Everyone except Ethan, the alpha of the fox skulk. The moment Xeon mentioned Zeke, Ethan changed.
“You have Zeke?” Ethan had jumped up from his chair, leaning on the table. “I demand you release him to me. We take care of our own.”
“As do we,” Raul stated.
“Ethan, you need to understand...” Xeon sighed. “You remember him as a fox, but he’s not that anymore. Now, he’s a bear. He belongs with Raul.”
“Like hell he does. He’s my nephew. We’re his family, not them.” Ethan raised his voice more.
“What the hell would you do when Zeke rages? Do you think a fox can overpower a Kodiak?” Raul asked Ethan.
“We’ll do what we have to do,” Ethan assured them. His eyes narrowed on Raul.
“Ethan, it took four of my biggest wolves, including myself, to take Zeke down in his bear form.” Xeon hated to admit that the enraged bear overpowered them.
“That’s you. Zeke will listen to me.”
“Not when he’s drugged out of his mind. He won’t listen to anyone,” Kyro interjected. “You didn’t see him.”
“That’s right, I haven’t.” Ethan shook his head, his anger turning his face red. “You need to let me see him.”
“I have no problem with you coming over and visiting him. I just don’t think you should take him back to your place until he’s conscious and calm. Melonie is our resident doctor. She’s looking after him and running tests to find out what is going on with him,” Raul replied.
“I still want to see him.” Ethan’s frustration became palpable.
“We’ll go straight there after the meeting then,” Raul answered.
“Fine.” Ethan ran his hands through his red hair. No doubt trying to calm himself.
“We know Dr. Phenix is taking the shifters and changing their DNA. I thought when we did the search at the hospital, we would nail him then. Sadly, neither he nor our people were found. They were there though; I smelled where they’d been hours before,” Xeon recalled.
“If you know Dr. Phenix is behind this, then we should go get him. He’ll lead us to the others,” Lionel suggested to the group.
“I’m leaning toward that. There’s only one problem. He hasn’t been to work since the search. I called to check. We don’t know where he is,” Xeon told them.
“What about his house?” Jacen spoke up. “Let’s go there.”
“Brody is out there now, watching the house. Hunter will be relieving him later this evening. We have another guy stationed at the hospital,” Kyro added.
“One of my men will take a shift,” Lionel offered.
“Mine too,” Jacen agreed.
“Hell, I can spare a man or two. Especially if it means catching this bastard,” Raul said.
“Kyro will give you the addresses and you men can sort out a schedule. Thank you.” Xeon nodded to Kyro. “I’m not holding much luck on it. He hasn’t been home yet.”
“Xavier can send in one of the vampires once darkness falls. The vamps can pinpoint the location of a mouse. If he’s hiding out there, the vampires will find him.” Devon assured him.
“All right then. Kyro, add the address to the warehouse. Now that we have more men on this, we can add surveillance there too.” Xeon ordered. Maybe with the extra manpower, they would get lucky.
Kale’s phone rang, stifling their conversation. They continued their talk with minor chatter while Kale stepped outside. It wouldn’t hurt to pause everything for a minute.
Chapter Thirteen
A bath wasn’t helping like Mara thought it would. The time that passed only brought more questions. Her head pounded, the more the voices spoke. The voices were jumbled together, making it hard to tell what they were saying. She just wanted a little silence.
The only person that could answer her questions was Dr. Phenix. Too bad she didn’t have him strapped to a table. She would take a scalpel to him until he told her what he did to her and where the others were. Her dark thoughts scared her. The things she would be willing to do to find the others.
Maybe talking to the bear shifter they brought in she could get some answers. Zeke would know more about what the doctor did to them. She just had to get to him. Too bad she didn’t have a car. Xeon and Kyro would not allow her to go, so there was no point in asking them to take her.
She pulled the plug, letting the water drain from the tub. The towel by the sink was just out of reach. Water dripped from her body, landing on the mat and the floor