The Case Of The Alpha, page 10
"Help us, Richard has hurt and is planning to hurt so many people, you'll be able to stop that" I say holding my hand out to him, he takes a look back down at the ground then at my hand "do the right thing Henry" I say as the bomb squad pull up, it took them longer than I thought.
Henry nods his head taking my hand, I immediately pull him away from the edge and in for a hug. He cries uncontrollably holding me so tightly.
"I'm sorry" he cries as he went, I hold him tightly saying it was all gonna be okay.
21 Chapter Twenty-One
1427 words
We walk down the stairs in the pack house, the bomb squad start shouting for us and anyone that was left to get out. Henry just shook with fear as we went, I place my hand on his shoulder as we reach the bottom and head towards the door.
"People are gonna hate me when they find out" he says nervously as we reach the door, the whole pack was still waiting behind the barrier.
"We won't discus this with anyone, I told you we were going to get you help" Toby says turning to look at Henry, I send Toby a smile before we all walk through the doors leading outside.
Once we were out, the whole pack just erupts in screams and cheers. Henry couldn't believe his eyes as he looked around, I looked behind me sending a confused look to Toby. The smile didn't leave his lips as we reach the button step, where Morgan and the Gamma Jordan, were standing.
"There he is, the traitor" Jordan snarls over at Henry, who coward away which just gets me all kinds of worked up "you're gonna come with me and I'll teach you a thing or two abou-" he starts to say but I cut him off.
"Actually, he is under the custody of the alliance which means I say what happens, he is under house arrest at his home here until further investigation. Now if you were to try and harm him, you would be interfering with official alliance business, Morgan, can you refresh our memory on your what the sentence is for that" I say looking over at him with a smile, he just smirks walking over to stand closer to me.
"That holds the minimum term of ten years in prison, the maximum is 100" he smiles holding his hands behind his back, I turn my head back to Jordan smiling as I went.
"Now I know that's something you're not gonna want to happen, so I suggest you get back to work and calm all the pack members down" I say looking him dead in the eyes as I spoke, he turns his head looking towards Toby than back at me "if anybody finds out about this, I will make your life a living hell and trust me, I have all the tools at my disposal to do so" I say still not breaking eye contact with him, I got rather protective over Henry if I'm being honest.
Jordan, nods his head and bolts away to the pack members behind the barrier. Morgan shakes his head with a smile, while Henry was escorted away by a alliance member to check for any injuries. Morgan went to talk with some of the bomb people, which just left me and Toby alone at the button of the steps.
"I know what you're gonna say and I'm ready for the lecture" I say turning my body to look at him, he looks down at me with a hint of a smile.
"That was dangerous" he begins the rant I know was coming, I had fully anticipated this when I was on the roof.
"That is my job" I simply reply with a sweet smile, he laughs a little shaking his head as he went, that's not the reaction I thought I was gonna get.
"You're the perfect person for this pack, I heard the pack members discussing how great of a Luna you are, I couldn't agree more" he smiles walking forward and taking my hand, luckily it was the one facing away from all the agents that were everywhere "the way you handled yourself on that roof, it was clear that you care deeply about this pack and everyone in it" he smiles rubbing his finger over my knuckles as he went, I just smile turning to look at all the pack members who were slowly starting to disperse.
"I don't know what happened, I just got this weird feeling that I needed to protect Henry at all costs" I say looking at the ground as I spoke, I've never had a feeling like that before ever.
"That's the Luna of you, even with no wolf you still have the instincts a Luna with a wolf would have" he says placing his hand under his chin to lift my head up "I'm so thankful that I get to have you as my mate, you have made me see that kindness and patience is what helps things run smoothly, I love you" he whispers which makes my eyes go wide and I just stare him out, that's the first time he's said that ever!
"You..love m-me?" I ask looking up at him so confused on what's happening, I wasn't expecting him to say anything like that, he chuckles slightly pulling me closer to him as he went.
"I do, being on that roof today and seeing the incredible person you are, it has never been clearer" he smiles his hands around my waist now, normally I would be scared that other agents would see but I didn't care "you don't have to say it back yet, I just want you to know how I feel" he smiles which does cause a smile to fill my lips, I'm happy he wasn't forcing to say yet it, I mean I love the feeling I get went I'm around him, I just don't know what that feeling is yet.
I look around to see if anyone was looking, most of the agents were getting in cars and beginning to leave. Morgan was helping some people carry the boxes to the cars, while Brandon was talking on the phone to someone. I use this as my opportunity to grab Toby by the shirt and pull him in for a kiss, he was super surprised but kissed back immediately. I pull away sending him a wink before fully moving, Brandon had hung up and was making his way over to us, behind him was Morgan.
"You two need to head back to the alliance, everything we found in that cupboard is being processed and the bomb will be taken apart there also" Morgan says as Brandon stops beside me, he was smiling so I knew he was feeling better about the whole Luisa situation "the new team member is waiting at the alliance, Julian his name is" Morgan says which does make me look to Brandon, the smile soon dropping from his face, he didn't know about the new member either.
