SIW Adam & Bronwille: Ch 09 : Preparations.

SIW : Adam and Bronwille.

Chapter Nine : Preparations

Bronwille stared at her ceiling. Biting her lip, she still was pondering about what to reply to Atlas. She had been awake for a few hours now but couldn't drag herself out of bed and had just drug her laptop closer to reread the short story he had sent her. Each time she read it she could feel the pain, she could even imagine the sound of the bullets flying around her head.

If Atlas had been in the Vietnam war he must have some years on him. This tiny detail convinced her more of the sincerity that was behind this person. You couldn't write something that true unless you were there yourself.

Propping herself up in bed, she opened up the feedback page and thought about her words a few moments more.

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From RedB to Atlas

Dear Atlas,

There aren't any words that could describe how I felt your pain and anguish in the situation. The title is very fitting and it is very well written.

I like how you portrayed all of the people. I felt LT Bradley shouting at me, the bullets whizzing past me. It's extraordinary how you managed to keep that feel of reality to it. It's like you created a little window to the past and the we, or I, could read how things were in those days.

I'm aware I proposed this hidden challenge, but I never expected you to take it up. However, I am glad you did. Whatever you plan to do with it, it's of excellent quality to already compete with many authors out there. Yes, this is meant as a little confidence booster, we all need one of those once in a while.

There is so much more I'd want to write, but I just lack the words for it. All I can add to this is that I hope this isn't the last of you I'll be privileged to read. It did make me curious how all of this played out. It also makes me question how you were able to live with this for all these years.

On the other hand, I understand your poem even more now. There are so many little things in there that cry out to me and make me realize I'm not the only one that has a haunted legacy.

I'll repeat myself a little here and say I felt privileged you let me read this and I really do hope there is more.

Hope to hear from you soon,

RedB

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Bronwille went over her message one more time and felt she couldn't add more to it and hit send.

She had the urge to just crawl back under her warm blankets and forget about the rest of the day. After yesterday, she thought she would feel more inclined to start her days, but when she saw Atlas' message and story last night, it drained the last of her new found stamina. After a full night's sleep and replying to him, she felt drained.

Checking the time and knowing she didn't have any pressing matters on hand she gave in. Closing down the laptop, she put it back on the floor and snuggled back under her sheets. Emotionally drained, it didn't take long before she drifted off again. Her elusive man occupying her reoccurring dream once more.

+ + + +

Dolores cringed and that was a first for her.

She had seen many things and knew Derrick wasn't the most kind of men, nor gentle. But what she had seen tonight made her rethink why she was here. All this time she had convinced herself that she was a little bit special to him. At least that was what she thought up until tonight. He had forced her to do things she didn't want too.

When she refused he had slapped her, the second time his fist connected with her temple. The third time he broke her nose, knowing it would heal up, but it inflicted a lot of pain nonetheless.

Up to tonight, he had never shared her with the others in his gang but tonight… Dolores never shied away from a bit of fun with more than one other, as long as it was her choice. The night had started somewhat "normal". There was a new initiate who wanted to join the gang.  Only the little shit thought he could fool the big boss and his "victim" couldn't hide the pleasure she was receiving.

Mere minutes later the initiate had traded places with his victim and the victim got tied up to a chair. She was placed in such a way that she wouldn't miss a single thing.

That's when Derrick started ordering her about. He forced her to suck the man, made sure he came all over her face, after which the pretend victim was forced to lick every drop. She didn't despise what she did, the thing she hated was being forced to do them on and with someone she didn't even like or know.

She was more than reluctant and even after all the hits she had received, she still wasn't doing fully as ordered. It annoyed the hell out of Derrick and that's when things took a turn for the worse. With a single flick of his wrist, he signaled to kill the initiate. Like a pack of hungry wolves a dozen vampires rushed to the poor man and within seconds he was drained of all blood. Only a thin carcass was left.

With joy, he had warned the fake victim to do as ordered, if not she would end up as the other one. Another flick of his wrist had Dolores on her back, two men on each side holding her down. Derrick had the other woman lick her from head to toe.  She fought against the men holding her down. She didn't want this, though licking was second nature to a wolf, this time it just made her cringe.

After that, Derrick told the other girl to straddle her face, she tried to turn her head but got yanked back into place. He appeared next to her and had whispered that she better start obeying properly if she also wanted to come out of this alive. That said, he pulled at her hair himself and brutally shoved her face into the other woman's crotch.

"You better make her cum fast if you want to take another breath soon," his next words registered.

