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Dane
Damien and I waited at the gates. It was still dark outside though the sun would be rising shortly. I was curious and cautious about this Abraxas guy. He had agreed to come here far too easily and that wasn't necessarily a good thing.
The call with Mallory was even stranger.
The guy didn't speak, yet Mallory told him to ask a question, specifically to Neah and I still had no idea why. The line went dead just as quickly and a sleepy Neah stared at me as if I had just pranked her. The cars come to a stop on the other side of the gates. Klaus is the first to exit the car. Shortly followed by an angry Eric.
"I told you to not stick a fucking gun in her face!" Eric yells as he turns towards the vehicle behind them.
"You can never be too careful." An unfamiliar voice retorts. Though his tone appeared to be emotionless. "And I warned all of you, I didn't want any surprises. You can chill now, she is still alive!"
"It's okay Eric. It was my fault." Mallory mutters. "He hates Blair so I had to tell him about Neah. I didn't want him to accidentally shoot her because they look alike."
'What the hell happened out there?' Aero asks me
'That's what I'm trying to find out.' I mumble back
The four of them move towards us.
Eric and Mallory walk behind Abraxas, while Klaus keeps his presence close to him.
The guy didn't seem to care. He strolled forward like he was on an evening walk. A bag slung over his shoulder, his hands shoved in his denim pockets. He comes to a stop in front of the gates, his hazel eyes locking with mine. "Dane."
"People outside my pack refer to me as Alpha."
"Yeah, ain't doing that. Not when you let scum in your pack." His eyes momentarily move to Damien and he spits on the ground. If there hadn't been gates between us, Damien would be wringing his neck. "Show some fucking respect." Damien growls.
"Respect is earned." Abraxas snarls back. "And I have no respect for your kind, Rogue."
"I'm not a Rogue!" Damien's nostrils flare as he grips the bars of the gate.
"But you were. And you still feel the pull." Abraxas grins at him. "How long before you are pushed over the edge, Damien? A week? A couple of months. Either way, I'm happy to end your miserable life." "You told him?" Damien demands as he glares at Mallory.
"No, I swear." Mallory mutters. "It's like I said, he just knows things."
'A mental case by the sounds of it.' Aero rumbles
Abraxas stares at me but points to Eric, "Why don't you tell him, Blondie!"
"My name is Eric!" He snaps back. Eric moves forward, frowning, "The guy claims he can tell the difference between Lycans and Rogues. Calls himself a Hunter."
"It's not a claim, Blondie. It's a fact. A centuries old fact."
"Whatever, just keep away from my mate or I will put a bullet through you."
Abraxas laughs like it's a challenge. "Now are you going to let me in? You lot did ask me to come here."
"Why did you agree so easily?" I press
"She made me a deal." He points to Mallory. "And if that deal doesn't hold, I'm going to go on my own little killing spree. Starting with her."
Mallory puffs her cheeks out. Whatever she had said, she had done it to protect herself. I don't blame her for that. But the decision isn't up to her.
"I'm the only one around here who gets to make deals." I growl
"Is that right?" He mocks me
"He can tell the difference." Mallory blurts. "I said he could kill the bad Lycans. It will be easier than growing blood of wolfsbane. Word won't be able to get out." ""Is that true?"
"It's what makes me a Hunter."
"As long as I get to kill something, I'm happy. So it's your choice Dane." Abraxas smirks at me. His lips peeling back over his teeth into a grin
If I said yes, I was letting a mad man onto my lands. If I said no, a mad man knew of our location. "Tell me more about being a Hunter."
"The info is pretty much in the title. What more do you need?" Abraxas smirks at me
"Do you kill Wolves?"
"It's happened." He shrugs his shoulders
"Your priority is Rogues?"
He dips his chin at me.
""You won't touch my mate or my sons."
"Are they Rogues?"
"No. They are all Lycans."
His lip curls up, "You got Lycans for kids? how fucking unlucky."
I step forward, the bars of the gate the only thing separating us. My eyes lock on to his. "You don't touch them and you don't harm them." "Have they started training yet?"
"They are babies."
He cocks an eyebrow and looks down, muttering "so much for the breed dying out." His hazel eyes flicker back up to mine. "I won't touch them." "Or harm them."
He rolls his eyes. "Fine."
I pull the gates open, letting him and the others in. "When do I get to meet this female Alpha?"
"A few hours," There was no way I was waking her up again.
"I ain't waiting hours."
"If you want to kill some Rogues. You will wait." I snap. It was my pack. I wasn't letting some psycho tell me how to run it.
Abraxas sits in the corner of my office, taking apart his gun and cleaning it as the others tell me what happened. Every now and again he would chip in, confirming what the others were saying, but never adding any new information.
"Hey," Neah's voice travels down the stairs, "I can smell a...." she trails off as she enters the office, staring at Abraxas.
Abraxas is on his feet. "You weren't kidding when you said she was identical." He gazes at her far too long for my liking.
"Who are you?" Neah's defence was up immediately. Her arms fold across her body as she glared at him.
"Your knight in shining armour." He muses, bowing in front of her. "And a Rogue's worst nightmare."
"I don't need a knight. This isn't some fucking fairytale where you slay the dragon." She stares at him. Her whole body is tense.
"Blair." He mutters her name and sits back down, returning to cleaning his gun.
"You've dealt with Blair?" Neah asks with a small frown.
"I have unfinished business with Blair. But I hear many of you do." He shrugs his shoulders and chuckles. "I would like to be the one to kill her, but I heard there was a queue."
"What did she do to you?" Neah questions
"More than enough and she needs to pay for that. You see Neah, I want to put a bullet right in the centre of that pretty little head of hers. I want her to pay for everything she did to me. Every damn little thing. I want my eyes to be the last thing she sees." "She did more than kill your parents, didn't she?" Mallory asks, stepping towards him. I watch Eric reach out to try and grab her, just missing her arm.
"You don't need to concern yourself with that. As long as she dies, then my day is made." Abraxas tells her
There was obviously something he didn't want to share or maybe wasn't ready to share, yet I couldn't help wondering what else it was that she did to him.
They ask him more questions.
Most he doesn't answer, swerving them with his own questions. Other answers were short and abrupt, but I also see him watching Neah. His eyes following her every movement. He wasn't just curious about her, he seemed fascinated.
Was it because she looked like Blair or was there some other reason that he was yet to tell us?