Devon:The Beta's Double Trouble (13 page)

Sid stepped forward and took the hand of each of the men they had been introduced to; effectively he covered his mate’s erection. Devon turned when he heard his other mates tinkling laugh, and then smiled when he saw her with Cami and Jo. The women had become good friends in a short period of time. Good, he thought she needed to make friends, from everything she had told him; she had no real close friends other than her brother. It must have been a little lonely growing up.

“Let’s get down to business.” Quin said and sat motioned for all of them to sit down.

“First, we are going to have to change a few things, since Devon met his mates, and will probably want to be staying a little closer to home now. I suggest Gregg take over the search for the missing Council members in the field, while Devon helps with the research here. Darien can help with the Denver Pack.” Jaden said and winked at Casey.

“Good idea. We have found a few leads on a couple of the Chosen.” Quin said then continued.

“Unfortunately, not a lot of details but maybe we can find something. Casey and Reggie are going to be handling the finances of the Council and since Reggie is currently hurt and out of it, Casey, we can start with the Denver Packs and go from there. We have a lot of things we need and want to get moving including the re-development of some of the buildings. Sid and his brothers will be heading the construction.” Quin said.

Casey tuned out a little while they were talking. It had been a long few days, and she was looking forward to seeing her new home and finding her new bed. Preferably, with one or both of her mates joining her, she needed to reconnect with them again; goodness, she really was a slut. She looked at the people in the room and smiled. This was her new family. These wolves would never betray her. She looked at Thon and Oliver and wondered if they knew her parents.

Did they know of the plan to separate her from her brother? Did they care?

Devon must have felt her uneasiness, because he stood and silently came and sat next to her. Sid smiled and nodded before moving and sitting in front of her. They surrounded her with caring and loving feelings, and she relaxed against her big mate. The meeting continued without a beat, even though the other people had to realize something was going on with Casey, because her mates had felt the need to protect her.

“If I may?” Thon said as he looked at his son first and then turned to Casey when Quin nodded.

“My dear, what is wrong?”

Casey flushed her embarrassment and looked down at her hands not really liking to be the center of attention with so many powerful wolves. She felt like she was under a microscope. It was stupid she had brought attention to herself. As if they wanted to hear about her personal shit when so many other important things needed to be discussed, she was a walking disaster, how was she going to fake being under control?

“Uh, nothing much, just thinking about everything I am going to need. It is just a little overwhelming thinking of handling the funds for the Council.” She lied.

Quin’s mother leaned forward, smiled gently at her, and said, “I think it is more than that.” Cami leaned forward, took Casey’s hand. And squeezed it hard before saying, “I think my friend is a little worried that all of you knew what happened to her when she was a child, and let her parents abandon her.”

“Casey, we did not know what your parents planned. I would have stepped in and helped had I known. Jeremy was a trusted member of the Pack, and I am sure of his part in this farce, he only was doing what he thought best to save you. As for your parents, or should I just say the Tarkens, I can’t say.” Oliver said and frowned at the other members of the Council. “Has anyone spoken to Barbara and John about this?”

Everyone in the room shook their heads, but Braden said, “No, I have spoken to Jeremy. He was part of my security; he explained what he knew and how he dealt with things over the years. I am sorry, Casey.”

“I just do not understand what they were thinking.” Casey said quietly.

Quin raised his hand, and told his brothers to read the papers that they had gathered from the Tarken’s and Jeremy. It outlined what they had told the Betas, and what they had investigated once they discovered that Casey was part of the Pack.

Casey cried as they read the pages from her past, the one that no one had told her about. She heard how Jeremy had taken her to where he was supposed to meet her parents, and how he waited for almost a year before trying to find them himself. He had become frustrated that they had left their daughter. When he arrived to the Columbia Pack, Jeremy had explained how he confronted the Tarken’s and how they refused to take Casey back. They said it was safer if Jeremy would just take Casey, leave, and find a new Pack. Jeremy had refused because Reggie and she had been twins, and he knew their bond was strong. He knew that separating them would do more harm than good. It sucked hearing all of her personal shit being explained to the whole Pack.