It wasn't often Derrick got up and when he did you'd better listen. Not wanting to push the rest of his boundaries, she started licking the other woman. She sucked her clit, stabbed her tongue inside of her, licked her outer labia, anything she could think of that could get the other one off and herself closer to fresh air. Because fresh air is something she craved right now.

Whatever that piece of shit saw in this little skank she didn't know, but she smelled awful. Dolores felt her own stomach turn and she started to get really afraid now. The little bitch was holding back, she could tell. The skank was getting wetter by the second and she was frantically searching for a way to break her. Guessing the little tramp knew about the other kinds around, Dolores resorted to something she had never done with someone else. She elongated her tongue and started fucking her in earnest.

Inwardly she smiled at her small victory as the skank started moaning now and involuntary started rocking her hips. Dolores repeated the same words in her mind over and over : cum already, little bitch. At long last she felt the woman contract around her long tongue. Not really wanting to taste much more of the tramp she waited and waited until she felt her tense up more and starting to shiver. Retracting her tongue, she now latched onto her clit and kept up a continuous sucking motion till the tremors faded away.

The woman was lifted off of her and she had the strong urge to vomit but she spotted Derrick still next to her, one eyebrow raised. She took a deep breath and swallowed deeply, fighting said urge. Seeing her attempt at composing herself one corner of Derrick's mouth perked up.

"You learn well, my pet. Next time, fight a bit less, I hate reprimanding my pets," he said softly as if he was praising her.

Dolores didn't know what else was in store now, she hoped this would be the end of it. How wrong she was. At the end of the evening she had been used and abused by every male in the room, apart from Derrick. He had just watched as all of the other women one by one were ordered to suck him. No matter how hard they tried, he never came once with any of them, but he had an amused grin on his face, eyes dark with malice and lust.

The dried up corpse of the initiate was disposed of and the shell of a woman that was left of his pretend victim got her life ended in the same fashion. Her pleading cries and whimpers still rang in her ears as four vampires had latch on to her neck and breasts. Derrick just watched and didn't say a single thing. A simple nod made sure the woman was disposed of in the same manner as the other one.

When all the others had left the barn, Dolores still lay on the table. She didn't dare move at this point, afraid of what Derrick would do or say if she did.

Silently he stalked towards her, a finger trailing over her body.

"You really look like a well-used whore right now, the look suits you, don't you agree?"

He continued walking around her.

"There are times I like that look, like tonight. You'll have to learn to play my games, pet. You can be all high and mighty down in the club and think you're all that and be top bitch, but NEVER forget who is in charge!" he chided her.

Dolores felt shivers of fear going through her body. His cold tone wasn't sounding promising and she was convinced that her reluctance was going to get her killed tonight.

Derrick buried his hand at the nape of her neck and twisted her hair in it. Yanking her upwards, he gave a good tug.

"You know where to go to clean yourself up. Be back here in 15 so I can have my bit of fun. 15, not a second more or you have breathed your last breath. Understood?"

Dolores had lost her voice. All she could muster was a small nod. As he let her go she fell to the ground. She wanted a few minutes just to get herself together. Her legs felt weak and she wasn't sure if they would carry her.

"Tic toc, tic toc," he mocked her.

She did her best to stand up and as fast as her legs would carry her she made her way over to the hidden room. The only plus tonight had was that there wasn't a need to undress. Turning on the showers, she didn't even wait for the water to get warm. Getting under the cold water she started to scrub all the dirty cum from her skin. Dolores was scratching so fierce that at places she made tiny bloody scratches. She wanted to get rid of all the dirt, she got lost in her frenzy of getting clean she almost lost track of time.

Dolores opened the door at the same time Derrick was reaching for the doorknob.

"Just in time, two seconds more and you wouldn’t have been standing here," he said in a cold voice.

He motioned for her to step past him, his other hand finding a spot near the top of her bottom, guiding her into the room.

She looked around, surprised it was cleaned up and the bench in the middle of it was gone, replaced by several chains hanging from the ceiling and some laying down on the floor. Next to them stood a table, ornamented with a wide variety of whips and paddles and much more things she didn't even recognize.

Derrick chuckled as he gauged her for a reaction to the scene in front of her.

"Be a good little pup and go stand between the chains so we can get started. Don't let me remind you of what happens when you disobey."

Dolores shivered even more. She hadn't signed up for this, she didn't want this. As slow as she dared to go, she scanned the room, unable to find an easy way out. She closed her eyes as she stood in place waiting for what was to come next.

Derrick lifted one arm and bolted the chain in the ceiling. He repeated the same with her other arm, leaving her standing on her tip toes. He then put a bar between her legs which prevented her from closing them. With a smirk on his face  he then tied down her legs and connected them to the chains and shortened them so she was stretched out to the maximum.

