"Thank the Moon Goddess." Andie murmured " finely someone else thinks my mom has gone overboard and way beyond what is considered normal.
" I have to admit sweetheart, your mom has either fell of the deep end or there's something else going on. I can't promise that I will be anymore relaxed about your safety if you are in danger, but one thing is certain. I'm going to find out tonight what's going on with all these tracking devices." I promised,pulling my girl into my arms holding her body tightly against mine for a few minutes, before pushing away and standing up.
I held my hand out for Andie to take. "Come on babe, let's go to the bar and get a drink." I murmured, and almost sighed when she put her soft hand in mine,lacing our fingers together.
After the initial contact ,with that tingling little current dancing across my palm. That warm addictive calming feeling made it's way up my arm, and through my whole body. And within a few seconds, it soothed the uneasiness that had gripped my soul, from the unsettling thought of Andie being in danger.
With in a minute after Andie and I stepped away from the table. A young couple I recognized,well at least I recognized the guy. He's one of my warriors ,and a damn good sparing partner, approached us. I'm sure to meet their new Luna in person.They have probably been waiting patiently for us to finish our meal, because it would be totally unacceptable to interrupt their Alpha and Luna during their dinner.
" Darren, how's everything going man." I murmured,clasping his hand in a brother hood hand shake."
"I'm good Alpha Zack, I just wanted to congratulate you and met our lovely new Luna ." Darren said, sincerely.
Without hesitation ,Andie stuck her hand out to shake Darren's hand,interducing herself. "It's nice to meet you Darren, I'm Andie." She said ,immediately turning to face the lady beside Darren, " And you are" she ask, sounding polished and professional ,as she held her hand out for the young woman beside Darren.
" I'm Lacy, Darren's wife, it's a pleasure to meet you Luna Miranda, or do you prefer Andie."
" Andie, is what everyone calls me, and it's what I prefer. The only person that has ever called me Miranda is my mother, when she was scolding me" Andie chuckled
"Oh my!" Darren's wife exclamed excitedly "I just can't believe I'm meeting you in person.I use your baby bath products on our son religiously. They do wonders for his hair and skin, your products are hands down, better than any human products I have ever used."
"Thank you, I developed them using My great grandmother's notes, from when my great grand father started selling his herbal medication through mail order catalog.They're made with all natural herbs that people had forgotten how wonderful they work." Andie responded, All nonchalant and shit, like it's normal for a fourteen year old girl to have an on line business,selling high end baby bath products.
What the Fuck! I didn't even know she had her own line of products. This makes me wonder what else I don't know about my girl.
After arranging a sparring session with Darren on Thursday morning. Andie and I excused ourselves and headed on over to the make shift bar, that was set up by placing a wide board through the rungs on the horizontal monkey bars.
I helped Andie perch herself on one of the simple wooden barstools and set down beside her. I ordered myself a double shot of bourbon on the rocks and Andie a soda.Leaned into my gril and whispered in her ear.
" You know, when I ask you if there was anything else you have done that others wait years to do. Don't you think ,you should at least mention,that you own an online business."
" I didn't even think about, I really don't do much of the work.I developed the products in my dad's lab and posted them online .Then I give my dad five percent of my profits for using his manufacturing facilities to produce them and ship my orders. I didn't even want it to be my separate business,but dad insisted. Then I had to beg him to take some of the profits for using Hunt pharmaceuticals facilities."
" What's the name of your product line?" I ask wanting to know more about anything that concerns Andie,my beautiful fascinating mate.
" I actually have two different product lines. Andie's Cub Scub,which is an exclusive line of herbal bath products for werewolf Cubs. And Andie's Organics,it's just a line of herbal baby bath products for human babies." Andie murmured, in a low voice only for me to hear. Whipping her head around at the sound of footsteps approaching us from behind.
I too,spun my head in the direction of the approaching footsteps. Relieved that it was only Skyler ,with some unknown shewolf in modest clothes .He sat down beside us and ordered a bourbon and coke for himself and a glass of wine for the shewolf ,who plopped down beside him.
