Wounded Luna

Lies and deceit

** Mason pov**

"Alpha Mason, we tracked your little pet south for a few hours, we lost her scent and tracks due to the storm." my lead tracked reported through the mind link,

"could she have reached Moon Glade?" I linked back.

"its not impossible, however i think its unlikely. at the point we lost her scent she was headed southwest. Moon Glade is southeast, looking at the map, based on the direction she was headed, she shouldn't pass within 80 miles of Moon Glade's border will outside of their packs territory. more likely she would have ended up in the city of Cartwright, but that's a bigger issue, based on her tracks she partially shifted at some point." he reported

"how is that possible, I have given that girl enough wolfsbane and silver nitrate over the years her wolf should have never woken, she shouldn't even f*****g know she's a werewolf." I snarled through the link.

"if I had to guess, its the blue moon, legends say under a blue moon, some werewolves are granted special gifts from the Moon Goddess." he links back

"That's horseshit and old wives tales. I'm sending you several cars, and 3 more teams, make a grid and expand the search area, I want the girl returned, alive" I growled angrily and closed the link.

"Sean take three teams, and as many vehicles as necessary and go head up the search" I order my gamma, and he exits with a nod.

"Billy did you get anything else out of the two guards?" I questioned.

"not really, even drugged to make them more compliant, they have almost identical stories. they heard a noise inside the room, opened the door to check, the girl was wake off the bed on the floor, Marks was grabbed from behind and had his head slammed into the wall, Thomas had no memory at all after hearing the noise in the room." Billy repeated what we already knew.

"and you are sure, Thomas wasn't the one that attacked Marks?" I questioned.

"according to his file, Thomas and his twin brother Gregor, joined this pack just over 2 years ago, after their mate rejected them for a chosen mate, one of their former packs ranked wolves, causing them to leave that pack, they are both listed as low ranking warriors, barely stronger than an omega, in training they are both mediocre. while Marks, is one of our strongest warriors, so i highly doubt it." Billy explained

I run down my face in frustration. "something strange happened in that cabin, and I don't like it" I growled. "contact hospitals and law enforcement in and around Cartwright, see if what information if any that might have, hell I'll take reports of a cryptid sighting." I say and dismiss him with a wave.

once Billy's gone from my office, I do something i really don't want to do, and pull out my phone to call Moon Glade, I f*****g hate that pack.

Ring, ring, ring "Hello, Alpha Fenrir Darkwolf office, Gamma Emily speaking how can I help you?" came a soft feminine voice

"Gamma Emily, this Alpha Mason of Iron Wolf Pack, yesterday afternoon, we had a dangerous prisoner escaped, a deranged shewolf, suffering from psychosis." I partially lied "its very important that we recover the poor girl, before she can expose our existence to the humans, i don't suppose your guards tracked anything suspicious near your borders last night? "

"oh that's terrible, just a moment I'll check the records for the last several hours" she said and I could hear typing. "let's see, we did have a disturbance along one one of our borders, according to the report, it was a male omega rogue, he claimed to be at least 100 years in age but couldnt remember his exact date of birth, he was questioned determined not to be dangerous or guilty of any crimes in standing with our pack and released. I'm sorry Alpha Mason, but that's all we have on file, right now. I can make a note call you, if anything else comes up." she says politely

I have to fight my urge to shout at her, I don't care about some random old rogue. "please do, the girl I'm looking for is on the small side for an omega, white hair, green eyes, roughly 20 years old, she is very dangerous, she's is suffering from several forms of psychosis and cannot be trusted." I mostly lie again, she can hear her typing.

"ok, I made a note for our border guards to be on the lookout for a diminutive female omega, with that description, with instructions to contact you if found. do you have a name for her?" she asked.

"A name , no i don't, we found her being held by rogues several years ago, and have been trying to help her, but her file doesn't include a name, she has called herself many different names according to doctors file" I completely lied.

"ok, I'll add that to the note, is there anything else I can do you for today, Alpha Mason?" she asked.

"No, Gamma Emily, that is all thank you." I said she hit the end call button and slammed my phone on the desk. "I f*****g hate Moon Glade." I growled to myself.

** Emily pov**

"No, Gamma Emily this is all them you" Alpha Mason says and ended the call.

I let a sigh and rub my forehead."just talking, to that guy makes my skin crawl." I say to the empty office.

"he can't possibly expect us to believe his lies right, I mean you could hear it in his voice " Ginger, my wolf says.

"probably, even if he knows that we are crimson wolf, I doubt he knows ours how or abilities work, most supernaturals only know that you cant knowingly lie the presence of a crimson wolf, not that they know if you are lying at all." I point out.

I test my mind link with Alpha Fenrir, it feels like he's still asleep you I went him a text to contact me when he wakes up, and mind link Jason instead.

"Hey Jace, just got a call form Alpha Mason of Iron Wolf, about the girl, he told several lies and didn't give anything useful information, but he's definitely looking for her." I link him.

"Have you updated Fenrir? " he linked back.

"no, I tested the link in pretty sure he's still asleep, and this didn't feel important enough to disturb him. i sent a text for him to contact me when he wakes up" I link back

"sounds good, how is Jessica doing? do you buy her whole, I was only pretending to be a b***h thing." he asked

"yes I do, I have told you guys several times, that she wasn't being honest with us before, true she didn't directly tell any lies in my presence, but she had definitely not been honest several times." I point out again. "But I'm not longer getting that feeling from her, she's been genuine all day so far." I link back

"yeah, yeah, so you keep saying. I still don't trust her, but I guess time will tell. Just keep an eye on her, airtight." Jason says and cuts the link.

I rub my temple, Jason can be so stubborn sometimes, I wonder how Marlene puts up with him. I'm just getting back to work when another call is forwarded to phone, from one of our pack companies, specifically our private security firm in Cartwright.

"Hello, Mr. Darkwolf's phone, this is his assistant Emily speaking, how can help you" I answer, the human way just incase.

"hello Emily, its Draven." spoke a very deep voice. Draven is a bear shifter that works for our company as a team leader but isn't official a pack member.

"Hey Draven, what going on? " I asked him

"A bolo (be on the look out) was just issued, for a diminutive caucasian female, with white hair, and green eyes suffering from psychosis, but the contract info for the bounty accompanying it is for Iron Wolf Pack, so our system flagged it." Draven explains.

"i see, and the bounty details? " I asked

"Alive, if possible, $8 thousand alive, $1 thousand dead, $200 for information leading to capture" he explained

"that's hardly worth our effort or resources, flag it as an unnecessary target, and ignore it." I tell him knowing he will understand, my coded meaning to make a trail leading away from Moon Glade .

"Understood." Draven says carefully in confirmation.

"keep up the good work Draven." I say in confirmation and end the call, then mind link Jason again. "Jason, just got a call form our private security firm, Iron Wolf, had the human authorities issue a bolo and put out a bounty out for the girl, I used code words for them to mange a trail leading further away"

"Good thinking Em, add that to the update you give Fenrir later. Can't talk right now." Jason says and cuts the link.