"What a lovely view you give my, pet," Derrick said, walking around her, petting various parts of her body as he passed or stood still for a second. "Oh I'm going to enjoy making you scream and knowing you have a higher pain level will only make it that more pleasurable for me, pet. Let's get started, shall we?"

Suddenly she felt a hard slap on her butt cheek. A second later a similar one landed on her other cheek. Both slaps had stung, but her stubbornness had prevented her from even letting out a squeak.

"What character," Derrick mused.

Her sensitive hearing told her he was moving around now. She felt a stinging pain on the sides of her breast. She let out a breathless gasp. Her other breast got treated to the same. Dolores thought she was ready for this one but it caught her off guard.

"That was just a warm up, now the real fun starts my pet," Derrick said after several minutes of slapping her all over.

She dared opening her eyes and watched his back as he stood in front of the table, trying to decide which instrument to use first. When he turned around she saw he was holding something similar to a riding crop, only the end of it was more like a small square, a bit of a mini paddle at the end of it. His eyes were dark, but not pitch black, she could see the amusement in them, though she was fully devoid of any feelings towards the person that stood in front of her now.

Dolores was finally starting to realize in what kind of trouble she was in. She tried to get ready for what was to come next, but nothing could have prepared her for the sting she felt as the little square landed solidly on her exposed womanhood. She whimpered softly.

"That's not what I want to hear, pet. Maybe I'm being too soft, what do you think?"

With that he hit her again and this time she yelped more loudly.

"Now we're getting somewhere," he taunted her.

He circled around her, acting like a true predator sizing up its prey. Suddenly he started whipping her, never in the same spot but after number five she held on to the chains as best she could. After ten, she had bitten her lip, not wanting to give him the pleasure of screams of pain. Little did she know, that by trying to be strong, she only made it better for him, making him more determined to break her.

Derrick stood in front of her now, a grin plastered on his normally handsome face. His fingers trailed over a few very red markings on her breasts and inner thighs. Closing his eye, he inhaled deeply.

"I don't care how dry you stay down there," he said as he scraped a long talon over her clit, "just know by the time I'm done with you, I will have fucked every opening you have. I will have drank so much from you, that you will wish that you were dead. But I won't let it come that far, close though. And then I will fuck you again, just like the bitch you are."

Derrick glared at her as he scooped some blood from her split lip with his finger and slowly licked it.

"This, my pet, is the one and only reason you are worth keeping."

His talon scraped her neck and she knew he had made a large gash as he bent down and took his fill from her blood. She fought the urge to give in to his intoxicating venom, but failed as felt her pussy contract involuntary with each pull of her blood that he took. Tears that she didn't know she had cascaded down her cheeks, she didn't dare think of what else he had in store for her. All she knew right now was that she wanted to get away from this place.

Lost in the lusty feeling his venom left behind she screamed when suddenly she felt a nauseating sting on her back, together with the coppery scent of her blood. Please , Luna, let this be over quick, she silently prayed to her goddess.  She screamed again as another hit branded her backside.

"That's what I want to hear, now we can have fun!" Derrick's voice sounded dark and evil. He changed the thin short whip for a longer one and took a few steps back to let the length of the whip do its work. He smiled at his own handiwork as he saw more and more blood covering the pale back.

Going back to the table he picked up the next little tool he was going to use on her.

"Let's see how far up the table we get."

On and on her torture went, her screams got louder and louder. Sometime during their "session" Derrick had undressed and was sporting an enormous erection.

"Now we're getting to the fuck part," he said as he lowered the top chains just a little.

"Bend over," he ordered.

Unable to really comprehend what he was saying, Derrick forced Dolores into the position he wanted her in and slammed home in one thrust.

Dolores didn't put up a fight. She had lost the will to scream and she had so much venom in her body that Derrick had no problem sliding into her whether she wanted this or not. All she wanted was this to be over. Her last will broke, she retreated into herself and let her wolf take over, letting her wolf be the strong one.

+ + + +

Adam stood across the street, watching the entrance to the club. The little man from his previous visit wasn't to be seen yet and he wanted to get in smoothly, so he needed a familiar face, not someone who would question his words.

John and Gabriella were at home together with Ed. The only one with him right now was Merlin.

"Don't get yourself worked up now, my friend. Don't worry about me. I already scanned the inside of that place. The one room you have been in was only an outer layer. There are several floors under the main floor and even though you can't see them, there are many floors going upwards, but they are hidden by magic," a soft whisper came to him from an invisible Merlin.