“Wait, go back.” Oliver said.

Quin looked up surprised at the tone the older man had. “What?”

“Explain the dates again.” Oliver said urgently.

Darien looked down at the paper he had been reading and repeated the dates again. Devon did not know what they were supposed to be listening to, but he leaned forward thinking the shit was going to hit the fan again. He did not know how much more his mate could take.

“There. The date that Barbara called Jeremy and asked him to come to the house to discuss something important. According to Jeremy that was when they asked him to take Casey.” Oliver said and looked around the room and frowned when no one heard what he did. “Get Jeremy in here.”

Quin shrugged and called Mike and had him bring the older wolf into the room. The Tarken’s and Jeremy had still been arguing in the suite below.

Oliver wasted no time and started to question Jeremy. “Explain to us again the sequence of events that led you to become Casey’s legal guardian.” Jeremy frowned, but pulled a small note book from his pocket. Casey grinned when she saw him do that, ever since she was a small child, he had done this. Jeremy was very precise on things that were important to him. He always wrote down things he needed to remember, things that happened on a daily basis, so he could record them later in his diary. He was a stickler for facts and dates.

“Well, according to my notes, Barbara called on November 13th and asked me to come for a meeting the following week. She was very upset and they needed help. I was supposed to be on duty the day she wanted me to come, but she was adamant about me coming that day. I called and asked another Enforcer to take my place. That morning I ran to their house, and by the time I got there, they had discovered that Jo had been kidnapped. The Tarkens were in a panic about what it meant. I ran back to Oliver's house to help with the hunt. A few days later Barbara called me again, and similar to the last time she was crying and frantic. She asked me to come to the house. I thought something had happened to one of the twins and ran over right away. They told me that they were worried about Casey and Reggie. They said that something had spooked them the previous night. John thought he saw someone looking in the twin’s window. They asked me to take Casey, go to the States, and meet them. I agreed, because I knew the twins were part of the future. Braden you had told all of us that we were to protect the Chosen no matter what. I called my Beta and explained that I needed to protect one of the Chosen, and I was leaving. I did not even go back to my house. I took Casey, left that very night, and took a train to England first, and then a plane to New York. Casey and I traveled across the States in a bus, until we reached our destination, and then I laid low and waited for the Tarken’s.” Jeremy explained reading from his book. “I also want to add, that I would not trade a single day that I had with my daughter. She is the light of my life, and I would give anything for her not to be hurting right now. I wish that I would have asked for help from the Council, but then, no one knew who was responsible and everything was a mess. I wanted to protect one of the Chosen, and gained a daughter.”

Casey sniffed and smiled at the man who would always be her father no matter who had given birth to her and donated the sperm. Regardless of anything else, Jeremy was an honorable man.

If she believed him when he said he knew nothing about what her parents had planned, when they separated Reggie and her, then she needed to forgive him for lying to her. It was a wasted emotion that she did not have time for right now.

“If that is true, then how did they know a week in advance that they needed someone to help them?” Oliver said looking at Braden and Thon for answers.

“For that matter, why would parents who knew their children were part of the Chosen Prophesy, actually separate them? We told the parents that they would be protected. Most of them stayed for many years in the area, it was only after we announced that Jo was presumed dead the rest of the families slowly left the Pack. I talked to many of them that left, and they all said the same thing, they wanted to start over, somewhere where their children were not so well known. Only the Tarken’s left so soon after the incident.” Braden said slowly.

“I wonder if they knew, if somehow they were involved.” Oliver whispered.

Quin stood and looked around the room, his face was masked with fury. “We invited the enemy into our Pack.” He growled and Jaden jumped up as well and grabbed the phone. They were barking orders to the Enforcers when they heard the first boom.

