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Tav
I look around the room after Callux and Torin leave with River, taking everything in. Torin’s right, we did fail her. We thought we had everything taken care of, then this happened.
“Tell me everything you know about these two. About the schoolmate who came to you. I want to know how they knew where she was. How they got onto the property.” I turn around and leave. I can’t be in here any longer, and I need to let Storm know what’s happened. But first, I need all the details.
I hear Josh talking before they fall in step behind me as I head to the living room.
“Sit on the couch and go over everything you know. Detail by detail. Nothing is insignificant.”
The three of them do as they’re told, and then Holden, the beta, speaks.
“She is my partner for a school project. We’ve been talking through the school messaging portal. Henry, my schoolmate, kept asking about her, wanting me to switch partners with him. He kept going on about how the one he was assigned wasn’tcompatible with him or the pack he was trying to be a part of.” He takes a breath as I pace in front of them. My body is too wired to sit.
“Keep going. I need to know how they got here,” I growl, gritting my teeth so I don’t just kill these fuckers claiming to be River’s Kismet bonds. Our search of them found nothing that had us worried. They were actually a decent pack.
“Give him a chance and he’ll tell you. We just want to know how she is. To see her,” Nash adds, and Roman cuts him a glare.
“I warned him about the pack, that they were no good. He said they were on their way to get her. Marcus had hacked into Heatwave and had been watching the packs you picked. So when the pack was notified with the information, they had it, then handled the pack.”
Fucking Heatwave. I am going to handle them myself. Their security measures should be enough to keep out anyone who tries to hack their system. An issue we will be sure to handle, once I am confident that no one there was involved in this.
“He refused to go with them so they beat the crap out of him. He came straight to us and gave us the information he’d seen. We then rushed straight here. We didn’t know until he showed up that she was an omega. She told me she was a beta, and that’s what’s on her records. As far as being her Kismet, well that happened when we stepped into the room.”
I pace back and forth in front of the couch, processing everything they’ve told me. Henry. If I believe what they’re saying, then he’s innocent. He just chose to align himself with the wrong pack. Then something they said registers.
“What do you mean when this Marcus said that she belonged to him?”
“I don’t know. Henry said that she was taken and should have belonged to Marcus and the pack he was supposed to join.” Holden raises an eyebrow in confusion.
“Fuck me!” Josh blurts.
I already have my phone out, contacts open as I hit the call button. He answers immediately.
“What’s wrong?” he asks, almost out of breath.
“Things didn’t go as planned. There was another member of the Hartman Pack. One we didn’t know about. He found her. Hacked Heatwave’s computer system.”
“Is she okay?” I can hear the panic in his voice.
“They got to her, knocked Torin out and…” I can’t even say the rest.
“Are they dead?” His voice is as cold as ice.
“They are. But she lost it, Storm. She talked about killing herself. Torin had to knock her out again until her heat passes.”
“I’m getting on the fucking plane now. I know she told me not to come, but I had a bad feeling. I should be there in about three and a half hours.” I can hear an announcement to begin boarding, and I know he’s at the airport. “I’ve got to go.”
“Wait, there’s more. There’s a pack here. They say they came here to help her. They claim to be her Kismet bonds.”
“We don’t claim. We are,” Nash announces boldly. “Who is Storm?”
“Keep them there until I get there,” Storm tells me before ending the call.
“He’s her brother, and he’s on his way.”
Chapter 37