"Easy for you to say, you can play hide and seek."

"I'll never be far away."

"You better be. Aah, it seems it's time to roll, the little man is there," Adam said as he straightened up after seeing the man in question exit the club and position himself next to the guard at the door.

Slowly he crossed the street and he did his best to appear casual. He would prefer to just sneak his way inside and just find this Derrick person and tear apart his little organization from the inside out. But they had a plan and he had to stick to it.

He looked up the few stairs and plastered a fake grin on his face.

"Well hello there, we meet again. Think I can get in right away or do I have to wait in line?" Adam said with much authority in his voice.

"I only make exceptions once, so if you're not on this list, you'll have to wait."

"I better be on there, else Chasey would be disappointed you kept me waiting. He gave me an open invitation to come whenever I felt like it. He's actually expecting me tonight."

The use of first name alerted the man to the importance of the one in front of him. He didn't even want to know his name to double-check his list. He knew well enough if someone was on first name bases with Mister DiSarbonne he wasn't to piss off that person.

"This way, Sir," the little weasel said, opening the velvet rope to let Adam pass.

With a simple nod towards the guard, the door was held open and Adam stepped inside. He stalled a little bit, making sure Merlin had opportunity to get inside as well.

It was still early so it wasn't as crowded as it was the first time.

Adam went for the bar and ordered a closed beer, wanting to make sure his drink wasn't spiked with anything. He was sure the bartender on duty knew of the variety of people attending the club and wouldn't be surprised if some would try some enhancements to get more compliance from their dates. He flicked the top off easily and drank once before turning around and doing a quick scan of the room. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary yet.

Taking another swig from the bottle, a dark figure caught his eye. The man wasn't bothered with who could see what he was doing as one hand held a petite redhead close to his chest and the other hand was exploring her in more intimate places. A quick inhale proved to Adam what was going on. The moans that escaped her mouth were hard to ignore. What got his attention was the name the woman was moaning.

It riled up his wolf, angered him to no end. His heartbeat went up and he had a hard time fighting back the urge to simply rip the pitiful excuse of a vamp away from the woman and tear off his limbs one by one.

Again he heard the woman whisper "Rupert" and it acted like a red cloth to a bull. His eyes changed and a low rumbling was starting in his chest. His muscles were straining against the crisp white dress shirt he was wearing. He wanted to go over there and rip those two from each other and then he wanted to have a serious heart to heart with this Rupert person.

He took a first step but something held him back. Adam looked around and only when he felt an invisible hand fall on his shoulder, did he realize it was Merlin having a hold on him. Closing his eyes, he took a few deep breaths and relaxed his posture, signaling to Merlin he was back in control. The pressure on his shoulder went away.

With great effort he managed to focus on a different part of the club and move away from the pair that were still locked to each other's face. Scanning the floor, he tried shifting his interest to finding Chasey DiSarbonne. Adam toured the room completely without finding the man in question. He bit back a curse, he wanted this show started, preferably yesterday instead of tonight.

Making his way to the bar, he ordered another bottle of beer. Leaning against the bar, he appeared relaxed to the starting crowd, his eyes constantly scanning the room. Not much later he felt someone next to him. A quick sideways glance showed it was Chasey.

"Well, hello there. Aren't you back fast?" the vampire said with a Texan drawl.

Adam turned towards him.

"Really, a Texan accent? Doesn't that clash with the name a little?"

"Not really, it amuses me, that is all. But tell me, since you're back already, I can assume you had a nice chat with your Alpha?"

Adam looked around. "Could be, but that isn't something I want to discuss in the wide open for anybody to hear. So if you have somewhere more private we can go, be my guest." Adam didn't leave Chasey with much choice but to leave this crowed area.

"Follow me, my office is in the back. We can talk shop there," Chasey said while extending his arm, pointing towards a dark hallway next to the bar. As he followed Adam, his eye caught a little red head. His blood lust bubbling inside of him, he grabbed her arm and he drug her with him, knowing Sue knew what was expected of her.

Adam had a puzzled look as he saw the tiny redhead entering behind Chasey.

"It's OK, she knows when to hold her mouth," Chasey said with a smile.

Inwardly, Adam cringed at all of this. There was so much secrecy around this gang but on the other hand, they must have one hell of a reputation to be able to talk so freely around others about sensitive details and deals. Another plan was forming in his mind, maybe they could whisk away this girl and see if she would talk or maybe if Merlin could do some mumbo jumbo on her to spill some details.

Focusing back on the woman and Chasey, he saw she was already on her knees, her head bobbing up and down in an all too familiar fashion. He couldn't help but roll his eyes at this.

