James' POV

I kiss my small bean awake beside me, nuzzling his neck with my nose lovingly but all he does is slap my head away. "Cody, stop being mean." I tell him but he only sticks out his tongue, not even opening his eyes to look at me.

I groan and flop my body down on top of his, careful not to use my full weight as I let my chin rest on his chest softly. He groans in protest trying to push my head away but all he accomplishes is tapping my face a few times making me chuckle. "Lemme 'lone" Cody grumbles tiredly and I sigh as I lift my body off the bed and go get ready to take a shower, knowing what will happen if I keep pestering him.

It's been two days since our Monthly ended and Cody still hasn't recovered from the physical effort that goes into it. My body is still sore, even in places I don't like to mention, but a Wolf's stamina is a lot better than a omega, especially a half human one.

I feel Sloan begin to stir within me when I begin talking about Cody being sore and I glare at him mentally as he stretches out the kinks in his body. I close the door behind me and begin stripping and I begin to question him. 'Sloan what did you do to my little bean?' I ask him, more put out about him telling me to leave him alone than him being sore.

Sloan scoffs but I can hear the smugness in his voice as he flips his hair and answers me. 'I treated him like the love of my life and the whore he is. He loved it.' He tells me sassily and I damn near choke on my own spit as I turn on the shower, not expecting the response at all.

      'I'm surprised you handled it so well, even if you won't tell me about it.' I tell him with a bit of an attitude, though I'm half joking. When the both of them wanted to have a conversation with me about our Monthly, the last thing I expected was for the two of them to want to for themselves, but after talking to Alex he says that it doesn't matter whatever dynamic they have, they're Mates and they love each other and they want this just like anyone else.

     And I agreed with him once he explained that b tb it also made me nervous about Jessie and the fact that eventually... we're probably going to have sex.

       'Oh, boo-hoo.' Sloan snickers as I step inside the shower and begin to wash myself. 'Sex with Jessie is a blessing, you're missing out.' He tells me and I shake my head at him, not quite ready to talk about the subject just yet.

       'You know, we need to figure out who's threatening Cody.' I tell him and all the humor in the conversation dies as we think about all the threats and everything that's be coming after Cody for the past few months. 'We have to figure out who's working with our dad.'

      There's a collective cringe between the two of us as we think about the relationship and blood we share with the horrible man, but I try to ignore it as I get out of the shower and begin drying off my body with the towel hanging from the rack.

     There's a beat of silence between us before Sloan speaks and I listen intently as always. 'I was thinking about that, and I think I know who it is.' He tells me and my movements pause form drying my dripping body at the words.

      'Who?' I ask him, preparing myself for the answer but nothing can prepare me form the name that falls form his lips.

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      After Sloan had told me his suspicions, I had quickly gotten dressed and linked both Alex and Zee to meet me in her office in ten minutes. I had thought about waking Cody up and having him come down to the meeting, but my bean is tired and needs his sleep so I decide to fill him in latter.

       In no time I was down the stairs and outside Zee's office where I am now, sitting across from her next to Alex as they both look at me. "What was the news I had to drive over here for?" Alex asks me, his bed hair all over the place and in usual circumstances, it would make me laugh, but right now, I'm too scared for Cody's life to find anything funny.

       "I think I know who it is that's targeting Cody, Sloan told me this morning he's had suspicions about her." I tell them and they immediately straighten at the words.

       "Who is it?" Alex asks and I take a deep breath before I give them the answer.

     "We think it might be Jessica." I tell them and they gawk at me and I continue as I explain. "Think about it, all she did was want to be my girlfriend. She was trying to get physical with me. When I broke up with her, she didn't believe it and even harassed me on dates I went with Cody. She's the only answer that makes sense." I tell him and I watch  as the realization dawns in their faces.

      "Holy fuck." Alex says as he sits back into his chair with his hands on either side of his head. "Why didn't we think of that before?" He groans to himself and I can't agree more. When Sloan told me his thought, I immediately felt like a fool and a dumbass. I was so caught up on the dad part of the equation that I kept missing important shit in my face. The thought of Cody being in danger because of my ignorance makes me sick but I do my best to push the thought aside and come up with a plan.

     "Well I don't mean to burst you guys bubble, but figuring out who it is, doesn't solve the mystery. We still have to find her and bring her in." She tells me and I nod to her, knowing she's right.

      "Okay, well when was the last time anytime has seen her?" I ask them and Alex scrunches up his face as he thinks.

      "Now that I think about it, I actually haven't seen her around these past few weeks. That's suspicious as hell." He says and I agree with a frown as I realize myself that she hasn't appeared to harass me or flirt with me and I can't think back to the last time that she did.

       "I'm going to try and link with her." I tell them and they nod before turning to talk to each other as I let my mental conscious reach out to the mind that's Jessica's. I frown in confusion when I don't feel anything active or....anything. "Guys, something didn't right. I can't reach her." I say and they turn to look at me with confusion.

     "As in she won't let you in?" Zee asks me with her own frown and I shake my head again as I try to get a feeling of something from the mental link on her side but it just feels empty.

        "No. I'm not getting anything from her. Like I can feel her presence in the pack link and I can feel her mind with mine but there's like... no reaction. It's almost like shes in a coma." I tell them and we all glance at each other, not liking the sound of whats going on right now, the aura in the room too creepy to relax my muscles.

       "Could she be...dead?" Zee asks quietly and a shiver runs down my spine at the thought of someone our age coming up dead.

       "No, no. If she was dead I would be able to tell. She's alive, I just can't feel her." I tell them, every time someone gets a new wolf or someone dies I can feel the change on the pack kink as it goes and gets smaller. When I was younger all the people and presence in my head scared me and was very confusing but now I know how to block them all out of my head until they need me.

      "Well then what is it?" Alex asks and I shake my head, not having any clue at all.

       "Maybe she just figured out a way to do it, is all. Maybe your dad taught her." She says and even though it's a good explanation and it makes sense, something doesn't quite sit right with me. Even so, she's the only person we know that has a good reason to go against Cody and we can't ignore that.

     Right as I go to speak the door behind us creaks open and we all jump before we turn to see that it's just my sleepy bean coming in with his blanket wrapped around him.

      "You left me." He says sadly as he closes the door and comes over to where I'm sitting, not hesitating to place himself in my lap. I instantly relax with him in my arms as I chuckle at his words.

      "You didn't want to get up. You kept slapping my head." I tell him but his lazy hand comes up to cover my mouth.

      "Shhhhh." He tells me quietly before his hand falls and his falling back to sleep in my arms.

     I look back up to my friend with a serious expression. "I'll talk to him tonight. You guys, don't let your guard down." I tell them and they nod before we move on to other things going on in the pack but I can't quite shake the feeling of being watched.

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Whewwww spooky. I adore Sloan and Cody they're both so sassy and cute. Alright guys. last chapter. No procrastinating Joy you always do.

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