Now In Command

Commotion

After releasing Robino, we set out to find the wolves in the village that he believed were commotion to our Kingdom. Everyone shared their concerns about him being affected so the doctors gave him a shot before we left.

"So what's the plan?" Robino spoke up from the passenger's side of my car. He had his feet up and I was tempted to push him out the car. "Good cop, bad cop? Undercover? Ooh what about kicking down a door?"

My eyes rolled at all his suggestions. It was unbelievable that I was once, probably still is, that immature.

"The plan is you direct me to the place you last seen them, follow their scent and when we find them, I'll take it from there."

"That's lame. Come on TICK! Have some fun."

"You steal and "have some fun" everyday of the week and you saw where you ended up? The Kingdom's Dungeon. I have responsibilities Ode."

"Oh I get it. And you think I steal for the fun of it?" He took his feet off the dashboard and turned to me. "You don't know me that well to judge me Gary. Just a wild guess here but you probably grew up in a home with two loving parents and everything you want was probably placed in your hands. Now you live in a castle where people wait hand and feet for you. Not everyone is that fortunate. The village is filled with the homeless and the hungry. I help them by building a shelter for them or feeding them whenever I can. Sometimes I don't have the money, so yes, I steal. But I have a good heart TICK. With all good intentions."

I didn't respond to him because for the most part, he was right. He put his feet again and got comfy.

"So what's up with your mate? You tapped that yet?"

My car swerved on the road before I got a grip on it again.

"I'll take that as a no." He said answering his own question.

"Are you always this vulgar?"

"Not around the ladies." I turned to face him in time to see him wink at me. "What are you guys waiting for anyways? Aren't mates like instant bond or whatever? Or is it different because she's human?"

"It's more complicated than that. She has a lot of things in her past."

I saw him cringe. "You mean like baggage?"

"Remember, that's my mate."

"Is she really though? Is she really your mate if you guys haven't mated yet?"

He wore a smirk on his face and looked amused. I growled under my breath because I was starting to get irritated.

"For the rest of the trip, no more talking." I said ending all discussions for the next couple minutes. He just shrugged his shoulders, threw his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. In the silence, I just tried to convince myself that there was more to being mates than just mating.

When he got to the start of the village, Robino convinced me to drive through it to the other side. He said that it would be easier in the long run. When we got there, I was unconvinced that Robino wasn't just  messing with me.

The other side was filthy. Garbage filled the streets and it was unharborded except for the homeless who was clothed in ragged attire. I had never been to this far out in the village and I'm not sure we would be returning.

"What are we doing here?" I asked.

"The guys were homeless. They live on these streets." He admitted.

"Great. That just adds to the fact that this evidence is not very factual and probably untrustworthy. How do you know they're not crazy?"

Robino looked me straight into the eyes and for the second time today, he was serious. "I know these guys. They're not insane. No one here is."

He walked away and I had no choice but to follow him. He took us past two abandoned buildings before walking behind a home with several people standing in front of it. They all gasped then bowed when they saw me. I ignored it and continued walking.

Behind the house was two men, their backs facing us, laughing with each other and counting money in a old brown suitcase.

"Hey guys." Robino spoke up.

They quickly slapped the suitcase shut and turned to us.

"What do you want Robin Hood?" One of the men said angrily. "Who the hell is this?"

"I'm Gary Matthews. I'm the third in command of the Werewolf Kingdom."

They both looked at each other before falling to their knees bowing.

"I'm so sorry your highness." The male that spoke earlier said.

"Yes. So sorry." The second one echoed.

Robino pointed to the buffer one of the two males before saying "Gary, meet Jeff and Steff." He pointed to the lanky one when he said Steff. "The twins."

The more I stared at them, the more similar they began to look.

"Please stand." I said. "You know why I'm here."

"N-no. N-No I don't." They stuttered.

"Where did you get that money from?"

"Robin Hood stole it for us." Steff said innocently.

"No I didn't." Robino said in a whiney voice.

"Who gave that to you?" They both turned away from me. "Why are you hurting the Kingdom?"

"We are doing no such thing." Jeff joined in.

"Wolves are dying from your actions. Even the wolves in your village."

"Why should I care? They don't care about us. We are homeless and poor and as annoying as Robin Hood is, he's the only one that visits with food and clothing."

"So you're hurting them for revenge?"

"No. Revenge doesn't solve anything." Jeff continued. "I'm hurting them for the money."

He then turned to his brother and they high fived and chuckled together before Steff looked at me in the eye before vomiting violently.

"Help." He whispered before passing out. Jeff fell to his knees quickly and lifted his brother to sit up off the ground.

"Shit." Robino said under his breath.

"You let your own brother be affected by a disease you have spread. What is her name? Who is paying you?!" I yelled. He just shook his head as if he was still debating if he wanted to tell me.

"Evan Thorn." Jeff finally yelled back at me.

"Shit."Robino said again.

I tooked out my phone quickly and called Alerick in a hurry. When he finally answered, I couldn't hold it anymore.

"Alerick, you got to listen to me. Don't ask any questions right now."

"Goddess Gary, what's the commontion all about?"

"I think my mate is spreading the illness and we let her right into our castle."