“Sure she does,” Tony joked and James gave him a shove nearly sending him down the stairs making Tony laugh loudly. They walked down the stairs and Tony continued to snicker at him and James saw Lily leave with the vampires out into the back yard. He was just about to follow them; he didn’t trust vampires as far as an omega could throw them when Hunter ambushed him again.
Several hours had passed before James could get free of the persistent flattery and blunt insistence from Hunter that he should become an enforcer. It was nearing eleven at night and James hadn’t seen Lily return, but it didn’t surprise him, he figured she climb through the window to avoid Hunter and probably James too. He walked up the dark staircase and knocking on her door, just wanted to make sure she was safe.
He knocked again when she didn’t answer, and when he was only greeted with silence he opened the door surprised it wasn’t locked, she always kept it locked. He looked around the empty room, the window was closed and her bed was made.
It wasn’t until he saw the little note on the battered wooden desk that he knew something was wrong. He picked it up and read it even though it was addressed to Andrew. With a growl, he went to find the alpha.
He found the alpha talking with Hunter, Chris, and Tony. “She is gone,” James told him handing the alpha her note. Andrew looked up at him confused and opened the note and read it. Andrew shook his head.
“Stubborn woman,” Andrew mumbled as he passed it to Tony who passed it to Chris and then on to Hunter.
“We have to go after her,” James told them.
The younger blonde smiled as he finished it. “I say we don’t do a thing,” Hunter stated looking at the alpha. “Andrew this is what I was talking about! You gave the pack a direct order and not twenty-four hours pass before she disobeys you! That’s not to mention how she attacked you last night,” Hunter explained harshly.
“Lily attacked you?” Tony asked his father with a face of surprise.
“Yes, attacked and threatened his life,” Hunter told him. “When she heard your father had no intentions of going on some crazy chase after Xavier Thompson she threatened to use her vampiric persuasion to make him kill himself or shift and do it herself,” Hunt told him now yelling.
“That doesn’t sound like her,” Tony justified and Chris agreed, but James could see her doing it, but he doubted she meant it literally and more as a warning of what she could do.
“What Hunter says is true,” Andrew said sadly. “She thought we should follow some trail of Xavier’s credit cards to catch him and when I said no…”
“What a minute, trail of Xavier’s credit cards?” Tony asked looking shocked. “You mean you know where he has been going?”
“Yes, and it’s taking him far away from here,” Hunter answered, looking irritated with him. Of course she got pissed; James thought moodily. It was pissing him off at the fact Andrew was ignoring such information.
“Are you crazy dad? If we have a trail why the hell are we not following it?” Tony demanded.
“Because it’s a foolish idea to go chasing that lunatic around when we should be preparing for when he comes back if he ever comes back,” Hunter shouted at him. James glared at Hunter.
“She’s as strong as I am now! She can be as fast as a vampire and if what she said is true that she’s got the ability to persuade people then she is practically unstoppable! If he comes back he won’t come back alone,” James explained to him but Hunter merely scoffed with disbelief. This idiot was a lost cause; he realized and turned to Andrew.
“What about Lily, Alpha?” James asked, changing subjects. “I could probably catch them quickly enough.”
“Let her go! She disobeyed her alpha; I say we exile her and if she ever dares to return we deal with her accordingly! Andrew, she can’t be trusted especially how she is now,” Hunter argued and James growled at him causing him to look at James with surprised.
“Alpha, I think she left with the vampires. You know they can’t be trusted; they could lead her in a trap and kill her like the king wants to do. If she is out of our territory it would be easy to come up with some excuse to execute her,” he told the alpha, hoping to make him see how much she needed Andrew at the moment.
“So not only did she disobey the alpha but betray him with vampires?” Hunter asked with an amused expression turning once more to the alpha. “Let them, let the world be rid of one less foul hybrid and she deserves it after all she had done,” He sneered and James snapped. He growled as he rushed toward him. James grabbed him by the throat and slammed Hunter into the wall. He wanted to kill that arrogant ass and tightened his grip on the werewolf.
Hunter tried to speak, but he couldn’t get even a whisper out and clawed at James’ hand to no avail. “That is my mate you’re talking about you pathetic piece of crap! You don’t know a damn thing about what she deserves,” James growled at the shocked man tightening his grip on his throat even more causing Hunter’s red face to a shade of purple.
“James, release him,” Andrew demanded and James growled but did as he was told. “There is no use at this senseless fighting, James I know we can’t trust the vampires and I would do anything to bring her back but the ugly truth is that she disobeyed me. If she was anyone else I’d have to consider them a rogue and do exactly what Hunter asks me to do. I can’t make exceptions because she is my daughter,” Andrew told him and James couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
“She isn’t a rogue!” Tony growled with a look of pure fury on his face.
“I am sorry Tony, I really am, but this makes her a rogue and there is nothing I can do. The laws stand for everyone. I will repeat I can’t make exceptions,” Andrew told him apologetically and covered his face with his hands.
“This is wrong dad and you know it! She isn’t going rogue! Lily is doing what has to be done,” Tony shouted at his father harshly. Andrew’s head snapped up and he gave his son a heated glare.
“I decide what has to be done Tony and no one else! Don’t you forget that, don’t any of you forget that!” Andrew growled at them using his alpha influence on them. Tony and Chris were silent, but both were giving the alpha icy glare.