Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Thane
So, little wolf wants a job. I am proud of her for attempting this feat. A huge mountain to her. Do I want her working? No. I also don’t think it is a good idea to put herself around that many shifters yet, but I want her to feel worthy. Increase her self–esteem, self – worth. I reluctantly sign off on the document. Fighting my urge to rush to her rooms and declare I will take care of her. I turn it over and head to the other stack to review. Never ending cycle with a pack this large. I approve agendas, new upgrades to the birthing cabins, preparations for celebrations. A welcomed knock on the door offers some reprieve from wanting to claw out my eyeballs.
Good afternoon alpha Thane. I have the files you requested on the Triad Group. Looks like they have a new business opened across state lines. They have an agreement with the Clearwater Pack. I am not sure you will like what you find in there. ” Damon says as he throws a mega file on top of my desk. Great. I start perusing the documents and photos. “These idiots opened a brothel. Are you serious? ” “Well, I think they are passing it off as a hotel/food establishment, but it is clearly more than that by those photos.” “Yes, Damon I can see that. Was including photos of blow jobs necessary? ” “Just trying to be thorough alpha. My apologies.” “Keep a team on them. I want a small group to go in and start talking to these women. Make sure they are there on their own free will. Check for pack marks. If any of ours are there, I want you to make DAMN sure they want to work there.” “Yes alpha. “Keep following Kian. If this is the type of businesses, he is involved in I want proof.” “Yes alpha p>
If this asshat thinks he can get Ayla working in one of these establishments I will skin him alive. Mate or not..The disease running through the shifter world that alphas can do whatever they want to the women in their packs needs to be eradicated. If these women choose to work there, fine. If they are held there, then we have a problem. I have not been notified that we have any missing pack members, and nobody has turned in any pack transfer requests, so I am leaning to the side of willingness on their part, but not little wolf. Never little wolf.
Cyrus, how is the forensic analysis of the hard drives coming along? Are we any closer to a paper trail? I send via mind–link. Would I min–link Ayla? Would I consider her close circle? I should probably follow up on her stance on being a pack member. At this point, she might as well. Unless her wanting to get a job is to get enough saved to run. She better not. Little wolf would regret that. I would make sure of it. Mate or not. Alissa is close to uncovering an account. All of the transfers we found from the alphas happened internally in the building we raided. It appears as though they didn’t get the ability to wipe everything out when we raided. I quickly mind–link back Good. Keep me in the loop.
Every raid we have done, every computer has been wiped clean. Like they knew we were coming, or they didn’t do anything in house. These shifters now, either royally screwed up accepting payments through their system or they didn’t know we were coming. I would hate to think we would have a mole in our ranks, but it can happen. I will need to analyze what is different this time around. We took the usual people. All of our meetings were held the same. Same planning strategies.
I work until late in the evening hours. Reviewing this and finishing that. I grab the bottle of bourbon in my bottom drawer. Am I drinking too much? Probably, but tomorrow is the 6th year anniversary of my parent’s murder, suicide and I would really like to think about something else. Maybe I can get drunk enough to think of a way to force Ayla to accept her wolf so I can find out once and for all if I can murder Kian or not. Maybe I get drunk and do it for fun. Who knows. The night is young.
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