Chapter 10
It was one o'clock in the afternoon and Carlisle had been at the hotel strategizing with Mr. Grady for the past eight hours. He was exhausted. Mr. Grady had told him that his family was in danger. They were in danger because he took a job at a secret company where half of the staff is secretly in a secret cult and a part of an even more secret company. Carlisle was learning just how dangerous secrets could really be. Mr. Grady had brought him aside today and told him everything he knew about the people after them, that they wanted to study the ones of them that carry the gene to try to figure out how to replicate it, but there was still so much more Carlisle didn't know. The stuff on the cult was so old that there was barely any information on the internet. Mr. Grady had an extensive library with ancient books and the two of them had set to work throughout the morning to find any info at all on the cult of the Benglidore. Of course, they were in a room with no windows or outside light.
After the eight hours, they hadn't found a lot but what they did find was going to be a huge help. They hadn't planned on spending that much time without a break and Carlisle had decided to check up on his family. Mr. Grady didn't think that they would go after them today, but he still wanted to make sure. After his wife's and all three of his kid's cell phones went straight to voicemail, he knew something was wrong. He turned to Mr. Grady who was still book cracking.
"My family's not answering their phones." Mr. Grady looked up.
"Already? Wouldn't your younger ones be at school? Surely they haven't been taken."
Carlisle looked surprised to hear Mr. Grady suggest anything along those lines. "You think your people would kidnap my family?"
"They are not my people Mr. Cullen. Not anymore. Now, it's just you and me." He paused before saying, "Yes. I believe they would take your family. At the very least your children. They are as valuable to them as we are. Maybe even more so since their abilities haven't yet manifested. I just didn't believe it would be today. I thought we'd have more time."
Carlisle was seething. If he knew that his family was in immediate threat of being kidnapped he would have taken more precautions. He would have taken them away this morning, not waited around for eight hours. His gut was telling him they were taken. Esme usually answered her phone unless she was in a meeting and if Alice didn't answer, she would text him back right away. That kid was attached to her phone. Edward, well, he was a bit more spacey and Emmett would deliberately ignore his phone, but not the other two. Carlisle grabbed his jacket and headed for the door.
"Where are you going Mr. Cullen? If they have your family you won't be able to find them until they want to find you."
He ignored Mr. Grady's comment and left with, "I need to find out if they're okay."
IM SORRY, I KNOW THESE CHAPTERS ARE SHORT. AND CONFUSING… MY HANDS JUST START DOING THINGS AND THEY WONT LET ME STOP…