by Bryce Evans
“Edward, I don’t know if you know Adrianna’s other mate, Cade Maxwell,” Samson stated.
Edward hated wolves. He looked over at Cade with a snobbish look that told Cade he was beneath him. “Oh yes, I think I heard about that too. Oh well, you can’t win them all, my boy.” Edward was looking at Samson when he said it. Samson knew Edward was telling him with a look that he pitied him having to share with a dog.
Cade snorted since he didn’t care what the fool thought. When he was done with him, he would show the man who was better.
Adrianna got on her feet. “Oh Mr. Jonas, did you come in the big limo that has the TV and computer in it?”
“Yes my dear, I did.”
“Oh my God, please can I get in it? I have only read about it. You know it’s the best on the market, they say. We don’t have anything like it here.”
Edward Jonas looked like he had won the lottery. “Why yes, my dear, it is the best. The Vampire Council requires the best.
“Hey, let’s take a group picture of everybody in front of the car. Would that be okay Mr. Jonas? Then we could hang the picture on our wall.”
Well if that didn’t do it, nothing would, Damen thought. Adrianna needed an Oscar for her performance tonight. The dumb ass didn’t know his enemies well because Adrianna could care less about the damn car.
Afton was looking at Adrianna as if she had swallowed an elephant. What was she doing with this fool?
“Okay, let’s get everybody together and take a picture in front of the car.” Adrianna ushered everyone outside. She asked if Mr. Jonas and his Guards could stand front and center. She put everybody else around them. She looked at Damen and he knew what to do.
“Oh Damen, since there isn’t enough room for you guys in the picture, open the door in the back and stand on the side so you and Declan will be in the picture. Oh sorry Mr. Jonas, you don’t mind, do you?”
“Not at all my dear, the more the merrier, I say.”
Damen and Declan smiled at each other then opened the door. He slipped the bug into the back seat of the limo and then stood on the back so he could be in the picture. Adrianna was a hoot. She put her arm around Edward Jonas and cheesed for the picture. She had to be the only one of her group that smiled.
Once the picture was taken, Edward grabbed Adrianna and Samson’s hand congratulating them. He didn’t even acknowledge Cade. He said his goodbyes and returned to the car leaving.
As his car was pulling out of the driveway, Adrianna looked at Damen and said, “Well, did you get it?”
Damen smiled. “I got the dumbass.”
“What’s going on?” Afton asked.
“Well, when we went into the kitchen, Adrianna reminded me about my tracker and bugging equipment. We are tracking the fucker and we are going to listen to him in the car. He will call someone and then he will lead us to Selena.”
“I knew something was up,” Cade said laughing. “What a prick, Samson. How do you deal with him?”
Samson looked at Cade, apologizing for his leader’s actions, “I’m sorry, Cade. You didn’t deserve how he acted.”
“Look buddy, he’s a traitor to your kind and mine. He didn’t bother me in the least. I’m secure with myself. The man is going to die for doing this.”
“Yes, he is. I’m going to make sure of it,” Afton muttered with rage in his voice.
Declan came in the front door with a computer. “Okay, the tracker is doing its job and we are following him. He is also making a call and look at the number. It’s the same number Lilly gave us.” They listened as Edward Jonas made his call.
“Well? What did you find out?” A female voice demanded.
“That’s Dalley Cord,” Mace said.
“They don’t know anything. I don’t even know if he cares that his mate is missing. They were having a party when I arrived. They are so stupid and this would be the perfect time to strike, when they least expect it,” Edward muttered.
“Well, if the Master wants us to strike, he will tell us. He needs Adrianna to gain control of the packs and then the Vampire Council. He says Adrianna is the key to this. He plans to take her in the next couple of days when she least expects it. The Master knows what he’s doing, so don’t question him. They know there is a party planned in her honor Saturday. He plans to take her then. Are you on your way back to the compound?” Dalley sighed, hating that she even had to communicate with the Vampire.
