“Just a granddaughter,” Kenneth smirked, making Elijah’s eyes flash.
Alejandro snickered. “Let’s not rile him up, we all know the Westwood women love the Rossi men, now on to business.”
He only fucking changed the topic since Elijah was getting pissed off.
“As I’ve already filled you all in, this is regarding the situation about the being, that we don’t actually know what he is. Leo had this being in his custody and was thought to be dead. Only for him to somehow come back to fucking life after a couple of days and killed two of his pack members and injured several more whilst managing to escape.” Alejandro continued before turning to me, “Leo?”
“There’s pretty much little else I can add to what you already know. When I did some analysis of the attack before he escaped… there was some smoke-like energy around him… I’ll play the video.” I began, clicking a button until the video came on, I had blurred out Shane’s and Jackie’s faces, but it fucking hurt to watch this…
I looked down, unable to look at the screen again, a few of the alphas murmured something, and I instead focused on watching their expressions.
“I’ve never seen anything like it, it’s not a demon,” Janaina said and Magdalena nodded.
“No, I haven’t seen anything like it but seeing this… we will continue searching.” She frowned as I switched the video off.
“He’s fast, very fast.” Junaid added thoughtfully. “His movements aren’t that of a werewolf.”
“He was fast indeed. Inhuman movement to be precise.” Kenneth mused, his eyes sharp. I didn’t like the guy; I don’t even know why he was on the council, but just his entire fucking vibe irked the fuck out of me.
“I do have a few questions for you Arden,” I said, sitting back as I watched him. “When I did my research, I found that this man went by the name of Judah Gallahan. The only known Judah Gallahan belonged to the Shadow Wolves pack, but he apparently died over fifty years ago; the entire family, in fact, was wiped out. Perhaps you remember them?”
Kenneth frowned, but he did look like he was thinking about it. “Now that you mentioned it, I do vaguely remember it, after all, it was a rather dreary story, they all died of poisoning in a fire.”
“Hmm… yet here he is…” Liam frowned.
I wasn’t so sure… “There is a chance that maybe he just stole the fucking name. Could you look into that further? And do you have any photos of that family? I just want to know if there’s somehow a link.” I said to Kenneth.
“That’s a good idea, I’m sure you can get that shit sorted right Kenneth?” Alejandro added.
Kenneth nodded. “I will get on it right away and report back with any findings.”
“Is it possible that he’s a hybrid? Maybe a vampire-werewolf?” Flint asked, running a hand over his beard.
“There’s a possibility… but even a vampire or a vampire hybrid wouldn’t be able to play dead…” Elijah remarked.
Magdalene nodded “Agreed – although vampires can let their bodies shut down for a certain amount of time, their skin would immediately turn a dark grey with deep veins, which wasn’t the case with this being.”
“He smelled like a werewolf, that’s not something a vampire can do, correct? Unless magic is involved, of course.” I inserted, taking out a cigarette, and lighting it before I turned my attention back to Kenneth. “Arden Corp is quite advanced in its scientific research; it has even delved into experimentation on living organisms, hasn’t it?”
It was an accusation that made the entire council tense, and I could tell that Kenneth had taken offence. His eyes flashed.
“Alpha Alejandro, I will not tolerate disrespect from-“
“It’s a fucking question, Kenneth, answer it and we move on. Reacting like this isn’t going to help matters.” Alejandro growled, cutting him off, I wondered if Kenneth was about to call me a rogue or scum?
“It’s a fair question, sometimes we all make mistakes or may be involved in not the smartest ideas.” Elijah said sharply.
Frowning, I knew now was the fucking time to put forward my own example into that, I may not like these men, but their eyes and men would help cover more ground, faster.
“I
I agree with Elijah, I myself created a certain weapon which should never have left pack grounds, if there is anything you can provide, we all know Alejandro’s big on forgiveness.” I replied casually, it was obvious only Dad, Rayhan and Alejandro got the sarcasm in my voice.
Alejandro smirked as we both took a drag on our cigarettes, his expression clearly relaying one fucking word. ‘Fucker.’
I smirked back. “Correct me if I’m wrong.” I mocked.
He simply sat back shaking his head, “Anything coming to mind?” He asked Kenneth.
He shook his head, “Nothing of the sort, we have… done research on certain bloods and DNA however there has been no experimenting on living beings.”
Lies.
Arden Corp did far more than they fucking let on.
Alejandro nodded. “Very well, check up on the Gallahan family, and if you can find photos on them, including that of Judah Gallahan, let us know immediately. Don’t fucking waste time to relay the message.” From his warning, I had a feeling Kenneth had withheld information in the past.
“There is one thing that Delsanra mentioned from her time with Endora… it isn’t that much but…” Rayhan began, his eyes flashing and anger crossing his face.
That may be the one fucking thing we had in common, the burning hatred for Endora that will never completely vanish.
“What did she say?” Dad asked as everyone waited on him to continue.
“She said Endora mentioned that there were far more species than we’d ever know of.” Yeah, I figured as fucking much, the question was, what? Rayhan frowned as he continued. “She spoke of some who were in the shadows, whatever that meant.” “Hmm, I will look into that.” Janaina mused, “I still want her to become an elder of the coven.”
“Not happening.” Rayhan countered and I wondered what that was all about.
“Did any of the ancient books not mention it? I’ve checked the few we have, there’s nothing.” Liam intervened smoothly.
“Nothing.” Alejandro shook his head.
“We haven’t gone through the ones here thoroughly, but so far,nothing.” I added.
“We’re still looking as well.” Rayhan said as he ran a hand through his hair. “Same with the clothes he was wearing when you caught him, it led nowhere. Delsanra tried to open a portal but it didn’t work, either the clothes weren’t his or something else was off.” I nodded. “I don’t think we will find the answer so easily, but until we do, we can at least try to locate and contain him. Even if we need to lock him in with barriers. The man is dangerous, and he will harm any who stand in his way.” I frowned, thinking the meeting didn’t give any further answers than what I already knew. “I have a few strategies put in place…”
I moved on to explain how and what we were doing to trace Judah, by the end of the meeting, I was almost fully satisfied that we would catch him. The packs had security and scouts sent out in their surrounding areas, and with his image in everyone’s hand, surely someone would come across him. I had also input face recognition through the human cities within miles all around. If he made an appearance and was caught on any public security camera, I’d get a notification.
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