“Safe room.” Tey ordered and shuffled the women to the bedroom that Casey and her mates had just occupied. In the corner, she had not seen a panel before. Tey ripped open the door and shoved them into the room which was surprisingly large. How had they hidden this?

Cami led Jo to the chair and sat down sharing it with her. Casey followed, and sat on the arm of the chair needing to feel some comfort. Her men had stayed out there, as had the Alphas and the rest of the Council. Quin's mother joined them last, and sat on the other arm of the chair poised like a Queen and looked at the screens that Tey was pulling up.

In front of them was a wall of television screens, that when turned on showed the entire Pack compound, from all from different angles. On most of the screens, there were men running around checking all the perimeters. Casey could see there was no fighting, which led her to believe there was no attack.

“Shit, Reggie.” Cassie whispered and stood up. She was going to have to go and get him and Ruby.

“Casey no, you can’t leave. The door locks behind us and, unless the Alpha comes, we will not be able to get out. They and the Betas hold the code.” Tey said never taking his eyes off of the camera.

Casey sat back and grabbed Jo’s hand. She was worried about her men, and now her brother.

What has caused the loud noise? She looked at the cameras again and could not see what had made the noise. That is until she moved, and looked at the screen that had been hidden from her view by Tey. It was the Alphas’ apartment. She saw Quin and Jaden, yelling although she could not hear what was being said. Devon and Sid were both helping the Beta's attempt to get in a door. When she looked closer, she realized that it was the door to Reggie’s room.

“No.” she cried and ran to stand next to the big man. Jo had not made a noise behind her, but she cried out at that moment and slumped to one side. Cami yelled for Tey, who jumped to his mate’s aide while Casey took over the chair. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see that Quin’s mother had come and stood next to her, trying to comfort her. She knew there was something not right about what was happening.

“She is so scared.” Jo whispered. “Ruby, she is scared for herself and Reggie. Reggie is still unconscious. Ruby has been blindfolded so she does not know where she is. She refuses to let Reggie go, she is protecting him.”

Tey gathered his mate in his arms and sat with her as she cried because of the emotion she was feeling. “Try to block it out.” Tey whispered.

“I am trying, but you know better than anyone when a feeling is this strong in the Pack I can’t.” Jo whispered and laid her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

Finally, Casey could see the door give with the pressure from the men who had been trying to get in. She could not see inside the room, but she could see some of the destruction through the doorway. It was as if the wall to the outside of the building had been ripped away. How the hell would they have been able to do that? Casey thought and watched as her men and the rest of them stepped into the room, and then run back out and go to the stairs.

Through the cameras, she watched their progress and waited. It seemed to take forever while they ran to the ground floor and out the front doors. God, they were sexy. Why the hell would she think of something like that at a time like this? Opening her mind she felt and listened as they talked to each other. They must have felt her a little because she felt them block her.

Growling in frustration, she mentally cussed them out.

They sat in the room in relative silence as the events unfolded around them. Casey could tell the Alpha female was beginning to get restless, and a little angry about being kept in the room for so long, because she started pacing.

Jo remained with her mate and every once in awhile, whimpered and told them what Ruby was feeling. “Oh shit.” She murmured. “Levi just found out his mates were kidnapped.” Casey looked back at the cameras and saw the man who was going to be her brother’s mate. He was pissed. She watched him slam into the room where Ruby and Reggie had been in. She thought she could actually feel the roar of anger come from the big Enforcer.

Chapter 8

It seemed like a lifetime before she heard the door to the safe room they were in open. She had watched as they cleared out some of the rubble looking for clues and found very few. Casey waited patiently knowing her men were just on the other side of the door. She had seen them come into the apartment with the Alphas.

Quin was the first through the door and was quickly followed by Jaden, who grabbed his mate and pulled her between them. Devon and Sid came in next and rushed to her side grabbing her into a hug. She wanted to ask about her brother, but she was being squeezed too tightly to actually talk. Clearly, Cami was having the same issue until she saw her friend start to slap at her mates making them give her a little space.