Bus Stops and Coffee

Chapter 18

Lucas POV

"How did this happen?" I asked my Father.

"I don't know. But they have our experimental drugs now!" he told me; kicking a table out of frustration. Jeremiah placed a hand on his shoulder and he took a deep breath.

"Make sure that the other warehouses are safe. And see if you can do anything to increase security."

"Yes father." Jeremiah walked off with a few other clan members.

"Got damn hunters. Always fucking shit up, and provoking us! Don't they understand that we're trying to coexist peacefully?!"

"Father I think you should sit down and cool off." I suggested. I ushered him inside.

"Make him some mint tea. It calms him down." I told one of the women in the room. He wouldn't be able to think straight if he was so worked up.

I looked around at the severely trashed furniture and bare bookshelves. Glass was scattered on the floor along with remnants of chemicals. The smell of the chemicals mixing together was starting to irritate my nose

"Get this stuff cleaned up and confirm what's left the warehouse. Make a list and move the remaining things to another warehouse for further research." I rolled my shoulders; feeling stress already ebbing itself into my muscles.
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Darrel POV

I woke up to the smell of burning food and music. Riley. I was still tired, since I had waited up for her the previous night. I even turned down getting laid so I could help my mother locate her, and now she was waking me up at 6:00 in the morning.

My classes for the day didn't even start till 9. And in my Mercedes I could reach the campus in 20 minutes. With a sigh I got out of bed and went downstairs.

Riley dancing to Shake it Off when I got into the kitchen. I raised an eyebrows at the set of charred pancakes on the counter.

"Maybe you should cook more and dance less." she made a startled noise and turned to glare at me.

"You scared me."

"Obviously." I say at the counter.

"I'm not eating them nasty looking pancakes. What else you got?"

"You're not going back to sleep?"

"Nope. I can't go back to sleep once I'm up." I gratefully took the mug of coffee she handed me.

"At least you can't fuck up coffee."

"Shut up!" I put my hands up in defense as she looked at me again. I looked out the window to see that it was raining. I really didn't wanna go anywhere. My sisters phone rang.

"Can you see who that is? My hands are full." she told me. I peered at the screen.

"It's Lucas." in no time she was in front of me and snatching her phone up.

"Hello?"

"Got damn!" she shushed me.

"No, you didn't. I wasn't doing anything." I watched Riley move out of the kitchen and into the living room.

"What about my breakfast?!"

"Make your own breakfast! You're old enough to know how to cook." she replied. I couldn't believe this. I decided to clean up the mess Riley had made. By the time I had finished, she was ending her phone call.

"Okay, I'll see you then." I don't think she noticed I was in the room. She mumbled something to herself about what to wear before rushing up the stairs.