I wasn’t sure what I was expecting, but this wasn’t it. Orpheus was a taller man with his hair in a man bun at the base of his neck. His red eyes really made his very chiseled jaw line pop. Even with being on the skinnier side, he was dressed slightly more in old school than what you would see in a magazine. I had to glance back at Estella. She looked nothing like her father, so she must take after her mother. With long curly hair that went to her butt, it was almost a brownish red. Her petite frame was on display, with a very modern dress. Cassius and Andreas looked like younger versions of their bad but with short hair and more muscle. “I have multiple reports on my desk about a wolf causing a great deal of disturbance around here.” Orpheus took the head seat with either boy on both sides. “I apologize for that. No one would point me to you and instead, tried to kill me after auctioning me off. I don’t exactly take kindly to that… either.” I said, trying to sound polite but firm.

“I think I am good.” I said as I looked at myself in the mirror. After showering, I had picked out clothes to wear today. They were comfortable to travel in but still work appropriate. Keeping it simple with a flowy light purple blouse and black dress shorts. Thankfully, they had sandals in my size. “Good. It is almost time to leave.” Jet was buttoning up his white shirt. He picked a loose fitting jeans but still tight enough that I could see his shapely ass. What surprised me was the boots he picked out to wear with it. “This is going to be a long flight.” I said to Jet. “That it will be. I would say try to keep your temper, but that was fucking sexy last night.” Jet came up behind me and slipped his arms around my waist. His lips gently kissed my neck, causing goosebumps to travel down my spine. “Keep that up and we will miss our flight.” I laughed. Knock! Knock! Knock! Jet sighed and walked over to the door. “Hello.” He said as he opened it. “It’s time.” A butler said. “

I had another wave of motion sickness as the helicopter started to basically fall from the sky. This time, I had to cover my mouth with my hand to keep everything down. I had hoped by not eating breakfast that I would handle this better, but I was wrong. “You going to make it?” Justina laughed at me as I bolted out of the helicopter after it landed. My hands were on my knees as I tried to keep what little food I had in me down. “Doubtful.” I responded. We were in a new location than last time. Jet had told me this morning that he had some guys flying over and found a group of them in another cave. I guess they had killed some bears and were hanging around. “I’m not sure how you guys hunt or anything, but as soon as they figure out we are here, they will attack. You might be more adapted to killing them since they are more vampire than a wolf in that aspect.” I said. “I’m looking forward to this!” Cassius rubbed his hands together as he took off, leading us towards the vamolves.

“Ivory…” Jet said in a sickening sweet, soft voice. My heart dropped as my eyes instantly filled with tears. “NO!” I yelled. “WHERE ARE THEY?” turning in circles, I looking around for someone to yell, ‘joking!’. “Follow me.” I turned back around to see Colt jog down the street. I couldn’t even feel the pavement under me as I jogged beside him. Each block we went, I was frantically searching for any signs of my parents. Just something, anything really. Maybe a shoe or maybe they had on a jacket. It wasn’t until Colt stopped jogging that I saw a group of three men standing and looking down. My eyes traveled to that ground to see two people laying there… not moving. “MOM! DAD!” I yelled as I started sprinting again. “IVORY!” Jet called behind me. I didn’t stop, I couldn’t stop. My legs somehow made it within six feet before I collapsed. Whoever the three people were, moved out of my way as I crawled to my parents. Cradling my mom’s head in my lap, the tears poured down my face.

The next morning came too quickly. After the night Jet gave me, I felt a little more ready to tackle the day. There is something to be said about using sex with our mate as a way to get all your emotions out. Reaching across the bed, only cold sheets met my hand. Lifting my head up slightly, from what I could see through my eyelashes, Jet wasn’t in bed. There wasn’t a note on his pillow, either. “Love?” I asked, through the mind-link as my head fell back against the pillow. I felt his humor. “How are you?” He asked with a slightly flirty tone. “Not sore enough.” I was being ornery. “Hmm, is that so?” I could physically see his eyebrow lift as his mouth twitched. “Might need you to come back and do that again.” I responded as I rolled myself up like a burrito, not ready to start my day. “As much as I would love to, it is almost noon and I am trying to get ready so we can leave tomorrow.” My heart crashed as reality came back to hit me. We still had a job to do, and that did