Page 81 of Her Arranged Alpha
I groaned. "Don't remind me."
She chuckled, placing a quick kiss on my cheek before breaking free. "I'll call you at lunch."
She left the house, leaving me with a hard-on. I ran a hand over my face, knowing I needed to focus. I had a long day ahead of me and a meeting with the guys.
I left the house soon after and headed to the building where we always had our meetings. I was the first to arrive and took my seat with my coffee. I looked outside the window, staring at the woods.
A shiver ran down my back, thinking of just a few weeks ago and how close I came to losing it all. The guys and I had decided that enough was enough. We were putting our heads together and looking at every angle, every detail we possibly could to find this guy. We weren't going to sit and wait for the Council to tell us anything because they seemed not to care enough.
"You look irritated," Jay said as he stepped into the space.
I shrugged. "Just tired."
"Not sleep well?"
I smirked. "I was up all night fucking."
He rolled his eyes as he pulled a chair out and sat down. "You said that to rub it in, didn't you?"
I smirked as I took a sip of my coffee. "Just a little."
"What are we talking about in here?" Jones and Frank entered next, both looking high-spirited.
"Just that Jay has no sex life now that he has two kids."
Frank laughed as he took his seat. Jones is sitting down next to him. Before Jay could even respond, Aaron and Henrik stepped into the room.
"Morning, guys."
"Morning," We all said in unison. Jay was throwing daggers at me. "I'm going to get you for that."
I chuckled as everyone took their seats and the meeting began. It was the same every day. We all went over what we figured out, and what we would do for the next steps. We had already gone through every single person in our pack and were trying to nail down abandoned houses. We were deep diving into the libraries and searching through any documents. We were asking people about what happened and looking for any information that anyone could offer us.
We were conducting interviews and collecting information from people who might know something. We were looking for anything.
Whoever this guy was, he was careful to trace his footsteps. He left little behind. Anyone we asked about the darkness said they never saw it coming and had no idea where it went. People who had lost family members stated they knew nothing but would offer up anything they thought would help.
We were coming to a dead end.
"This is frustrating," Frank said, leaning back in his chair with a huff. "Where the hell is this guy staying? Why is it we can't ever seem to find him?"
"What if he's not in a pack?" Jones asked, looking at the map of our packs together. We had X's all over the spaces we were sure were clear. The only area we hadn't checked was the woods.
It was the silent possibility we were all aware was possible. The only problem was that to search the woods, we needed numbers, and that was where the darkness seemed to be the most. There were so many things that could happen, so many things that could go wrong.
I ran a hand over my face. "What if we asked the witches to help look there?"
"That's not a bad idea."
"Would they agree to that idea?" Henrik asked.
"I don't see why not. It's a huge ask for us, though."
"We don't exactly have time to sit on this." Jay said, "We've already lost so much time. We all know this is only getting worse, and we need to take action now."
"I can ask Hope when I see her again. I'll chat with Jillian and ask her when I get home."
We all nodded in agreement, and I felt my stomach dip thinking about having to check the woods like we had the packs.
