"So you're telling me that a drop of your blood was able to translate the ancient writing?" Walker asks in disbelief, two days after the incident and Astrid nods in confirmation.
"Put the documents into storage." Walker says and no one questions her decision since she's trying to protect them all. When Astrid returned to the club for work she couldn't get the incident out of her head and it showed in her movements and actions.
"I need your help." Sean says startling Astrid out of her thoughts as she cleans a glass.
"Huh?" Astrid asks confused.
"Let me rephrase. My brother's pack needs help." Sean says.
"With what?" Astrid asks only half listening.
"They'll tell you when we get there." Sean says with a smirk as the statement caught her attention.
"OK. Let's go, I'm not getting anything done anyway." She says placing the glass back on its respective shelf. After giving James a heads up of where they're going before they leave. When they arrived and parked in the gym parking lot the Alpha, his mate, and Sean's brother were already there waiting for them.
"Welcome back." Kyan says and Astrid smile absentmindedly.
"Thanks." Sean says nudging Astrid in the ribs to get her attention.
"Sorry, we haven't officially met. I'm Astrid." She says holding out her hand to the Alpha who doesn't hesitate to shake her hand firmly.
"Pleasure to meet you, Astrid, though we already know who you are." He says and Astrid raises an eyebrow in response.
"May has been singing your praises." He says and she nods in understanding.
"Sweetie, I'm going to be late." His mate says placing a kiss on his cheek before leaving.
"I'm heading to the gym and do bring her back in one piece." Sean says looking at his brother with a smirk before leaving as well.
"Shall we?" The Alpha asks and Astrid nods as she follows him and Kyan towards the main building where the Alpha resides and then into his office. Astrid takes a seat on one of the single-person couches and Kyan takes a seat on the one next to her.
"What can I help you with?" She asks cutting to the chase.
"First off, I'm Alpha Dave. We've heard about your unique abilities." Dave says but stops short at the cold look in Astrid's eyes.
"Heard or investigated?" Astrid asks with an innocent expression that makes Dave slightly nervous.
"Why do you need my help?" She asks but Dave looks at Kyan who nods once before he looks at Astrid once again.
"There's a traitor in the pack." Dave says with a sigh as he takes a seat.
"What does that have to do with me and my abilities?" Astrid asks.
"We don't know who it is and pack funds are missing. Confidential data go missing every week but we can't trace it." Dave says with a sigh.
"Can't you pick up their scent?" Astrid asks and Dave shakes his head sadly.
"Ok. I there a place where this data is kept?" Astrid asks and Dave nods.
"Who's responsible for it?' Astrid asks.
"One of the elders." Dave responds and Astrid nods going over many possibilities in her mind.
"Before we go there I need your permission for me to touch the required places." Astrid says and Dave looks at her reproachfully.
"Why? You'll compromise the evidence." He says and she lets out an irritated sigh.
"Listen, dude. Buddy. Alpha. My abilities work when I touch things. No touch no answers and you continue to lose money." Astrid says shrugging her shoulders at him while he and Kyon look at her in shock.
"Did you just call me dude? Buddy?" He asks while Kyon bursts into laughter.
"I don't spend a lot of time with powerful people. I prefer to remain a ghost which has been impossible since I arrived here." She mutters to herself.
"How does it work?" Dave asks.
"My gift of touch allows me to see past events. The fresher the imprint of the event or person the easier it's me to see." Astrid says while Dave and Kyon stare at her in awe.
"But I'll need you to trust me." Astrid says popping Dave's bubble as he looks at Kyon for an opinion.
"Sean wouldn't have brought her here if she wasn't to be trusted besides she saved May so she has credibility."Kyon says and Dave nods in agreement.
"Ok let's go." Dave says and the trio exit the office and heads to the accounting building. As soon as they enter Astrid runs her fingers lightly along the walls getting the sense of fading impressions while Dave and Kyon look at her curiously as her gaze becomes cloudy a few times. When they arrive at the office Astrid looks a little pale but the men don't comment on it.
She places her hand on the doorknob and is immediately pulled into the past. She watches from a third-person point of view as the suspect enters her field of vision. Though his face is hidden she's able to identify his blond shaggy hair and a four stripe claw mark on the back of his left hand. He looks around the hall nervously wiping his hands on his pants before he enters the room.
When she blinks again she's back in the present leaning her head against the door. Taking a deep breath she enters the room with Kyon right behind her staying at a distance so as to not distract her. Running her hands along the furniture, cupboards then the desktop, and finally the already open laptop.
When she's pulled into the past events again Kyon watches in shock as s thin layer of ice starts to cover the surfaces of the things in the room then she snaps out of it and the ice evaporates as though it never happened in the first place.
"Ugh." Astrid says covering her mouth with her hand and Kyon swiftly approaches picking her up and placing her on the table standing between her legs and she rests her head on his chest.
"Found anything?" He asks and she nods.
"Yup. I found some interesting things." She says in response meanwhile at the F.A.U a suspicious figure is studying Astird's blood while carrying out her own experiments at the same time.
"Why blood? Why yours?" She mutters to herself as she injects a bunny with a sample of the blood.