"Maybe once you get your 'fix' we can talk seriously?" Adam said in a bored tone.

"Oh but we can talk. Our little Sue here knows what is wanted and expected. Don't you, little one?" Chasey asked her.

With eyes filled with fear, she slowly nodded before turning back to the vampire and his exposed cock.

Adam was more than convinced that a lot more was going on with her and made a mental note to have her followed and see if they could sway her to talk freely to them instead of Merlin having his magical way with her. For now, he just had to temper his rising anger and focus on what he really was here for.

"If you say so," Adam started. "My Alpha has a perfect building that could be set up almost exactly like this. He's being positive so far and has given me the freedom to act on his behalf to make a deal. I'd like to know how things are run, who knows what and how you get a hold on the less voluntary food supplies without raising suspicion to yourself. And how you handle people like her," he ended nodding towards the still kneeling Sue.

"How we keep her in line is easy. She's addicted to our blood, she gets a weekly dose. In turn, she can visit here any time and any vamp can feed off her. As to keeping her mouth shut about anything else. Our little darling here has a sweet little one herself and she prefers her to be alive. Don't you?"

Adam shivered. They got her hooked on vampire blood, a fact that on its own was already strange, it was the first time he heard of the addictive quality of it. In return they got a free and fresh blood supply and if she dared talk they would kill her kid. Just another detail we have to take into account before trying to talk to her.

The young woman wasn't able to even nod since Chasey had his cock buried deep in her throat and was pressing her face even closer. For only a brief moment did he close his eyes as he came in her mouth. Without much ceremony, he dislodged his semi-hard dick and ordered her to clean him up. Once she was done, he lifted her halfway up, holding her by her shoulders and tilted her head.

He didn't need much blood to sate his blood lust, just a few sips. Latching onto her exposed vain, he took a few deep swallows before closing up the tiny marks. As a reward he slit his wrist and let her have a bit of his own blood. The feeling that washed over him as she pulled on his wrist was just as addictive as the blood was to her.

Adam had enough of this little display of power and cleared his throat while raising one eye brow at the same time.

"As much as this may amuse you, I on the other hand, still have other obligations to tend to. So if you don't mind getting your head in the right game, we can continue our little chat and get things moving. Shall we?" Adam sounded really annoyed now, not even trying to hide his displeasure.

Chasey patted Sue on the head, motioning for her to stay on her knees next to him.

"Don't get your panties in a twist, we got all night."

"You, maybe, but I certainly haven't. I have full clearance to set up this deal but my Alpha expects a fully detailed update when I leave here tonight. So excuse me if I feel we do not have all night and that I prefer to keep business and pleasure separated. What you do after this meeting is beyond me and I don't give a crap about that, so let's get this started, please."

His annoyed tone was still there and his posture went a bit more rigid. He really didn't want to stay here much longer then was needed. Chasey's little intermezzo might have provided him a backdoor to more information about the gang, but that didn't mean the main goal was to be forgotten.

"Fine, fine. Here let me give you some documents first. These will show that all ventures are handled legally, so it's hard for the court to pin anything on us. I'm assuming you can figure out a perfect lay-out for your own building when you start things up. You'll have access to our connections until you can expand them to your own territory.

"It might take some traveling at the start to get certain individuals over to your area, but in due time word will spread you're an asking party and doors will open slowly. Seeing we cater to many species, there really is never an issue of 'left overs'. Everything, literally everything, is consumed by one being or the other. There is hardly any clean up required apart from destroying any personal belongings those individuals had on them. Basically letting them evaporate without a trace."

Adam listened to every word Chasey was saying and with every word he got more angry inside, his control wavering. Suddenly, he felt the same soothing presence as he had earlier, indicating that Merlin was in the room as well and hearing every word for himself. He was glad to feel Merlin's presence because if that wasn't the case he didn't think he could keep his cool, not even with all his past training. The reason he was here was too personal for him to shut down his emotions.

Pretending to be interested, he kept on listening, shocked at how deep this gang seemed to be operating. This was quickly turning into something more than just a vengeance trip. This gang had to be stopped at all costs and any side branches they might have helped set up.

Still listening to Chasey, Adam went through the papers that were now in his lap. He was amazed that they would put anything on paper at all. There had to be more to it, they couldn't be this trusting about strangers wanting in. Adam felt a strange sensation in his mind before he heard a familiar voice.

