Evans, Gabrielle - From This Moment [The Moonlight Breed 7] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic Ma Gabrielle Evans (e reader manga TXT) 📖
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“I kind of do,” Zavion answered with a soft smile. Then he pushed up on his toes and pressed their lips together. “Everyone is waiting. You better hurry.”
It had been barely twenty-four hours since he’d affirmed that Zavion was his mate. Now, their relationship was already being tested. Not only was there a chance that he’d lose the man if he did as he’d promised and took him on this crazy mission, but if they stayed in Wyoming and did nothing, he could lose Zavion that way as well. Then there was the little part of him that just wanted to throttle the shifter for even suggesting something so dangerous.
Any way he sliced it, the outcome appeared bleak. So instead of arguing or begging Zavion to reconsider, he just kissed him on the forehead and exited the room. If they got the meeting over with quickly, he could spend the rest of the night with his lover and try to pretend that the entire day had been just one bad dream.
“Okay, we’re all here now,” Blaise announced when Cian entered the kitchen. “I think we might have some good news for you.”
Cian liked the hell out of good news, especially if it was the kind that kept Zavion safe at home where he belonged. “What did ya find?”
“We didn’t really find anything,” Cole answered, but he was grinning from ear to ear. “However, I think we’ve managed to figure out why that is.”
Willow cleared his throat and sat up a little straighter from his perch on Blaise’s lap. “Who figured it out?”
Cole chuckled as he leaned over to kiss his mate. “Yes, baby, you
are a genius.” Resuming his seat, he folded his hands on the table and looked around the room at the others gathered there. “Willow had the idea that they might be cloaking this lab some way.”
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If they lived in a normal world, Cian would probably find the theory ridiculous. Since his world was anything but normal—a world where men and woman transformed into animals, and witches,
faeries, and elves ran rampant—he was a bit more inclined to agree with Cole’s assessment of the situation. Besides, Zavion and his
friends were living proof of the type of power The Hive held.
If they could transform regular shifters into strange and contrived mockeries of themselves, why wouldn’t they be able to hide their location?
“Do you really think we’re mockeries?” Zuriel asked in a small, wavering voice.
Cian felt like a total ass for not remembering that Zuriel could hear his thoughts as clearly as if he’d spoken aloud. “I’m just upset,” he assured the man. “I don’t think any less of ya, Zuriel. I swear it.”
“I’m not buying it,” Demitrius said, ignoring the exchange and speaking directly to Cole. “I agree this place is hidden, but if we’re talking magical concealment charms or whatever, that just sounds phony. It would take a lot of damn witches with a lot of damn power to pull that off.”
“Well, it’s the best we’ve got.” There was a shrug of his shoulders, but Cole didn’t appear very happy about Demitrius’s argument. “We’ve searched all the homes for troubled youths, including juvenile detention centers, within a hundred-mile radius of where that cave is in Missouri. We’ve even looked at abandoned
buildings and foreclosures. There’s nothing there, Dee.”
“What about the address on those contracts?”
“Bogus,” Blaise confirmed. “No such place exists.”
Cian listened intently, racking his brain for the crucial piece of the puzzle they were missing. He couldn’t deny that Demitrius had a point. It would take a lot of energy to conceal something as large as an underground lab. Then again, Cole had a good point as well. How else could it be so carefully hidden?
“Why are we lookin’ for homes for troubled kids?”
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With a tilt of his head, Demitrius indicated Oscar. “That’s what he
said.”
“Why would ya think that?” If the shifters had been kept underground, how would Oscar know what front The Hive used?
“During exams, the Doctors would scribble stuff down on these sheets of paper. At the top of those pages was the name of a youth center.”
Zuriel nodded vigorously in agreement with Oscar. “I remember, too. It was something like ‘Bridgemont Center for the Seriously
Fucked Up. ’”
While Cian snorted in amusement, Cole pulled his laptop to him and began tapping away at the keyboard. “Bridgemont Center for Disturbed Teens and Young Adults,” he read after a moment. “It’s almost two hundred miles from where the cave is located. We didn’t
look that far away.”
“I’m on it,” Demitrius announced. Then he slipped out of the kitchen, digging his cell phone from his jeans as he went.
He didn’t want to get his hopes up, but this could very well be the break he’d been hoping for. If they could get a lead on this Bridgemont place, then just maybe he wouldn’t have to go on a wild goose chase with Zavion in tow.
“So,” Oscar said, interrupting Cian’s thoughts, “who is this Redway guy? I’ve heard his name several times, but no one will explain what he has to do with anything.”
Cian only knew parts of the story, so he didn’t feel he was qualified to explain the sordid tale. His attention turned to Blaise, and everyone else followed his lead, looking to the alpha from Cloud Peak for an answer to Oscar’s inquiry. Truth be known, Cian wouldn’t mind a bit more information on this mysterious bad guy, either.
“To cut to the chase,” Blaise began, “Cyrus Redway was the leader of this coven a few years ago before his death. He had two mates and at least two children, and one of those mates was obsessed
with finding a way for Cyrus and his children to walk in the sun.
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That’s where the kidnapping, trading, and enslavement of paranormals we’ve been dealing with started.”
“It’s okay, Blaise.” A deep sigh fell from Cole’s lips, but when he lifted his head, there was determination burning in his eyes. “One of Cyrus’s mates was my father. He was the alpha of the Cloud Peak Pack before Blaise
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