Library
Dallas‘ p.o.v.
It is in the middle of the night when my running mind wakes me up, I am finally getting somewhere with this strange case.
I link Joshua to meet me in the living room and I am grateful that we are staying on the Beta floor, it makes meetings like this a lot easier.
“What is going on, Captain?” Joshua asks as he sits down in an armchair.
“I need you to find Sage and bring her here. I don’t care how far you have to travel or if she comes willingly, because at the moment you are on assignment for the Elders and she can’t refuse.” I answer him, even though it isn’t a real answer.
“Got it. You are on to something, but won’t share it yet.” Joshua says as he gets up. “I will leave in the morning, hopefully it won’t take too long to find her.”
I smile when I see Daxton and Darius leaning against the wall outside their bedrooms, their eyes following every move I make as I walk toward them.
“Why are you out of bed at this hour?” Darius asks.
“Something finally clicked in my head and I needed to give Joshua some instructions. He is going on an errand for me in the morning and now I am going back to sleep.” I answer him.
Both look at me to get a few more answers, but I am not going to tell them anything. I have some research to do of my own and then I can give Daxton the answers he has been looking for.
“Don’t worry, this is normal. If I am working on a case and I need answers, they usually come to me at night when I am asleep. It is like my brain can work better, while I am sleeping.” I tell them, before I peck both of them on the cheek and walk back into my bedroom.
I am asleep quickly and the rest of the night I am able to sleep in one stretch.
“What was so important that you had to get out of bed in the middle of the night?” Alpha Preston asks during breakfast and I look to my left and my right.
“As I explained to your Beta and his Brother, my mind works very effectively during my sleep. Something finally made sense and I needed to make sure that Joshua would leave at first light, he needs to run an errand for me.” I answer.
“Darius, it isn’t smart to piss off a Squad Captain. Dallas is a Squad Captain for a reason and she might hold this tattling you did against you for a while or for much longer.” Luna Pearl says with a wicked smile on her face.
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She didn’t just put them both in their place, but also warned them that they were risking our bond from forming.
“This still doesn’t answer my question or their question.” Alpha Preston states.
“Alpha, this is your territory and every Pack–member has to answer to you. I, on the other hand, am a Squad Captain for the Elders and I don’t owe you or anyone else an explanation.” I say before I get up.
“Jesper, did you place the files in the library?” I ask him and he already knows what my next move will be.
“I will run up to get them, meet you in the library in a few minutes.” Jesper answers and walks out of the dining room to get the files from the Alpha floor.
I don’t mind that someone wants answers, but no one will ever tell me how to do my job.
“Preston, don’t.” I hear Luna Pearl say with a soft growl. “Captain Dallas is right, she doesn’t owe anyone an explanation and the three of you are going to drop this. Am I making myself clear?”
Sounds like one pissed off Luna to me and I am glad that I am not on the receiving end of her
anger.
“Good, glad that this is settled.” I hear and I can only assume that all three of them showed her that they understood her underlying threat.
“Captain Dallas, if there is anything you need, just ask.” An Omega says while I walk out of the dining room.
“Some coffee would be nice.” I whisper in her direction and I get a small smile from her.
I walk into the library on the ground floor and I am pleasantly surprised to find a very bright room, not unlike most Pack libraries that have dark furniture or little natural light in the room
or even a combination of both.
To my right there are floor to ceiling windows that go onto the left side of the room, on the left side of the room there are three windows and the rest of that wall is covered with
bookshelves.
There are bookshelves mounted on the wall to the left and right of the double entry doors and many standing bookshelves spread across the room. Different sizes of sitting spaces are in between the standing bookshelves, some spaces are for just one or two people and only two spaces are big enough to hold a large group of people.
I walk over to the sitting arrangement by the window, the table is big enough for the files I
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need to go through and I enjoy the view I have of the backyard.
A knock on the door is heard before it slowly opens and the same Omega from earlier walks in with a tray, á smile forms on my face when I see the coffee on the tray she is holding.
“Thank you, I am going to need that.” I say as she sets the tray down on the table.
Jesper passes her as she walks out of the library and Belinda gives her a rather strange look, almost as if she wants to ask the Omega something.
“What is it, Belinda?” I ask, once the door has closed behind the Omega.
“If she is in the room, I suggest you don’t mention anything important. She was once the Omega that served the Beta family and she still reports to Madeline.” Belinda says.
“Remind me to tell that to Darius and Daxton. It might explain a few things to them about the past, because I doubt that there have never been moments that they wondered how their Mother knew certain things.” I respond.
Belinda leaves me and Jesper to our task, one I am not particularly looking forward to and one I hope will be over soon.
