injuries, but he is doing okay ma'am. The man that attacked him told the pack member that he wasn't the target, so he spared him" the guard explains while a very tall handsome man starts to make his way over, I'm gonna take a guess and say this dude is the Gamma.
"My name is Jordan, I will be showing you to where the attack took place" he says always bowing his head towards me, is that how all these guys say hello?
I send him a smile before he turns and walks away, when I take a look at Brandon he was just staring off into space. I nudge him a little snapping him out of whatever trance he was in, he shakes his head before eventually following me, something must be playing on his mind, hopefully he hasn't found his mate too!
We continue to follow Jordan through the woods, some of the terrain was hard to navigate through. Jordan kept looking back to see if I needed help, the only thing he discovered was me helping Brandon. Once Brandon was fully over a huge fallen tree, Jordan told us we were here. I jump down off the tree and make my way over, thankfully they had left everything here so we could see what actually happened.
"The pack member was doing a final check of the land when the man lunged at him, he fought hard and managed to get a few hits in" Jordon explains as I knell down at the specks of blood that was splattered around, from the way in which some was dripping, it was clear that it was from the attacker that fled.
"We should process them to make sure it's definitely Richard and not some random attack" I say looking back at Brandon, who was insanely out of breath.
"I...forgot the bag" he says looking at me with an awkward look, of course he forgot the bag, why didn't I just grab it myself?!
"Than why are you still standing there, could you go and get the bag please?" I ask taking a deep breath in so I wouldn't throw something at him, he immediately nods his head and jumps back over the fallen tree.
"Can't get the staff nowadays" Jordan laughs with his hands in his pockets, I shake my head letting a little laugh out as I went "how's Lukas doing, I would mind-link him but Toby told me to only contract them in an emergency?" He asks I think trying to make conversation, honestly I didn't have anything else I could do until Brandon returned with the bag.
"He's fine, he talks a lot though" I say with a chuckle, remembering how he was on the car ride and after, but as I turn my head I spot something "what's that?" I ask rising to my feet and walking over to it, it appeared to be a black jacket looking thing.
"That's none of the pack members jacket" Jordan says from behind me, I turn to look at him with a raised eyebrow not knowing how he would know that "it has another packs crest on it, no one here is going to wear that and if they did, it would be ripped off them and burned. This pack doesn't deal with outsiders too well, very territorial" he explains pointing down at the jacket, this is where I spot the crest he's talking about.
The writing underneath was too frayed so I couldn't make it out, when Brandon gets back with the bag we can bag it and take it back to the alliance. We have scanners that will probably tell us where that crest came from. As like on cue, I hear Brandon making his way back over the tree, he's getting quicker with every jump. He looks around confused for awhile until I wave him down, relief takes over his face as he ran over, did he think I left him?
"I need gloves and a bag" I tell him as he ripped the bag open handing me a pair of gloves, this meant I could now pick the coat up to get a better look, I didn't need any of my finger prints or dna effecting what's on the jacket.
Once the gloves were on I slowly pick the jacket up, it seems old and I'm not talking a few years old, it looked older than me! I move to look in the inside pocket, when I reach my hand in what feels like an ID card fills the pocket. When I pull it out all our suspicions were true, Richards driving license was looking back at me.
"But why would Richard leave his jacket here, he knows whenever he does an attack we investigate it, this is like a gold mine?" Brandon says pulling one of the evidence bags out the bag, it's a bag in a bag!
"Well we know the attack didn't go as planned due to the pack member fighting back, this doesn't seem to have blood on it and he was definitely bleeding. What I'm guessing happened was he took his jacket off before the attack took place and either forgot, or was too injured to pick it back up" I say guessing while still inspecting the jacket, this has to be one of the biggest things we've got of Richards.
"How is having the jacket a gold mine?" Jordan asks as I carefully put the jacket in the evidence bag, Brandon making sure nothing fell out.
"As you said this has a packs crest on it, Richard would only wear this jacket if he was a part of the pack or it had some sentimental value, this is going to produce such a huge lead" I smile as we take the sticky bit of the evidence bag and seal it, it's safe from the elements in there "we still need to look around the area, if he's forgot something as big as his jacket, who knows what other little things he dropped on the way" I say rising to my feet and start to look even closer at the floor, any little detail we can find will be great.
Brandon stays behind to tag the jacket while I look around, Jordan not far behind me. I suspect he's just curious on what we're gonna find, I mean I am! I was walking past some thick grass when something stands out, I kneel down moving the grass away to see a tiny wallet like photo. I take the photo in my hands to see Richard and a woman smiling back at me, just staring at her face I recognised something about her.
"I think you've just found another huge lead" Jordan says from behind me, I turn to look at him sending him a confused look "that woman in the photo, is Lukas's mother" he says with a look, my eyes just go wide staring down at the photo.
Yep, huge lead alert.
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
I wake up in bed with an arm wrapped around me, at first I was confused and kind of worried at where I was and what happened. I look down at the hand and realise it's Toby's, memories of the events from last night start to fill my brain. I feel someone leaning down near my neck, the shivers that ran through my body confirmed it was Toby, I mean who else would it be?"That was definitely one of things I wanted from you" he whispers near my ear, which just makes a smirk form on my lips "I don't know why you refused to let me mark you" he says leaning down and kissing where my mark would be placed, this makes realisation hit and I pull away and jump out of bed."That should have never happened, this was a huge mistake" I say starting to round up my clothes and frantically put them on.&n
I hurry down the hall and towards the main room, as I was talking with the director she's made me five minutes late, I hate being late. I make it to the main door but before I could open it, Morgan stood in the doorway with his arms crossed. This made me nervous that he found out what me and Toby did last night, but actually how would he know that?"Taylor, did you follow my order last night and get a full nights rest?" He asks me with a stern look, I take a quick look behind him where I spot Toby, who raises his eyebrow giving me a smirk."Mostly" I reply turning back to look at Morgan, he gives me another look which told me I had to elaborate "it took me awhile to get off, but after a few hours I slept like a log" I say my eyes darting to Toby once again, who sends me wink.
We drive for around 45 minutes until Brandon, was complaining that he needed the bathroom. I pull up at the side of the road while he does his business, he went off into a bush so none of us could see him. This left me and the guys waiting in the car, I was sat in the front resting my head on my hand when Toby jumps through to the front. While Lukas gets out to stretch his legs, if Toby wanted to be alone in the car he should have just asked."We still have a few more hours to kill, we have to act like we're writing that report that we wrote when we first visited you and than take you back to the alliance" I sigh looking out the window at the fields that go on for miles, I wasn't lying when I told you the alliance is in the middle of nowhere.You can't find this place on a map or anything, it's as though none of this exists. If someone is found trying to locate this place, well let's just say
We were just about to pull up at the alliance, I asked Brandon to hack into the documents that hold all of the security timetables of their shifts. When they ask why we're not logged as leaving, we can simply say the time we arrived and say the person before them didn't write us down, see how my amazing plans work. The guys had blindfolds on while the prisoner was sat how they were before, oh how the times have changed.It's only been a few days since they first arrived here, but yet there's been such a dramatic shift. Toby and I have mated with one another, I'm still not marked even if Toby wants to so bad. You might be thinking that we rushed into things, but some wolves meet and by the same night they're fully mated! Some people just work that quickly! Lukas was less annoying this car ride, it's either he's become less annoying or I'm getting used to it.&