Unknown Touch: Werewolf Series, 1

Chapter 2 Situation

Eli cleared his throat, fumbled with the buttons on his shirt, and prepared himself to launch into the next segment of my induction into their secret world. "Kara, you and your family went on a vacation down in Kentucky about a month ago, correct?"

"How would you know about that?" I questioned.

"Well, I take that as a yes," he said. "Remember, earlier I mentioned we had been watching you, so we do know quite a lot about you and your family. That trip to the Kentucky Lake resort was a pivotal point in what's happening here, and why we brought you onboard right now. We couldn't believe the coincidence of you going directly to the very area where all the trouble is brewing and where we'll be going soon.

"We've tried to figure out how that was possible. Dominic and I came to the conclusion that because you both have psychic abilities and are within a few miles of each other, you were subconsciously or unconsciously homing in on or drawn to Dominic. Or he could have been picking up on your brain waves. Since he has been mentally checking in on you anyway, a connection had been established between you two, even if you were not aware of it," Eli said.

I didn't like the idea of Dominic keeping tabs on me and diving into the depths of my mind whenever he chose. I glared at him and he sheepishly turned his eyes away. Guilty. How much did he know about me? It made me sick to think about it. I decided to stay silent and continued to listen.

"Either way," Eli proposed, "you must have unintentionally plucked that exact location from Dom's thoughts and then suggested it to your parents for a family trip. While you were in Kentucky, you appear to have made some kind of psychic or physical contact with our acquaintance, Daniel Taylor. Your mind was drawn to him, since he also has a type of psychic ability and has been unusually upset lately. He's emitting a type of energy that you naturally picked up on. This triggered your series of dreams about him. We hope your ability of mental persuasion can assist us with his problems.

"It's time to tell you what makes this so shocking. Ready?" Eli glanced at everyone in the room and turned his attention back to me. "Daniel Taylor is a werewolf - but a good one. He's not bad or evil."

Dead silence in the room.

All eyes watched me, waiting for my reaction. I blinked several times. I shook my head from side to side and scrunched my cheeks.

"What?!" I screeched.

Dominic reeled me back in and explained, "This all relates to one of my assigned FBI investigations. The government is completely aware of the existence of werewolves (among other things we can chat about at another time) and tries carefully to cover it up. Everything had been pretty calm for some time but Eli knew there was trouble brewing in Kentucky. So, he created this covert operation and handpicked each of us to work together and try to help Daniel resolve the disputes within the werewolf packs. If the wolves draw too much attention to themselves, the government will step in and things will seriously get messy. Daniel's pack had a lot of disagreements about how they should be allowed to live their lives. A small renegade group decided to split from Daniel's pack and became rebellious and dangerous to animals and humans. He's at a loss on how to control the "big, bad wolves" - a little pun there if you will."

Dominic paused a second to catch his breath. He seemed anxious to hurry and tell me the whole story.

"Everyone would like to find a resolution before it becomes a total killing spree. I suppose that sounds  pretty bad, doesn't it?" Dominic said. "But Daniel is being threatened by one of the bad wolves, Stephen. He warns that if Daniel doesn't back off from interfering with the new pack's lifestyle, he can expect a war. Daniel only wants their race to coexist peacefully with humans and to keep their true identity under wraps. You can imagine the consequences if the general public knew about werewolves. They would be hunted, captured, killed, and who knows what? Daniel has been spending a lot of energy covering up accidents down in Kentucky. Most of the problems are coming from Stephen. So, enter our little group - The Liaison - to intervene and neutralize the situation. That's it in a nutshell."