Alpha's Blind Luna novel Chapter 61

Turning into Auri’s office, I could see Ezekiel had been working out of it but I turned to one of the bookshelves and pulled out the drawers that were beneath them. Auri had a complicated, yet brilliant filing system that spanned over a ridiculous amount of time. Everything was meticulously ordered and filed. Bryan walked in while I was working through drawer number three.

“Hector, what…?”

“I know Auri kept records of everything. Where were the lists?”

Bryan came closer. “What lists, Hector? There are thousands of them in here.”

“The…the ones with the individuals we went after. The BloodHunter coven. When we took down the High Council.” I slammed the third drawer shut, opening the fourth.

“I don’t think it’s on that side. It’s older.” Bryan turned and opened up two of the drawers near the door. “Why?”

I growled, moving onto the next. “To prove a theory wrong.”

Ezekiel came into the doorway next. “Everything okay?”

“Apparently, Rydere has a theory that Hector is trying to prove wrong with decades old paperwork.”

I slammed the drawer shut. “Pipsqueak would have it.”

“No one has been able to get ahold of her. What was it?” Ezekiel came in and opened up the drawers by the window. “Decades old…it might be in the miscellaneous and not filed directly in her system.”

“When we took down the old High Council it wasn’t just them. We split into groups and each of us took on individuals that were known leaders of the BloodHunter Coven. Auri made a list of each leader and each individual we targeted.” I explained as I rummaged through the information.

The room was quiet except for the sounds of papers being pushed around. It was a solid five minutes before Ezekiel pulled a folder out.

“Was it this?”

I came over, adjusting my path to where I was in his line of sight the whole time. Gently, I reached out and took the folder from him. He flashed me a thankful smile and I nodded. Setting it on the desk, I pulled out the chair, sat down and opened it up. Sure enough, each page had an individual leader, their team, and then their targets. I flipped through Auri, Bryan, Mine and then Logan’s name. Rydere was nearly as present in my body as I was. My eyes scanned the page.

“What does the X and O mean?”

“X was BloodHunter, O was High Council. Some behind the scenes in the High Council we also decided we’re too corrupt to continue. They were added to the list. Most of these guys were small time though.” Bryan explained to him.

Bryan was right. The list was full of inconsequential people, small fries low on the ladder of both the High Council and the coven. My finger stopped on the last name though. It had an X and an O next to it. It was the oldest name on this list. Rydere shrunk back.

“Who is…Oran Fellow?” Ezekiel was leaning over my shoulder.

Bryan looked down at the paper and then at me. “You don’t think…”

“High Councilor Oran. We heard rumors he was the leader of the BloodHunter Coven but could never prove it. Logan, after all Oran had done to his family, wanted to personally take care of him. Auri allowed it.” I stared down at the name. “He would have known, Bryan. Not many people would know who she really was. You know you took care of yours, Auri took care of hers, Simon…all of us can be accounted for. Logan is the only one.”

“No, Hector! I won’t hear of this! Logan, our Alpha, said he was dead! He might be a shithead but this? This would be beyond treachery.” Bryan stormed out of the room and I sighed.

“You think Alpha Logan lied about killing this Oran?” Ezekiel looked at me and I realized he was speaking to me as Alpha.

Rydere stepped forward to answer though. “I do, Alpha. Hector has his doubts but it fits. If we can confirm it’s Oran, it’s going to be easier to track him. However, Gamma Bryan is right. If Alpha Logan did this…it would be…”

“He would be brought to the Alpha King for crimes against his own kind. Ushering in this hell we’ve found ourselves fighting against.”

I nodded. “More than that, Oran is unpredictable. He’s old. He’s been on the High Council for so many centuries that some forget how old he really is. While he is predictably out for himself most of the time, his methods run the long term, never the short. And for him, short term can be centuries. Which makes his moves, to us, seem unpredictable.”

Ezekiel leaned against the bookshelf, his arms crossing over his chest. “As leader of the BloodHunter Coven he would have access to the Nova information, I’m assuming. The information about Auri as well.” He paused, chewing on the information. “Let’s see if we can’t reach out to Pipsqueak. Maybe you should try. She knows your relationship with Auri. In the mean time, let’s keep this theory between us. Bryan is right. There are a lot of ‘ifs’ and only one person who can answer them. The issue is answering truthfully without getting Vale involved might be an issue. Try to see if we can find any information on him without doing that.”