"Andy Miles. Currently 21, will be 22 by September 14. Parents are from Eureka in Vegas. Talk of her parents, they are dead"
Mason raised his eyes to a frowning Jace and made a face.
"Why the hell is your face like that Brown?" He asked, a mocking tone laced in his voice.
"Call. Me. By. My. Name!" Jace said between gritted teeth.
Mason chuckled softly as he walked round the table and stood at the window. He stretched out a hand through the window and soon a bird flew by and stood on his palms.
Jace watched him run his hand through it's feathers. It was a columbidae, a female dove that made that cooing sound every time Mason's touched a part of her.
"I really got no time Mason Drue"
Ryan was seated at the far end of the room, a leg bent over the other, watching them. He knew Jace was getting emotional and at the same time, was trying to get his wits together and Mason was getting lost into the moment. He really had no time.
Mason whispered something to it and soon, it flew out the window.
"What happened to her parents?" Ryan asked
"May 15th, 2015. Lost them in a plane crash flying back to Vegas"
"What else?" Ryan asked
"She lives in Vegas where she grew up but presently, she's studying at Harvard Law school in Boston. Currently living with her best friend Mia Adams and her parents. Also" Mason paused and breathed out "She's looking for someone to rent out her family home to for a year. Seems she's low on cash and barely surviving. So I wrote down her address here " He said and passed the paper to Jace "That's her address or better off, Mia Adams address in Massachusetts"
Mason watched Jace pass the paper to Ryan
"If she's barely surviving then how the hell is she paying for law school?" Jace asked
"She's on a scholarship. Did really well in the past LSAT"
"And she's having a ba--"
"Shut the fuck up Jace Brown" Ryan was quick to cut in. He watched him awkwardly rub his neck and sighed. He still was yet to understand why the hell he had to be stuck with the bastard all his life.
Ryan stood to leave
"One more thing Ryan Knight"
Ryan watched him, Mason smiled
"She's pregnant" he said.
There had it been a pause, a long one.
Ryan raised a brow at him alongside a cocky grin.
"I believe that's all Mason Drue?"
Mason nodded. "That will be all" he said.
and in a second, Ryan was out the door. Jace right after him.
******
Mia came back to her mother pacing the living room. With a hand to her neck and her heartbeat going up as the second increased, Grace was so relieved as the door swung open and Mia was at door. She frowned as she went into the kitchen to drop the grocery bags.
"What's up mom?" She paused and took a look at her again "You look so worked up"
For a moment, Grace stammered right there and in a split second, Mia had a hand over her back rubbing it. Her nerves was getting over her too. Her mom only stammered when she was way too nervous.
"Where's dad?, he's fine right?"
Grace nodded.
Mia looked up the stairway that led to the room she and Andy shared.
"And Andy?"
Grace turned and held her hand
"I've been knocking on the door for an hour now and she isn't answering. I tried calling her but---"
"Whh--aatt"
Mia's voice was barely heard. She ran up the stairs in flights and banged hard on the door.
"Why didn't you call me mother?"
Mia's trembling voice came on. Grace was beside her trying to say something.
"Andy!...Andy?!" The bangs on the door were loud now and nothing.
"Dad....let me..let me call dad"
Mia was crying now, her shaky hands were getting her phone. Grace rubbed her arms. John had answered on the first ring.
"Dad?!...it's Andy. Andy isn't opening the door"
"I will be right there soon honey"
Crying loudly, Mia slid down the door. Her face was hid between her joined legs as she cried out. Slowly, she hit the door almost effortlessly, the thought of what Andy could do to herself had her breaths coming short.
The front door swung open minutes later, having Mia on her feet the next second. John stared at his daughter for a moment, her eyes were red and her hair stuck with her tears. She was red and her acne didn't make it less good. Giving her a hug, he went for the door. He took a few steps from the door and came right at it with his upper shoulders. The thud sound shook the stairway and by the second time, there was a shattering sound. the door was down. Taking off her hands from her ears, Mia ran into the room. Everything looked perfectly fine except that Andy was lying in the bathroom with blood on her thighs and a pill box in her hand. Her hand flew to her mouth trying not to cry any further. She bent to the unconscious Andy and watched her mom check the pill box.
"Abortion pills?" Grace said with a sharp breath. The pill box dropped out of her shaking hands. John hurriedly was lifting Andy
"Go open the car Mia!"
The loud thuds filled the house as Mia ran down the stairs. She was frantic and scared. Her trembling self was getting the better off her as she opened the back door of the car and watched her dad lay her on the backseat and in a swift minute, they entered the car and drove off.
Mia hid her eyes face into the baggy top she had on and cried. So many things within a few hours and it was about her best friend and her doing.
*****
"We will need more staff from the Human Resources Department at the new hotel branch. Some purchases were delayed. The department says it will be resolved before the end of today sir"
Susan, an intrinsic young woman in her early thirties had spoken. Being a branch manger came with huge pay, but also with closed up meetings with the boss. She gazed at Ryan, her lips drawn into a suspicious thin line. Ryan had not been listening, his mind was everywhere. Rye was restless. He felt danger.
