The Prophecy Fulfilled

chapter 14

“Okay my dear, but do all us men a favor, take our security.” The King states, we all know there is no arguing with the King at this point.

“I will go with them as part of the security as well.” Kade replies and gets a nod from Cal. “I’ll set up the meeting for tomorrow to make sure all our warriors are aware of the situation with our new luna.

“Just make sure you keep what her shift spirit is secret.” Cal nods after them.

The six ladies climb into the King’s blacked out vehicles with security in front and behind them and they head to the mall.

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“I’m relieved you all could make it on such short notice.” The man says in a raspy voice. “I need to know if any of you had contact with Cobra recently.” He has not checked in the last week when he was due to.

“I haven’t heard from him in over a month. You know we don’t talk much.” Replied the Rattler in a bored voice wondering why they were all summoned.

“Being the oldest you know Cobra does his own thing in his own way and time, he never reports into or tells us what he is up to.” The youngest brother, Tiger, stated.

“All I know is he was trying to find that one girl he viciously carved into a number of years ago. He’s pissed that she was able to elude him for all those years.”

“You would know what he was up to Viper. You are the closest one to him.” Taipan said while rolling his eyes.

The Asp looks at Krait, “Well, what about you. Have you heard from or seen him recently?”

Krait looks into his fathers eyes and only shakes his head no. He then gets up and leaves the room to attend to his own hunt. He never liked his brothers or what they did to others. If he could, he would disappear and live the life that he wanted. Not the one he was forced to live.

The Asp waited and watched as Krait walked out the front door and got into his car and drove away. He knew how Krait felt, knew he wanted nothing to do with this life or his brothers. It saddened him to see on of his children unhappy with their destiny and legacy.

Turning back to his other four sons, “We need to find Cobra. There has been talk between other hunters that something is happening in the western part of the states. Rumors have it that the strongest pack out that way has expanded and increased the territory. If this is true we are losing our battle against the shifters. I need at least two of you to team up and find out what you can about that. The other two you need to find out where Cobra is at what he is up to. Maybe he has insight he can pass on.” Again, turning his back on his sons, the Asp effectively dismissed his them as if they were nothing but his lowly employees.

The men left their fathers office and headed out of the house that was never truly a home to them. In the drive, “Let’s meet at Lucians. I can use a strong drink and we can talk to others and come up with a plan to find out what is going on in the shifter world.” Viper says as he gets into his SUV.

The others follow suit and follow Viper to their favorite local dive.

Tai walks up to the bar when they walk into Lucians. “Hey Bonnie, “We’d like the usual, a bottle Jameson, shot glasses and two bottles of beers each. We will be at the center table today.” He winks at her with a sexy smirk on his face and walks to the table where his brothers are waiting.

Everyone knows that when The Brothers sit at the center table they are looking for information or have information to share. Any and all hunters that are in the bar know they are to make an appearance and pass on anything they have heard. If they don’t they will not like the consequences. There have been many hunters or family members of hunters that have been mutilated by the brothers for either keeping things from them or for ignoring their presence. They act as if they are the be all and end all for the hunter's existence.

They all clearly take after their father in the looks department. If there wasn’t fourteen years between the eldest and the youngest of the brothers one would think they were identical brothers. All had black hair that no matter the length was combed back revealing beady dark brown eyes pointed noise and chins. Some had facial hair others didn’t. The hair styles and facial hair was the only thing that really differentiated them from each other marking them as individuals. They were tall, had well defined muscles from intense work outs and a hardness to the eyes that made the toughest of men afraid.

First, the four men discuss who is going to do as their father asked. Viper and Tiger decide they will look to see if they can find Cobra. Viper had a few contacts that were in touch with Fox and Garrett. He sent a couple of text messages out that if they were in the area to head to Lucians.

It was thirty minutes later when the first of the hunters in the bar had the courage to sit at the table. Cooper nods in turn to each of the brothers waiting for the acknowledgement so he can get on with what he has to say.

