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Authors: Sydney Addae

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BOOK: BirthDate (La Patron, the Alpha's Alpha)
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“Tyrese is here
.”

“Good, I’ll let him know you are still buried so he’ll hurry up
.”

Lying still, Asia wished she could see what was happening. There was a slight tingling in her forehead. Seconds later her vision darkened and then she saw outlines of three people, not clearly. But the shape standing alone was obviously Tyrese. She hoped he remembered her warning about the primp, although the tight quarters made firing the weapon unlikely.
“Really? Stop us from digging, why?” the male asked, stepping to the side while the female moved a few steps in the other direction. If Tyrese hadn’t spent hours tag team fighting with his twin she might be worried he didn’t recognize the common maneuver. They planned to jump him.
The images sharpened a bit. She could not make out features, but the body outlines had more depth now kind of like night vision goggles. Excited by this new development she wondered what other changes occurred when her body re-booted. Her hearing was sharper. She moved slightly to the right. Debris fell as her movement unsettled the mound on top of her. She had just alerted her enemies that she was alive.
She sighed at her stupidity when she noticed all three heads turn in her direction. Chances are she could free herself now but she didn’t want anyone to see her new form whatever that was. She was counting on Tyrese winning this fight so she could escape undetected. A weak groan escaped her throat. Every area of the lab had cameras; if the janitor’s closet was still standing, the cameras would pick her up as she went inside.
Sounds of body slamming grabbed her attention. The fight had heated up. Tyrese hadn’t bulked yet, but he was a shadowy blur in a small space. The two hunters were good, but no match for his speed. After slamming the male into a far wall with a loud crunch, the female picked up a primp and tried to aim it at Tyrese.
Asia could not believe how fast he moved. The female pulled the trigger and hit her partner. Blood and body mass mixed with debris flew everywhere. The loud clap ricocheted and before the sound stopped reverberating, Tyrese had decapitated the female and tossed her body to the side. After taking two steps he bent from the waist, breathing. She hoped he wasn’t hurt.
Just as she thought to test her theory of escaping her grave, he stood and walked toward the mound. “Mom says you can hear. You shook the ground a minute ago. Give me an idea where to dig and I’ll have you out in a few minutes.”
Sweeter words had never been spoken. Moving to the left and then right, she hoped he could get an idea where she was located as the dirt moved.
“Okay, you’re in the far corner. Assholes were digging over here.” He strode to an area she assumed was near her. She moved again for good measure.
“I got it. Lots of concrete and some steel. Give me a sec.” The ground pressed in a bit as he bulked up and she wanted to tell him to move back. But a few seconds later the weight on her legs and stomach lessened as he tossed blocks of cement off her like a plastic ball. Sounds of running feet chilled her. Had more assassins been alerted? Clenching her fist she prepared to break through the debris and join Tyrese in the fight this time.
“You found anything?” Tyrese asked in a gravelly voice that he rarely used in this form.
“Yes, some equipment. It looks old,” Alpha Samuel said. “You found her?”
“Yes, she’s buried here.” He continued removing rubble.
“The whole time? I mean is she… alive?”
“Yes. Did you have your men disable all the cameras and do a sweep for more?” Tyrese asked as the weight from the debris lightened considerably from her upper body.
Pleased that Tyrese remembered their enemies used cameras extensively, she sighed in relief.
“Yes, we disabled and pulled out a couple from the walls we found using your equipment. There are a handful of people, wolves, who were born and raised here. They don’t know anything else and are afraid to leave. La Patron said we can leave them here if they really don’t want to go.”
“You don’t agree?” Tyrese asked stopping. Because of her interest in the Alpha’s answer, she didn’t mind the delay.
“On the one hand, I feel I’ve done enough damage through sheer ignorance and should leave them alone. On the other I want them to learn what pack means, to experience the warmth and love of a den. They have no idea what being a wolf means. It’s not something to be ashamed of but they’re ashamed and that hurts on a level I cannot explain. They’re wolves, ours to protect. They were born here during my time as Alpha and I failed them. I had no idea this place was operating in my back yard. It’s a damn breeding farm where they experimented for years on my pack. They violated my den and stole pack members.”
“You can’t undo the past, Samuel,” Tyrese said in a somber tone.
“I know, I just want a chance to make up for it. I want to make their futures better in some way, you know what I mean?”
“Yes,” she whispered.
“Yeah, I do,” Tyrese said and then resumed removing the debris from on top of her.
“Need help?” Samuel asked.
“Nah, bout done. Everyone out?”
“We took care of two hunters and Leon handled one. I’d only sensed five before, but heard La Patron took one out so maybe there were six.”
“All your men accounted for?”
“Those who made it. I lost two. They didn’t have collars and they were crushed.”
“Sorry man.”
“I’m going to talk to the residents again, see if I can change their minds.”
“Have Rone come talk to them. No telling what they’ve seen over the years. Might be insightful.”