“Yes, I have to change clothes, I have plans tonight. I’m headed to the Nest.” Edward couldn’t wait to change clothes then go to the Plasma Nest. It was one of the places that catered to vampires and the paranormal. He loved it. However, he knew he needed to be more careful with the women he chose tonight. He didn’t need to kill anyone. He just wanted to play. It wasn’t his fault they couldn’t take the punishment. They shouldn’t work there if they couldn’t take what he offered. He would ask for Torture tonight. She was highly requested. She could take the punishment and dish it out too. Edward liked to give punishment and then receive it from the girls. However, some of them never lived to punish. Edward thought about the scar the Master gave him and the need to let off a little steam tonight.
“Hope she can take it. She may earn her nickname tonight, ‘Torture,’” Edward whispered to himself laughing.
Afton heard Edward talk about the Plasma Nest. He knew about place and what went on there. It wasn’t a place he went, but a lot of his kind did because they could be themselves and not have to worry about who saw them. Afton also knew the girl Edward referred to. Torture was a one of Selena’s friends. She had run away from home because of an abusive father who beat her. She met up with a man who was a Rogue wolf. During their brief time together, he beat, and then cut Torture all over her face. Selena found her on the side of the road bleeding. Selena performed a spell that took most of the scars away. They had stayed friends and Selena kept in touch with her. Afton knew he could call Torture and she would take care of Edward tonight. Selena also showed Torture how to fight and do a little magic of her own. She was also a vampire, so with what Selena showed her, she could handle her own now. That’s why she was so highly recommended. She could dish it out as good, as she got. Plus, she was drop dead gorgeous, even with the scars that wouldn’t go away.
They had their location and now they had one of their players in the game. What they didn’t know was who the Master was or what he had planned. They knew he was going to try to get Adrianna on Saturday night at the dance. They needed to execute the plan on Saturday, making sure they rescued Selena and captured or killed the Master. They figured he would use Selena as his pawn to get Adrianna to go with him. At least, that was what they hoped for. Tonight Edward Jonas would get what was coming to him. Tomorrow was Saturday, so they had a lot to complete before tomorrow night.
Samson received a call from Sleepy that he had both of his precious cargo. They were safe, sound, and delivered to the Pevington Pack. Samson relayed the message to Mace since it was his pack members.
Mace and Damen got together to come up with a way to keep the pack safe if something happened at the dance. They would need Cade’s pack to help with this. Mace and Cade had previously come up with a plan when they were little mutts. Even though they were just small pups when they came up with it didn’t make it a bad plan. They added to it over the years, talking about it but never putting it down on paper.
Afton placed his call to Torture. “Hello dear, how are you doing?”
“Just fine, Alpha. How is Selena?”
“Well dear, that is why I’m calling. Selena is in trouble.” The growl on the phone was an indication of how pissed Torture was about Selena, her only true friend, who was kidnapped by Edward Jonas. Well, he would hate to be him. Afton explained to Torture what was going on and why he needed her help. He asked if she could get in touch with Johnny the Fink. He was a loan shark who Edward owed a lot of money to. Johnny the Fink was also a wizard. Edward Jonas wouldn’t be able to pay off his debt because he wouldn’t
be over the Vampire Council anymore once Afton told the Council about him. Johnny the Fink would want his money now. Edward was scared of the Fink and he should be. Torture advised that she would get in touch with Johnny since he was a client of hers. She added that Edward probably wouldn’t make it to see Johnny, since she owed him for her friend Millie who Edward beat to death a few months ago. She added that if he did, well, Johnny owed her big time. He was in love with Torture, so not to worry about poor old Eddie. Afton got off the phone laughing.
“What is it, Alpha?” Samson asked.
“Well let’s just say that your traitor of a leader will be handled tonight. We won’t be seeing him anymore. Be ready son, you will get the call soon to take over the Council. It was what you were born to do,” Afton said as he smiled at Samson.
Adrianna came over to Samson, putting her arms around him, kissing him on the mouth then saying, “Yes Dad, he is. He will be the best leader the Council has ever had. I’m proud of you, honey.”
“We both are,” Cade said as he came up behind Samson, placing his hand on his shoulder.
