The Alpha's Surprised Mate (Book #1 of Silver Moon Series) novel Chapter 97

Ninety-Six: Delivery At Work

Kaleb

That talk with the girls had to be the worst ever. I can’t believe they thought we were going to have that talk with them. I could sense both of the girls getting anxious. I wasn’t sure why since none of us were nervous. When Araya started talking about sex and babies, I was horrified. I am pretty sure Dustin and Chris felt the same way. When Kylani and Mykenzie started hysterically laughing at the situation, I wanted to be mad but couldn’t get the words out to tell them to shut up. I still can’t believe I stuttered when I talked. It was embarrassing. Kylani continued to tease me after that. I just ignored her. I can’t imagine having to have that talk with my girls. I shake my head and decide to focus on work. I am sitting in my office in our main building. Work has been going well. We have many new contracts in the works. I am going to have to travel to Greece and Spain in a few weeks, and I am not looking forward to it. I really don’t want to leave Kylani right now. She has been doing well and has not had any more pains from the growing twins. I have just gotten back to my office after having lunch with Dustin, Nate, and Jason. He stopped by to see what was going on and to say hi. I think the girls are driving them crazy. I had just sat down when my secretary came walking in with a package. She set it down on my desk, and I looked at it. I don’t remember ordering anything; if I did, I would have it sent to the house. I wonder if Kylani got me something and had it sent here. I open it to see what it is. It takes me a few to realize what I am looking at. When I do, it pisses me off. There are several pictures of all the girls. Some are current, and some are months, if not years, old. I instantly close the box and send both Nate and Dustin a mind link saying that I am bringing something up to Dustin’s office that we need to discuss. I close my office door and tell my secretary where I am going and to cancel anything that is not important. Luckily I have nothing major going on this afternoon. I catch the first elevator I can and head to Dustin’s office. When I get there, Nate is already there, and I set the box down on Dustin’s desk.

“What is this?” He asks.

“Look,” I tell him.

He opens up the box with Nate looking over his shoulder. He digs through the box when he realizes what he is looking at. I hear a low growl come from him. I can see the anger in his eyes.

“Where did this come from?” Dustin asks angrily.

“When I got back from lunch, Barb brought it in and set it down on my desk. She said FedEx dropped it off. I have no idea who sent it.” I explain.

“The dates range from a year or more to two days ago.” Nate comments.

“How are they getting the more current ones?” I ask.

“I have no idea. We need to take these to Marcus and Jason. They need to see these.” Dustin replies.

I return to my office to find Dimitri sitting in a chair. I jump a little cause I am not expecting him to be there. He gives me a chuckle.

“Not to be rude, but why are you here?” I ask.

“Kylani sent me. She said she could feel you were angry and wanted me to find out why. She was going to come to herself, but I told her I would see what was going on.” He tells me.

Oh shit, I forgot she could feel my emotions. Thank god that Dimitri convinced her to let him come. The last thing I need is her seeing all those pictures would piss her off. Then she and Mykenzie would head off to try and find whoever this was. I explained what happened and the box of pictures. He is also pissed. I tell him that we are just clearing whatever is on our schedules and heading home. We are going to take the box to Marcus and Jason.

“Let me take the box to them. That way, the girls don’t get so suspicious.” He says.

“That is a damn good idea,” I admit.

I mind-linked Dustin and let him know that Dimitri is here and what his idea is. He agrees and tells me to have Dimitri come to his office and get the box. I let Dimitri know to go to Dustin’s office and retrieve the box. He gives me a smile, then is gone. I figure he is already in Dustin’s office. I turn off my computer and wait for the other two to come down here. We all rode here together this morning in the company car. I am looking out my office window when I hear a knock. I turn around to see Nate. I grab my stuff and walk toward him. I close the door to my office and lock it. The three of us head towards the elevator.

“What are these people trying to prove by sending all these pictures?” Nate asks.

“I have no idea. I wonder why they are sending them now.” I say.