“Tyrone?”
“He has a magic tongue when it comes to talking with people. He’s the only one La Patron uses for interrogation.” Tyrese chuckled and Asia agreed. Tyrone had a gift for making you feel comfortable and spilling secrets before you could blink.
“Really? I might do that.” Samuel paused. “What does he use you for?
“Exterminations,” Tyrese said succinctly.
Asia agreed as she heard the footsteps leave.
Tyrese stepped back. “You can come out now.”
Anxious over her new body, she didn’t bother to wonder how he knew she could get out. She threw both hands up and pushed. It moved some. She thought of bench pressing and pushed harder this time. A grinding sound and then a loud swoosh accompanied the falling rubble. Clouds of dust floated above her head, filling her nostrils. She sneezed as she pushed herself up.
“Give me your hand.” She saw his arm through the haze and latched on.
“You gain weight or something? Hold on I need to get a little more bulk.”
Tyrese had no tact.
She felt the same as she had before regenerating and refused to be embarrassed by his outburst. Looking down, she tried to see her body clearly but couldn’t. Dirt clung to her in places she knew would itch later, which meant she was half naked.
“Okay now.” His arm seemed wider when she latched on. This time he pulled her up with ease and helped her off the rocky mound that had been her temporary burial ground.
When he released her, she stumbled. He grabbed her again, but remained silent as she took a few steps on shaky legs. As her legs strengthened, instinctively she leaned forward and picked up a large boulder in each hand and completed bicep curls until she no longer felt the weight of the stones. Tossing them aside, she picked up a large slab of concrete with embedded twisted metal. It took a few tries, but eventually her body could handle the weight and stress.
When she finished, she turned to find him leaning against a far wall watching her. “What?” she asked, embarrassed by him seeing her in a weakened condition.
“Nothing, just watched as your body morphed into a sexy, lean, lethal woman.”
Confused, she placed her hand on her hip. “What are you talking about?”
“When I pulled you out, you weren’t shaped. Well, not like now. I’ve never seen anyone’s body change so quickly, as if there was an internal mold. Has this happened before? You went right into shaping up.”
She frowned looking down. “I don’t know. Could have. I didn’t think I just acted. Now that you mention it, not many people step from their graves and start lifting concrete in lieu of weights.”
He nodded. “Your face was larger, your body lacked that kind of definition and your hair well, it’s still all over the place.”
Her hand flew up touching the thick, wiry ringlets of her natural hair. She looked down at her form. There was a little more meat on her body, but that didn’t faze her. Her muscular body wasn’t over the top.
“Okay…so what are you saying?” She asked as she looked around for something to put on and saw the female hunter on the ground with her neck at an odd angle. Spying a larger backpack near the corner, Asia dug into it and pulled out a beige jumpsuit and soft soled canvas slip-ons. She put them on and turned to face him again, feeling more in control.
“You changed. What happened while you were buried?” he crossed his arms staring at her. There was something in the tone of his voice that alerted her she needed to be straight with him. They were cool, but if he thought for one moment she was a threat to his pack, he would attempt to terminate her immediately and deal with the fall out later.
“I died.”
His eyes widened as he stood straighter. “You did? Is that what happened to our link?”
She nodded, telling him an edited version of what she told his mother while searching through both backpacks. Each had those calculators, this time she put one in a pocket as well as the ink pen and a few other items she recognized.
“So who are you now?”
“I’m Asia. Just free of my oppressors and linked to one person who has my total allegiance.” She stood to face him wondering what he would think of her declaration. Jasmine didn’t want anyone tethered to her in that way. And she did not particularly want to be connected to anyone at such a deep level, but this was her new reality. Thank the Goddess it could have been worse.
He stared at her for a few moments and then grinned. “I wonder if she told Silas yet? We have all been worried over her obsession with you. Are you like my sister now or something?”
Asia relaxed a bit. “Sister? No. I hope not. But we have more in common now. We have to help Mistress control her energy as she steps fully into her role as La Patroness.” She stopped at Tyrese’ surprised expression.
“Can I be in the room when you call her that?” Tyrese asked as they stepped into the hall.
“Call her what?” Asia asked stepping aside and then heading in the direction of the janitor’s closet.
“La Patroness.”

Chapter 10

 

Silas watched the last EMT truck leave the clearing beneath the bright spot lights that had been hauled in to assist in the recovery and exhaled. The cost of this battle had been high. He needed to run…or fight. Gazing in the direction of the woods, he sensed the black wolf remained in the same spot he had been hours ago.
Tyrone and Samuel were below with the residents. Silas hoped they agreed to leave with Samuel but he did not have it in him to compel their wolves or force them to leave. If they chose to die here, he would honor their decision. The dump trucks filled in the hole with soil and leveled the land as much as possible. Soon a tree would be planted in honor of the pack members who lost their lives today.

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