Just A Taste Of Heaven

Chapter 38 - Another Love

In less than two hours, Nevaeh and Lisandro had been able to identify several of the kidnappers, and with the triangulation of their cell phones knew their exact location to within a few meters. In less than 20 minutes, a plan of attack was in place and 28 of them set off to coordinate the attack, with Levi on board as Oliver was one of the kidnapped children. Nevaeh had tried to dissuade him, as well as Avery, Nova, Landon and Lucas, to absolutely no avail. She was afraid that their emotional state would lead them to make mistakes, but as a mother she also understood their need to act. Caleb remained in the background, coordinating the teams from a distance. It's true that he's a fine strategist, but not the best fighter. Aaron was on the ground, teaming up with Nevaeh, Avery and Landon, while Scarlett was in position to create portals to transport the children and any wounded to Hallhunt as quickly as possible.

All disguised with a lioness head - thanks to Scarlett and the other witches in the community - to protect their identities, but also at the insistence of Nevaeh, who liked the idea of embracing Sekhmet's wrath to the end. The spell enabled them to keep that lioness's head even when they transformed into their animal form. The attack was lightning-fast. Their enemies had not anticipated such a fast attack. Only a few wounded were to be counted in their ranks, and in addition to freeing the children, some fifty people were held against their will. The only one missing was Oliver, which drove Levi wild.

Meanwhile, Brody was back with Evangeline and Sawyer after spending most of the day at the new water park, where they'd been having the time of their lives. As soon as he got closer to the pack house, Brody immediately realized that Nevaeh wasn't there. His doubts were confirmed when he tried to reach her through their mental link with no success. She was beyond his reach. As he parked, he retrieved his cell phone, which he had left in the car, and saw that he had no missed calls from her; on the other hand, he had a dozen from his Beta.

"Uncle Chris! It was so fun today, we went on so many slides!" Sawyer exclaimed, forcing Brody to look up from his phone.

"Beta! Where's my wife?" Brody asked.

"Brody! Around Hallhunt last I heard.." Beta Chris replied curtly.

"Brody? I'm still your Alpha as far as I know!" Brody scolded him disapprovingly.

"Matt, Josy and Rose are snacking in the kitchen, I'm sure they'd love to hear about your day." Beta Chris said, squatting down in front of the twins.

"He's right and you must be hungry too. Get going, we'll be there in two minutes." Brody added.

"I don't know if you're truly my Alpha anymore. You're so out of it! Good thing you have an amazing wife to run the pack for you!  And if you've got a fucking phone it's so we can reach you in case of emergencies!"

" Do I need to remind you that my time is counted and if I allow myself to take time with my children it's because I trust you to manage the day-to-day! Everything is running smoothly at the moment and it's been months since we've had any intruders on our land! I'm not reckless or irresponsible! Now tell me what's going on before I lose my temper! Where's Nevaeh?!"

"I'm just giving you the lecture you deserve. That you're playing hooky with your kids I understand! Although every now and then I'd like you to remember that it's my best friend I'm going to lose when you leave us! Just next time, keep your phone handy! There was an attack at Hallhunt Primary School and some children were abducted. They were rescued over an hour ago now but one child is still missing. Nolan went with Nevaeh but he's found his second chance mate and isn't really in a position to keep me up to date with the situation anymore." Beta Chris explained.

Gamma Jocelyn was Nolan's first mate and was the Gamma Brody had orginally picked, much to his father's dismay.

"Everything okay in the pack? No particular incidents?" Brody asked him.