"Duh what's the likelihood that I didn't get her number, but managed to get the address? Shit Connor."
Laughing Connor was starting to find this amusing. "Let's go to the third and least favourable option, give her name to our friendly police officer and trace her that way."
Ben could feel the realisation set in, and knew how this would look. He also knew how long it would take to live this down. Looking at Connor sprawled in one of the chairs, Ben sighed and confessed.
"The thing is, I kind of didn't get her name either, in fact I know nothing about her." Ben dropped his head into his hands. Connor however, took a different stance and promptly burst out laughing.
"Let me make sure I got this right. You, Alpha of Silver Pack have finally met your mate, which some of us have been trying to do for decades, for some it is centuries even. Now here's the kicker, you know nothing about her, other than that she is your mate. You have no way of finding her, and will need to ask our police friend for help which he may give, but only after he has picked himself up off the floor laughing. Shit Ben this is good, don't you worry you don't have to tell anyone, I will do it for you, I'm good like that."
With that Connor walked off laughing, he had no doubt that his friend would make good and tell everyone. Shit where to start he couldn't even go to the cab company, it was a stand used by many companies and independent drivers. After all these years he had found her and lost her in the space of half an hour, what the hell was he going to do?
Chapter 4
As she wandered through her house she could hear the sounds through the doors, screams, grunts, whips, crying, all were indicators of a good day at the office. She ran a supply and demand business; people were supplied when demanded. It didn't matter what the demand was it was supplied and if she didn't have something to meet the demand, she sent a message and it was delivered within twenty four hours.
Each of the rooms had the equipment needed, some had swinging chairs and others had an array of whips and chains, sex toys, masks, and candles, nothing was too hard to get. All had beds with handcuffs attached to the posts, and discreet cameras built into the door frame as well as the curtain poles. The cameras were strategically placed to see what was happening in each room from every angle.
This room housed at least ten screens that monitored what was happening in and out of the house. Near to the front of the house was a discreet garage where she could park her numerous cars. Clients never saw her; she had other people for that and she remained nameless. Her current name was not even on the deeds to the house, and she could only be linked to one legitimate mundane business.
It had taken twenty years to build her little empire, she had lost some business when everyone decided to be friends and live together. Before that she had her own herd of personal volunteers from other species. Even now with the new laws she had no fear that she would be turned over to any sort of authority, customers and staff were collected and brought to the house blindfolded by Alex or others. Now that society had accepted the likes of fairies, vampires, shifters and witches, she had moved on, she now catered to the more deviant tastes which meant she could increase her prices substantially.
She had only two servants who knew her identity as well as those who she kept prisoner, they this didn’t matter they weren't going anywhere. Alex and Susan had been with her for years and were now loyal to her, it had taken fifteen years of brutal domination to achieve it, but it had worked. Alex answered to her and Susan answered to both her and Alex, when she wasn't here she knew Alex ensured that Susan remained loyal to her; he had trained Susans body the way she had taught him to and the way she had trained his.
She had others in her employ of course but they dealt with Alex or Susan. Flipping through the screens she found Alex and Susan, in Susan's room. He had her bent over the bed, her wrists handcuffed to the end of the bed. She had welt marks on her back from where Alex had clearly whipped her before thrusting into her hard from behind. She changed to the other camera so that she could see the pain on Susan's face. She pictured Alex pounding into that bitch Lucky, however when that happened she wouldn't be watching from this room, she would be in there watching up close and personally.
Logging into the computer she arranged four more bookings for tonight, with modern day technology she had no need to speak to clients. Checking the status of the other rooms she was happy. Some of her employees chose to be here, she had several other staff members including vampires and witches, she kept these employees to a minimum, paying wages cut into her profits, and other species were harder to contain than the humans. What did a few humans matter, there were so many of them meaning there were enough to lose a few here and there with no-one noticing. She never procured children, people noticed when they went missing, and no matter how big the city is eventually children were noticed.
Ch apter 5
Lucky was still angry for being so stupid, she was also pissed off with him whoever HE was, bewitched my ass. When a week later he was still in her brain, she was starting to get worried about her own mental health. Maybe she needed to have sex more often, she could still feel him in her body and she could still feel his mouth on hers. As she stood in a hot shower which she was thinking of turning to cold she contemplated that night, just thinking of him inside of her, touching her, and kissing her was making the shower too hot, sliding her hands down her breasts, her body started to react just at the memory.
As she dried herself off Lucky was surprised that she did not feel satisfied, she actually felt empty, sex had never been a high priority for her so these feelings of wanting more were confusing. Lucky had enjoyed sex with Phil even though she had never quite reached that pinnacle. She had honestly started to think that the almighty 'O' that people talked about was something of an exaggeration, until she had met him.
Since separating from Phil, Lucky had met a couple of men and had sex with them, the difference though was that she had met them on several occasions, and knew their names and other pertinent details about them before the sex. She had however never felt any sort of connection with them, and she never pursued any sort of relationship. What Lucky had realised many years ago was that if she wanted to reach some sort of full release she needed to do it herself, until she had met him.