Read the complete file. Don't worry about remembering it, I can pull it out of your mind later. You can't feel or sense it but that paper is magically enhanced. Should you take it outside a certain area the ink on it will disappear and it's just some worthless piece of paper. Also don't worry about Sue. I already let John know about her and he's taking steps to have her followed once she leaves here. Just focus on this deal.

A soft brush along his back confirmed it had been Merlin inside his head. He bit back a smile, the tricks that man had up his sleeve seemed endless and he was sure there wouldn't be a day he would bore you to death. His mind eased that Sue wouldn't be left to her own devices, he concentrated on the document, sure not to miss a word.

"It all seems very legit indeed. Did it take long to set it up like this?" Adam asked.

"Nope. We started the club 100% legit, contracts and good people. We wanted to build up a good reputation first before we started bringing in the real crowd we were aiming for. It was a hit." A dark smile crossed over Chasey's face before he went on. "People loved the acts we put on the stage. At first, it was all pretend, but bit by bit, we let them see it was the real deal, real fangs, real claws, no fake blood and certainly no fake screams. That's when the crowd changed and we started getting our usual visitors.

"They suggested other venues, species, acts. Derrick was all for it. We tried them out and it worked. And that's how we came to how we are today. These are, of course, only the big lines, I'm sure you understand we don't share everything. Just as not everybody gets to meet the number one right away, he likes his privacy and anonymity."

Adam managed to nod courteously, while inside he simply wanted to rip out the vampires throat.

"Well I may not have much time to settle it all," Adam said, "I'm gonna go over all the details here and I'll get back to you by tomorrow evening. If we decide to go ahead with this I'll make sure my Alpha will be with me. He'll want to talk to your boss to finalize everything. I'm assuming that won't be a problem?"

Adam was winging it a little here. He wasn't sure he could get him to come over, if his Alpha was free, the odds were good, otherwise, he'd have to come up with something else. He didn't want to stall things, the little things he heard and saw were enough to make him cringe and he wanted this over. All he had to do was convince him to let Merlin fetch him and it would all be fine, he hoped.

Chasey's eyes widened for a mere second. "Normally I'd say we don't move this fast, but I'll assume your pack is in good working order? I mean else you wouldn't be given this much liberty to broker a deal for them."

"The pack is just fine, you don't need to know more. If we wouldn't be able to handle this kind of venture," Adam circled his hand around him, indicating everything around them, "I wouldn't have asked for details. We just want more leverage on things in our area and I think something like this could give it to us."

Not much longer,  Adam thought to himself, he just felt disgusted just having to be here, but he knew why and for who he was here and he tried to go back to the cold soldier he used to be. He had to sit out this meeting, call his Alpha, get him in on this, see how they could work something out with Sue and then end this sick charade.

"Yes, yes, all will be taken care of should your Alpha be with you the next time you grace us with your presence. You can even use the side entrance and bypass all the others," Chasey said as he practically started to glow.

Inwardly Adam let out a loud sigh, almost jumping with joy that he could end this charade of a meeting. He gave an impatient look towards Chasey who seemed to pick up on his mood.

"Don't let me keep you any longer, I'm sure you have a lot to discuss with your Alpha. However I must insist you leave those papers here. Is that a problem?"

"No, it isn't." Adam tapped his temple, "Photogenic memory, we'll get things sorted."

"That is indeed one handy treat to have, lucky you."

"Yes, lucky me," Adam replied with a dark smile creeping over his face. His emotions were all over the place, he wanted to get away from this place. He was fighting his anger because he wanted to rip the vampire to shreds. He was disgusted at how they treated the human females, not to mention what happened in the lower levels. He simply wanted this place torn apart, this gang disintegrated with nothing left.

Not wanting to stay here for a minute longer, he stood up and extended his hand to Chasey, wanting to close the meeting and simply get away from it all.

"I do hope we'll see you soon again, " Chasey said eerily.

"We tend to act fast if we're convinced it is how we want it. Don't be surprised to see us tomorrow or the day after at the latest," Adam said with a sure voice.

Their goodbyes said and done, Chasey escorted Adam to the side entrance. Handy to know where he had to enter the next time.

Outside, Adam waited a few agonizing minutes, walked away and then relaxed and let out a relieved sigh. "Thank goodness this part is over," he said to no one in particular.

"I noticed you had to tone it down a few times," Merlin's deep voice spoke behind him.

"You have no idea. I would have ripped his throat out if you hadn't intervened. You're handy to have around, I'll tell you that."

"Don't mention it. It was well worth being there. I know I could easily deal with this all in my own way, but I understand and respect your need for vengeance and John and Gabriella's need for closure. For them I feel sad, being tricked like this, squandering away such a gift." Merlin walked to stand in front of Adam, the sorrow evident on his face.

