They all turned to look at Alex with different expressions on their faces. For Daniel, it was happiness; 'you couldn't have said it best, Alpha' was Daniel's expression and Arnold's 'the yes boss' expression.
Still caught up in the Alpha's anger, someone budged into the office, and Alex turned to look at the disrespectful fellow but held his tongue when he saw old man Eliot. He still glared at him, though.
"I am sorry, Mr. Ford, but there is something that you have to see" He then turned to Arnold, who was closest to Alex's table. "Arnold, please turn on the screen on the BNews channel."
As soon as Arnold turned to the BNews channel, the first image that they saw was one of a battered wolf. All four of them were so shocked to speak that Arnold stuttered his following statement "H..ho..how?"
Alex looked at him with a pained expression as if saying he knew nothing too. "Why isn't he healing? asked old man Eliot and that is when everyone came out of their previous demeanor
"Arnold, do everything in your power to get the ins and outs of everything that happened and also identify the wolf," Alex instructed to which Arnold responded immediately by leaving the room.
"It's good that he has not shifted. Judging by how he was tortured, they would have killed him," Old man Eliot threw in.
"What do you mean?" asked Daniel
"Humans fear what they don't understand, and if he by any chance makes a mistake to shift, it would be a beast before them, and they wouldn't hesitate to kill him, or better yet, take him to their labs and prick him all over."
Old man, Eliot's statement sent a cold chill down Alex and Daniel's spines. The question in their mind was how the wolf ended up in the hands of humans or who he was.
"I don't think he is one of us," Alex stated
"How do you mean?" Asked old man Eliot
Alex had already reasoned in his head after seeing the wolf, "If any of us went missing, I bet the information would have reached us. right?"
The other two agreed with him, but what the Alpha had said could be just his deduction from the situation. What were the odds that the wolf wasn't one of them? They had stayed for ten years, believing that they were the only few remaining wolves because they had searched all over many different countries.
"We will have to wait on Arnold and the boys," Alex concluded
"Yes, Alpha," The two responded simultaneously, and Alex had no time to correct them.
Checking the time, and it was already coming to 7:00 pm. Alex asked everyone to go back home and wait for the next day. "We shall do something if enough information is gathered. We can't just go in blindly. It might be a trap."
Daniel agreed with the boss and decided that he needed to go home to Amber because she had just finished her mission, and he couldn't wait to congratulate her.
"Thank your mate for completing her mission successfully," Alex informed Daniel, and all three left his office. They had stayed in his office for a long, judging by how empty and quiet the office space was.
As they walked to their respective cars, Alex received a call, and judging by the number, it was from his home. "baby?" He could tell that it was Malia since Dawson had his own phone
"........."
"Yes, princess, I am on my way home."
"..........."
Oh, really? I would love to try it then," Alex smiled broadly. He loved talking to her, and it gladdened him that she had taken the initiative to call him.
"Thirty minutes, and I will be with the three of you. Ok? Wait for me," He assured her and couldn't wait to get home.
"Let's go," He told the driver.
At Alex's home, Malia was wearing an Apron and was running about to prepare the table and lay everything down.
"You know that I will be in trouble if Mr. Ford finds out that I let you cook" Dawson was scolding Malia, but he couldn't help but smile. He knew that Malia was weak due to the pregnancy, but she still offered to cook for the Alpha.
She was a strong woman for someone declared weak by the doctor. Malia refused to help her and only let him sit around to watch as she cooked. She had prepared a lot of food. Dawson looked at her, and despite the smile adorning her face, he could tell she was tired. So he asked her to sit down so he could finish.
Malia was sitting in the dining, but her eyes were on the main entrance. She couldn't wait for Alex to get home so he could test her food. "Mr. Dawson, do you think there is traffic on the road now?" She asked because Alex had promised thirty minutes, but he wasn't there yet.
"Today is a working day, so traffic wouldn't be much. But, he will be here soon," Dawson smiled.
Soon the door opened, and in walked Alex holding his suit jacket. He looked tired but contented. Malia stood up and walked towards him