Tai looks at Cooper with a nod of his head, “Coop, what’s the word?"

“Well, I was in the northwest earlier in the week. There was a lot of howling at midnight near Walla Walla, Washington. I was hunting for a beast that kidnapped a local girl. Her parents were frantic. Stated she had started dating a boy that looked really more like a man from school. They caught him leaving her bedroom one night and forbade her to see him again. She disappeared the next day.” He looks at the brothers. “When the daughter introduced him to her parents he mentioned something about not having a better “mate.”” With nods to continue, “They contacted a friend of theirs in the local police department who got them into contact with me. The day I was out there, I was in the woods at midnight looking for the local pack when I heard hundreds of wolves howling. It creeped me out. I have never heard that before.” Cooper gave an audible shiver at the memory. “I did find the girl the next day. She was with her parents at the local grocery store. When I approached them her parents looked chagrined and told me my services would no longer be needed, that they were mistaken about their daughters “kidnapping” and sent me on my way.” With that Cooper nodded at the brothers then at Bonnie who brought another round of beers for them.

As soon as Cooper left the table, another two slipped into the vacant seats. “Long time brother.” Alex slapped Viper on the back gave him a side bro hug, leaned back so his brother Craven could give him a fist bump in greeting.

“Thanks for getting here so quickly. Have either of you heard from Garrett or Fox lately?” Asked Viper and took a swig of his fresh beer.

There was a brief pause as both of the men looked at each other, “I heard from Garrett about a week ago. Said he was in a dive near Seattle. Overheard two men talking about a baker or some s**t. Then some mumbo jumbo about finding a lost target and that he wanted to get together to celebrate once said target was apprehended. I haven’t heard from him again.” Alex looked at Viper with uneasy curiosity in his eyes. “What’s going on? You know if you need us we will be there.

Viper nods, “Yup, I know it, but we aren’t sure what is going on yet. The Asp is being paranoid because he hasn’t heard from Cobra in like a day.” He says with an exaggerated eye roll to emphasize his sarcasm.

“You know The Asp doesn’t exaggerate when it comes to Cobra. If anything, he waits too long to find out what’s going on because Cobra is his “special” kid.” Tiger says clearly irked that he has to play his brother’s keeper.

“Did they happen to say where they were headed to apprehend this target?” Kai says trying to keep the family drama out of the conversation.

“Welp, I believe they said something about a diner in Oregon. Small town type deal, and muffins. Looking for awesome muffins or some s**t. You know how Garrett and Fox share information. It’s all random crap, bits and pieces of what they want you to know thinking that you will understand their gibberish."

“OK, Craven, So did they mention the town or was your focus on food? Were you hungry again? All you do is eat when you are on the road. It’s amazing you aren’t fat.” Rattler states cutting to the chase.

Rattler is known for being blunt and uncaring in his treatment of others. He’s hard, has learned to have tough, thick skin so that he doesn’t hurt emotionally. Some say he’s almost as good as Cobra at the kill. But Rattler knows better. Cobra is a f*****g psycho. He enjoys the kill and will torture before making the final blow. Rattler, he just wants to do the job and be done quickly and to get rid of the infestation of the shifter species, the abominations against the human race.

With a rather painful thinking look on his face, Craven blurts out, “Brownsville…I think. All I remember is that it’s where they made that movie. You know, the one with the kids that find a body in the woods...”

“Stand By Me?” Ever the movie buff Alex asks.

“Yeah…yeah, that one!”

Viper rolls his eyes. “Okay, thanks guys. Come on Tiger lets go. We have a long drive ahead of us.”

The two brothers get up and leave.

That leaves Alex, and his brother Craven and the remaining snakes, Rattler and Taipan. After finishing their shots and grabbing what remains of the fifth of Jameson, they walk out of Lucians without a backward glance or a thank you to Alex and Craven. They both know they are headed to Walla Walla, Washington to find that wolf pack and get more information from the beasts.