Alpha Samuel Bowers- Where the hell was Steven with my daughter? I knew I shouldn't have let him take her alone, I should've gone with them but I had a very important meeting that I had to attend and according to Steven this was the only opening the doctor would have until next year. I would do anything for my children especially Sophia, even if it meant spending all the money that I had so we could find a way for her to start talking I would do it. Five years ago, on a day quite like this one, I was on my way to work when the guards at the gate called to tell me that I had a visitor, I told them to tell whoever it was that I was on my way out and to come back later but they told me that it was a woman with two babies and she was saying that I was their father. I immediately told him to send them in and then I thought back to my escapades for the past months, now I was no saint but what I was, was careful. Everyone knew who my family was and the wealth and power that we had, everyone wanted to be a part of Blood Moon Pack, and any woman could use a pregnancy as an opportunity to get in with us so I always wore protection except for that one time with her. The woman with the face of an angel, the one that I couldn't get off my mind even till this day, it was a fluke that I stopped by that hotel bar that day, it wasn't where I would usually go, but as fate would have it, I ended up there and that's where I saw her. The night that I spent with her was the best of my life and it shook me to my core because it could only mean one thing, I mean my wolf was basically shouting it in my head all through that night and it took everything in me to hold him back from marking her, the unknown woman was my mate. I left her there alone that night, I know it was the cowards way out but I wasn't ready to face reality yet. But after a few days when I finally got my head around it and saw that I was being scared for no reason, I went back to the hotel and no one knew where she was or even what her name was. I had no idea where to start from, I didn't have her name, no pictures, nothing. There was a knock on my door and as I opened it, she was right there, the woman that I spent months looking for and she had two baby carriers in each of her hands. I opened the door and she stepped in and put the carriers on the floor. She told me that she had also been looking for me and it was hard seeing as she didn't know my name or anything and it wasn't until she saw my picture in the newspaper that she figured out who I was. She said that I was the baby's father and I could do a DNA test if I wanted to, but looking down at the babies I knew they were mine, I mean that was the good thing about being a wolf, we recognised our blood, and those kids were mine. The person I wasn't sure was mine was the woman standing in front of me, my wolf was also confused, I mean she looked like the woman I spent the night with but there was something different about her, her scent wasn't the same and my wolf agreed. I mean she looked the same as she did that night but something was off and for the life of me I couldn't put my finger on it, until I realised that my wolf didn't recognise her, unlike that night, so maybe I was just drunk and confused. We came up with an agreement that day, the kids would be with me full time and she could come and see them whenever she wanted but what she was more interested in was the money I would give to her for child support. Right then and there, I knew that I was just confused by lust that night and there was no way Yara could be my mate and my wolf agreed, he was quiet all through our conversation. So five years later, Yara barely spends time with the children unless I'm there, I think she's still hoping that something is going to happen between us but it won't. The door opens and Steven and Sophia eneter. "Hey baby girl." I say to her but she doesn't even acknowledge my presence, she just runs into the house, probably to go find Franklin her brother. I get up and glare at my brother. "Steven, what's wrong with Sophia?" I growl at him and I didn't even realise that I was that angry. "Calm down, before you go all Alpha on me." My brother says. "Talk now." I tell him because I was this close to throwing him across the room. "Ok, ok, something happened at the airport. I lost Sophia for a few minutes." He says. "You did what?" I snarl at him and he's smart enough to take a few steps back. "I found her ok and she was fine. She ran up to a woman at the airport and called her mummy, I mean I couldn't believe my ears." He says. I also can't believe it. "Are you saying that the doctor did it? That Sophia can talk now?" I ask him, hope in my voice. "No, I don't think it was the doctor because I was there with Sophia in his office and it was the same as the other doctors visits. I think it was the woman." He tells me. "What can you tell me about her." "She's just your run of the mill plane jane mummy." He tells me and I want to smack him across his head. "I'm not talking about her looks doofus, I mean who is she." I tell him. "I have no idea, I tried asking her name but she wouldn't give it." He tells me. "Get the investigative team on it immediately, I want to know everything there is to know about this woman." I tell him. "I'll get right on it." He says and I leave and make my way to the kids playroom. When I get there, I stand by the door and just watch them. Franklin is sharpening some crayons for his sister because she's drawing. "What are you drawing Sophie bear?" Franklin asked his sister. I watched as she wrote something on her paper and pointed at it. "Mummy?" Franklin asked her. Sophia nodded her head. "That isn't mummy Sophia." Franklin told his sister. Sophia just shook her head and went back to her drawing with a smile on her face. I had to find this woman immediately and find out what exactly she did to my daughter.

