“This is horrible,” the beta started with a sad tone. “Who would want to do such a thing to our children?” He turned to the alpha. “I am not sure what we can do now to be honest. We’ve no leads and the pills have been stolen.”
“We do have one lead. James will be able to recognize the werewolf present in the attempt to kidnap the Addams child,” Andrew began then looked to James. “Speaking of which, I want you to stop by the laboratory and check out the scent. I have already talked to the pack members who are on the police force. You will be able to enter without any problems. I want to know whether it’s the same or we are dealing with more than one traitor,” he finished.
“I will go over there as soon as we finished here,” James answered.
“Good. Now as far as the pills, we haven’t lost them all Xavier. Apparently Lily foresaw a break in at the laboratory so she kept some of the pills hidden somewhere else,” he explained and the doctor smiled brightly.
“Did she? Well, what an intelligent move. I have to say I am impressed,” he cheered and the alpha smiled too.
“Getting them from her though is going to be… challenging. She refuses to give up the pills or back down,” Andrew said with frustration. “She seems to have taken this personal and has refused to let me attempt to protect her,” he finished with a growl. Xavier’s lips stretched into a small smile.
“I have to agree with her on that last part Andrew; I don’t think she’ll need protection. The attack at the laboratory wasn’t against her; it was to get the pills back. Now that this thug thinks he has the pills he won’t bother her again. She is only a human after all,” he explained to the alpha. Andrew sighed, shaking his head.
“You may be right Xavier, but you know how she is, she’ll find a way to piss this mad man off and like you just said, she is only human,” he expressed concern.
Xavier laughed, “Of course she would! She’s your daughter even if she is human! Give it a day or two to calm down then send someone who has the gift of extreme patience to talk to her,” the beta explained and the alpha smiled tiredly. James felt his curiosity flare up once more as he listened to the conversation. Never in his life would he have ever imagined it possible for a human to become a part of an alpha’s family.
“That’s a good idea, Xavier, I knew I could count on you,” Andrew expressed with gratitude and then turned to James. “Once you have checked the lab out I want you to check out the local hot spots of the pack and see if you can identify our unknown werewolf. If you find him don’t engage him or make him aware that you know who he is, just come back and immediately inform me,” the alpha explained.
“Yes Alpha,” James answered with a nod and all three men stood, understanding the meeting was now over. James got up and started to make his way out of the house.
“Hey, wait up James,” Tony called after him. “I am going to tag along,” he added and James smiled.
“It will just be like old times then,” he told his best friend and they walked towards Tony’s old jeep.
“Be careful Tony,” a dark-haired beauty called out to Tony, looking worried.
“I’ll be fine Liz… it’s nothing dangerous I swear. You don’t need to worry,” he told her with a wave. “What?” he asked once he noticed James giving him an intense examining look.
“How the hell did you get a mate like that?” he asked and Tony smiled brightly.
“I am the alpha’s son and the next in line to be alpha. I get nothing but the best,” he replied as his smile spread from ear to ear.
“Apparently so… damn lucky bastard,” he muttered as they got into the jeep. Tony laughed loudly, a proud look on his face.
“How does that work out for you by the way?” Tony asked pulling out of the driveway and onto the street.
“How do you mean?” James asked as he looked out of the window.
“Well, I mean do you have one or are you too different?” Tony asked, looking unsure.
“Hell, if I know. I just know that I have yet to meet a woman that has caused any of those telltale signs that she’s my mate,” he explained with a flat tone. He didn’t want to let on to how much he had thought about that question himself.
“Man that sucks,” Tony admitted and James shrugged in reply.
“Suits me just fine, now can we change the subject I swear we sound like a group of girls,” he teased and Tony looked at him for a moment with his whole face scrunched up in disgust.
Once they arrived at the lab an officer was waiting for him. “Hey Tony, and James Lacrosse, I presume?” he asked and James nodded. The officer seemed a little nervous. “Only you can go in, sorry Tony, and please don’t touch anything in any way or otherwise Detective Scott will have my ass! That woman is a real bitch,” the officer complained and James gave him an encouraging smile.
“Don’t worry about me. I won’t touch a thing since I only need to check out the scents which will only take me a few minutes,” James told him, passing the yellow tape and walking into the lab. James walked through the narrow hallway. He saw that the room at the end of the hall was a mess and he knew that was what he was looking for. He entered the room and was immediately shocked at the amount of destruction around him.
Not a single piece of equipment was intact. This must be where the human woman worked. Her scent covered the room, but the heavy smells coming off the drugs that littered the floor made it difficult for him to distinguish any other smells. He walked over to a small desk and noticed an open file spread out across it. Staring back at him was the mug shot of some man who screamed bad news. He read some of the report and shook his head; the man really was bad news. He made James look like a choir boy.