55 Discovering a monster (2/2)

Russ gritted his teeth, ”It's none of your business.”

Orion grinned, ”Is it not?” He leaned forward harsh lines contorting his features. ”Then pray tell? What the FUCK am I doing here!? Do you think I chose to babysit an over-privileged pup? don't you think there are other things I'd prefer doing?”

Russ's jaw dropped, he glanced around the apartment, arms spread wide. ”Over privileged? I was ripped from my homeland as a fucking child, and I have been raised so 'under the radar' that I don't even truly know who the fuck I am!” He glared at Orion from across the table. ”And you show up here with orders from the assholes who not only abandoned me but banished me from my home saying I can't be with the one and only person that has been there for me this entire time? Who the fuck do you think you are?”

Orion sat back in his set and shrugged his shoulders, ”Fine, I'll give you that, but it changes nothing. Take me... or your guardian... for example. She's well over 4000 years old and I am older than her. You're an alpha wolf. Your aging will be slower than other wolves... You'll live 3... 4... hundred years... Has your child's brain stopped to thank about that?”

Russ pushed up from the table taking the barely touched plate with him, he dumped it into the trash and tossed the plate into the sink before meeting Orion's arrogant gaze. ”I love her, age will not change that.”

Orion grinned knowing he was pushing the kid close to yet another breaking point. ”And do you honestly think she will feel the same? Maybe that's the real reason she ran off with a vampire, can't stand the horrors that come with aging.”

Russ clenched his jaws tightly. It was obvious this was just more of the bastard's tricks to bate him, but this... this was going too far. Russ could feel the bones of his hands crack as he fought for control of the wolf.

Orion smiled, ”What's wrong pup? Did I hit a nerve?”

Right as Russ was about to lose his fight for control, his phone vibrated. He took out it out and to his surprise was a message from Joslyn. He read it twice in confusion, something seemed off about it. As his fingers moved to dial her number, his phone rang. This time it was Raven. ”Hello?” He quickly answered.

[I'm on my way home! I just talked... well texted with Jos. She thinks Shelly is in trouble... you too! Apparently, vamp boy tried to use mind control on her-]

”HE WHAT! Where is she? Text me the address, I'm leaving now.” Russ quickly grabbed his keys from the counter and made his way to the door, Orion quickly forgotten.

[No, no, no! It's hard to tell where she is right now. They flew somewhere. She doesn't even know where they are headed, besides, it didn't work... the mind control that is... But she said he knows you and Shelly's real names. I've tried to call Shelly several times but it just keeps going to voice mail.] Anxiety was obvious in Raven's voice. [If Asshat is still there, tell him to make himself useful and track her phone.]

Russ couldn't help the laugh that escaped his lips as he turned toward Orion. ”Raven is on her way; she said to make yourself useful and track Shelly's phone.”

Orion shrugged and began typing in information on his cellphone. ”No problem. We already keep tabs on both your phones... It should only take a few seconds.”

Russ smiled as he turned his attention back to the phone. ”Asshat said it should only take him a few

seconds to give us a location.”

Raven chuckled at his reply. [Awesome, see what did I say even the most useless of things can come in handy sometimes... I'm pulling in now!]

He hung up and turned back to Orion. ”Well?”

Orion flipped his phone around for Russ to see. ”Well, it doesn't necessarily mean she is here but her phone is... hasn't moved in a few days. So either she forgot it there or she's staying there.”

Russ furrowed his brows in confusion. ”That's Rin's address. I asked him to check on her a week or so ago... as of the last time I saw him, he still hadn't talked to her.” Russ lifted his own phone and scrolled through the numbers until he found Rin's. ”Here can you run a search using this number?”

Orion shrugged, ”Sure... It will take longer though.”

The door busted open as Raven made her way into the apartment quickly, She tossed Russ her phone. ”Here this is what she sent me.”

He handed her his phone as he began to read through the messages, ”She sent me one too. At first, it seemed weird but I think I understand now.”

Orion's phone made a ping noise, ”Alright... That phone seems to be at the same address.” He flipped the phone around for Raven and Russ to see.

Russ glanced up from Jos's messages, ”Use my phone to call him.”

Raven quickly found his contact and hit call. She thumped her foot impatiently as she waited for Rin to pick up. She sent Russ a worried look, ”His went to voicemail too.”

Orion shrugged his shoulders in a huge 'wtf cares' gesture. ”Maybe they're fucking? Who knows...” He got up and began walking toward the sofa.

Raven hit him in the head with her shoe as he flopped down on the sofa and began to prop his feet up on the table, remote in hand. ”No, you big idiot! She's not like that... Hell up until a few months ago she was a virgin... may still be... and Rin has known her since she was a child. He wouldn't...

Russ cleared his throat and ran his hand through his hair. ”Yeah... actually he might. He's had a thing for her for years. It's why he moved here in the first place.”

Raven froze in shock for a split second, then shook the thoughts of Rin and Shelly from her mind. ”Well...” She sputtered, ”Even better... Should make it easier to find them, if they aren't planning on leaving a bed for a few days...”

She grabbed her shoe and headed back toward the door. ”Who's driving?”

Orion let out a sigh as he pushed his large frame up from the sofa. ”If I have to go, I might as well drive.” He stomped over to the door shutting it behind him as Raven and Russ rushed down to the parking lot ahead of him. ”Could have at least left me a key to lock the damn door...” He yelled after them as he turned toward the walkway.

It had taken several minutes to make it across town in Orion's old truck. Russ mumbled the entire way to Rin's apartment. ”We could have gotten her SOOO much faster in my car.” He knocked on the door, but the door pushed open with the slight pressure of the knock. ”That's odd Rin and Naru are always very careful about locking up the place. They don't want anyone stumbling into all their secrets.” He pushed the door the rest of the way open and looked around. The place had been ransacked. There were papers and broken furniture all over the place.

Raven stepped passed Russ and made her way toward the hallway. Her breath caught as the opening of one of the bedrooms came into sight. Her hand flew to her mouth. ”OMG! Who could have done this!”