Natalie- For the past three years, there isn't a place in the world that I haven't been to. You see I was raised outside the pack by my mother, we lived in a village and we were rogues, but unlike the rogues that would usually pillage and kill, we helped people. My mother came from a great line of healers and we helped sick people everyday and she taught me everything that she knew, passing down years and years of wisdom. After I got my degree I focused more on my mother's work and everything that she had taught me about traditional medicine and my practice grew and I did more research and I was able to save more people. Everyone wanted to find out who I was but that wasn't possible because every time I went out for a case, I wore a different mask. You see that's the thing with humans and also the supernatural, we always want to know, we can't just accept a good thing like that. I didn't do what I did for the money or the recognition, I just wanted to help people and I knew the moment I revealed my identity that would all change and I couldn't have that. I wanted a normal life for me and for my children. But for the past year, the spark I felt doing what I loved to do best was gone. I was stuck treating greedy old men who just didn't want to die and finally I decided I was done. I had enough money to return to Delmore and that was the push I needed to leave and when I got here I was going to do what I intended to do with my gifts in the first place which was to heal people who couldn't afford to go to the hospital for help. But so as to not draw any attention to myself, I accepted a job as the head coroner for the city, no one would ever suspect a coroner who deals with dead people to be the one healing the sick. After we got to our house and I got the kids settled, my mind was still on the little girl at the airport but also on what Clayton said. Did she actually look like me? The one thing I did notice were her eyes, they were blue just like mine, but blue eyes weren't that uncommon unlike emerald eyes so I couldn't count it as anything. But Layla my wolf was curious about her and she did not want me to turn away. But thinking about her made me think about my daughter, she would be around the same age as the little girl was. Everyday I prayed to the goddess to keep my children safe until I could get them back. Now that I was back in Delmore I was going to start my search, it shouldn't be that hard, Yara isn't known to keep a low profile. "Mummy, you have some new emails." Xavier tells me, dragging me out of my thoughts. "Xavier, what have I told you about going on mummy's computer." I glare at him. "I'm sorry mummy, I just wanted to see if Ian had sent any emails, he said he would." He says and I immediately feel bad. Ian was our neighbour back in Denver, he was this older gentleman, he helped me with the kids whenever I needed help and he didn't ask for anything in return. The kids loved him and that was the hardest part about leaving. "I miss him too bubba, I'm sure he'll send the email soon and if he doesn't then we'll just call him alright." I tell him and that brings a smile to my face. "Whoa, mom, this man is offering you a hundred million dollars. It says that he's really sick and no one has been able to figure out what's wrong with him. He is offering to pay you 100 million dollars to treat him." Clayton says. When exactly did he leave the sofa and get over here. "Clayton." I scold him. "Sorry mum." He says but from the smirk on his face, I can tell that he isn't sorry at all. Clayton just can't stay away from any device. I don't even bother to read the email, I just close my laptop and face my children. "You're not going to take the job?" Xavier asks me. "Yeah mummy, that's a lot of money." Clayton adds. "Now what do I always tell the both of you?" I ask them. "Money isn't everything." The both say at the same time. "Exactly, now go wash up for dinner, we don't have any groceries yet so I'm going to order pizza." I tell them and they hoot in excitement as they run up the stairs. I order the pizza and then I open up my laptop, I close my email and click on the google search engine and then I type in Yara's name. Her Instagram handle pops up and it's clear that she's been traveling a lot but there aren't any pictures of children and my heart is about to sink until I stumble upon a picture, it's of her hand and then there are two tiny hands in hers and she captioned it my heart and this was posted about four months ago. This meant that they were alive, my children were alive and Yara kept them. But why? ***************** My phone starts ringing, dragging me out of my sleep and I wonder who exactly is calling me by this time, I look at the bedside clock and it's five in the morning. I pick up the call. "Hello." "Natalie, this is Jim Reynolds, I'm sorry to bother you because I know you don't officially start work until next week but I need your help. My people just uncovered several plastic bags by the river bank and they were filled with body parts." He tells me. Jim Reynolds is the chief of police for Delmore, I haven't officially met him but we have talked on the phone before. "Alright, I'll be right there, just send me the location." I tell him and then I cut the call. I grab my kit, it has everything that I need inside and then I change my clothes. I go into the kids room and wake Clayton. "Hey sweetheart, mummy has to leave for work, but I'll be back soon, you know the drill right?" I asked him. "Yeah, don't leave the house, no playing with fire, use the microwave." He sleepily tells me. "That's my boy." I kiss him on the head as he goes back to sleep and then I leave the house and get into my car, it's time to get to work.

