Bloodstream

11 Coming With You

Sage

"Xander" I reached out to give him a hug and he returned it with the same warmth. He was probably the only werewolf I had ever gotten along with in all these years.

"I heard about the attack" he rested his hands on my shoulders almost shaking me. His dark eyes held nothing but concern.

"Yeah. Apparently everyone has" i looked back at Axel and Ezra still glued to their seats.

He looked over my shoulder at them and straightened up regaining a calm contained posture, almost arrogant. He was the Alpha of one of the most dangerous packs, why wouldn't he be.
He walked over to the table a few feet away from us as Ezra stood up and shook his hand over the table.

"Alexander" Ezra nodded.

"Ezra " Xander smirked.

"This is Axel Cassius" he waved his hand towards Axel and Xander turned to him and reached his arm out. And they shared a nod since Ezra had already introduced them.

Xander sat down beside Axel and I rounded the table to rest again the window pane behind Ezra.

"So" Ezra began "you said you have information"

"You really like getting straight to it don't you" Xander smirked back at him and so did I , causing Axel to glance at me then back to him.

"We're in a tight situation here Alexander" Ezra sat up straight maintaining a very professional demeanor.

"Ahh well we found a vamp in our territory a few miles into Cohen " he started "he was.."

"Vampires aren't allowed in your territory?" Axel turned to him.

"They are" Xander looked at him "but only the ones we know. Vampires are alright from a distance" he smiled "some of them are too unpredictable".

"Was he one of ours?" I drew Xander's attention back to me.

"No" his expression turned serious "he wouldn't speak". He gave me a knowing look as if I knew what was coming next but I didn't seem to understand what he meant.

"What did you do to him?" Ezra shot back

"Nothing Ezra. We're not savages" he shot right back with the same harsh tone as Ezra.

"Then what happened Xander" I walked closer to the table. Xander wasn't really fond of Ezra, he knew Ezra just wanted peace so that ruling would be easy. I was surprised when he decided to come here instead of getting intouch with me.

"He was wild and uncontrollable. We didn't know what was happening , but we managed to contain him" he raised an eyebrow

" Contain him?" Axel's low tone cut through the air.

"One of our guys bit him" Xander looked at me and leaned back.

Ezra ran his hand through his hair and Axel and I glanced at eachother and then back at Xander but he broke that silence in a few seconds.

"That's not the best part" he breathed out "we know how long a wolf bite takes to kill"

"Twenty four hours" I finished that sentence, getting impatient.

"Yes" he looked at me "he desiccated within a few hours"

"What?" I furrowed my brows. "How?"

Axel looked at me with a knowing look running his hand down his face.

"He was shot" he stated, looking at me and I immediately looked back at Xander for confirmation. "That's why they get hungry and rabid"

"Yes" he turned to Axel " he had a gunshot wound in his arm"