Dangerous Desires Novel

93 Speculations and Solutions Luke.

We zoomed off to the headquarters when we dropped Tia off at the mansion. My wife was worried, and | knew | needed to explain the matter to her, but | did not have the luxury of time. | hated the day. First, it was Stacy's attempted suicide and now this. Why would people pull back their military support like this? “We know Luis is behind this,” Caleb stated with a matter-of-fact tone. | was the one behind the wheels. “How was he able to pull it off?” Caleb asked.

“Mike is still trying to figure it out,” | said, taking a sharp turn to the left. “Do you think father might be right about Luis and Regan being the speople?” Caleb asked me, and | sighed. “I thought as much too. This guy claims our father stole something from him because he had money. A wife and child fit the bill perfectly.” | said.

“I disagree, Luke. He pimped my mother for years and forced her into a marriage so she won't run away. He must have claimed her by force. Then he abandoned her in Cleeve and sent his daughter to Dome. He did not care for them. Then he finds out our father is single and vulnerable, and he decides to pimp his wife to our father so she could kill him and you and hand everything to him. That smoney he claims she left him for is the very money he wanted to get his hands on. My mother did what was best for her and Monica by staying put and not looking back. As much as | hate to say this, our father was an escape for my mother. She was safe. She was finally in a place where she could have all she wanted, she would never be pimped to anyone, and Regan could not get her. He cannot count that as stealing.” Caleb argued, and | understood his point, but it is what it is. In Regan’s twisted mind, our father took his wife, and he did not get anything for it.

“That bastard bled my mother dry and turned her into a gold digger. She wouldn't have struck those deals with Timothy if she didn’t need the money so much,” he said, and | pulled up in front of the headquarters. Something clicked in my head then and there. If Luis is Regan, then the pressure was deliberate. He knew she would agree to help Timothy get the contracts and approve payments just so she could get the money to get him off her back. It was a twisted guess, but it was possible. The guy could do anything. Mike was waiting for us, and i handed the car to a kappa so he would park it for me.

“How are the investigations going?” | asked Mike.

“We just started.” He said and sighed, then continued withouturging him to do so.

“Apparently, someone sent an email from your office reducing the Military support allowances.” He confessed and | was shocked.

“How? When?” | asked Mike, and he sighed.

“In the early hours of this morning. It was as if they knew you would not be in the office. They scramble all the camera footage, Luke. We have nothing.” He said, and | wondered why anyone ons and solutions from within the headquarters would do that. How far was Luis’s reach? Had he closed us in without us knowing? | noticed that Mike wasn’t done talking yet, so lurged him to continue speaking. He cleared his throat. “Gail called from Tia’s office this morning asking for military assistance,” he said, and | stopped walking and looked at him.

“What did she need it for?” | asked, and she sighed. “Something happened in Diamond corp, and she did not want anyone leaving until she could talk to Tia,” he said, and | was about to take out my phone when it started ringing. It was Tia. | answered immediately. “Tia,” | said, and she sighed. “Luke, you need to be calm, please.

What | need to tell you is serious,” she said, and there was no way those words could make anyone calm, but | tried to be quiet and relaxed. “They have wiped us clean,” she said, and | wondered what she meant. “Who and what?” | asked calmly, even though | wasn’t calm at all. “They cleaned out our liquid assets this morning Luke.

We are broke,” she said, and my breath caught in my chest. Krystal Mulberry had hinted that this was going to happen. Beads of sweat began to roll down the sides of my face. Money was very essential. == iny days. Most of that money was put away “Not to worry. | had K said, and | exhaled.

TE J “Tia,” was all | could manage from the relief that she was able to salvage sfunds. “But we have to pretend that they got us, Luke. So they do not figure it out. We spread the funds throughout fifty accounts, not to raise the alarm.” She toldI could kiss her at that moment if she was with me.

“Right now, Kirk is helping us investigate the leak. Gail acted quickly. The people that helped them are still in that building.” Tia said. “Great, but | do not want you to go there. Let Kirk handle it. | do not want you stressed out, Tia. Our baby is important.” | told her, and | heard her sigh. “Luke, | have to be there. | am not showing yet. | can handle myself, trust me,” she said, and | wouldn't have it.

ill REPLS uDLU “No, Tia, it is an order,” | said to her, and the words had slipped out before | knew it. | was scared she would take offence, but when she chuckled, | relaxed. “You are not the boss of me, Alpha,” she teased, “We are equal partners in this. Key mark or not,” she said, and | hoped she would just listen to me. I did not want anyone to get to her.

“I have to go, Luke, even though | do not want to. My signature is needed for certain things.” She said to me, and | sighed, knowing that was a possibility and | could not go there myself because the military issue was pending.

“Very well then, please be safe and go hfrom there. Make sure Kirk escorts you home.” | 02s eates and Solutons said.

“Yes, Alpha”, she teased on the phone, and we said our I-love-yous and hung up. “What happened,” Caleb askedthe moment | Hung up. “The money is gone. They cleaned our accounts this morning while we were in the hospital.” | said, and Caleb frowned at me.