Natalie- I put on my mask in the car and then got out of the car with my kit in hand, just as I exit the car, I see that the police have already cordened off the area with yellow tape. "Ma'am this is a crime scene, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." A police officer approached me and told me. "My name is Natalie Edmund, the specially appointed coroner of the Major Crimes Unit of Dellmoor." I say to him and then I bring out my ID and show him. When he saw the identification his expression quickly changed. "I apologise Miss. Edmund, the chief didn't tell us that you were coming." He tells me as he raises up the yellow tape from me to pass under. "It's fine, I wasn't supposed to start work until next week but he said that this was urgent." I tell him as we both start walking. "Yes it is, I've never seen anything like this before. I mean I've seen body parts, but the way these ones were mutilated and also the markings on them...." He trails off. "Where are the bodies?" I asked him. "This way." He says and then he leads me to a place just close to the river and I see two other people there and they looked sick and appaled by the sight of the bodies and were clearly rushing to finish their work and rushing surely means that they'll miss something. I now understand why Jim wanted me here, these two don't know what they're doing at all. "Step away from the bodies." I order them and they turn around in shock and stare at me. "Who are you lady? You have no right to tell us how to do our jobs." The man says, raising his nose up at me. I do not have time to deal with arrogant males today. "Actually I do, my name is Natalie Edmund, your new boss." I tell him and he just opens his mouth but no words come out. "I apologise for Brandon's behaviour, it's just that this isn't the first time that a civilian has tried to sneak into a crime scene so we try our best to be cautious. My name is Effie." The girl introduces herself while the guy whose name I now know is Brandon is still getting over his shock. "That's fine but that doesn't explain why the both of you are doing a half ass job, I mean if you don't like the sight of dead and mutilated bodies, why did you choose this line of work?" I asked her. "It's not, it's just that we've never seen anything like this before." Effie tells me. "That still isn't an excuse for you not to do your job properly, these bodies are people and there are people out there looking for them and it's up to us to come up with answers as to how they got here and ended up like this. So if you can't do that, I suggest the both of you leave." I tell her and I don't mean to be rude it anything buy I hate walking with people that arent ready to work or good at their jobs. "No, it's fine, I'm ready." Effie tells me and I look over at Brandon who seems to have recovered from his shock. "I'm ready too boss." He adds and I have a feeling I'm not going to get along with him. "Ok then, let's get to work." I tell them and then I put on my lab coat and some gloves. Together they help me mark the body parts with numbers and we took pictures of each body part that was found and labeled them and we also took pictures of the markings on the body, I don't know why but I had a feeling that I had seen these markings somewhere before but I couldn't remember where. After about an hour, we were finally done and the bodies were loaded into the truck, Effie and Brandon were in the truck while I followed behind in my car. I kept wracking mt brain trying to remember where I had seen those markings before but nothing was coming to me, I hated this, it's like it's just there and I just can't reach it. I got out of my car and just as I was about to step into the building a man steps in front of me. "Excuse me, you're blocking my path." I tell him. "I apologise Miss Edmund, but my boss has been waiting all day to see you." He tells me. What the hell is he going on about? His boss? No one knows that I'm back in Blood Moon Pack, I mean I changed my name and my face, there's no way my father knows thay I'm back. I mean that's one of the reasons why I took a job in Blood Moon Pack territory and not Moon Shadow Pack. Blood Moon Pack and Moon Shadow Pack were two of the three packs to first settle in the town of Delmore and Blood Moon is the strongest and more powerful out of the three. I chose Blood Moon because it would keep me close to Moon Shadow Pack but not too close that they'll be able to see me coming. "Get the bodies down to the morgue, I'll be down soon." I instruct Effie and Brandon and then turn back to the man. "Who exactly is your boss and why does he want to see me?" I ask him and he looked shocked that I was questioning him, did he think that I would just go with him like that? "My name is Billy and my boss is Samuel Bowers, Alpha of Blood Moon pack and CEO of Centurion Corporation." He tells me. "And?" I asked him, a lot of people would be excited to meet the great Samuel Bowers, I know all about the Bowers family, their wealth and power is known all across America and beyond but I've seen what that kind of power does to people and I have no interest in it. "And he's over there in that Bentley and he would like to talk to you." Billy tells me. "Billy, please tell your boss that I have a very important case to attend to and if what he has to tell me is important he should come back at a time when I'm free." I tell him and he looks so shocked. "Are you serious, Miss Edmund, do you have any idea who he is?" He asks me. "Yes I do and I'm not changing my answer, now please excuse me." I tell him and I make my way over him and walk into the police headquarters.