Jace turned his eyes to him when he felt him connect to them through the mind link. Jace knitted his brows, that rarely happened. It was always more of the pack members contacting Ryan and not him doing the deed. He raised a brow at him but he wasn't looking. Ryan had his head bent staring at his desk and a strongly clenched fist.
"Sir. Sir Knight" Susan called. She was getting nervous. She watched Ryan raise his eyes to her. There were blood shot and a flame shaped fire somewhere in them. She gasped and took a step back.
"Ssiirr" Her hand flew to her mouth as she went pale white and stumbled back.
"Sir Knight will get back to your office later. You may leave now" Jace said and watched her run out of the room. He chuckled and turned back to Ryan whose fangs were out as soon as Susan was out the door.
"What's wrong with you man?" He heard Jace ask. Ryan growled tilting his head to the curtains. Sounding an oh, Jace had quickly drawn the curtains over the transparent office. Ryan shut his eyes, it was a protection instinct kicking in, something was calling out to him.
Slowly, he could feel himself getting control of himself from Rye. His alpha powers was finally pinning Rye down. He needed control to think and soon Rye had mellowed but still was restless. Jace watched him take in a breathe in.
"Something is wrong"
"I ain't feeling nothing and everyone is fine"
Ryan made a face. Why was he the only one feeling this?.
Jace narrowed his eyes at him. For a second, he tilted his head to the side, his face slightly up and kept a face as if musing on something. Ryan watched him.
"This has to do with your mate Ryan"
Ryan frowned back at him. Jace turned his eyes at him and shrugged
"When Emma had gotten into that fight with the western rogue, I had felt it, you did because you were the alpha but I had felt the whole pain. I'm sure but the thing is what must have happened?"
Ryan felt his heart miss a bit, he was on his feet the next second,
"The baby" Ryan said. He buttoned up his jacket. Jace gasped
"Prepare a flight to Boston right now Micheals" Ryan spoke through the phone and walked out the office. For the first time in years, he was dealing with emotions yet again and the fear of losing someone that mattered to him. He wasn't going to deny that he already was in love with his unborn child even if he hasn't met him. He was going to be a light in his darkness and not just the savior of the pack. There was a hint of smile on his face when he thought of the child being a boy but it sure was going to be a boy. But then his mother, he thought and paused. How dare she try to harm his child? and the next minute Jace was holding him from punching the control unit.
"The last thing I want is to be stuck in this elevator. Hit the fist somewhere else but not the there" Ryan heaved and shrugged him off.
"Fuck off Jace Brown"
The surge of the wind had them having a hand over their eyes as they arrived at the top roof of the building.
Ethan stood at the jetway and bowed to Ryan as he came close. Ryan made to step in but stopped. He glanced at him
"How is your father---Ace?"
Ethan took a glance at him and bowed again
"He's fine alpha"
With a cocky grin, he nodded and went in.
Jace shrugged. Stretching a hand, he shook Ethan's hand and went in. He watched Ryan sit near the porthole as always.
"You really should stop being hard on Ethan"
Jace said as he laid on the couch watching Ryan. Ryan escaped a breath and looked away.
Jace clicked his tongue making a face. Ryan Knight really was a handful.
The black wheels of the ROLO slowly stopped at the entrance of Mia's home. The tinted glass went down, for a second, the both had their eyes on the building.
"Go check it out" Ryan said. Putting on his sunglasses, Jace stepped down. He took a look at his sides and casually walked to the house. Ryan watched him knock on the door and no one had opened and then he strode to the backyard and no one in. Ryan undid his tie as Jace came back in.
"No one there Ryan"
"You sure it's the right address?"
Jace hummed as he took out the paper Mason had given them earlier, he glanced back at the house
"Yes it is"
Mason was seated on the floor wedged between his mama's legs, his mom's hand running through his head. He was showing her past pictures of them together when she was younger and wasn't down with cancer. He heard his phone ring and smiled. He had been expecting their call for quite a while now.
"Ryan Knight"
He said.
"I need you to track the family"
Mason breathed out. There was a pause as he stared at the tiny rubber pistol his mom had gotten for him when he was five.
"No need to track them Ryan. There are not so far from you. More like 10 miles away from the spot you are right now is the St. Andrew General Hospital"
Jace watched Ryan clench his fist.
Ryan looked away, he felt his breath hitch right there. His anger was getting the better of him once again. He didn't want to ask but he did anyway, he needed answers. At that moment, he was scared because he was vulnerable. Switching the phone to the other ear he asked
"You have an idea what happened?"
He waited, Jace waited and Mason had hang in there also not talking. Ryan shut his eyes as he waited for a reply
"Your soon-to-be-woman took some abortion pills to terminate your baby"
Ryan felt his blood run cold. Jace had taken the phone from him almost effortlessly.
"Who the hell told you all that?"
But instead of a reply, they heard the repeated beep saying the call had ended.
"Bastard!" Jace cursed out loudly.
"Drive Jace"
Ryan's voice was barely heard. It had come as a whisper, he was scared and was unsure of so many things at that moment.
*********