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#11 Cara

The hours were passing as we went through setting up my on line dating profile. I hit send and felt a shiver go through my spine. the plan was in motion. We then spent the rest of the time trying to match the remains to pictures of the women in the grave sites. By the end of the night we had matched the remains of all the women and she wolves. There were still so many pictures unaccounted for. This weighed heavily on me. Where were they and were they dead like the other women we found. How did this man find out about supernaturals? There were just so many unanswered questions and I hated going into things blindly. This case was different though because we had no more answers and the only way to get them was by placing myself in danger. "what's wrong?" I hadn't even realized he was staring at me now as I let my thoughts ravage my brain.

I sghed and sat back placing my hands behind my head. I was exasperated and frustrated with the lack of answers."It's just that this feels like we are missing something. Are these other women in in graves at other pack? I mean that is a real possiblity and how is it that no one has noticed any of these women missing? How did this guy find out about super naturals in the first place? Just somany questons swirling around in my head and not one single one of the is answered. I'm just frustrated. I am usually better than this." I knew I was going to be checking in with my handler soon and having to report what I knew and I was afraid it wasn't enough to satisfy them and keep them at bay. "Liam," a thought was forming in my mind. something that would need more hunters going to different packs since there was no way for me to do it all myself. "I think I need to involve more hunters."

He looked like his feelings were flashing between disdain and confusion and shock. I was shocked at my thoughts also but I knew we needed to know if other packs were having problems like this one. This could be bigger than we thought. What if this person or persons knew where other packs were also and were targeting them as well without them even knowing. This could very well be less isolated than we thought. If that were the case than we were dealing with a very well organized plan and need to figure out how many we are dealing with. "what do you mean we need more hunters? I am not sure Alpha Gray is going to sign off on this."

I shook my head wishing I didn't have to pull rank like this but it was neccessary. I would give the Alpha the curtousy of knowing the plan but at this point this might be bigger than just one or two packs and he woud have to sit back and let me do my job. I kne the lycan king may have to be involved and invoke martial law on all packs around the world. "It doesn't matter if he likes it or not. I need to get other hunters to go to all the packs in the world and see if the same thing is happening to any of them as well. I also, need to contact the lycan King and inform him this may not be an isolated incident. This may be a very well organized group and we need to start figuring out who is the one in control. I believe this group knows the locations of every pack. This is bigger than one alphas ego. It will be up to the lycan king how we proceed from here." I was already dialing my number to my handler. She answered with her same non emotional voice that remained monotone as she spoke. I was never sure if this anonymous person on the other line had any emotions or not. Handlers were trained differently but al hunters were strict with weakness. Showing weakness was a sure death sentence. "Princess Cara with news. Need immediate assistance to every shifter pack. there has been a breech of the locations of every shifter pack. Every pack needs to be checked for mass graves of both she shifters and humans. there will be two seprate graves fairly close and it will be semi conceiled."

It was the first time i had ever heard her voice falter when she spoke. There was a slight panic to her tone that had never been there before. "Did you just say the location of every shifter pack has been comprimised?"

"yes every shifter pack in the world. I am informing the Lycan king now. It is an organized group called the mercinaries of enlightenment. A group whose soul purpose is the anilation of all shifters. It is an immediate threat and we have a lead on one member of the group but we need more to get to the leader of who is behind all of this. we have identified the human women and she wolves here inthis pack but there are much more missing. All with the same type of backgrounds. This could be a trap to start a war between humans and shifters. Tell the hunters to proceed with caution there is no evidence if this is shofter or human but there is an off chance that this is ex hunter."

I heard her gasp as the realization of what I said settled in. It was overwhelming and hard to understand how a hunter could do something of the sort. It could mean the death of all shifter kind and in turn hunter kind as well. "Did yo say hunters?"

"Yes, please inform the king and Queen and I will be informing the Lycan king to see how he wants to proceed from there. Princess Cara out." Then without another word I hung up the phone."LIam it's time we go inform your alpha on everything."

I wasn't impressed with the alpha but he was the alpha and deserved enough respect to be briefed on what was happening. It was more for the protection of the pack that was still currently in the dark to the situation that has happened and continues to happen. The pack now needed to know the truth. I waited in Liams office for the alpha to arrive. I was only able to mindlink Liam because of the completion of our mate bond and since I was not a part of the pack that was where I was limited to. I was actaully ok with this. the less linking me to Alpha Gray felt safer to me. It would be hard for someone like him to deal with a member having more authority than he did. Even if I was denounced as a hunter I would still outrank him since I was a born princess. It conflicted with his authority. I still found it odd how the Alpha had been so hands off with the entire investigation. I would think that someone of his stature would want to be all in. It was rare but not completely unheard of. He didn't even bother to knock as he came into the office. He was clearly drunk. He could barely keep himself up as he stumbled to the chair in which Liam had previously been sitting.

He was leaning over one side of the chair and tried to speak. His breath wreaked of whiskey and cigars. His words came out in a slow slur. "vhat you vant lemum." I looked up to Liams eyes concerned for the Alphas well being. I watched as he grabbed a small wastebasket and hurled into it relieving himself from any whiskey still left in his stomach.

I grabbed a cloth from the little sink in the bathroom connected to the office an dwet it down. I walked over and patted the Alphas face with it."We can go over it tomorrow Alpha Gray. Can I help you back to your home? "

He grew visibly angry at my presence. I wasn't even sure what I had done to him. No other Alpha had ever treated me with such hate before. Not that they wanted a hunter hanging around but I had never had any of them treat me the way he did. Pure unfitered hate. "I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP PRINCESS!" If his voice could shoot daggers he would be shooting them right at me. Not only was the Alpha an arrogant asshole but he was a slobbering drunk. I was finally understanding why he was so hands off with this investigation. He was too busy drinking and falling over slobbering drunk while everyone else did the duties of the alpha.

He stood up stumbling aggressivley towards me. I didn't even think twice I leaped out of the way as he lunged towards me and i kicked my leg out as he stumbled and dropped to the floor. There was a loud thud and crashing as he fell to the ground. He lay there still as can be. the room filled with his snores. I looked up again at Liam his mouth hung open in complete shock. "I have never sseen him get liek that before. I mean he is always drunk. He usually passes out. I have never seen him attack anyone like that let alone a female." I had my doubts that he only tried to attack me. I worried for his wife and kids. I bet she kept this as quiet as possible trying to hide the shame he made her feel. Little did the alpha realize I was of higher authority than he was and Since I out ranked him he could be held for treason for attacking me. I looked at Liam sympathetically.