Alpha Ian's The One and Only

Chapter 25

Ian's P.O.V.

I didn't miss the look my mate and the man with a scar shared. One doesn't have to read minds to know about them. They shared a history. And if I'm not mistaken, and I rarely am, they both were romantically involved at some point. The thought didn't settle well with me and my wolf.

A low growl vibrates from my chest as I stare at the man, putting every human in the room on alert. A small hand encloses my fist, dragging my attention away. The warmth of her hand and her closeness calms us down (the wolf and the man). I search her face for longing or any emotion which might tell me that she still wants this man, or at least misses him, but other than the confusion I sense through our bond, there's nothing. I promised her I wouldn't read her thoughts, but I didn't promise not to read his mind.

I take my seat and pull Natasha's seat close to mine. I drape my arm over her things, keeping our hands joined.

"Possessive much," Creed smirks.

"Hell, yes. And don't act like you are not when any boy looks at Claire." That wiped the smirk off his face.

"Why don't we start with the introduction?" I say, looking at Jay.

Jay looks between the man, Natasha, and me with a frown before he introduces the man sitting right next to him. "Nathanial 'Eagle' Swan, our tech expert. He is our eyes in the sky when we are on missions." He gives a two-finger salute. "Next to Liam is Captain Marcus 'Babydoll' Pierce, he is our combat and weapons expert." Referring to the blonde-haired and blue-eyed man, who was part of our rescue team.

The man in question scowls at Jay. "You have to say that, don't you?"

Jay smirks and moves on to the scar-faced man. "Captain Alexander 'Rex' Reed. He and Marcus are usually in contact with various teams. They are our eyes and ears on the ground." Looking at the woman who kicked the blue-suit man's ass, he says, "Katya Cohen, our spy, former Mossad, ex-assassin, well, the 'ex' is debatable. The lady holds many honours under her belt." The lady looks ready to kill Markson, who has been constantly hovering over her and has not left her side once.

"Alpha, Evan did a quick search on all four humans, and I have accessed them; they have no affiliation with the Scythe whatsoever. They are clear," Markson mind-links me, but keeps the connection open for others to know. I nod while Jay continues with the introductions.

"One more member of our team is currently running a mission in South Asia. Gentlemen and the lady, as we were discussing during our meeting, the Taggart, the Warrens, and the Johnsons have combined their forces and efforts to take down the Scythe. Meet Alpha Ian Taggart, the head of this entire operation. His most trusted warriors: Creed, Markson, Bane, Evan, Thaddeus, Roz, Zack, Nicolas, and Damien. Standing by the door are Alpha Alaric Warren and his warriors. The two in cowboy hats are Ace and Slade Johnson. Vampires. You will come to know the rest of them soon. And you know Natasha and the kids." Claire waves, Liam gives a two-finger salute just like Nate, which makes Claire roll her eyes, and Natasha smiles.

Not the one to bear around the bush, Ace jumps straight to the point, "What happened? Bane didn't say much."

"Evan decoded the ledger. He also found the location of one of their abandoned outhouses. We decided to scout the area and get the feel of the place. We stopped about a mile away when we sensed five humans in the facility. They had motion sensors installed around the place so they knew where we were. What we did not expect was the ultrasonic sound generator."

"What ledger?" Marcus asks.

"Since the day we came to know about the Scythe and their activities, we have been trying to locate their outhouses, labs, and research centres. For every outhouse or lab we raided, Evan, our tech guy, would download everything from their servers and later destroy their servers. We learned about a ledger through the communication logs between two Scythe operatives, and we have been looking for it ever since. It has the names of everyone who was ever associated with the Scythe, the locations of their labs, many outhouses, and so on."