“How did they know we would be occupied this morning?” Caleb asked a valid question.

The way everything happened, we were not supposed to be around to prevent or salvage the situation. If Stacy had not tried to kill herself, | would have been in the headquarters, and maybe | would have caught the bastard that sent the email with my computer, causing the people to desert the military. Tia would have also been in the office to make quick decisions to fish out the culprits. Somehow the missing money was tied to the deserters.

There was no way it was a coincidence that this happened simultaneously by coincidence. We could not have lost our military support and money at the stime. You needed money to build an army.

“Mike?” | immediately asked my Gamma and best friend, “what areas deserted our army?” | asked, and he frowned. “Dome, Cleeve, Cape, Woodland, Forest and Eclipse,” he said, and | smiled at him.

“What is so funny, Luke?” he asked, looking at him as if | had gone mad. “Luke, are you alright?” Caleb asked me, and | headed towards my office. They followed me. | sat down at my desk and turned on my computer.

“Those are the poorest parts of Woodclaw Island,” | said, and Mike frowned at me. “And what does that have to do with the deserters. “They will follow an Alpha willing to give them more than we offer, especially if they consider it. Then, we presumably sealed our fate by sending an email claiming we were reducing their allowances that might not have been substantial initially. After that email, they were more likely to choose an alpha that would promise to give them the impossible telling them it is possible, but the Moons are the obstacles.” | said, and Mike shook his head, a bit confused, unable to follow along.

A “If Luis is Regan, then he is an Alpha,” | linked Caleb not wanting to tell Mike so he wouldn't ask questions that would lead to us revealing Stacy's secrets. “It is not a coincidence that Diamond corps accounts are cleaned out the smorning that we lose Military support from these poor areas,” | said, and they both realised what | was trying to say.

“I think Luis is trying to take power by force. He will be in charge of the island if he can cripple us financially and take over the military.

“What about the key mark, Luke? You are the one with an active Key mark.” Mike said, and Caleb and | looked at each other and smiled. There was a reason Moon Alphas had separate training from everyone. It was because of the secrets that the ruling family did not want to share with others.

93 monotongend Solutons Others are taught in the academy that you cannot join with another pack and attach yourself to a new Alpha, but in a real sense, it is wrong. All of the Alphas on Woodclaw Island cfrom the Woodclaw pack, so they are indirectly connected to the Moon family Key mark, but | have no power over them; it just means we can identify as one. Suppose a Woodclaw pack member leaves our pack withoutcutting them off from my mark and swears his allegiance to the alpha of a small pack on the island. In that case, he will be connected to that alpha, and | can no longer cut them off because their connection towould be secondary. If Regan is Luis, then the deserters have made him their alpha. His mark will bectheir primary mark, and mine will be secondary and dormant. This bastard knew this, but how? It was a well-kept Moon secret so we could keep people in check and discourage them from joining a lesser alpha to maintain the strength of the family and our pack. “I think Luis is building an army, Mike,” | told my friend, who was a bit confused.

“The mark might not be able to stop him or the deserters. | am yet to master its use,” | confessed, which was also true. My father only knew how to cut people off the mark and nothing more. “How will they clear our accounts and steal our military support in one morning without us knowing?” Caleb asked, and | sighed. “Two things Caleb, it is either your mother is working with Luis, or she did not try to commit suicide. For this to happen, we had to be caught off guard. Rushing Stacy to the hospital and hanging around the clinic gave them the opportunity they needed. Tia wasn’t in the office to monitor and stop the account activities, and | wasn't here to prevent the intruder from sending the email,” | said,” someone wanted us occupied this morning,” Caleb sighed relaxed on the seat.

“I do not know which it is,” he confessed to me, a bit distraught, but it was a bit extrthat Stacy would attempt to take her life to help Luis. What would have been her gain in all this? The dose was lethal. Luis having someone in our house was the most plausible explanation.

“What should we do, Alpha,” Mike asked me, and | lowered my head to pounder on the matter.

“If Luis is gathering Military support, then it might lead to war, but with all that has happened,” | said and looked at Caleb, “Me, Mike and three trustworthy men will have to lead a secret mission to Santa Braee. Everything has pointed us in that direction, except for what happened this morning. We must ensure that our problem is confined to Woodclaw and that Luis isn’t an actual Alpha from Santa Braee trying to take over our lands.” | said, and Caleb understood. We had to try out all the angles and not rest on speculations. Regan being Luis would be easy, but what if they were two different people and the threat was actually from outside.

“Why can’t | cwith you?” Caleb asked a valid question, and | leaned forward.

“My wife is pregnant, Caleb; | do not want her stressing. These are precarious times; | need an Alpha other than father on the ground to take charge if the need arises,” | explained to him, and he sighed. | knew it would be difficult to convince him not to come, more so to convince Tia to letgo, but it was necessary.