The fairy laughed a loud laugh that had several heads turning to see what was so funny. “Lily is right,” he said then laid his large hand on James’ shoulder in a friendly slap, that would’ve sent weaker men flying. “You are way too easy!” His expression turned serious. “But seriously though. I haven’t seen her like this in a long time.”
“She’s getting hungrier and hungrier,” James said a little sore about being the subject of jokes between the fairy and Lily.
“Ahhh, that’ll do it. What’s she doing about it,” he asked and James told him about the vampire lord’s offer. “Well I don’t know much about the frenchie vamp but Dorin trusts him. If Dorin trusts him then so can all of us,” Donovan told him.
James crossed his arms over his chest with a sigh. Maybe the fairy was right. “James, what do you got for me,” Nick demanded, jerking his head towards the hotel for James to follow him.
James nodded to Donovan and followed the alpha wolf into the center of command. Once there he explained what he’d found. “Maybe we should call Greg?” Chris offered.
“Greg?” Mitchel demanded. “Who is that and why isn’t he here if he could help?”
Chris seemed to shrink a little under the older wolf’s gaze and James decided to answer for him. “Greg’s not big on traveling and usually everything he can do to help he can do at home,” he explained and enjoyed his dad’s look of confusion. “He’s like me but more omega and a computer guy,” James added.
“How exactly is an omega supposed to help us exactly,” Mitchell demanded. His tone making it obvious he didn’t think much of omegas if James didn’t know that already. His father despised anything he deemed at weak.
“By thinking of things we haven’t thought of and quickly finding the places around here that the vampires could be hiding in that we don’t know about,” James replied, sharply. He considered the Omega a friend and a valuable member of his pack.
“I doubt an omega would know anything about the vampires or anything for that matter that we don’t already know,” his dad barked.
James growled at him, ready to defend his friend but Nick broke in before he could get in a word. “You say the traces completely disappeared along this road?” Nick asked, pointing to a map. “There isn’t’ much out there and it doesn’t go anywhere near the old lab. That part of the woods is mostly private lots for hunters or hunting associations”
“Sounds like the perfect place to hide to me,” Chris jumped in.
James had to agree with him. This Vincent obviously wouldn’t hesitate to take out a few humans for a good, low-key spot to hide. “Maybe it’s time you touched base with a few of these hunters or associations. See if you catch anything odd while I’ll get Greg to look up the properties and the area and see what he can find,” he explained.
“We don’t need to bring in any omegas,” Mitchell. “What we need is to form a strong offensive and hit them hard. An Omega would know nothing about this.”
“Greg has saved my ass more than once which is more than I can say for you,” James shot back.
“There was nothing I could do for you. You were weak enough to let a group of humans silver you! Weak enough to let an omega turn you into a monstrous freak,” he replied.
“I was thirteen you bastard! How is one thirteen-year-old boy suppose to fight off a group of grown men,” James growled at him.
“You were a werewolf and a Lacrosse! They were just stupid humans! You should’ve been able to tear them apart easily,” his dad insisted.
James felt rage build up inside him like he hadn’t felt in a long time. He balled his hands into fists. He wanted to hit that man. He wanted to beat him bloody until there was nothing left put a messy stain on the floor. “I’ve heard of this omega. I hear he’s quite effective,” Lord Etienne said from behind them. James felt his rage dim and he released his hands from the fists they were in. “He’s the one that helped you during the capture of Silvano, correct?”
“Yeah, and he helped Lily find James when Silvano kidnapped him,” Chris said quickly. James was glad he left out the part that Greg only was able to help because Silvano had used his vampiric persuasion to make Greg kidnap James and take him to Silvano’s hideout, in the first place.
“James’ word is good enough for me,” Nick jumped in. “Get in touch with him. Maybe he can also get more information about the vampires too.” Mitchell scowled, crossing his arms over his chest but said nothing. “I’ll contact all the hunters and hunting associations I can, first thing in the morning. We’ll report here an hour after sunset. Sound alright Lord Etienne,” Nick said, looking up at the vampire who gave him a graceful nod as answer.
“Chris can you get in touch with Greg and tell him everything,” James asked. When Chris agreed, he left the room as quickly as possible, hoping to get away from his father.
“James,” He heard the vampire call after him and he slowed so the vampire lord could catch up. “I’ve heard about Lily’s change of behavior today,” he stated. His voice didn’t reveal any indication of exactly what he meant by such a statement.
“And?” James asked, shivering as they stepped out into the cold night.
“It’s rather unsettling. Has she given any thought to my offers?”
“Only a little, at least about the teaching her to feed part. She’s not exactly comfortable with it. Neither am I, to be honest. Sounds a little too personal,” James told him, stuffing his hands into his jeans pockets as the vampire chuckled. “Also, she refuses to feed from me,” James added, his tone a little sour. He couldn’t help but feel a little rejected.
“It doesn’t have to be and why does she refuse,” the vampire asked. James grumbled a mumbled reply, not in the mood to discuss his intimate life with a vampire, especially one he barely knew. Etienne chuckled and an actual smirk spread across his pale pink lips. “I see. She’s only fed off you when you’ve slept together,” he said then sighed. “How it amuses me that after all these years humanity still gets embarrassed over such an essential part of their existence.”
James grunted in reply, and just stood there waiting for the vampire to get to his point. He may not feel the chill of Montana’s winter nights but he sure the hell did and James was starting to freeze. “She doesn’t want to lose control and take too much from me,” he told the vampire, not able to get past just how awkward this conversation was for him.