"Oh found it, a table for four beside the window. " The hostess confirmed stepping from behind the little hostess station. "if you will Mr. Randolph please follow me." The hostess requested leading the way to our table.
We then made our way through the crowded
restaurant taking a seat at the booth like table overlooking the water. On sunny days the large windows that stretches across the front of the restaurant offers an incredible view of the mountains as well as the sparkling blue water of the marina. However with this relentless pouring rain and the darkened skies the view has turned into a bleak hazy outline of the mountains in the distance and the choppy gray water in the marina below. I make a mental note to myself to bring my girl back on a bright sunny day for lunch in the near future. With that thought in mind I turn my attention to the approaching waitress to give her my order.
" Good evening, I'm Gina" she halts mid sentence whispered "Alpha "bowing her head in submission.
I give her a polite smile and taped into her mind to remind her we are among humans and prompted her to proceed with her job as normal .
'It's nice to meet you Gina.' I greeted,Her eyes widened but I continued . 'please try to remember where we are and just proceed as you normally do.You can choose to call me Zack, sir, or Mr. Randolph it's your choice. Which ever one you're the most comfortable with is just fine with me.'
'Yes Alpha' She sent obediently,sucked in a deep breath and raised her head but still didn't speak.
Seeing that the poor girl was still a bit rattled I took the initiative and placed our drink order. "I'll have a double shot of crown on the rocks, and a coke." I paused glanced at the little omega to make certain she was writing down my order before asking Skyler "What are you two having?" Kicking Skyler's leg underneath the table to get his lips off his mate. " Fuc.." he started to growled out profanities glaring in my direction. " What do you want to drink?" I ask again.
" I'll have a Jack and coke and.." he then glanced towards Chloe for her choice. " a glass of white wine " she smiled apologetically.
" Th.. Thank you.. Al..I mean Sir.." The poor little omega finally stuttered out trotting off to fetch our drinks.
While the little stuttering omega was gone I started a conversation to keep the horn-dogs at the table from getting us tossed out of the restaurant for indecent behavior in a public place.
" So Chloe" I started and waited until she pried her lips off Skyler's to face me "are you still in school?"
" I still need to find a dental residency" she leaned closer and whispered "for people like us."
" Oh, perhaps I can help with that, our dentist is old but he just loves Skyler." I chuckled,a vivid memory coming into my mind of Doctor Long dragging Skyler down the hallway by the ear shouting ' This hooligan bit me' in his heavy British accent.
"Stop laughing asshole that old bastard stuck a needle in my mouth."Skyler grumbled,
glaring in my direction.
" Oh you had a dental problem?"Chloe sounded intrigued by the fact that Skyler wasn't perfect.Boy is she in for a rude awakening.
"Yeah,when I was ten years old I grew an extra fang and had to get it pulled." Skyler muttered sounding a bit embarrassed. I guess he just remembered how that extra fang that wouldn't retract made him looked like a vampire with a missing frang back then.
" Even if it hurt, it's a good thing that you had it removed before all your other teeth shifted and messed up your beautiful smile." Chloe cooed while rubbing her hand over his bicep trying to soothe her whining mate.
Well so much for trying to distract them with small talk. The comforting gestures didn't take long before turning back into a full blown make out session. Thank the goddess, the stuttering little waitress is back with our drinks. Perhaps drinking will cool them off for a moment.
" This one's the coke ,and this one's the ice tea" The little omega explained setting the drinks down on the table. " Are you ready to order?" She ask, sounding a lot calmer then before.
"I'm ready" I promptly volunteered "I would like the a sourdough basket, the pulled pork macho nachos and the calamari. "
"Get the oysters and Idaho fries too" Skyler butted-in.
I nodded at Skyler and continued my order "the oysters and the Idaho fries, the ribeye medium rare with a baked potatoe. I'd also like to add a house salad.Spinning my head around towards Andie I ask "What are you having sweetheart? "
" I'll have the steak house burger with fries and I'd also like to add a house salad." Andie responded closing the menu and sliding it towards me.
Just as Andie closed the menu Skyler started his order without me even prompting him to do so. " I'll have the primer rib with a house salad and the lady will have the prawn Angel hair pasta with a house salad." Skyler smoothly rattled out both orders.Making me wonder if I needed to order Andie's food for her when I take her on our first date. Maybe I'll ask my mom if that's what I'm supposed to do.
