#15 Cara
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It was about an hour before the Alpha came to Liams office. He was diaheveled and his eyes were blood shot. I could tell Liam was still sympathetic to him. I was not. I had a nagging feeling that either he or his gamma was leaking information and it could be that meant one of them was doing having callahan murder humans and shifters. My mercy could mean more people die. At this point I was going blindly. It was something I wasn't used to and definetely do not like. Alpha Gray came in and sat down without knocking. He was used to being in command. I just went about not looking up at him as I researched callahan. "Alpha, i have some things i need to share with you. It is important that you know so you can better prepare your pack to keep them safe."
He shook his head not really saying any words. it made me uneasy his indifference to me. He had a hate seething inside of him. It was boiling under the surface waiting to spew out. I waited for him to answer me. I wasn't giving in to his behavior. "what is it Princess Cara." i could tell he was strained when he spoke to me.
"I may have found who is doing this. I may have found our guy." he shifted uncomfortably in his chair. I watched his every move studying his behavior. "I meet him tomorrow at 6. He is going on a date with me and we are meeting in the city. I think we will need warriors to help with surveilance. i already contacted the council and they will be ready to recieve him." He looked pale. The color had drained from his face. He was clamy and uncomfortable. The problem with this is I knew he was going though withdrawls which could explain all of his symtpoms. "Anyways I thought you should know. The council will be here as soon as we catch him and they will lead the investigation from there."
"Sounds good. I may be down for a couple of days. I'm not feeling so well. Please keep me informed." I watched as he got up and quickly left the office. I got up and tried to follow him to see where he would go but he was gone and I couldn't find him.
"Liam can yo fid his scent?" Liam was beside me as I searched.
"It is faint but I think he went towards the kitchen. there is a service entrance there for omegas to use. we can try there." we followed the scent towards the kitchen. "I can't smell it anymore. It's just gone."
"is it possible to have a way to cover a scent? It shouldn't be gone like that. If there is a way to cover a scent than that would be how the bodies were able to be placed without any trace."
"there is a root that you can boil into a liquid and spray it on. Most of the time this root only grows in wooded areas not the desert. It is possible to get though. it would just be rare here." Liam was running his hand through his hair in frustration. I knew this was a lot to take in. My heart was breaking for him. It was definitely a new feeling for me. It was hard to navigate other peoples feelings.
"Liam, I just wanted to say sorry about all of this. This isn't what I wanted. I am trying to make sure this is as easy as possible for you." I was deeply uncomfortable with this new path in life. I knew I needed to make an effort for his sake.
He pulled me closer to him not even caring we were in the open. He cupped one hand on my cheek as he whispered in my ear."Never be sorry for doing the right thing and being who you are. You see things others don't. I admire everything about you."
"I think that the Alpha may have aquired some of that spray. I think he is masking his scent." I knew I was right but now I had to prove it. Proving it would not be easy. "I need to set up the fake date. Oh and I did find something on a Callahan Foster. He lives in the city. I even have his address. we need to go check it out."
he looked at me in shock. "you have all the info for him already? My baby is good."With a small kiss to my lips we were headig out of the pack territory towards the city. The dream still nagged at me. It was the figure I couldn't see that was pulling at my mind. It felt so familiar to me yet I couldn't place him. Someting was off that I couldn't quite see. Something I was missing.
"I keep thinking I am missing something. Something is starring me in the face and I am missing it. "
"We are here. The house doesn't look like much. Maybe we can sneak around it some?" Liam was so handsome and all I wanted was to take him right then and there. The mate bond was definetley getting stronger. The house was shabby. The frame was dilapitated and looked like it needed repairs. The stairs were falling apart and it looked as though it hadn't been lived in for years. The only sign there was life there was a car parked there that was newer than the house. i got out of the car walking by the house at first assessing if there were cameras. i crept into the driveway peering into the car. nothing personal was in it so i moved towards the tiny dingy window in the garage. There right before me was truck matching the one we thought was involved in dumping the bodies. It sat there not even covered up. I was still waiting on the hunters to check in from other packs. I was certain there wold be mass graves in all of them. I was pretty sure this was an elaborate scheme. There was no way this was isolated. I checked the door attached to the garage.
"damn it! It is locked. this is the truck Liam. this might be the place the girls on your territory have been kept before being dumped there."
"I don't smell shifter. I smell human. Lets look aorund some more. Just be careful." i shook my head and we made our way towards the back of the house. there was a large window looking into the kitchen. The house looked empty.
I was looking around the perimeter when I thought I heard something. "Do you hear that?" we sat there quietly for a second. There were voices coming from the basement window that was open. It was a tiny window with barely any visiblity but I could hear girls crying and begging for mercy. Then another voice screaming for them to shut up. I leapt into action and ran right through the back door. There in the kitchen waas the door leading to the basement. :iam was hot behind me. I swung open the door to the basement and ran down the long dark stairs. I knew it was dangerous but I also knew the women didn't have much time left. their survival was neccessary. "Liam stay back and make sure no one else is in the hosue. We may need back up call the pack warriors!" I yelled out to him as i ran to the bottom of the stairs. TH eroom was filled with a stench of death and urine. The fear coming from the girls that were still living was swirling around. There stood a man that was stripping one of the girls. He looked up just in time to see my fist punch him in the face. I didn't wait for him to fall to the ground. I jumped on top of him allowing my fists to pound his face over and voer again. I didn't leave him until I was satisfied he was no longer moving. I made my way quickly to the poor girl that was being attacked and untied her quickly. I looked around to see at least a dozen more girls there tied up. they were in various states of health. They had been beaten and broken down and it felt like I got here before they were murdered. The sick bastard was going to rape them before killing them. I made quick work to cuff the bastard to a pole so he couldn't escape. I made my way up the stairs with the girs in tow. "Liam?" I piled into the kitchen but Liam wasn't there."Liam?" no one asnwered back. i pulled out my phone and made a call to Alpha Gray.the phone wrang and no one picked up. "Fuck." I decided to call my handler. I was going ot need help and I needed to find Liam. Where was he? I had just hung up when Liam walked through the door. He was stumbling slightly through the door frame. "Liam?" he fell to the ground blood covering his shirt.
"Get out of here! take the girs and go!"
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