"Do you think you could follow Sue and somehow get her to our little hideout without them here noticing?" Adam asked.

"I should be able to yeah. Just have to follow her and whisk her away. I'll even clear her head and make sure I have her little one with us too. That way she'll see we mean her no harm, the opposite even. She'll see her little one safe and with her, she may trust us faster that way," Merlin suggested.

"Sounds like a plan; think you could transport me too? I don't want to stay here longer than needed and want to get things moving ASAP. I'm sure Dave will want to know I kinda roped him in to helping us. Sadly, I saw no other way to move things along faster. I don't want to dwell here any longer than is needed," Adam explained.

"No problem, let's go somewhere a bit more dark so they won't see us disappear. I'll come back to wait for Sue, follow her home and get that show on the road. I'll mentally ring a bell warning you I'll be over in a few."

"Ok, let's go," was Adam's short reply before both of them walked further up the dark passage way. Both stood next to a large dumpster when Merlin placed a hand on Adam's shoulder and transported them to John's estate.

+ + + +

Adam paced up and down the room, impatiently waiting for Merlin to arrive with his precious cargo. The call with his Alpha was successful. He knew Merlin wouldn't mind him telling his Alpha about it all so it was possible for him to transport him over so they could finalize their planning. For that to happen, Merlin first had to get back to them with both Sue and her little one.

Two hours had passed and still no word from Merlin, his pacing grew more agitated. What the hell was going on? The thought barely entered his mind when it got pushed aside by Merlin mentally knocking on his door, warning him he was about to appear in front of them.

He quickly gestured to the others to make room so there was enough room for all those arriving.

Eagerly waiting to the side, they all saw Merlin appear. Sue glued to his left side and in his right arm he had a tiny bundle tightly curled up against his chest. The pink blanket she was wrapped in made it clear her little one was a girl. With a look close to fear, Sue looked around the room. Her gaze was met with compassion and kindness, which soothed her a little bit.

Merlin led her to the couch and gently put the little girl in her lap. She hugged the girl close, not wanting to let go of her.

"Hello Sue. So we meet again," Adam started the conversation. "To make it clear, we don't mean you any harm, however, we could do with your help and hopefully some of your knowledge."

Not able to fully get the fear of the unknown out of her system, she just nodded.

"I am sorry about the way we met. Chasey sure is a piece of work," Adam said while almost grinding his teeth.

Again, Sue could only nod in agreement.

"You see, we want to shut down that place and everybody related to it. For that to happen, we need to get to the number one man, understand?"

Another nod from Sue.

"Do you think you know anything, no matter how insignificant you may think it is, that may be of any help?" Adam asked.

Sue hugged her little girl and rocked back and forth, going over what the tall man just told her. It was the first time in ages she had such a clear mind. It felt daunting, realizing in which position she had been for months, the danger she had exposed her little girl too. When Merlin knocked on her door not long ago, she almost crapped her pants. The babysitter had just left a minute before and good-naturedly she had opened the door thinking it was the babysitter coming back because she had forgot something.

The tall stranger surprised her, even more so with his kind and gentle gestures. With little words he explained who he was, what he wanted of her and to assure her that her little one would not be harmed, and even better, she could bring her with her and they would make sure she would get a new start for them both. He told her they had to be swift to make it all work. Still shocked, she let him in where he explained in more detail what was to happen and what he was offering, including helping her get rid of the vampire blood addiction.

That little fact was what pushed her over. That and the reassurance that her daughter would be safe and they would be out of reach from the bad guys. From the moment she agreed to help, things turned into a blur. He helped her get her daughter after he did something weird to her. She didn't question it at that time because frankly she didn't know how to ask.

Being at the club had proven that there were many creatures walking the earth alongside the humans and she wasn't sure where to place Merlin yet. She knew soon enough, for the second her daughter was ready, he told her to hold on tight and that he would carry the little one. A second later they appeared in a lush room with three men and one woman looking friendly at her.

She recognized Adam as the man that had gone with Chasey, seeing him here put the fear back into her. Somehow, she knew that fear was not needed, his words proof of that. None of them tried anything, didn't move in nor did they try to grab her daughter, who slept blissfully through it all.

"I'm not sure if I can be of much help," she spoke softly.

"You might be a bigger help than you give yourself credit for," Adam reassured her. "Think of times or days you always see the same people, do they act differently at certain times? Is there someone who stands out? Or people you saw that stopped showing up?"

