Familiar Stranger

Chapter 9

"I need you to go look for them too. Peter isn't able to cover as much ground alone." Derek and Isaac stood in the main room of the apartment they lived in. Eva was still asleep, Isaac hadn't wanted to leave her as he had, but he could sense Derek's presence the moment he woke. So instead of having the Alpha come and wake him as he knew he would, he went to the Alpha first, but not until after carefully slipping from the bed, and gently placing a kiss upon the forehead of the sleeping beauty in his bed.

"Why didn't you just send me the first time like I asked you to?" Isaac asked, his eyebrows lifting as he stared at Derek an incredulous look upon his face. Sometimes Derek and his method of doing things made no sense to him, but for some reason, he did as the man asked.

"Because we had things to tend to. More like a person. I was going to send you right after everything happened with Eva, but she needed you here to adjust to things. She's warmed up to you more than me." Derek replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"That's a surprise because you're such an easy person to get along with and all." Isaac rolled his eyes at that, a smirk on his lips. That was until Derek shot him one of his very famous 'shut it or I rip your throat out' looks. That wiped the look off from Isaac's face instantly. Isaac cleared his throat, obviously trying to break the slight tension that had come to settle over the two of them.

"So why do you want me to go all of a sudden, it's been a week, and now you want me to go? Eva would have managed without me by her second day." Isaac pointed out.

"Because they Alpha's are getting bold, they've done more than just take Erica and Boyd, they've got Lillian too." Isaac knew that was the name of Eva's mother, which was why this new information made him gasp, he was shocked by this. How could they manage to get their hands on someone like Lillian Rosalsky? That was beyond him. After all she had some of the highest security flanking her at all times, seen and unseen when needed.

"When did this happen?" Isaac asked.

"Last night, that's why I had to leave, Lewis and Garrison called me just before we got here after Eva's training, they didn't say anything other than that I needed to get to Rosalsky enterprise and that it was urgent. When I got there they told me that they were attacked, the place was a mess, subjects had escaped, and Lillian was gone." Isaac knew how dangerous all the information he had just given him was, he knew that not only was the fact that there had been released subjects, but the fact that Lillian was with the Alpha's now, and that was one of the worst things that could have ever happened.

"We should have known this was going to happen. They want Eva. The best way to get to anyone is through someone close to you. We both know that. She can't know about this." Isaac said, his voice lowering as he lifted his hands to push his fingers through his hair.

"I need you to leave as soon as you can. I have to go back to Rosalsky enterprise, Lewis and Garrison had the rest of the guys rounded up. All of them are accounted for and on the hunt too." Derek said, knowing that what Isaac said was true. They needed to get the rest of their pack and their last hope of over powering the alpha's back and fast.

"I need to talk to Eva first." Isaac said, Derek shook his head immediately. Not agreeing to the idea of him telling the girl he was parting before actually doing so. If Derek had noticed anything about the two of them it was how attached they were, Eva would insist on going with him and he wasn't about to allow that to happen.

"No. Go. Now." Derek ordered and Isaac deflated. He wanted to go and find his friends, the mom of the girl he really did love, but he didn't want to do it without saying goodbye first.

"Let me at least leave a note then. I can't just leave her without saying anything. She'll wake up alone and scared, Derek." Isaac argued. It was obvious that Derek was not happy with the rebellion on Isaac's part, but he knew that this was the only compromise that Isaac would go for. He could be stubborn as hell, but Derek admired that in a way.