"I have to stay here to process the scene a little more, I will take Toby back with me as I know you probably have work to catch up on" Morgan says turning to Toby, who nods his head looking down at me "when you get back, finish going through all the different names of Richards victims to see if there are any clues" Morgan says while looking up at me and Brandon, he could tell we were more focused on the new team member.
"I know this is gonna be a huge swift in the team, but with Riley being gone we needed a new team member. Julian was the best one of all the people that applied, he will be such a great addition to this team" Morgan says as I send a look to Toby before beginning to walk over to the car, I said we'd meet him there and fill the new member in.
"Our team is fine the way it is, we don't need anyone else" he says as I open the car door, I stop surprised and shocked that Brandon would talk back to Morgan "but let's be honest, you just see me as the trigger happy computer nerd, that's why when Riley was here I was never allowed to go with them!" Brandon exclaims kind of causing a scene as he went, Morgan looked so surprised that his jaw could have hit the literal floor.
"Brandon, you are such a vital member of his team, you know we need at least 4 members on each team" Morgan says trying to defend himself, which I didn't think he needed to do.
Brandon just shakes his head walking over to the car, I send him a confused look as he walks passed me and gets in the drivers seat. I shrug my shoulders to Morgan before walking around to the passengers door, where Brandon doesn't even speak and speeds off down the road and out the pack.
Well that was a random outburst.
22 Chapter Twenty-Two
1429 words
The car ride to the alliance was silent, I could just tell by the way Brandon was acting that he wasn't happy. But I didn't actually understand why, having a new member on our team will be great. We get to train him into an incredible agent, that's what me and Riley enjoyed with Brandon. Riley would be the more harsh one out of us, while I would be much more caring and compassionate.
I take a look over at him, he might look annoyed but I could tell by his expression that he was upset more than anything. I sigh looking out the window but then turn to him again.
"Are you really going to allow us to just sit in silence for hours?" I aak breaking the ever-long silence, it was his turn to sigh but does nod.
"Morgan is trying to replace me I just know it" he sighs which does make me give him a weird look, that was far from the truth "before you try and say otherwise, I can just tell" he says looking as though he was about to cry on the spot, where did he even get this idea from?
"Morgan couldn't replace you even if he tried, you are an incredible agent. You've been able to get us information that no one else could, you're the reason that we found out about Richard being Lukas's dad" I say which was hundred percent true, the cases we've solved in the past would have been impossible without Brandon.
"Yeah and look where that got us, I just killed Lukas's mum!" He exclaims the tears now falling down his face, I knew that fact was bothering him more than he was letting on.
"You didn't have any other choice Brandon, it's either you did that or she would have stabbed me, you saved me" I say reaching over and taking his hand, he shakes his head as I wipe his tears away "it gets easier, it's just something that comes with the job" I smile as the alliance comes into view, he shakes his tears away nodding his head as we stop at the gate.
The gate opened immediately as we stop, well that never happens. As we drive in, the security guard sends us a little sympathetic smile, I guess he's find out about what happened. I send one back as Brandon drives us to our building, once we stop he doesn't go to move yet.
"Lukas is in there, what am I gonna say?" He asks looking over at me worriedly, honestly, I didn't have a clue either how we were gonna approach this situation.
"He knows about what's happened, we just have to be honest and say the facts, again this isn't your fault Brandon" I smile before climbing out the car into the fresh air, we'd been at Toby's pack the entire day due Luisa and then the bomb.
It was twilight, this was the only peaceful and quiet moment I've had all day, it felt good. I take a deep breath in before making my way towards the building, Brandon walks close behind me as we walk into the main door. I didn't know what we were gonna be welcomed with when we walk into the main hall, Lukas will one hundred percent have the right to be upset and angry, I mean his mother has just died. But we need to make sure the situation doesn't get out of hand, I wish Morgan was here to help navigate through that but I guess that's my job.
I scan my keycard at the main door, which makes the familiar beeping noise sound. I take hold of the handle before looking back at Brandon, he nods his head putting his game face on as I open the door. In the room, was Lukas who was sat at the table just staring off into space and a new dude, who I'm guessing is Julian. Once Lukas feels our presence he looks up, he immediately jumps out of his seat and rushes over. While at the same time, Brandon moves to stand behind me.
"Are you guys okay, I know you don't look hurt but you could be hiding it?" He asks super worried, another reaction I was not expecting, this seems to be happening a lot lately.
"We're fine Lukas, what we should be asking is if you're okay?" I aak knowing that would be the more logical thing, when he was rushing over I was expecting punches.
"Yes I mean I'm sad as she's mother, but she was never a good mother and was always distracted, it was Peter that raised me to be the man I am today. That crazy bitch goes and stabs him and thinks I'm gonna be crying over her, my main focus is Peter getting through surgery and not her" he corrects me which does make my jaw drop, being honest I could tell she didn't really wanna talk about Lukas when we were there, it was more Ricard than anything.
"Have you heard anything about Peter?" I ask hoping he was out of surgery and we'd all live happily ever after, but he just shakes his head saying he was still in surgery.