None of us have an answer to any of this. I hope Marcus, Jason, or one of the other guys has an answer for us. Hell, even an idea of why now would make me happy. I guess we will find out when we get home.

Marcus

When Dimitri popped up in our living room with a plain-looking box, I was unsure what was happening. It looked like something that one of us had ordered from a****n. When he set it down, and we started digging through, and I saw what the contents were, I kept getting more pissed. I kept finding more and more pictures of the girls. Most were dated and stretched from a few days ago to over a year. Most were of Mykayla, Mykenzie, and Kylani. Many had whoever was with them at the time. Ashton happened to be over at the time and sent a mind link to guys that he could while I texted the rest. It wasn’t half an hour later than we were all sitting in our living room. We were still waiting for Dustin, Kaleb, and Nate to get home. They walked in about fifteen minutes later. They had changed out of their suits and took a seat.

“Was there any type of note in the box?” Brighton asks.

“Not just the pictures.” Kaleb answers.

“We will run the pictures through our programs to see if we can find anything.” Jason comments.

We discuss what all this means, but none of us can come up with anything. I am pissed because we have been diligent in ensuring that no one is spying on us. Yet, somehow they are still able to take pictures of the girls. We have been sitting there for about an hour trying to come up with something with Brandon picks up a few of the pictures.

“These are all taken on pack land.” He states.

We all look at him like he is crazy. He goes on to explain that when he was sneaking onto the old pack land before we brought the newest three, he would enter from different areas of the territory or follow the animals. He starts pointing out various landmarks. Jason and I start notating down different things to help with the computers.

“If these are taken on our territory, then we have a traitor within the pack.” Donte points out.

He is right. Only a pack member would be able to go unseen on the territory to be able to take all the pictures. This angers me even more. Who the hell is doing this, and why?

I can see how pissed off Dustin is becoming. I don’t blame him. A member of his pack is spying on the girls and possibly helping our enemy. All of a sudden, there is a knock on the front door. Rye comes walking back in after seeing who was at the door. He is followed by Josh, Seth, Bill, and Peter. They are the four human guys that the girls caught a few weeks back. Josh and Peter are mates to two of our she-wolf warriors. Seth is probably the mate to one of the omegas that work in the kitchen in the packhouse. I say probably because she is not 18 yet. I am surprised to see them here. We have not included them in any of this because we are still unsure about them. They seem like good guys and have not done anything to make us not trust them so far. They find a seat, and we all look at them.

“What can we help you guys with?” Dustin asks.

“I know you guys don’t trust us, but we have some stuff that we want to tell you. You can believe it or not,” Seth says.

“Peter and I were at the training grounds hanging out and watching the girls train. We overheard two guys talking about taking pictures of the girls. They talked about being paid to take the pictures.” Josh tells us.

“I was in town with Bill, and we were in some store when two wolves came in. We didn’t think anything of it at first until we heard them mention Mykenzie and Kylani. That got our attention. The one told the other that he couldn’t believe the myth about them was true and that there has to be some way to capture them.” Seth adds.

We all sat there, unable to say anything. Damn, I can’t believe these guys overheard all this shit. I asked what the two at the training grounds looked like. They said they could show us who they were next time they watched the girls train.

“What did the two at the store look like?” Kaleb asks.

Seth describes the two wolves. They don’t really stand out in any of our minds. Bill pulls out his phone and shows us the picture he was able to take. He said he acted like he was taking a picture of a car. Oh fuck no, in the picture is Alpha Darrius and his beta. I hear a deep growl and see Dustin’s eyes turn black. I can tell his wolf is trying to push through. I feel the same. This pisses me off. That bastard is siding with the wrong people. I wonder what he is getting out of the deal. At least we can talk to the ones taking the pictures. We call it for the night. It is getting late, and if we keep going, I know the girls are going to start getting suspicious. Besides, I know Leah and Alexis will be coming home soon. We decided to continue this talk tomorrow in Dustin’s office at work. These bastards will not touch any of these girls.