"Why are you not responding to the mind link? Your dad wanted me to tell you ,we will be leaving in twenty minutes." Skyler grumbled
"Okay," I replied, adding through the mind link "I shut my mind link down earlier today, because Brandy was talking smack, and I didn't want to listen to her annoying ass.'
'Is she a bit salty because you found your mate?' He responded in my head.
'probably, I didn't bother to ask.Who's the chick in the church dress?' I had to ask, she definitely didn't look like Skyler's normal sluty hook up.
'Allow me to introduce you, you're going to get a kick out of this.'he sent back, leaning back so that Miss.Church dress could see me, he went straight to interducing Miss. Church dress to me and Andie.
" Zack, Andie ,this is Miss.Selina Kyle,she's our new high school math teacher.
Andie grabbed my thigh, while I had to stifle my laughter behind my palm.
Miss.Catwoman gingerly stuck out her hand, with a pleasant greeting " Alpha Zacker, it's a pleasure to meet you." She murmured,and nodded towards Andie. " Luna Miranda,it's a pleasure meeting you also."
" You too Miss.Kyle, are you originally from the Starlight Pack?" I murmured , with a straight face.
" Yes, actually ,I went to high school with Skyler, then after college, I moved to Bosie to teach. My mother told me Mrs.Brown was retiring this year ,so I decided to move back."Miss Church dress (aka Catwoman) babbled.
" Well, I hope you enjoy teaching at our small school, Miss. Kyle, I murmured politely, "Skyler, I called to get his attention. "are you heading back with us or do you plan to stay here? My dad just mind linked me and said grandma Kate is already nodding off, It's past her bedtime."
" I'm heading back, Grandma Helen is on my case, because I haven't visited her in a few weeks."Skyler lied, we both had lunch with his grandparents last week. Miss.Catwoman must not be scratching his itch tonight.
" Well, we better head out before we get left. Miss. Kyle ,it was nice meeting you." I said, to Catwoman.
" Like wise, Luna Miranda, I hope to see you at school this year."
" Andie has already graduated from high school."I said proudly.
Cat woman's mouth dropped open " Oh, so young?"
" Yes, Andie's a brilliant young lady." I beamed, wrapping my arm around Andie's shoulders and leaving catwoman with her mouth hung open. Perhaps Skyler will find her gaping mouth useful.
When we arrived back at the Pack house I didn't waste anytime. Andie and I made a beeline straight into my office. I took a seat behind my desk and pulled Andie down into my lap. I flipped my computer screen around and placed a video call to Alpha Lucius. Which to my surprise he answered on his cell phone after the first ring.
[Alpha Lucius : Hey Zack, everything okay.] He ask casually, not seeming concerned at all.
[Zack: Yeah, well maybe. I have a few questions.] I said ,jumping straight into the reason for the call.
[ Alpha Lucius: Well, I will be glad to answer them if I can.]
[Zack: Is someone stalking Andie or something, is she in some kind of danger?] I ask , going straight to the point ,without beating around the bush.
[ Alpha Lucius: No,not that I'm aware of ,why do you ask? Has something happened?]He ask calmly ,without even the slightest twitch in his expression. Which I expected no less, he's had years of practice, just like my dad. Their total masters at using the Alpha face ,as I call it.You could tell an old Alpha ,the world was ending today and their stoic expression would never change.
[Zack: No, but I was wondering why Luna Carolina has all those tracking devices on Andie. It seems a bit over the top if Andie's not in any danger.]
[Alpha Lucius: I have been telling her that for years now. You can rest assured ,Andie isn't in any danger . There's nobody stalking her or threatening her in anyway. Now ,is there anything else you would like to know?]
[ Zack: Yes, I have a few more questions.]
[ Alpha Lucius: You seem uneasy Zack, if something is bothering you,go ahead and ask. I'll do my best to answer any question you have.]
[Zack: Okay , the medication Andie is taking, what is it? And why is she taking it?] I ask a bit exasperated, but Alpha Lucius kept his ever so calm Alpha face on.
