Van stares at him for a moment, deciding whether to push the issue or not, before he sighs and nods, “Fine, but next time let us know that he’s listening in.”
“Done,” River states. “For what it’s worth, I really don’t know why it was important. My instincts are just riding me hard.”
“It might be because you’re an extremely strong alpha and he’s a shifter,” Raiden suggests thoughtfully.
River thinks about it for a second and nods, “Possibly. I think that probably makes the most sense. Although it also doesn’t make sense because although he’s a shifter, he’s not supposed to exist, so the chance that my alphaness, don’t correct me that’s a word.” He says, and I smirk. He continues, “Anyway, the chances of it having an effect or being affected by him are pretty slim.”
“I suppose you’re right,” Raiden agrees thoughtfully, and I know that the wheels in his head are spinning, trying to work it out.
“Let’s get back to the plan for tomorrow, and working Dimitri’s suggestions into it,” River suggests.
“Agreed, I need to let Ty know the final plan as well,” Van says as he pulls out his phone so we can go over it with Ty.
The conversation only lasts for another hour or so, and then it’s all settled.
During the conversation, though, I do end up realizing that when we were here for the Hybrid alert, I misunderstood. It turns out that the SID agents that are stationed here are all trained at the Training Academy back home, and there isn’t technically a SID branch over here, just a few teams stationed here to keep an eye on things. If anything happens that needs more backup, then they call it into Ty, and he sends more teams, and whatever else they need over to them, usually via portal if the need is urgent.
Because of that, we’re going to have to have teams from the Training Academy come over to assist us, as there aren’t any available here. They’re all dealing with other things.
Fortunately, Ty is having everyone portalled over using the portals that they apparently have at the Training Academy.
Who fucking knew? It makes sense that they have them there. Especially since I know that they do jobs in other realms, and the portals need to be secure. The easiest way to make sure that no one we don’t want is watching our movements is to have portals at the Training Academy. It’s also more efficient and quicker too.
At some point, someone is going to need to explain the basics to me, because I had no idea that there were portals at the Training Academy, and I’m sure that there is a lot of other stuff that I don’t know about but really should too.
You know, when we get the time, and aren’t trying to defeat several big bads all at the same time.
Fun.
“So, is everyone clear on the plan?” Van asks, interrupting my wayward thoughts.
We all nod. We’ve gone over it a couple of times now, we know it like the back of our hands, and the backup plan too, and the backup backup plan. We’ve got plans on top of plans, and honestly, I love the organization.
It is nothing like how I used to work. I didn’t have the luxury of being able to have a backup plan. Most of the time, I was lucky to get the file on the job that I was already on the way to.
All of this information and organization is scratching an itch in my brain.
I love it.
“I’m going to head into the grounds and see if the kelpies did move their lake here, or if whatever stole time from me and held me in a trance took them,” I say as I stand up and call Asael to me.
The guys freeze as they all turn to look at me, the realization dawning on their faces.
“Fuck, why didn’t I think of that?” Reed asks.
I shrug, “My brain runs away with me, sometimes it’s a good thing.”
“I love the way that your brain works,” Raiden says, making me smile. “I’ll come with you. Everyone else has things that they need to do to get ready for tomorrow.”
“Sounds good,” I say as I head toward the door.
Now that the thought has occurred to me, the need to check on them is niggling at me even more.
Raiden ducks into his room to get changed since the weather is looking like it’s going to take a turn for the worse, and he wants to grab a weapon too, just in case, and then we both head out into the cold.
It’s not evening yet, but thanks to the clouds darkening the sky, it certainly feels like it’s closer than it actually is.
“Yikes, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the cold in Ireland. It makes no sense, but it’s a different kind of cold than it is back home, it cuts through you in a different kind of way,” Raiden says as he tucks his chin into the collar of his jacket and stuffs his hands in his pockets, trying to keep warm.
