Drekinn 3 - Reaching Rissa (16 page)

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Calli and Cherri paused as they felt their best friend coming to the room. They held their breath as she walked into the room behind Pilar. Phillip
, who
was sitting at the table
,
stood quickly
,
and went to his sister.

“Pilar, what the hell is going on?” Phillip hissed.

Rissa stepped forward and said,
“Don’t yell at her, she was up talking to me.”

Phillip grimaced and looked at Simon before he turned back to Rissa who was standing with her hand on her hip. “We need to talk
,
”
h
e said firmly and reached for Rissa’s arm.

“I don’t think so, at least not yet, let’s get this whole thing out on the table before I let you leave with my best friend
,
” Calli said
,
stood up
,
and walked to Rissa
. She
pulled her away from Phillip
,
to the table
,
and settled her in-between Cherri and her. Calli leaned over and whispered, “I did not betray you, nor did Cherri.”

“Keep telling
yourselves
that and maybe it will come true
,
” Rissa whispered back.

“Hey, Kade is the one who told us we had to be nice and talk to you about how you had to give Simon a chance
,
” Cherri said with vehemence.

“She's right, he did, don’t worry he will be paying for that
,
” Calli said and the three of them turned and looked at the male Alpha with a glare.

“Now what the fuck did I do?” Kade yelled and everyone at the table jumped.

“Never mind, first off
,
we need to figure out what is going on here. We have a murderous Beta, and a man who claims to be Rissa’s second mate. Pilar, apparently
,
you have something to do with this and have chosen not to talk to us about it.
Why
should we allow you three to stay here? As far as I am concerned, we should hang you from the highest tree and let the birds eat your gizzards
,
” Calli said flippantly.

“Shit,” Phillip laughed.

Pilar rolled her eyes, “Enough of the dramatics, ladies. I get it, I screwed up, but when you hear the whole story, maybe you will understand.”

“Fine, get it out
,
” Calli said waving her hand. Rissa leaned forward since she knew they would be talking about her mates. She really wanted to give them a chance, but she wasn
’
t sure.

“Ladies, I have known you all for a long time. I realize that I have held a lot of things back from you, and it is coming back to bite me in the ass. It began so long ago, before all of you were born. We talked about the prophesy of the Chosen and their children. Basically, they were to organize and bring the magical world and the human world together. They did that, they accomplished their goal, and for hundreds of years it worked.
However,
there
was something none of them knew. Y
ou see
,
the head of the Rogues was the first
Ulfer
, and unbeknownst to them he had a child, and so on
,
until one of the descendants of the Rogue leader figured out a way to make
Ulfer
. During the war where the humans decided they needed to control us, there were many things the public did not know
, w
hich is why I joined the Drekinn. The first thing you need to know is I am a lot older than what you believe. Phillip and I are the twins of Trinity, Blaze, and Lagon. They were part of the original Chosen and we were there for the coming out
,
” Pilar said slowly and waited for the explosion in the room to hit.

“No, no, no, no, no. I have a Grandpa for a mate
,
as well as a murdering bastard? Why me? I mean Calli gets the hunky, brooding guy
. Ch
erri gets the smart and sexy guys, and me? I get the ‘I am but
t
ass crazy and like a thousand, million years old’ guys. WHAT THE FUCK!” Rissa screamed in frustration.

Just then Kiki popped his head in and demanded, “Where is the person I scented earlier? I swear they are playing hide and seek. Hey, cat boy, how do I get into your compound?”

“Meeting here!!” Calli growled.

“Mating here, crazy bitch!” Kiki muttered and left the door.

“We aren’t allowed to call them that!”
D
eclan yelled after Kiki who flipped them off.

Calli and Cherri snickered
,
looked at her
,
and laughed
a
loud. Pilar held up her hand again. “Let me finish and then I will answer all of your questions. The war was brutal.
Roarke, the leader of the
Ulfer
, killed many magical creatures in his quest to prevent the coming out. He would have used anything to stop the
Alphas
and the Council. However, the war is a story for another time. Right now
,
you need to know that I am hearing chatter similar to what we heard then. The
Ulfer
are trying to rise
,
and use the humans as their own personal slaves, and to be honest, if he makes enough
Ulfer
, he will be able to. They would only have to secure the leadership of each country and the people would be helpless. We need to find out how close they were to making a serum to change
Ulfer
into more stable
Breyting
, and there is even a little bit of talk they will take it a step farther and change humans
,
also. Now, I know we have a lot going on, but with Calli, Cherri
,
and now Rissa finding their mates, I believe we may have something they
might
want, and therefore we will have to make sure the three ladies here are protected at all times.”

Rissa frowned and looked at Pilar.
“Why?”

“You three combined blood as children when you were the most vulnerable.
As magical children, your blood
was adjusting
and getting ready for your first change, you combined your blood at the right time. I believe your blood has the ingredient that is needed to make the serum stable and also change humans
,
” Pilar said and paused
to
let the information digest.