[ Alpha Lucius: It's just a multivitamin,nothing to be concerned over. Andie's perfectly healthy, I personally do a physical and blood work on her every year. She's had a few problems in the past with anemia and a few other vitamin deficiency,when she was a little cub. Which now, I suspect was caused by her large wolf. So to keep her healthy and help her support an abnormally large wolf. I develope a new vitamin designed to meet her needs every year. Anything else?]
[ Zack: Yeah , acutely there is, Why did Andie shift early ?Was her shift forced in any way?] I spite out the one thing that's been bothering me all night.And finally I believe I'm getting somewhere. Alpha Lucius blinked a couple times and heaved a heavy sigh. The ever so stoic Alpha face crumbled.
[Alpha Lucius: No, her shift wasn't forced in anyway. But there's something I need to tell you about Andie. Actually Carolina and I have discussed this several times since you recognized her as your mate. This is hard for me to do,especially with Andie setting there in your lap. Hi, sweetheart.]
[Andie: Hi daddy]
[Alpha Lucius : Sweetheart ,what I'm going to tell you and Zack may come as a shock.But if you need us, me and your mom can be back in Alaska first thing in the morning.]
[Andie: Go ahead daddy, what is?] Andie murmured,and I could tell from the bond she was a little nervous and I was too. Instinctively I pressed her head to my chest and kissed the top of her head,holding her closer to me in a firm hug.
[ Zack: Go ahead Alpha Lucius, I have her and I want leave her alone.We need to hear what you have to say.]
Alpha Lucius ran his hand through his hair and he looked pale and I was nervous as fuck.
[Alpha Lucius: Well to start, I assume you both know about or have heard about Cryogenics or Cryosleep.]
[Zack: Yeah, Cryogenics is where people are frozen at their time of death in hopes there will be a cure for whatever they died from in the future. And I belive cryosleep is freezing a live person for space travel which isn't possible right now.]
[ Alpha Lucius: Close enough, I just wanted to make sure you understand the basic concept.
Well here goes, Long story short, Andie was kidnapped the day she was born. Sweetheart , you and Peyton are twins . You were born in San Francisco two minutes before Peyton. And while your mom was giving birth to Peyton some bastard took you from the hospital and put you into a cryosleep like state. I tracked them to some make shift lab in Vegas. I was so damn made that I wasn't even thinking clearly and immediately ended their sorry life on the spot. I brought you and the little pod they had you in ,along with all their research back to my lab. I was scared to death, the little pod had a monitor for your breathing and heart rate.
The monitor showed you were barely breathing and your heart rate was almost nonexistent. I began pouring over their research nonstop and gathered everything I could on cryosleep from all over the world.I only took short naps right beside the little pod you were in. I never left the lab for almost two years,at first you're mom would come every day until I made her stop. She was a total wreck,it was pushing her towards a mental break down.Besides seeing you in basically a state of hibernation inside that little pod, she was frantic whenever she was away from Peyton and Abby. I finally decided we couldn't live like that anymore and just started carefully warming your little body. Taking every precaution I could to keep your cells from forming ice crystals. Finally almost two years later ,your little eyes opened.But you were so small, because you never grew inside the pod. We decided to celebrate your birthday on the day that I had brought you out of the cryosleep.Your mom had hardly been out of the house that whole time. And Peyton and Abby were so young they had no clue what was going on.Nobody ever questioned if your mom was pregnant or not. But I have some theories about you shifting early. I believe your wolf continued to mature the whole time you were in that little pod. I believe that's the reason you shifted the day of Peyton's ceremony I also hope this sheds some light on why your mom insists on all the tracking devices. She has some deep mental scars from that whole ordeal. Oh and about the vitamins,when you developed anemia,at first I thought I might have done something wrong and your blood cells were dying. That's the reason I ran so many test on you. But after your shift and I seen that your wolf was the same size as Peyton's. That's when I came up with the theory ,that your wolf had continued to grow when your little body stayed the size of a newborn baby. At least that's what I think. Andie are you okay. Do either of you have any questions.]