Drekinn 3 - Reaching Rissa

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The Mob Moms’ Christmas

~
Prologue

Prologue

Vivi looked a
round the corner and the
n
waved to her friends the co
a
st was
clear. It was disgusting
that
they had to hide their weekly meetings f
ro
m thei
r
children. Vivi laughed
when her
friends
sauntered past her and walked into the room they designated as their meeting room.
Their daughters had become too bossy, and they were going to take them down a peg or two pretty soon.

The room they commandeered
was right next to the kit
chen and had a connecting door. They could open
it and get the treats they
’d
already made, a
n
d
their
tea
,
which
should be done by now. Vivi
,
for one
,
was sick of her daughter Calli telling her what she could and could not do.
Her daughter forgets that SHE was the female Alpha of their Pack before all this shit went down.

Really, l
ike she was the
child
and Calli was the parent
. Vivi taught
her everything she knew, how to be a stone cold bitch and still be a leader.
Jeeze, where is the respect?
Now that things had gone to hell in a hand basket, they were all stuck in this old castle from
the
early 20
^th
century.
Which really wasn’t that bad, Vivi just liked to bitch about it. It was pretty cool, all made of stone and real wood. Plus, it was huge. They had hundreds of acres; places to build, to hide, no one would ever find them here. There were small buildings surrounding the castle, which they could turn into individual housing when they could get the material.

The only problem was there was a small grouping of homes right outside the boundaries of their new hiding spot. Kade, the Alpha, and his Betas’, Declan and Nick, all investigated the people. So far, they looked like they were just a group of nomads who settled there together. Apparently, they were shifters, although no one could really tell which kind since they masked their scent. However, there were at least six families living there.

Of course
,
the girls speculated and now had a
pool going
about who and what they were. Rissa thought they were a religious cult who kidnapped women to breed and increase their numbers. Cherri thought they were making illegal drugs for shifters, since normal human drugs did nothing for them. And Calli thought they were slave traders who were selling women to evil men for money to overthrow the government. All in all, it made for humorous discussions at the dinner table, although some of the Pack members thought they were nuts.

This place, given to them by the
Drekinn
Agency, well not so much given, more like Calli and Kade needed a place for their Pack when they were invaded by the Prentiss Agency, so Ms. Praton told them about this old place. They weren’t sure who used to own this place. Ms. Praton had been closed mouth about it. It was warded and hidden from prying eyes. The only way in was from underground, the old subway system. When their daughters called to tell them they were on the run from The Prentiss Agency, Vivi and her friends rallied.

They informed the people who needed to know, began to protest the Prentiss Agency, and then left. They made their position well known in the community. That was months ago. They’d been hiding in this castle for six months now.

Calli and Kade were regrouping. They were trying to get the information from the
Drekinn
, which wasn’t hard, since they brought the massive computer files with them. Moving those files to the new computers that were here was a task. Rissa was busy every day with the conversion. There was a lot of shit going on, but until they could pinpoint who their enemy was, they were in the dark. Cherri remembered the human president’s wife was somehow involved. But was she the leader? And why?

They were building a case against the Prentiss agency, which seemed to house roughnecks, for lack of a better word. A few of them were on the most wanted list until they gained employment with the Prentiss Agency. It made them wonder what the ultimate purpose of the Prentiss Agency was; surely
,
it was not for the regulation of magical laws.

The
Drekinn
Agency had been in charge of the regulation of the magical community. They had many branches to help the Magical people. Now the Prentiss Agency somehow won the contract they’d held for hundreds of years. It was crazy, and a sham. Vivi and her friends and family refused to reregister with the Prentiss Agency. A few of her friends had done that innocently enough and they’d been tagged because of their ancestors. Watched and followed all because they received the label of shifter. Now they were afraid to leave their homes. Hell, with their past ancestors, Vivi knew they’d be taken and held. So they left, as had their families, some had arrived; some were on their way. It was hard since they had to be in stealth mode.

Vivi and the rest of the families, of course, joined the
Drekinn
Pack, which were now on the most wanted list. She was so proud of her daughter
for
making the list; it made her a prime time outlaw. In their family that was close to worshiping status.

“The meeting is called to order,” Vivi said as she sat down in the chair in the corner. She picked up her tea and sipped it. “So, we are going to discuss Christmas. I know everyone is all busy hiding from the assholes, but we can still celebrate. I mean, we did an awesome Thanksgiving with what we had. The only thing we missed was the cranberries.”

Shelly leaned forward, “We need to go shopping.”

“I got that covered. We can take the subway back to New York, we only have to change a few facial
features,
and they will never find us. Just like last time,” Vivi said confidently.

Brenda snorted, “Last time we got caught. Calli and Kade were pissed.”

“But they still ate everything we made,” Vivi said smugly. “They don’t understand that Christmas is our holiday. It is the Moms’ holiday, and I will not let her take this away from us. I wanna get my new son-in-law a gift. And my daughter, who is becoming too bossy, something she needs, like lingerie. All that black is depressing.”

Her best friends nodded at her words. “I agree, maybe we can bring back Rissa a mate,” Brenda said.

Vivi and Shelly looked at each other before speaking slowly, “You know she is going to have two, right?”

Brenda rolled her eyes, "Yeah, I know, just thought we could get started with one. She has been acting strange lately. Have you seen her? I think she is cracking. I never thought I would say it, but my daughter seems to have the mating frenzy sickness. She is sniffing the hallways, and even some of the bedrooms. It's weird, when I ask her what's going on she laughs it off, but I can see her body tensing at weird times, too.”

Vivi frowned and thought back, Brenda was right, Rissa was acting strange, and she may have to check with Calli about that one, because maybe the girl did just need to get laid. Of course, she wouldn’t say it that way, her daughter would freak out, and her mother would have a heart attack. They all chose to believe their babies were virgins when they got married. She was pretty sure that Calli was anyway.

The whole destiny thing was becoming nuts. Ms. Praton, or as she was called now, Pilar, was telling them just enough for them to be confused. Each of the members of the
Drekinn
Pack hierarchy had a book from their ancestors. In there it contained the history of their families. Along with hidden powers and forgotten secrets. It also put a huge target on their children’s backs. The Prentiss Agency knew exactly who they were looking for, and none of them could figure out how they knew. The files were secure in the
Drekinn
Agency archives. Now it seemed someone had found them. The Prentiss Agency wanted the whole group of children who were ancestors of the Chosen.

Vivi was not gonna let that happen. However, first, they had to celebrate something, they all needed something to raise their spirits. That is why they were having a
Drekinn
Christmas.