“What does being their mates have to do with anything?” Kade said.

“This is all speculative, and more tests are needed
. Ho
wever
,
I feel confident enough to say that when each of you claim the girls, the more potent their blood becomes
,
” Pilar said. “I also believe
the
Bondi King
knows this and they will actually have plans to use one or all of you to get what they want
,
” Pilar said
.

Kade stood up and began to run a hand through his hair.
“So what you are telling me is
,
these crazy ass fuckers are going to try
to
kidnap one of the girls?” Kade roared.

“I think this whole
takeover
of the Drekinn has been just that, a plan to get them under their control. When we ran, then it was on. Now we deal with the fall out. The basics are they want your blood to finish what the Rogues in the past started, their persistence has made us question who is actually in charge. They have unusually specific information about Roarke's original plans
,
” Pilar said.

“So what's the plan
?
I mean
,
we have to stop them and gain the
Drekinn
Agency back in order to make sure they
don’t
succeed. I don’t k
now, but it seems to me that we a
re a little behind the ball right now
,
” Rissa muttered and looked around the table. She refused to meet the eyes of her mates, although
,
she could feel both of their gazes boring into her.

“We need to figure out what the hell the
future
prophecy has to do with now. Calli, Cherri
,
and Rissa seem to be the key
,
” Pilar said and looked around the room.

Many of the people sitting there were confused, since this whole thing started, it was
as if
they were fighting an invisible enemy with no idea how to defeat them. Kiki, Sabrina, Thomas, Trina, Brooks
,
and Pilar had something to do with this also, but apart from being descendants
,
they didn
’
t know what role they would play in this whole thing.

“Pilar, maybe we should talk about what we think is happening
,
” Brooks said gently
.
Pilar’s eyes went to his and she glared at him. The tension in the room was pulsing, from Rissa and her men and now
,
Pilar and Brooks, what the hell was going on?

“Fine, we need to study your blood after you have mated, that seems to be the key. We think that this Pack is supposed to be a bit like the Chosen, you need to find the descendant and bring back the solidarity they had. We have lost that in these many years. The magical community needed a leader besides the Drekinn. The Agency has outlived its purpose and therefore even if we do gain control again, many things will have to change. We have to show the humans we are not going to try
to
take over the world and use them. I believe it is that simple, back before the war, the humans really wanted peace, but something happened, something that is not in the history books, something the
Ulfer
do not want us to know about. That is what we need to find out
,
” Pilar said and looked around the table. Rissa noticed that she avoided making eye contact with Brooks,
hmmm, something was going on there
.

“My cover is completely blown or I would go in
,
” Simon said.
“
I know where the files are. They have a large database in the Prentiss Agency that only a few people are allowed access to. When I tried to get the info before I left, I was caught. Holy shit, did they over react.”

Rissa pursued her lips and looked up. She loved the deep sound of his voice but refused to acknowledge him in anyway.

“Well, I can cloak, I think I could get in there and get to the data base
.
However, I wouldn’t know what I was looking for
,
” Phillip said.

“This sucks
,
because we all know who is the best one with a computer
,
” Cherri snapped and looked at her best friend.

Rissa nodded slowly and said, “I'm up for it.”

“Fuck no you're not
,
” Simon growled.

“You don’t get to tell me what I can and cannot do
,”
Rissa said slowly and her friends nodded.

“You are my mate, therefore
,
I do get a say in exactly what you do
,
” Simon said.

“I think you should really keep your mouth shut
,”
Rissa ground out.

“Maybe we need to give the three of them a few minutes alone before we proceed
,
” Pilar said diplomatically.

“NO!” Rissa yelled and the room stopped moving. “I don’t want to be in a room alone with them.”

Calli stood up
,
walked to her friend
,
and
then
pulled her to the side. Cherri joined them and they began whispering frantically.

“Time to put your big girl panties on
,
” Calli growled. “You need to get the fuck over this shit
,
Simon may be a freak
,
but he is your freak. I really don’t think he did the things we thought.”

“Yeah, if he did
,
then there would be a birthmark on his ass. Let’s make him drop 'em and we can see.” Cherri laughed. Rissa thought about the files she watched and Cherri was right.

She turned and looked at her mates who were standing there looking at her expectantly with Kade, Nik, and Declan. “Hey, murderous bastard, drop you
r
pants and turn around.”

“What the fuck are you doing? I meant in private.” Cherri giggled.

“I will not be in a room with them alone until I'm sure he is not the man whore we think he is. I mean, can you say STD’s
?
I know we have vaccinations for everything, but damn. I am not gonna chance it
,
” Rissa said.

Calli and Cherri both sighed aloud
, as
Calli said loudly
,
“Clear the room please.”

Kiki stood up and looked around the room. “I protest, I mean why do you only get the show?”

“Kiki, really?” Calli said
,
rolling her eyes and then laughed when Thomas bent and whispered something to him in his ear and Kiki huffed out.