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Ben was struggling to concentrate AGAIN, how hard was it to find someone? He had even swallowed his pride and asked someone he had thought of as a friend for help, however Ben was no longer comfortable referring to him as a friend, not after he had spent at least ten minutes laughing before he agreed to help him.
The pack was in an uproar, his father and the pack elders were unhappy that he had lost her; they had made their opinion clear in that as the Alpha, he should set the example to the other wolves. The other wolves including his brother seemed to think that it questioned his status as a virile male. His supposed friends couldn't look at him without laughing. Ben had been sat in the board meeting for the last two hours and had contributed little due to his poor concentration.
"Ben honey hello. Are you there? Are you thinking of your mate dear? Don't worry I am sure she will turn up soon, oh sweetheart." Ben saw his mother stand with the intention of coming towards him; surely she didn't mean to hug him in a board meeting.
"Mom I am fine just a little distracted, it has nothing to do with her. Let's continue, we have student night at the club tonight, so I need to leave shortly."
Student night was held in Silvers every third Wednesday, open to all the teens up to seventeen year olds, it was quite a relaxed and informal night. As an alcohol free night, it allowed Ben to try out new staff members and entertain the local youngsters. It was actually turning out to be popular, and as such a hectic few hours, tonight they were short staffed so he would be around to help out wherever he was needed. It might help to focus him a little more.
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When he finally arrived the bar upstairs was incredibly busy, which in part was due
to Andy who was one of the pups trying his hand in the business as a DJ. At only seventeen years old, he was too young to work the other nights, but had quite a following on the student nights. The pups in the pack also enjoyed these nights, they got to know some of the other young people in the area, some they already knew from school, but it also catered to a wider group. The pups themselves were quite popular, they were the same or similar ages to the other humans in attendance though they were stronger than the human males, and their pheromones attracted a lot of the females.
Ben was headed downstairs to the Chill Out room, but as he walked past the alcove he heard a female cry.
"Tom stop what are you doing?"
"Fucks sake Beth, just stop being a cock tease and touch it." The boy's voice was harsh and forceful inciting Ben's anger.
"No Tom let me go now."
"You say you love me, well clearly you don't."
Now that did not sound right, Ben walked around the corner so he was directly facing the alcove. He saw a young blonde girl pinned to the wall by some adolescent boy with his hand round her throat, his other hand was trying to push her hand down. Not good at all.
"I think she told you to let her go." Ben growled at the male. The little shit, force was something that riled Ben. Women should be valued and respected; they should certainly not be abused.
"Hey dude she was joking, it's my girlfriend you know how it is, now fuck off." The pompous little prick had not even turned around to check out the threat, what an idiot.
"Let me suggest you get your hands off her now." Ben was getting angry and he was surprised the prick didn't hear it in his tone.
"I said Fuck OFF." He dared to challenge him.
"Not happening." Ben grabbed the boy's hand and pulled it twisting it behind his back.
"When a lady says no, it means no. Now get out of my club and don't come back, you won't get in the door again." Paul came up the stairs and Ben handed the little ass over, leaving him with the frightened girl.
"Hey are you okay, why don't you sit on the steps for a minute?"
Ben sat next to her. "Please tell me that he is no longer your boyfriend? You do know that he's a jerk right? Do you want me to ring you mother to come get you?"
Shit what did he do now, he had started rambling? If a member of the pack had done this he would have handed out a beating to rival any, their women were precious. He couldn’t do this in this situation not when the boy was human, and so was the girl in front of him.
"Yeah your right he is a jerk, funny thing is my parents hate him. My mom's at work but I have sent a text to my dad; he will come and collect me." Checking her watch she stood to leave. "He'll be here in a couple of minutes, I had better head out. He's lucky that my mom is at work, she would literally rip him apart."
"I will walk you out if you don't mind. If you want to make a statement to the police, tell them to ask for Ben." He felt responsible, this was his club and he had a responsibility to his patrons.
He saw her dad pull up and she rushed off to the car. Ben quickly told her dad what had happened, he watched as her dad hugged her tightly, heard as she sniffled a little. He felt a pang of longing; he hoped that when he had children, they would turn to him if they were upset or hurt. Then again he would kill anyone who did that to any child of his. As she went to get in the car she turned and shouted his name.
"Ben, thank you."
"Anytime Blondie." Smiling he headed back to the club, unfortunately he was not quick enough.
"Hey Ben." Oh god not now, he turned knowing who he was going to find, he knew that voice.
"Hey Michaela how was the holiday? I didn't expect to see you again." Why did he have to go and have sex with a woman, no not a woman but a wolf hungry bimbo?
"I thought you were going home to be mated to Andre, Michaela."
Poor Andre, Ben had met the second in command of the Las Vegas Pack a couple of years ago, and he seemed a likeable guy, why he would want to be mated to Michaela was beyond him. Unfortunately she had passed through Silver's just as the full moon was rising, they both had sexual urges to itch, and she was only in town that one night, on route to the airport for a three week trip to Greece. He hadn't seen the harm in one night, until now.
