“So lead the way lascivious friend, I will be right behind you… admiring the view,” she replied making him feel a little unnerved by the idea of having her at his back. Everyone quickly agreed to start out that night, but Bonnie still seemed a little hesitant.
“Alpha Daniels I need to discuss something with you,” James told him moving his head towards his hotel room. Nick nodded and ordered Chase to start the preparations.
“You said those four have children missing?” James asked once they were in the room and Nick looked at him confused as he nodded. “The child of Bonnie, how is he or she? Strong weak, how well do he or she do in school and get along with the other children?” He asked.
“Zander is your average werewolf. He isn’t the strongest, but he isn’t an omega either. He used to do well with friends and school but ever since his father’s death two years ago he has become a bit reclusive,” Nick explained the look of confusion still on his face.
“How did the father die?” James asked.
“A rogue killed him. We got a warning from the surrounding packs a dangerous rogue could be in the area, but he managed to slip into our territory unnoticed and surprised Frank and Zander while they were out camping. We… arrived too late… for Frank. Why? Why do you want to know all this?” Nick asked and James frowned.
“There is something about Bonnie that strikes me as off Nick,” James explained and Nick shook his head in disagreement.
“You can’t be suggesting what I think you are suggesting James. I’ve known her my whole life and I know she would do anything for that boy of hers, anything!” Nick insisted.
“Yes that is what I am worried about; a woman loses her mate and nearly her son. If I was her I would do anything to protect him, anything and everything possible,” He continued and Nick gave him a hard look.
“She wouldn’t,” Nick started but looked towards the closed door with doubt written all over his face.
“Two years ago she lost her mate, now her son is kidnapped and she is hesitant to enter into the forest where we are sure he is! We have explained that he is under great risk of being turn into a hybrid and she is arguing to wait until the morning to start the search,” James argued and Nick frowned with a quiet growl.
“So what is your suggestion, we drag her in here and interrogate her like a traitor without proof?” Nick asked harshly and James shook his head.
“No, of course not, if she is working for him and we interrogate her Xavier will know we found her out. That will put her and her son in danger, Xavier has no objections to knocking off people that no longer useful for him. I don’t want that to happen, after all if she is working with him she only is doing it to help her son and I can’t really blame her there,” James explained ignoring the look of surprise on the alpha’s face. “I suggest you tell her to stay here in case there is any news to keep us updated and so on.”
Within the hour, they started making their way towards the first area to search. James was surprised by the disappointment everyone showed when they realized he wasn’t going to shift. He had decided against it since he was in a new area, surrounded by unfamiliar people and smells, he wasn’t sure how the beast would react. Even though he was only on two feet he wasn’t that far behind the other four werewolves and even Bianca was making good time.
They reached the first spot after only walking about forty minutes and found there was nothing there so they started out for the next one. The second one took longer to get to, they had been walking nearly an hour and a half until they reached the area and found that there was nothing there too. It was nearly five in the morning when they reached the third area. As they started to get close James knew they had found Xavier.
The area was flooded with several distinct scents and one of them was Xavier. Everyone slowed moving carefully clearly picking up on the scents as well. Out of the brambles and branches, a tall chain link fence blocked their path. It was seven or eight feet tall topped off with barbed wire. The other four had shifted back into their human form and by the look of Nick’s face that fence wasn’t supposed to be there.
One of the Alpha’s men grabbed the fence before James could stop him. He cried out and James grabbed the closest fallen branch and slammed it into him to break the electrical current that flowed through him. He jerked for a second from the shock but quickly recovered except for his hand. It was burned badly proving what James had suspected to begin with. “The damn fence isn’t only electrified but made of silver too,” James spat with disgust and Nick growled loudly.
“Got to give it to him, the man is through,” Bianca stated appreciatively and Nick glared at her but she ignored him. “I will cross the fence since electricity and silver don’t bother me,” she told them and started to climb the fence swiftly and easily maneuvered around the barbed wire. “Try not to miss me too much,” Bianca said sweetly waving towards them before disappearing into the woods.
“Chase and Derek take Mike back to the hotel,” their alpha ordered and both men quickly nodded helping the other to his feet and back to where they came. James feeling frustrated that he couldn’t see anything walk a few feet to his left following the fence, but he couldn’t see anything.
After about ten minutes, Bianca returned bloody and Nick swore quietly as she smiled a fully fanged smile. She licked clean her fingers as she walked up to the fence. “Miss me boys,” she asked with a sweet innocent look that made her bloody appearance even more disturbing. “I think you two should see this,” she stated as she grabbed the fence tearing a hole in it as if it were nothing more than aluminum foil. James passed through it then Nick.
They followed her until the trees suddenly ended and Nick swore while James couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Before them was what looked like a prison, there was another tall chain link fence, then a large brick wall where armed men walked along it. James couldn’t tell what the men were from this distance. There were bright lights every fifty feet or so keeping the area well lit, but James knew the lights made them blind to the area outside of the lights.
Behind the brick wall was a large brick building that looked to be at least double of Xavier’s old laboratory. “We are going to need more than the six of us to get in there alive,” Nick said voicing James own thoughts.
“Much more,” Bianca added coolly and James hoped like hell Dorin would bring some big fat group of reinforcements or things could get really ugly.
“Well at least we know where he is, and hopefully Xavier doesn’t know that we know,” James said. “How many enforcers to you have Nick,” he asked tearing his eyes off the building before them.
“Strictly enforcers around ten but I believe I could gather up about another ten more who know how to fight,” he explained and that started to sound better.
“I suggest we go back and wait for Dorin and Lily to come back before we attack and hopefully with an additional help,” James told him and Nick nodded.
“I am sure the Aequivalere will send at least some people. They love sticking their noses in everyone’s business,” Bianca admitted once they started back. “My king speaks highly of the overseer, Queen Hazar,” she finished. Though James didn’t really care what King Silvano thought of anyone, he didn’t care for King Silvano at all to be quite honest.