“Thanks guys, but we have to get through this first. I just hope all goes as we planned. So let’s go over it again,” Samson said as he popped Adrianna on the butt laughing.
It was decided after they strategized for the millionth time that everybody would lay down and rest a few hours before they had to get ready for the party that night at McDonald’s Pub. The plan had to go off without anyone getting hurt.
After getting everybody settled, Adrianna and her mates went to their bedroom to rest. Well, first they needed to take care of some business that was long overdue. Adrianna lay on the bed beside her mates. They knew they had guests in the house so they wanted to be discreet and quiet. Adrianna loved to look at her mates. They were beautiful, if a man could be called that, then her mates were definitely beautiful. No words were spoken; each man knew what to do. They loved their mate, caressing her body, and passionately showing her. Samson and Cade knew they didn’t have long with their mate, so they made love to her, stayed up talking to her, and telling her that as soon as this was over they could enjoy their new life here in Ashland.
Adrianna woke up with Cade’s cell phone ringing. It was Josh Pevington, the Alpha Lilly and Liv were sent to stay with. “What’s wrong Josh?”
“Nothing friend, your girl Lilly needs to talk to you. She was pounding on my door early this morning saying she had a vision. Is she a Seer, Cade?”
“Yes Alpha, she is and a very powerful one at that.” Josh put Lilly on the phone and she explained she had a dream that involved Adrianna and the man with the black cape. She said they were at Seige Field and there was a battle. Wolves and vampires were fighting each other. She said she recognized Mace, her Alpha, fighting another wolf with brown fur. The wolf changed, pulled out a gun, and shot Mace.
“He didn’t get back up Cade, sorry, I mean, Alpha.”
“That’s okay Lilly, go on with your vision,” Cade told her.
“Well, I also saw you fighting, but you were not in wolf form. You were in human form. Two vampires were coming after you and they had swords. You picked up a limb and were doing a good job at keeping them off you. But the battle that was odd was between Adrianna and the man with the mask. They were fighting but with magic. It was odd seeing that. Lighting was coming out of their hands, shooting at each other. Then I saw the man in the cape saying something aloud and snakes starting coming out everywhere. They weren’t just any kind of snakes, Alpha, but huge ones. They came from behind the man going toward Adrianna. She tried to fight them off but there were too many of them. They grabbed her and squeezed her until she couldn’t fight anymore. The man came to stand by Adrianna and it was as if the fighting had ended and everybody turned to look at the man who had Adrianna bound by these snakes. It was as if they were now all under a trance or something. Nobody tried to help her. The man had the snakes unravel from Adrianna and he cast some type of spell on her. Then he lifted her up and bit her on the neck. She stood up and placed her hand into the man’s hand. Everybody started following them out of the field. Oh yeah Alpha, these snakes were made with black magic. They had to be. I’ve never seen snakes like that even on TV. They were ugly too. Then I woke up. I hope this helps you. I guess it was really a dream instead of a vision like I usually have.” Lilly sat silently on the phone waiting for Cade to say something.
“Um Alpha, are you still there?” Lilly asked with concern in her voice.
“Yes Lilly, I’m here, just thinking. I appreciate you calling me. If you have any more please call, okay?” Lilly agreed and thanked Cade for getting her sister safely to her. Cade hung the phone up and stared off in space until Adrianna put her hand on his back to ask what Lilly had said.
“We need to get everybody together. This changes some things,” Cade muttered.
Everybody was assembled in the living room while Jacob was making breakfast with some help from Declan. Cade told the story of what happened in Lilly’s dream.
Mace got up from the couch pacing. “The gun had to be loaded with silver bullets or I would have gotten back up.” Mace didn’t say anything more; he excused himself to the bedroom to make a call. The plan was changed in case Lilly’s dream did come true. They planned for the battle to happen at Seige Field.
Jacob came into the room, told them breakfast was ready and everyone walked into the kitchen. “Where is Adrianna?” Samson asked.
“I saw her go outside,” Jacob said.
