I quickly lay down on the couch as I smell Doc outside our door, and Lance covers me with a blanket as he knocks on the door. Dad gets up to let him in and to let Doc do his job; we all know he doesn’t like the situation any more than we do.
Doc sees me laying on the couch while Lance is standing in front of the window with his arms crossed over his chest, not paying much attention to me or Doc, and Doc links me to ask if he needs to get rid of Lance for us.
“What do you mean, Doc? He is just making sure I have everything I need, Alpha’s orders.” I answer him.
“He is here to make sure you stay on the Gamma floor, and he will be in the way of your escape plans.” Doc answers, and I look at him in terror.
“Doc, have you lost your mind? Why would you think such a thing? This is our home; this is our Pack, and I don’t know where you got the stupid idea from that I would want to escape.” I say with a small voice.
Doc pales as Dad and Lance growl at him, and I am glad that Lotus chooses to help me play weak in front of Doc, instead of growling at him. Lance leaves the room to stand guard outside our door, because he knows Doc won’t say a word to us with him around, and through the mind-link I thank him for clearing the room.
Doc starts telling us about Alpha Geofry and his fated Mate; that she took her own life after Jace was taken away from her, and she was forced to watch another female raise her Son. That the same goes for the Beta’s fated Mate, and that his Gamma was about to do the same thing when he was killed.
“What happened to the former Gamma’s Mate?” I ask, and I sigh in relief when I find out she found her second chance Mate, but that he wasn’t a part of this Pack.
“I doubt she ever knew what would have happened if the Gamma had survived, but I am glad she never had to find out.” Doc answers.
“I have been wondering if it was only the Alpha or his entire leadership.” Lotus comments, and I know that this is what had her preoccupied every time.
“Doc, is there any evidence?” I ask him, and I really hope there is evidence to give to the Council and bring this Pack to its knees.
Doc shakes his head as he explains that the Alpha always took every file with him and every staff-member was Alpha commanded to never speak of it to anyone.
“Ask him if there are blood samples from those females, and if he says yes, then ask him if he has samples from our future Alpha and Beta.” Lotus says to me.
Before I ask Doc, I link Dad to get his opinion about this; Dad decides to ask him those questions as I am supposed to be too weak, and we don’t want Doc to know too much.
If Alpha Geofry thinks he is involved, he won’t have much to spill, and it might save his life in the process.
Doc tells us he will be back after dinner with everything we might need to prove our story to the Council, and Dad fills in Lance on everything Doc told us.
Lakota
I take the map off the table to study it again, and I let my finger trace the route we are going to take, taking in every Pack name that we will pass along the way.
I place a few marks of spots where we can rest for the night, and I constantly pick two spots about an hour apart, just in case we are traveling slower or faster than we expect. Our first stop tomorrow will be a small town that is known to have lone Wolves living there; not something you see very often.
They all left their Pack for one reason or the other, but didn’t want to find another Pack to live in, and they live there peacefully. Even a Council-member lives there, and that is where we will get some of the money we have, just to make sure we have some on us if we need it.
The rest we need will be ordered through the Council, and Armas will take care of the payments, just like he has done ever since we settled down here.
Dad has put every cent he could save into that account, and together with the money from selling our Pack’s territory, we will have enough to do as we please.
Lance has all his savings in cash, just like I do; not that the two of us have much, but it will hold us over for the time being, and after dinner, we take turns in getting some sleep before we leave.
Keir
Doc showed up just after Lakota went to bed, and I could use her condition as an excuse. Everything he had was in a small bag, and he told me he hoped I knew what to do with it.
“Don’t worry; if Alpha Geofry doesn’t know these items were in the Hospital, then he won’t miss them.” I tell him reassuringly.
Doc still doesn’t realize that Lance is on our side, because Lance decided to stand guard outside the door, and Doc tells me to let him know if we need help to get out of the Pack-house.
I tell him we will be fine, and I guide him out of the door; I keep watching until I hear the front door open and close.
“What is on your mind, Keir?” Lance asks as I sit down on the couch, and I know he can tell by the look on my face that something is bugging me.
Lakota rushing into the living room keeps me from answering Lance, and before I can ask her what is going on, she gestures for me to keep quiet.
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