Sue closed her eyes and thought about it for a while. "Chasey is there almost every evening, he just grabs whoever is in his path to do whatever he pleases. You've seen that. Everybody is scared of him. We don't often see the big boss, mostly just once a week. It feels more like he just needs to show his face and doesn't care much for the rest."

"Does he visit on regular days? Or is it more random?" Merlin asked.

"Think it's mostly Friday evenings when there are a lot of people, like he wants the attention."

"So that would be tomorrow," surmised Adam. "Merlin, would you be able to get my Alpha over? I rang him earlier and filled him in, he agrees to come over and finalize this so called deal. This way they won't suspect anything else is going on. We should get those two out and Rupert. That would be the top of the gang. If they're gone the rest of it won't last long." Adam turned his attention to John and Gabriella, "I assume you can take care of the rest once this part is taken care of?"

Both of them nodded their agreement and Adam turned back to Merlin.

"I'm guessing he is expecting me?"

"Yes."

"Ok, you know what to do, picture him and hope he has enough space around him cleared."

"He's been made aware of the precaution, you shouldn't have any issues zapping in and out, he's expecting you."

Merlin concentrated briefly on Adam's mind and off he went to fetch the Alpha.

During the short wait Adam turned to Sue and her little one. "What's her name?"

"Rose, but I call her Rosie," she answered.

"She's pretty, but I'm sure also very tired." He turned around and asked Gabriella, "Do you think you have a room where we can put her to bed?"

"I've got just the room for that," she answered with a smile. "Sue, you mind going with me so I can show you the room and you tuck her in?"

"I'm not sure…"

"You can stay with her for a while 'till she settles in," Gabriella assured her.

"Ok, that would be fine. A bed is always better than being dragged all over the place," Sue said, following with her precious cargo still sound asleep in her arms.

With the girls gone, the men waited for Merlin's return, not much was being said, all silently agreeing things were fast coming to conclusion.

A few seconds later the familiar shimmer from Merlin appeared and together with him Dave appeared in the room.

Dave looked around, tilted his head, inhaled deeply.

"Where is she?" he asked with a strained voice.

"Where is who, my Alpha?"

"My mate, she's here, I demand to know where she is right this instant!"

All men looks gob smacked, it wasn't enough wanting to tear down this gang, now they had an Alpha finding his mate.

Adam couldn't help but start to laugh at the whole situation. Dave growled with warning.

"I'm sorry Alpha but honestly I can't help it. Of all times now you find your mate. I know it can't be Gabriella, she's with John here. The only other woman around is Sue, she's human. You may want to hold it together if I'm correct."

Another growl erupted from Dave.

"We won't keep you from getting close to her, but she comes with baggage, so give her space and time. She's gonna need it. We need you too."

At that moment Gabriella and Sue entered the room.

Dave turned towards them and let out a very low rumble, accompanied with just a single word, "Mine!" as he stalked towards Sue, who very fast was getting afraid again. As he stopped in front of her, she was shivering, didn't know what to do. It was at that same moment the earlier spoken words from Adam registered. He can't have a mate that is scared of him.

He toned down his rumble, took a few deep breaths, all this as he gazed down. Gently, he cupped her cheek, like she was the most frail thing he ever saw and was afraid he'd break it.

"Time is what you need and is what you'll get but I do beg of you to not shut me out, I would not survive that," he pleaded softly.

Someone behind him chuckled loudly. With a low growl he turned to see Adam and Ed grinning widely. "Don't you think some introduction would be handy before you start wooing her?" Ed said with much amusement.

Alpha or not, Dave managed to blush a deep red, realizing also that his hand still was touching the young woman's cheek.

"I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable, that is not my intent, please forgive me?" he stuttered before slowly backing off, giving her enough room to breathe and move again.

Sue didn't know what the hell was going on but seeing another godlike man now having only attention for her made her a bit weary, though oddly enough when he was touching her she felt safe and comforted.

Adam cleared his throat. "Sue, I'd like you to meet my Alpha, Dave O'Neill. Alpha meet Sue…" Adam sent a pleading look towards Sue who picked up his unasked question. "Harrison, my last name is Harrison." "Sue Harrison," Adam continued.

For a brief moment they all relaxed and all settled down in different seats. Gabriella made sure all of them got something to drink or eat. The rest of the night was spent going over the plan, with many interruptions where they had to remind Dave to get with the program because he constantly drifted away, looking at Sue. They managed to finalize their plan. Most would depend on Dave and Adam's acting skills for the first part, then it was Merlin's turn to do his zapping. What came after was talked about, how it would go was a whole different matter.

Late that night, they all went to bed, knowing they all would need the sleep and the last few moments before the confrontation would take place.