Samson and Cade walked outside to find their mate being swept up into the tree. They knew the trees would protect her so they went back into the house.
Adrianna came back into the house asking if anyone saved her something. Cade pushed a plate in front of her smiling. “Thanks honey. I’m starving.”
“So what did the trees have to say?” Cade asked smiling.
“Well, they didn’t have any information, so I just told them how much I appreciated them.” Cade and Samson looked at her with confused looks.
“Okay,” Cade muttered.
They got together again, going over the plan, then left to go get ready for the party. Mace knew that Dalley and her Master wouldn’t play fair. They would have a lot of Rogue wolves fighting for them. Mace knew he had to plan something on his own to help his sister. They couldn’t win. He made his own arrangements, then left to go get ready for Phase one.
Adrianna would go with the team to implement Phase one, which was to rescue Selena. Afton, Samson, Cade, and Damen would ride together with Adrianna. The least amount of cars seen leaving wouldn’t cause any concern if somebody were watching. Nobody could see in the windows of the Supreme Alpha’s SUV so they only thought it was the Supreme Alpha leaving. He headed in the direction of the hotel, but took a side road. They had already planned for another SUV to be waiting at the side of the road. This decoy would go to the hotel and pull into the garage, making whoever was watching think that Afton was back at the hotel getting ready.
Declan had left early that morning and was watching the compound. He told Cade over the radio that nobody had left the compound. Adrianna and the others pulled up on a dirt road then exited the vehicle. They would need to go on foot the rest of the way. It was still early in the morning, so they could surprise Dalley in the house.
Declan explained there were five guards walking around the perimeter. He advised them as they sat in the tree that was down wind so the wolves wouldn’t pick up their scent.
“That’s going to be a problem then. Our scent will give us away before we even get close to them,” Cade stated.
“Maybe for you, but not for me,” Adrianna explained how she could mask her scent. She didn’t have time to teach everyone how to do it. Time wasn’t on their side.
“I’m going in alone, when I get rid of the guards, you can come in then,” Adrianna whispered.
“No!” Samson and Cade said together.
Afton came to Adrianna’s defense. “Listen boys, I know she is you
r mate, but she can do this. You have to trust her. This is what Adrianna has trained to do. She is the Trinity. These are the times you put your pride and fear behind you for a few minutes and let the girl do her job.”
Cade and Samson didn’t know what to say to that. They leaned over and kissed their mate. “If you get one fingernail hurt on you, then I’m going to spank that pretty little ass of yours. Do you hear me, Adrianna?” Samson said. “And when you get done with the guards, you wait for back up before you go in the house. Adrianna, these are our demands. Choose!”
“Okay, honey. Just sit back and watch your mate,” Adrianna said as she jumped down from the tree. Adrianna was so quiet. She had changed into her wolf, quietly moving closer to one of the guards. She changed back into her human form and took the guard out. She pulled him closer to the bushes, hiding him in case someone looked out the window. Adrianna was using a lot of magic to conceal herself. Adrianna had taken another guard out, then another.
“Look at her, Cade. She is magnificent. We are lucky bastards to have found a mate like her,” Samson’s awed voice came out in a whisper.
Afton answered for Cade. “Yes, you are, boys. Yes, you are.”
Adrianna came back around and found the last guard, who was sitting on the porch smoking a cigarette. She made a noise that got the guard’s attention. He walked over to the side of the house and before he could scream, Adrianna struck him down with her sword. She signaled for the rest to approach the house quietly.
Afton was the first to enter the house. He wanted his mate. The rage he kept controlled was itching to get out. They went room to room and nobody was in the house. Adrianna whispered that Lilly said it looked like a basement where Selena was being held. Declan signaled there were stairs leading down off from the kitchen. Adrianna cast a spell so their footsteps on the stairs wouldn’t be heard. She was using a lot of magic to complete these spells. They used a lot of energy.
Afton was first on the stairs. They could hear people talking down the stairs. As they went further down, they could hear Dalley, she had a whip in her hand hitting Selena with it. Selena could feel her mate was near. Selena started laughing.
