I am the foot soldier of Zachary, lord of the Vampyre. I will not say any more half breed’! Both Molly and Sara growled menacingly at this and stepped closer to the thing that was inhabiting the midwifes body. There was also a faint sound of a herd of elephants running along the corridor that led to this office and Sara was not shocked to see her mate fly in through the door and position himself to the left of Genni’s shoulder. This was very quickly followed by Jonas and Wyatt, the latter stayed by the door but Jonas went straight to his wife and stood on her right with one hand on her shoulder. This not only gave Genni support but also allowed Jonas to see what Genni was seeing. Another gift giving to him by his Mother in Law. When he saw what actually sat in front of them he let out a terrible growl. Genni became aware that her father and brother were standing guard outside the door and Genni was relieved that her father was back on pack territory ‘Tell me Foot soldier, do you have a name’? Jonas asked. He gripped Genni’s shoulder very hard and had he done it to another wolf they might have cried out in pain, but not his Genni. She had become so strong he often thought she could give one of his top class warriors a run for their money. ‘I’m waiting’ Jonas said this time with a low growl upon his lips. The creature looked at him then at Genni, you could clearly see which one of them he was most afraid of as Every time he looked at Genni you could see the thing shiver with fear. So Genni, having conversed with Jonas via the link took over the questioning ‘So, do you have a name or is it just a number that you are assigned’? Genni could see she had hit a nerve with the last question so she pushed on ‘Ah, Zachary doesn’t think enough of you to name you, am I right? That’s hardly fair, so what number are you within the foot soldier system’? Genni asked this in the hope that it would reveal their number unwittingly and it worked. The creature told them that he was number 462. This was highly disturbing to them all as it signified the task ahead of them should Zachary declare war. ‘I’m sorry, I cant call you a number’ said Genni cordially. ‘We must give you a name, what would you like to be called’? Seeing Ms Banks eyes widen slightly Genni knew that she had piqued the creatures interest ‘you would like a name? Ok, we can give you a name or you can choose one for yourself. Never having to reply to a number again’. Looking suddenly terrified Ms Banks shuddered as the creature inside her was clearly scared of something or someone!
‘Listen to me very carefully’ said Genni as she sat forward and outstretched her hands so she could clasp the midwifes cold hands. ‘I can protect you from any retribution that Lord Zachary would drop down on you. I can keep you safe and you could live under the protection of the pack for the rest of your existence. Provided you followed the rules of course’. Reaching farther now Genni was able to place her hands palm down on the midwifes wrists and in doing so locked the creature within the old women. So Genni now had control of it. A hiss was heard coming from the woman’s mouth now as the creature inside realised it was trapped. Genni began slowly and softly but with determination in her voice ‘I will release you when you release my pack member from your possession of her body. Do you understand? Release your hold on her and I will let you go’ those facing Ms Banks could see the dilemma raging behind the eyes but after a minute or two the creature spoke to ask if it was guaranteed a safe passage. Agreeing to this against many protests from her pack Genni waited for the woman to be released. The eyes closed on her and her body started to slump forward. Jonas barked out an order and Molly and Sara caught her before she hit the floor. Sitting in her place was a small pixie like creature. It had a small body and face with a wide mouth that looked like it was permanently grinning but not in the good way. They was a menacing air about the thing and Genni felt repulsed by it, but she had to maintain a level of decorum for her plan to work.
‘Thank you for that…. Did you decide on a name for yourself’? She enquired lightly. The name that came out of the pixie had Greg biting his lip truing his hardest not to laugh and ruin the moment. ‘Well, alright then Binx. I want to know why you are here and what you hoped to accomplish’? While the pixie thought about what she had said she could hear Sara tell Greg off for nearly laughing. Greg was apologetic and asked for her forgiveness but his tone was a teasing one, because of this Jonas gave a sharp growl to shut it down. He was really going to have to talk to his Beta later. His behaviour was becoming insolent. Jonas focused back on his wife and once again tried to link with her and ask what she was doing but all he got back was Sapphire telling him to trust her.
Listening in again Jonas heard the pixie start to speak ‘you can assure me that I will be able to leave here unharmed if I give you the information you seek’? Nodding at it, it continued ‘I was sent her about two months ago to spy on you, Daughter of Selene. My master wished to know more about you so it was decided that I should place myself inside one of your pack members and I choose the old flesh bag. Having noticed your closeness with the doctor I thought myself clever. I was almost ready to report back to my master when you caught me. That is all I shall say for my Masters temper is that of legend’.
Linking with them all the first thing Genni was told was that Ms banks had passed away a few minutes after the separation had occurred. This enraged both Genni and Jonas the latter stepping around the desk and grabbing the pixie by its throat. Growling at the thing in his hand he let out a low threatening growl and started to squeeze ‘you said I could leave this place, you guaranteed it’ the pixie gasped as his air supply was becoming limited ‘Yes, I DID BINX, but you are currently in the hands of the Grand Alpha of all wolves and what he chooses to do with you is his business. I have no control over MY Alpha’. Genni finished by looking at Jonas and with one nod of her head the pixie dropped to the floor with its neck broken in two. Jonas sent for a Delta warrior to dispose of the body and asking him to get advise from the Mage on how to do it properly. When Genni heard the word Mage she realised she had forgotten that Hilda was waiting to speak with them, looking around she could see Hilda huddled in a corner of the office looking terrified. Rushing over to the friend Genni pulled her into a hug that seemed to be gratefully received and Genni could feel Hilda shaking. ‘Please tell me whats wrong’? Genni pleaded, ‘you do not look well’. Leading Hilda to the sofa in the other corner of the room with the others still standing around Hilda started to speak ‘Your Grace, if the lord of the darkness managed to get a pixie to invade one of your pack members then the protection that I placed around the territory is now gone. That protection should have lasted for as long as we needed it as the magic came from Grand Mage Fabian himself’.
Looking a little confused by what Hilda was saying she told her to carry on and she did not like what she heard next. In fact, none of the wolves present liked what they heard. ‘If the protection is as low as it seems to be Your Grace, it means that someone on the inside of the protection spell lowered it. Which in turn means that someone amongst us is no longer loyal to you and your pack. I’m afraid you have a traitor in your midst’!