The Alpha's Surprised Mate (Book #1 of Silver Moon Series) novel Chapter 119

One-Hundred Eighteen: Marks

Alexis

All of us women were currently down in the rec room with all the kids. All the men are having one of their “meetings” at Marcus and Jason’s place. I guess really it’s my place too. I wonder when those guys will get a cue and realize that they are not being as sneaky as they think. It makes it blatantly obvious when they congregate in one spot that they are up to something. They are being ridiculous.

“So how are we going to find this black market ring?” I ask.

I touch the mark on my wrist. Draydon’s brother Haze gave it to me. We were best friends, so I was pissed and devastated when he was taken. How dare they take him. I gave him a mark as well. He has been missing now for 1500 years now. I know he isn’t dead because he said that if he were to die, I would feel it threw the mark. I know he has to be in some cell being held like an animal or in someone’s private collection. I really want to shut this black market ring the fuck down.

“We need to find someone who knows the business that will help us.” Jailynn points out.

Yeah, we all know that. I sat there thinking about who could possibly help us out with this issue. We have successfully, over the years, been able to not associate with those assholes. Obviously, we knew people who got mixed up with that shit at one point. We had been sitting there for an hour now, talking about everything. If what Damian said was true and Asomday was destroying previously places they had met at or stayed at, then we were not going to find out much but going to those places. We did send a couple of the animals to see if they could pick up a scent or something—anything to give us a hint as to where they might have disappeared to. So far, they had found nothing. They did catch a scent, but it led to another destroyed property. I started to think maybe one of us could come up with something and try to get a hold of someone in the ring. If one of us acted like we were selling someone, but I knew as soon as anyone saw any one of us, they would know, and it would be over. We sure as hell can’t send Seth or any of the guys. Not this time. Having them go with Chris the last time was brilliant, and angels are different from the people that are involved in shit like this. I would ask dad, but I really don’t want him involved either. Besides, even if I asked him like it was just a question that I was interested in, he would get suspicious and probably start asking the guys, and then who the fuck knows what would happen. I am sure a very large fight between several people and Mykenzie and Kylani would happen. Yeah, that is not a good idea. There is no one in the family we can ask because I know it would get back to the guys here and all hell would break loose. Not what we need right now.

Deklan

This is a fucking terrible idea. The guys are just finally trusting me and know I get this thrown at me. Mykenzie, Kylani, and Bryn just poof showed up and scared the shit out of me. I really wish they could have given me a hint they were going to pop in.

“Deklan, we know you used to be involved with the ring,” Bryn says.

“We need your help to bring it down,” Kylani says.

Oh shit, seriously, they want to get back into that shady shit. I got out of it for a reason. It has been ten years since I was part of that shit. I got out when I found my mate. I wasn’t going to put her or my future family at risk. Now they want me to jump back into it. Mykenzie explains what has gone down in the last few weeks. Well, fuck, that was not what I was expecting to hear. I am glad they caught the bears. They deserve all the shit they get. The bastards fucked with the wrong pack. I was surprised to hear about the angel and the demon. Oh, I know Asmoday from my time being part of that life. I know for a fact he took over the whole operation about five years before I got out. I was fairly high in the ranks.

“I am not sure. If the guys find out about this and that you are involved, they are going to kill me.” I tell them.

“Don’t worry about the guys. We will deal with them. They won’t be mad at you; it's our idea.” Kylani says.