Chapter 84 Chapter 19–Book 2

Agent David got the call from his partners that the woman, Kathy Fosters, had escaped and there was no trace of her anywhere. They were continuing to look, but they didn’t have any realistic hopes. Those types of people can disappear quickly.

He wasn’t too upset that they lost that witness, because they now had Nova, and Maggi was turning into not only a valuable source of information, but David had kinda taken a liking to her. It was against the rules, but you only live once.

He was still not happy with the way things were going. Yes, they had a lot of witnesses, but what they didn’t have a lot of was evidence. Agent David was thinking about a few things that had been said by his daughter.

Agent David decided it was time to go and check out James Springer’s shed.

He was going to need a search warrant as an FBI Agent, but if, say, perhaps a friend happened upon the shed and decided to see what was inside, then decided that it was just too horrible and went to tell his FBI buddy about it… well, who’s to say what happens next?

Agent David was more of a by-the-book kinda guy, however, as he got older and closer to moving on from the FBI, he found himself getting sick of the bureaucrats that have to file a thousand pages to get a pencil from the supply closet.

Always wanting to put in their opinion, when they have no clue about what they are talking about.

With that, he went looking for Jack.

Jack was outside on the greeting steps waiting with Nova for their guests to arrive. He was excited to show her off and give her another chance to make more friends. He hoped that she would hit it off with Adira. He chuckled to himself; there wasn’t a doubt that they wouldn't hit it off.

Everyone in the clan is in love with their new Luna. "Luna's" are a wolf thing, but since the names for the female leaders of WereBears are called "Sows," the Clan decided when it was formed to call their highest-ranking lady a "luna," too.

Jack couldn’t think of any female that would like to be called a "Sow," even if it was supposed to be a term of respect. Frankly, he wasn’t too happy with his title of "Boar," so the clan changed that to Alpha as well.

At least until they could come up with more flattering terms. He was toying with the Ursa direction but had not come up with anything solid. Perhaps he should consult Nova on it.

Werebears are more solitary creatures; they don’t form big Clans. This Clan was the first of its kind. They started small, but now they are almost 1000 strong in just a short amount of time. This is something that should become more of the norm with Werebears.

As he was coming out of his thoughts, three SUVs pulled up in front of him. The first one out was Duncan; he was all smiles. He went around the car to open the other door, helping his mate Adira out of the car. She was radiant as always.

She was all smiles, too, as she gave Jack a big hug. She then went over to Nova and gave her a big hug as well. Nova was a bit surprised, but she started smiling.

“You must be Jack’s mate, Nova. You probably have so many questions; I will answer all I can. I am Wolf, though not Bear, but a shifter is a shifter. I must show you all the new pictures of our pup, Alex; he is a little handful.”

Others were waiting to say hello as well. Archer, looking like the stoic god as always, came over and shook Jack’s hand. He smiled when he greeted Nova.

“Whoa, careful there Archer, don’t want your face to crack.”

Duncan looked at Jack and then at Archer. He started to laugh.

“Well, if you must know, I have been informed by your sister, Duncan, that I have to loosen up more, make myself more approachable. She has even taken the liberty of going through my wardrobe to make it more modern.”

They all started laughing. Duncan's sister, Marnie, is a tell-you-like-it-is kinda girl. Never takes no for an answer, either. Duncan was glad he wasn’t on that side of Marnie anymore.

After everyone was greeted, Jack motioned for them to come inside and get comfortable, handing out refreshments and snacks to everyone.

Duncan started right off into the subject.

“Ok, tell us Jack, why have you asked us to come here? Don’t tell me it was to just visit. We know you better than that.”

“I, as you all know, have found my soulmate. Her father is a Special Agent for the FBI. We just found that out yesterday; Nova’s full name is November Jane Fosters. Her mother, Kathy, is a drunk and, from what I know so far, she neglected Nova.”

“Her stepfather, I am unsure if that is legal or not, is, from what I have learned, a Serial Killer and a hitman for the local sheriff. He also, I think, has a claim on Nova, though it is just in his head. I think he means to get her back.”

“His name is James Springer, and he is a black Werebear. I think his bear is also crazy; it would make sense. No normal bear would allow their human counterpart to do such evil things.”

“He is going to have to be put down; the problem is, he is part of a criminal investigation involving several missing people. He can’t just up and disappear. The Sheriff is going to be brought to justice too, since he is human, it will be easier with him.”

“I have asked you all here because I would like your help. I don’t usually ask for help, but our Clan is at a delicate stage right now. I would very much like it if you were able to gather some much-needed evidence for the FBI.”

Everyone looked at each other, then at Jack.

“Of course, you have our help. Do you have any ideas where we could start looking?”

It was at that moment that his second came up to him to tell him he had a visitor. It was Agent David.

Jack told Sam to let him wait outside. He couldn’t be a part of this conversation, because he could be questioned in court. If it came out that he had prior knowledge of this conversation and its intent, then the whole case could be tossed out of court.

“Why don’t you go and introduce Adira officially to my Luna, let them get some bonding going on. Then I will go see what my friend wants, and we will go from there.”

With that, everyone left, leaving Jack and Sam alone in the room.

“Jack, you know that the whole clan will get behind you in this; they don’t want anything to happen to Nova. They find the actions of this black bear disgusting. They all agree that killing him is the only answer. I had to talk several of them out of going out and hunting him down.”

“I know, but we have to be careful as well. We can’t go and have what we are plastered all over the news. Tell everyone to be ready, but no going out on their own.”

Sheriff Avery had drugs to deliver today and money to collect. Sometimes it’s more like a trade; they have sex with him, and he gives them what they need.

These days were the ones that he loved the most, not today, though. He was too busy always looking over his shoulder. He didn’t do any sex trade; it could come back to bite him in the ass. Everything he did, he made sure it was away from witnesses and cameras.

After he was done with that, he went to his makeshift office and jail, checking on the missing person cases, looking to see if there was any clue as to how far the FBI was getting, or he hoped, at least, they were going in the wrong direction.

Nothing. There wasn’t a single thing. That was a good sign, he thought. After he had some lunch, he went off to visit James. It is time they get going on getting rid of evidence and making a few more people disappear.

Oh, he was going to have to tell James about Kathy, too. Perhaps he should bring a bottle of something to celebrate. He was going to have to talk to James about his little shed. It is going to have to be cleaned out, and the shed burned.

As for the body pile in the ravine, he was pretty sure they wouldn’t have to do anything with it. You would have to know where it was. No one would just stumble onto it, unless you fell off a cliff.

Once everything was taken care of, he was going to leave in the night and not look back. If there was anything left for them to find, then James can deal with it.

Still, there is the problem with Nova; James is not going to be too cooperative if he doesn’t get his prize. He was still working that out. The problem is, he doesn’t exactly know where Nova is. He suspects that James does, though James is not being too open about it.

It would be easier if she would have been underage. He could just walk up to wherever she was staying and demand that she be returned home.

He wondered what James’s solution was for this, how that mad piece of crap plans on getting Nova back.