" Will that be all." The the omega ask, interrupting my musing. "I believe so" I murmured, and without another word she gathered up all the menus and trotted off towards the kitchen.
Unlike the drama filled lunch Andie and I had, dinner was peaceful. Even though the rain and darkened skies destroyed the view the food was good and the little stuttering omega turned out to be a great waitress. She payed attention and kept our glasses full which I'm not really sure if that was a good thing or not. She did a great job but Skyler and I wound up drinking a little more then we should have considering our mission tonight.Anyway she worked hard and earned herself a hefty tip.
After leaving the restaurant we drove by our targets house to do a little bit of recon. Lucky for us he lives in a small bungalow tucked back into the woods over on Douglas Island.
It wasn't very far away from Jessica house so I slowly cruised on past the place gathering as much information as I could from the road side. Only one vehicle set in his driveway hopefully indicating that he lives there alone and we don't need to involve anyone else in this matter. A couple of lights were still on and the occasional flickering lights coming from a television made it obvious that he was still up relaxing and watching a show.
After Chloe got a mental image of the place the same way she had done with the dungeon before we left home. I cruised on past and parked in Jessica's driveway. Making sure my car and all four of us was in the line of sight of her nosey neighbors security cameras.
The casual visit will essentially kill two birds with one stone by serving as an alibi for our presence over on Douglas Island.And while we're here I can invite Jes and Drake to Skyler and Chloe's announcement celebration tomorrow. It's just a bit of extra protection in case any cameras caught my vehicle on video close to our targets home. Especially since I already have a missing man's body hanging out in my morgue and no crime has ever been reported to the state police.
After parking the SUV we all bailed out and made our way up to the front door. Jessica's two year old son Reece was already looking out the glass storm door excitedly babbling and pointing his tiny little finger at Skyler and me.
After coming closer I could hear Drake scurrying towards him murmuring " Let's open the door for Uncle Skyler and Uncle Zack" Moments before he hosted Reece up into his arms and swung the door wide open.
" Y'all get on inside out of this damp weather."Drake called out while holding the door with one hand and trying to control a squirming Reece on his side.
I hurried along ushering Andie into the living room and took a seat on the sofa.Skyler breezed in behind us snatching Reece out of Drakes arms.
And as usual Skyler lifted Reece up and pressed his lips on his little round belly making motorboat sounds.Making Reece kicked his little feet in the air squealing and giggled uncontrollably drawing Jes out of the kitchen.
Her words stopping Skyler's antics abruptly . "He's not wearing a diaper, we're potty training. If you keep tickling him he might pee on you."
I sputtered a laugh as Skyler's' face paled and he held Reece out away from him like a rabid raccoon slowly lowering him to the floor.
" adin,adin," Reece whined holding his little arms up in the air towards Skyler.
" Go let Uncle Zack hold you, he wants to see you too." Skyler cooed giving Reece a Pat on his little round bottom sending him flying in my direction.
With tiny little werewolf speed Reece crashed into my outstretched arms with a joyful giggle . Now how could I resist that wide little grin even if I did get peed on, I didn't even care. I snatched him up off the floor and set him on my thigh listening to him jabber as he pointed his little finger at Skyler then at his belly.
"I know buddy, I seen Uncle Skyler blowing on your belly." I agreed with what ever he was saying because I really couldn't understand his words. But I guess Skyler could because he frowned launching into a debate with a two year old.
" I didn't bite your belly." Skyler protested, taking a seat beside me to argue with Reece .
"Uh-huh. Like this." Reece nodded raising his tiny green t-shirt up to pointing at his little round belly while making sputtering sounds with his lips sending baby spit flying onto my knee.
" Bad Uncle Skyler " I scolded,smacking Skyler on the hand then Skyler pretended to cry.
Reece frowned " No, no , Uncle Skyler good. Me want you do it." Reece pouted pointing his little finger at me.
I couldn't resist his cuteness and leaned down to blow spluttering sounds on the back of his little neck making him giggle and squirm. The sound of his laughter made me wonder how anyone could be so cruel as to hurt a toddler. Werewolf or not they're just innocent little bundles of joy that needs to be protected and loved.
It also reminded me of our mission tonight. I need to stop these assholes before they get their hands on another innocent child and do something unimaginable to them.
And with that thought in mind I stood up handing Reece off to Jes, kissed his little cheek and invited Jes and Drake to the Pack house tomorrow for lunch.