She sidled up to him. "Let's go inside Ben I missed you, didn't Connor tell you that I called?"
With her short severe cut, blonde hair she was attractive, but everything she did was aimed at looking attractive, there was nothing natural. She wore make up that highlighted her features, she was always in skirts or dresses that were a little too tight and short. Tonight she was immaculate as usual.
The bastard! He was going to kill Connor. "No for some reason he forgot to tell me, don't worry I will have words with him."
"I have to say Ben, I thought your staff were more organised than that, clearly Connor is slipping. He failed to inform the door staff I was coming; they had the nerve to tell me that I was too old."
Ben had to swallow the laughter that came from nowhere. "That is because it's teen night, and Connor isn't staff he's family."
"Really Ben you know better than that. In business it helps to keep a level of separation, a distance between employee and employer." She was trying to close the distance between them, trying to slide her hands up his chest.
"I will bear that in mind; anyway what's brought you back this way. I thought you would be mated by now." Let it be a flying visit please god, but Ben had a sinking feeling it wasn’t.
She looked him in the eye and suddenly he felt like a deer caught in car headlights. Stepping closer she stroked his cheek.
"All of the time that I have been away, I haven't been able to stop thinking about that night. You are a strong and virile alpha and I have been thinking about my plans with Andre. I think we would both agree that mating with him would be unfair to him and us. My loyalty is not to him Ben; I think you know what I am saying."
God damn it he did, and he didn't like the way this was going.
"Look Michaela I am flattered, I really am but things have changed for me since we last met. This won't work for me." He was stepping back away from her as she continued stepping forward.
"Do we have to do this outside, why don't we go to your office and discuss this further?" She ran her hand down his chest and was quickly heading south, until he moved away again.
"I assure you Michaela this won't work. I have met my mate and she's amazing." The words just tumbled from Ben's mouth; his main thought was to get away from Michaela.
She actually looked affronted. "You don't really believe that nonsense do you? Listen if we had to wait for that one elusive mate, the breed would have died out a long time ago. How about we go upstairs, and I can show you exactly what will keep you warm at night." She started to move her face towards his lips.
"Thanks but I'll pass." Ben could see things were going downhill fast and did he just see Michaela stamp her foot at him? Yes she most certainly did.
"I don't think you understand, no one says no to me, no one Ben." Her voice had a hint of disgust running through it and as he watched her walk away he felt sympathy for Andre, who would no doubt have a difficult time being mated to Michaela. Even if he had not met his mate, Michaela was nothing more than a distraction and both of them had agreed on that in advance.
As he headed into the club, Connor and Nicky were sat at the front desk. "Shit Ben I completely forgot, Michaela called she is going to pop in later. Apparently she wants to talk to you about something." Connor and Nicky were trying hard not to laugh, and failing abysmally.
"Screw you and do some work." As he went past them, he threw some fliers at them before dodging the towel that flew towards him in retaliation.
Chapter 6
Ben stood looking out of the window gazing at the land owned by the pack. Sat on 70 acres and nestled on the outskirts of New York it was immense, with the houses, a gym, a swimming pool, parks and a lake, it was more than a pack, it was a community. Surrounded by woods, they
had built everything they needed to be sustainable. The pack was a prominent organisation in New York and enjoyed being part of said society, but this was their haven, their sanctuary, their home.
During his time at University Ben had visited other packs; getting a feel for the different ways each pack functioned. Although packs were loyal they also made links with other packs for a variety of reasons, including business and on occasions mating. It didn't matter how many packs he met, there was nothing like Silver. They had managed to progress with the times whilst retaining their closeness, a closeness that had made them a force to be reckoned with. The pups were raised knowing the land and how to survive by land alone, but he liked to think that they had embraced the progressive nature of the world. As he watched the pups playing outside, he felt a surge of pride for what they had achieved so far.
Over the past ten years everyone in the pack had started to develop their own skills, more than they had previously, so they now had their own experts including doctors, security specialists, computer techs and accountants. Every skill was utilised in the pack, it didn't matter how insignificant the gift, each member of the pack had made Silvers Inc. a large corporation specialising in several fields.
Unlike some other packs, they were willing to accept new members but only if they were able to demonstrate their loyalty to the pack. In some packs it was normal practice to exile members, or in some cases they kill those with special talents such as an ability to wield magic, talents that Silver Pack considered unique, where some packs saw these gifts as threats.
Most other packs refused to accept these exiled members, fearing they would dilute the lineage within the pack. Ben and the Silver pack saw all people as strengths, recognising that lineage alone did not make a pack strong, loyalty and commitment however did. Some of the most prominent pack members were those ostracized from their own pack. Historically this made Silver vulnerable to attack but over the last 250 or so years, they had made their mark and were rarely bothered by others packs now. Ben still had to deal with the occasional challenge as did all Alpha's; at any time someone could challenge him for the right to be Alpha, Ben in turn would have to accept the challenge, if he lost the role of Alpha would pass to the victor and then to their offspring.
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