Logan
It is Monday today. We have been in Zurich for two full days so far and everything has been good so far. We had the first meeting on Saturday, afternoon so we spent the whole morning in our hotel suite boosting each other’s energy after the flight that took almost the entire night. We had a late breakfast and I left her in the hands of a tour guard to show her around the place.
The best thing about this business trip so far is that the meetings don’t take all day. The longest meeting we have had so far is the one we had today morning which began at seven in the morning and ended at three in the afternoon. It took a long time because we had some site seeing to do. The ground is composed of seventeen business owners, filthy rich billionaire entrepreneurs who have earned immense amounts of success in the business world. We are looking into investing in Zurich, especially in tourism and manufacturing. I have never had Switzerland, in the picture when I would think of expanding my company until a business partner took the time to interest me in this opportunity. This business meeting is fully financed by us and I am already seeing this was worth it. It is more of a study, interacting with these successful people, and knowing better ways to handle business in this competitive world.
Tomorrow is when we have our last meeting. I am planning to spend the whole day Wednesday with Arya, touring the beautiful city.
I am planning to take Arya out for dinner in a five-star hotel where I have already booked a reservation.
Arya is excited when I tell her about it. I tell her that it will be at seven and she went ahead to look for something proper to wear for tonight.
I find her sitting on the bed surrounded by a pool of her clothes.
“I am sure it is going to be super fancy. He’ll! Everything about this city is no joke. I need to look like a billionaire’s spouse,” she says. I can’t help the grin that forms on my face.
“Why do you have to get yourself so worked up? There is a mall right opposite this hotel block. We can go get you something to wear if you want,” I tell her.
“Thanks that would be great,” she says and then sighs. She starts to pack up her bag again.
My phone rings in my pocket and I excuse myself to pick it up. It is Katherine. I am perturbed. Why would my beta’s mate call my phone? I am sure there is no way it is a mistake dialling my number, so I answer it.
“Hello?”
“Alpha,” her voice is raspy and I can hear her loud breathing from the other side of the line.
“Katherine? Are you alright?” I ask.
“No, Alpha. You have got to come home immediately. I am sorry but you have to,” she says quickly.
“What? Why?”
“Everything has gone wrong. The vampires…,” she sobs and sniffs before continuing. I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck rising.
“What have the vampires done?” I ask her feeling so impatient.
“They are here, Alpha, and they have attacked our pack. They have set the woods on fire and the settlement along the Misty river. They are killing everything and everyone. Please come home,” she then breaks into a cry.
Fucking shit!
I quickly head back to the bedroom.
“Tell me about the situation. Shit! You need to take the weak pack members to refuge. Where is Jordan?” I ask.
“I don’t know, I last saw him when he ran out of the house to go and check on the fire. When he left, the headquarters were attacked. Everything is in turmoil,” she says.
“Okay, I coming,” I say, but then realize how long the flight back his is. It will take the whole night. Those vampires will have wiped out my entire pack by the time I get there.
“Shit!”I curse entering the bedroom. Arya looks expectantly at me.
“We are flying back home now. Get everything ready,” I tell her.
“What? Why of a sudden? What has happened,” she asks.
“Just get everything ready. I am calling our pilot,” I respond. Arya’s eyebrows knit in confusion but she quickly gets to getting our things ready quickly.
Fuck! We won’t make it in time.
“Cole has taken the pack warriors with him to fight them off. Gamma Kurt has sent messengers to the other packs to ask for help. Alpha Eric has already arrived but his pack is also under attack,” She adds.
Arya’s eyes grow impossibly wide. I think she has managed to hear the conversation.
“Is that Kate? Our packs are under attack? But by who?” she asks.
“Vampires,” I respond. Her face how’s dead pale on the mention of the word.
“Please hurry. I am scared they are so many this time. It is like they have come back from the dead,” she adds.
“Okay, Katherine. Try to keep yourself safe. Help get the weak pack members to a safe place. I know I won’t be home anytime soon but please stay in contact
If you happen to see Jordan, Kurt, or Cole, tell them to call me,” u tell her before hanging up. I feel so damn fucked up. The vampires knew about my trip and they chose such a time to attack my pack when I was not there to stop them.
Cowards!
Fucking cowards!
I have to rely on the hope that they will call me again because I can’t communicate through the mind link since we are too far from each other.
This is total shit!
Arya has managed to get all our things together in the shortest time possible.
I quickly dial our pilot’s number. I know that this is so short notice but that is why I pay him. He needs to be available in situations like this. Luckily, he is available, but a bit far from the hotel we are staying in. He promises to be at the Private Hangar where my jet is.
We head down to the reception to check out and then out into our rental car and we drive to the hangar. Captain Derick is already there in the aircraft checking the controls. Our luggage is taken care of and we go in. We set off at five in the evening and into the sky, we climb.
I try to stop my racing thoughts because they are just too many. All of them just horrifying. I can’t just sit back in my private jet and enjoy my classy flight while my pack is being torn down.
Fuck!
What do they want this time?
I thought I had defeated them. I was doing a great job of forgetting about them.
Are they back for revenge? Are they just up to destroying my pack?
Arya sits quietly looking lost, and sad, so miserable. She has curled herself up hugging her legs to her chest. She is in her pale grey trousers and red shirt. She looks like a vulnerable child when she is like this.
She hasn’t questioned me about the matter since we left the hotel. She must be really shaken.
“Baby,” I call to her, putting my hand on top of hers. She looks somewhat startled.
“Are you feeling alright? You are too pale,” I ask, touching her face.
“I am scared, Logan. What if those vampires are back to avenge their leader? Do they still want the gold? Do they want it that desperately?”
“I can’t answer that question, Arya. They have attacked my pack and we don’t have the gold. If it had been the reason, they would have only attacked the Blue Blood pack. I think this is a different reason. It might be revenge. It might be for revenge and to get their original aim.” I thread my hands through my hair and tug hard at the roots.
“They might have been keeping track of my every move. They knew about this trio and were assured of their plans going through,” I say.
“What if they are after my brother? What if they kill him for real this time?” she asks, tears flooding her cheeks. I pull her into my arms and she comes in without any restraint. I rub her shoulder and kiss her forehead.
“I am not going to promise you that everything is going to be fine because that would be a very big lie but we can only hope. I trust my warriors and my leaders, they can fight this battle even in my absence and still defeat the vampires. This is not the first time dealing with them. I am sure they are better at this. Your brother has also built a very strong warrior system around him. You shouldn’t lose hope, because it is the only thing we can rely on this long flight home,” I tell her. She cuddles closer to my chest.
We stay like this until she falls asleep a few hours later. I care her to the bed and place her on it. I remove her sneakers and socks go ahead and tuck her into the bed. She quickly curls into a small ball under the shit looking so small and delicate. I would have loved to join her in bed so that she can curl around me like a vine, but I a haunted by my thoughts.
I sit by the bed and look down at the floor. These next hours are going to be the longest hours of my life. I have no choice but bare this long flight. I bury my face in my hands my body stiff with uneasiness and discomfort. This is an insistence as an alpha; you can never feel at peace when your pack is in danger. It radiates from the Alpha wolf within me. He twists and coils within me, making my insides churn and waiver. I am all nervous and fearful of what the vampires are capable of doing. I can only imagine the situation back home, and all I get in my vision are flames everywhere and wails of despair. It is haunting me, it is waiting for me up. It is too much to take.