Life Changing Circumstances

Part 16

During the day, Demona made contact with Elisa rather reluctantly.

Elisa was going to bed for the day when her phone rang. She hoped it wasn't her boss. She picked up. "Hello?"

"Detective Maza. It's Demona."

"Demona? What do you want?" Elisa demanded.

"Relax, Detective. I'm not calling to cause trouble; I'm calling to tell you that I found Brooklyn." Demona said.

Elisa's eyes widened. "What have you done to him?!" She exclaimed.

"I have done nothing but save his life last night. He was being tortured by some humans in the borough of his namesake." Demona explained. "He's fine. Just in stone sleep right now. But I did notice that he had a broken wing too. He wouldn't have been able to glide home."

Elisa relaxed a little but was still worried for the young male. "Don't you dare harm him." She warned her.

"I don't plan to. He'll be here tonight. If you can get Angela or the clan to come get him, so be it. But he needs to go back with them." Demona stated.

"I couldn't agree more." Elisa said. "Where is he?"

"Angela will know. That I cannot reveal to a human, Detective." Demona proclaimed.

"Fine. But just keep him there until they can come, please." Elisa asked of her.

"Alright."

"Brooklyn is very prone to run right now. He's gone through a lot. Please keep him there." Elisa declared.

"Why? What's going on that he's so prone to run from his own clan?" Demona demanded.

"That's something that just can't be revealed right now, Demona." Elisa stated, trying to protect Brooklyn's secret. She didn't need to know that.

"I also noticed he looks a bit overweight. What's that about, Detective?" Demona asked. "I mean he has a bulging belly. He's never been prone to overeat, not like my daughter's mate, Broadway."

"I don't know, Demona. We'll find out later. He might have been eating more while he was gone. He might have been stress eating. We'll take it from there." Elisa declared.

"Fine." Demona said. "I'll try to keep him here but I don't know how his wing will be tomorrow night. If his wing is healed, he'll likely be gone."

"If you can, lock him in the room. Don't let him out. The clan will be there." Elisa spoke fast.

"Good." Demona smirked. "Going now." Then she hung up.

Elisa was flabbergasted that Demona, Brooklyn's biggest rival, had him in her custody right now and hadn't harmed him, rather saved him. And she still didn't know about the pregnancy. Angela had not told her mother about it apparently. That was good.

She went to bed knowing that she had to get to the Eyrie building early to make sure she greeted the clan as they woke up. This was their best chance to get Brooklyn back home.

Demona went to go lock the door to the room. Luckily, it was a room with no windows. Brooklyn wouldn't be able to escape. She would be back here before the sun set tonight.

She went to work for the day.

..............

That night, Brooklyn awoke in the room again. After stretching, his muscles felt refreshed and his wing felt a lot better. There was still a little soreness in it. He proceeded to stretch it out fully. He winced. It had to work in order for him to get out of here. He remembered he was in Demona's house.