"But I know Peter, it's gonna take a lot more than that to keep him down" he says with a little smile, he than turns to Brandon who was stood behind me.
"Brandon, was the one that was forced to shoot her, it's really cutting him up" I was moving slightly so Brandon could be seen, who looks away at the floor to not make eye contact with Lukas.
"Man listen to me, you did what you had to do, don't cut yourself up about it" Lukas says which was what I was telling Brandon in the car, Brandon sends him a little smile but looks away again.
"Hi, I don't wanna cut in to the happy moment we have going on here but I feel like a spare part" the new dude Julian says walking over, oh right he was still standing there "I'm Julian Prickson, you must be Brandon the tech guy, I have heard so much about you and your work" he smiles over to Brandon who was still standing behind me, I turn raising my eyebrow with a smile.
"And you must be Taylor Westlake, the senior field agent, I have seen and heard so many great things about your work, I'm so stoked to be on the same team as you!" He says excitedly but takes a deep breath in to calm himself down, I was more focused on that he called me the senior field agent, I didn't know I was that!
"Well it's lovely to meet you Julian, welcome to the team" I smile as writing on the board catches my attention, Morgan said we need that get that down "enough with all the hellos and welcomes, it's time to get to work, Richard said we're gonna be seeing more from him so we need to find him, hopefully before he can hurt anymore people" I say taking my coat off while picking up a whiteboard pen, Brandon runs behind me while picking his laptop up.
"It's getting late, shouldn't we get some rest and do this all in the morning?" Julian asks from behind me, I forgot he won't be caught up to speed on how we run this.
"The longer this takes us the more time Richard has to hurt more people, we get this done no matter how late it is. You're gonna form a strong relationship with coffee working on this team" I say turning around for a second before going back to the whiteboard, we need to finish going through all of his victims which is taking awhile, he has a lot victims "now, I need you to grab that stack of papers and start reading off names, Brandon will look them up and I will put the relevant information on the board" I say pointing to the huge stacks of papers beside him, it was nearly taller than him.
"When will we sleep?" He asks still not picking up the papers, maybe throwing this pen at his head won't be a good first day for him.
"When we're halfway through those papers" I smile but knew that was gonna take hours, he nods his head nervously while picking up the first one of the stack.
By next week, him and coffee will be in a loving relationship.
23 Chapter Twenty-Three
1719 words
We finished just before the end of the stack of papers, I would have carried on but Julian was literally falling asleep. I could have forced him to carry on but that wouldn't have been right, I also know what next two people will be on that list.
We went to bed around 2am, still Morgan and Toby wasn't back, I was growing worried but I knew if something happened I would have heard about it. Waking up this morning alone was weird, for the last few weeks I've had Toby waking up beside me. But it did mean that I could get up bright and early and start work, the list of victims will be finished in less than an hour so we could get on with more work.
It was around 6am when I walk into the main room, Brandon, Julian and Lukas were already there waiting, but no Morgan. I walk over to his desk slightly where it does calm me, his gun was sat in his draw which meant he and Toby arrived safe last night.
"I heard Toby walking to bed around 4am, so he won't be awake for awhile" Lukas says from across the room, my head went to why he would be awake at that time "I got a call from the hospital, Peter is out of surgery and is slowly getting there" he smiles which causes another wave of relief to take over, I told Peter I wasn't gonna let him die.
"So if Morgan isn't here, what do we do?" Julian asks with a yawn, but I did see the huge to go cup of coffee sat in front of him, that how the relationship starts.
"We get on with work, Morgan doesn't have to be here for us to do that, he gave us our tasks yesterday so we just get on with that" I smile but I do hear the door open behind me, I turn around to see Morgan and Toby making their way into the room.
"Taylor is correct, you don't need me here babysitting you" he says walking over to sit as his desk, while Toby sends me a wink walking over to sit beside Lukas which was behind me "but it is great to see the team in the same room, yesterday was rather eventful, but I'm proud at how this team handled it" he smiles looking over at us, I turn to Brandon who looked a little nervous behind his desk.
"I couldn't agree more sir, now we have two more victims to go through and we're done" Julian speaks up running over to the last pieces of paper, Morgan and I soon make eye contact as he picks the first up "Taylor, aren't you gonna write on the board?" He asks giving me a confused look, I look away from Morgan and plaster a fake smile on my face while picking the white board pen up.
"We don't have to read the last two out, most of us here know all the facts" Morgan interjects rising from his chair, he walks over to me about to take the pen but I shake my head.
"No it's okay, we need to put all the facts together to get a clear picture" I smile taking the cap off the pen while hanging the first photo up, a young 12 year old boy looking back at me.
"Riley Wilson, aged 12. He was found by a passerby at the early morning hours of April 12th" Julian begins to read out, I place all the information down but I was finished writing before Julian finished reading "he was beaten with a tree trunk than left for dead, along with his parents" Julian finishes before picking up the final piece of paper, I sigh a little taking a look to Morgan while picking up the last photo.
