Chapter 25 ~ We Start Getting Answers

Matthew’s POV ~

Keeping an eye on Fred.. mostly because of the way he treated my mate her entire life..but also because of what he is. A lowlife human trafficker. Watching him so close, I almost missed the Tommy guy slipping something into a girl’s drink.

I glanced at Ella and said “We need a diversion, baby. Tommy and his little buddy look to be drugging girls tonight.”

She slapped Calvin. The look on his face was enough to make me lose my shit. She yelled “My tits are my own! It doesn’t matter if you can guess what size they are by their weight!”

Everyone laughed except Calvin.. he was still shocked and backpedaling like he was guilty.. “What? I would never.. Well, I have.. But I would never with you. I swear to Goddess if I touched your boobs, it was totally an accident.”

While he was explaining, I went around grabbing the three drinks I knew had been altered. Unfortunately, the four men we had been watching slipped away.

I told Calvin to take Ella home, while Maverick and I joined our warriors in tracking Fred’s group. I watched them both get in the truck.. Ella explaining and apologizing to Calvin about why she slapped him. Goddess! I love that girl!

It didn’t require much tracking. We followed them directly to Ella’s house. Maverick asked “Do we take them down? Or just listen to conversations.. until we have a better plan?”

I growled “Fuck that! We take them down. I want Fred.. and his two cronies alive. They have answers. I will extract them.. by any means necessary.”

Mav said “Orrr.. we can have Luna dig through their thinking thoughts.” I laughed “She’s got you calling them that, too?” He nodded.. grinning.

As we stood outside, I realized they had been camping out in Ella’s house for several days.. I heard a woman’s voice.. high pitched.. whiny “There ain’t nothing to eat here. Did you bring my whiskey? You promised me you would bring some home!”

I linked Maverick “Don’t kill the woman. I have a feeling she’s Ella’s incubator. She definitely doesn’t act like she’s being held against her will.”

We stood, four deep.. at the back and front doors. I ordered on three.. and we kicked both doors in, at the same time. We had the element of surprise and they all scrambled for their weapons.

All five of them were taken down and in custody, before any weapons appeared. Maverick called the pack.. ordering a transport.. and before long, our prisoners were on their way to the cells.

I ordered the doors replaced on Ella’s house.. and bars to be placed on her windows. Hopefully, we can avoid squatters from holing up there.

I reached the house first, because Frost simply wanted to see his mate. Our mating is still new.. so any time apart can be painful.

She was sitting sideways in an armchair, sipping a whiskey.. while Calvin was setting up a Jenga game. I hear her say “Why don’t you choose another game? I have already beat you three times. We went best two out of three.. then you wanted best three out of five.. Let’s play Uno!”

He groaned “No! You hoard the draw twos and fours.. plus you always seem to have the reverse cards too. I know you cheat.. I just don’t know how.” She laughed “Calvin. Of course, I cheat at Uno! I don’t even have to read your thoughts! You have a terrible poker face.. it gives you away! So, I just hold my draw cards until the end. Simple… See?”

I walked in, grinning.. I lifted her up and sat down in the chair.. draping her sexy body across my lap. I kissed her deeply and said “I have a surprise for you..” Her eyes lit up asking what.. I told her “Your mother and Fred are in the cells. They had been camping out at your house.”

Zero to sixty. In point zero two seconds. She jumped up “How much damage did they cause? How filthy is my house? Does it stink like them? I have to go check. I need to see for myself!”

I pulled her back into my lap, allowing my calming aura to fill the room.. I whispered “We can check the house out tomorrow. I have to replace the doors.. I have ordered all the windows to have burglar proof bars.. And we are installing security cameras.”

She nodded, then started giggling.. I looked down with a question in my eyes.. she whispered “Your calming aura put Calvin to sleep.” I chuckled.. looking over at the snoring, drooling fool, I told her “Apparently, I released enough to calm you.. but too much for someone already calm.” She cracked up.

She said “I love Calvin. I discovered that while he is highly intelligent.. and so incredibly tech savvy.. some common sense things elude him.” I nodded and told her “He’s a genius. His IQ is 171.. When we were younger, Maverick and I would have to keep an eye on him.. He’d stop.. in the middle of the street.. just to work a binary code in his head. Half the time, he wouldn’t remember to put pants on.. or tie his shoes. He still does that, sometimes.” She grinned.. “Yep! I can see that.”

I stood, lifting her bridal style, as I did. We passed Maverick coming in.. letting us know the prisoners were locked down and separated. I nodded.. thanking him. Then, as an afterthought, I said “Hey, Mav! Cal is asleep on the floor of the study. Make sure he makes it to bed.”

I explained my calming aura put him into a deep relaxing sleep.. so he wouldn’t be easy to waken. “If it is a problem, just put a pillow under his head, and cover him up.”

I carried my bride to our room. Laying her on the bed, I began touching her.. my lips following my hands. I whispered “You’re so incredibly beautiful. And all mine.” I growled, as I entered her.. thrusting and pulsing.. bringing us both to the pinnacle. I sank my canines into her mark.. soaring us both over the edge.. until we collapsed together.. gasping for air.

I will never get enough of this feeling. Ella is everything the Goddess promised, in her doctrines. As I drifted off to sleep, I thought to myself “Tomorrow, we start getting answers.”