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Revenge of the wolf

Chapter 9 - Come together

This is another flashback chapter, taking place about 2 and a half weeks before the present. Jade, as she recovers from her grievous injuries, goes over in her mind, the devastating events that led her to her current state.

No One's POV

When Tori woke from her nap, she quickly realized that sometime during it, Jade had transformed into her wolf form. It didn't startle the Latina, in fact it was something she was quite used to. In fact more than once Jade had gone to sleep with human Tori and woke up with wolf Tori. Most of the time, the one who changed simply wanted to indulge in their wolf side, while they slept. Sometimes, it just happened during sleep without the person realizing it. It was as if the wolf on its own decided to come out. One small drawback of course was that Jade in wolf form was bigger and thus took up more of the bed.

It was neither startling nor alien to Tori, in fact she for a few moments pressed herself up closer feeling Jade's black fur all across her body. It was soft, comforting and something Tori loved doing. Pressed up against her mate in either form, was wonderful. Jade liked doing the same thing when Tori was in her wolf form.

It would be easy for one to think of the human as their mate and the wolf as their pet. But for one who is with a werewolf, the wolf is as much their mate as the human. She lay for a few minutes, gently running her hands through Jade's thick black fur. For Tori, it was more than affectionate, it was actually quite sensual.

"I love you." She whispered into Jade's ear.

Jade suddenly twitched and let out a soft whine of approval. It was a tender moment and one of the kind,that Tori treasured most.

It took a few more moments for the wolf to fully awake. But when she did the wolf turned over and looked lovingly at Tori with her green eyes. Then the wolf leaned over and licked her neck, the equivalent of a kiss, then turned back into Jade.

"How'd you sleep?" Tori said, the first to break the silence.

"Fine, what time is it?"

Tori looked over at the clock next to the bed. "Just before 6:30 in the evening."

"We're supposed to meet Julia at 9:00. Let's shower, get dressed, eat and then go and meet her."

The nap besides, invigorating them a bit, drained off some of the tension. A lot of it remained, but for the moment things seemed to lighten up.

To the point where Tori smiled, took Jade by the hand and let her into the shower. There they embraced, kissed and eventually made love. During the most intimate moments, the ones where their bodies and minds are so in sync, they can read each other's thoughts, each simply told the other how much they loved them. For the moment, all other thoughts , the stresses, the worries where pushed back deep into the their minds.

After the shower, the pair started to get ready to go out. Jade who was ready first, sat on the bed waiting somewhat impatiently, while Tori was in the bathroom putting on her makeup. Jade was almost always, ready first.

"Come on Vega. I'm getting hungry."

Tori shook her head, "Jade relax. Just because you're faster at getting your make up on and getting dressed, means I have to rush things. " This was a vary familiar argument, between the two. But it's familiarity, seemed oddly comforting.

"I'm bored."

"Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?"

"I don't have any cards."

"Then use the app on your phone. Just stop bugging me, unless you want me to go slower."

With a small grumble, Jade pulled out her phone and occupied herself, while Tori put on the final touches of her make up. Once ready, the pair, had a romantic dinner at a small restaurant nearby. Then after a phone call to Tori's parents to see how the children were doing, they hailed a taxi..

Jade gave them an address and just before 9:00 they pulled up in front of an old building. On the front, above a set of red doors was a neon sign.

"Loup Garou"

"One of the hottest nightclubs in Prague. Come on Vega."

The pair entered the nightclub and found it was already quite busy, despite, it only being 9:00. They made their way around the crowded dance floor and up to the bar where Julia and much to the girl's surprise, Beck was waiting.

"Julia smiled and pointed to Beck. Look what I found. He's staying at my hotel. Ran into him in the lobby and told him I was coming to see you . He wanted to tag along."

Jade smiled and gave Beck a loose hug, as did Tori. "Claire told me you were doing a film out here. Something about an actor getting sick or something and you had to be a last minute replacement."

"Yes, the actor got hurt and I got called in. It's a world war 2 picture. I play a B-17 tail gunner who, gets shot down over Germany and along with the other surviving members of his crew, helps some Jewish orphans escape into Switzerland. We're doing some filming in a town near here, called Kublov. Very nice people. How are you and Tori doing? Find that door you were looking for?"

Jade rolled her eyes. "We found it alright. But let's get some drinks first, then we'll talk. "

Jade and Tori, ordered some drinks then Jade led them away from the bar into the very back of the club. There was a door marked, Private, which Jade opened up and walked in.

"Come on, people."

Beyond the door was a flight of stairs and once through the door at the bottom, found themsleves in a small room, with another door and a large man, standing in front of it. He looked to Tori and Jade and nodded, but then looked to Julia and Beck. He then shook his head.

"They're human." The man said, with slight distain.

"I know that, They're both good friends and my personal guests." Jade said, looking irriated, making a point to pull out her pendant that identified her as a Fenrir, a member of the royal family of all werewolves.

The man quickly flushed with embarrassment. "I'm so sorry your majesty. I didn't recognize you at first. You and your guests may go in. " The man then opened the door behind him and immediately they saw and heard what sounded like another dance club beyond.

"Jade, what is this place?" Queried Beck.

"One little corner of the werewolf world. Not many humans get to enter. Come on. I've been dying to see it since I became a werewolf."

The group entered the large basement room and initially it looked like any other dance club you'd see in any city. There was a dancefloor filled with young people, a DJ playing one of the latest dance tracks, Tables, chairs, booths all filled with people and two bars.

But as Becks eyes's adjusted, he noticed more than people, wandering about. He spotted a number of wolves lingering about, with the people. Looking to his left, he spotted a man whom he guessed was a female werewolf, sitting on a padded bench, with a wolf across his lap. He was gently stroking it's fur. At the same time, the wolf was licking his neck. Being bonded with a werewolf himself, knew they were more than just friends. In a funny way, it made him miss Cllaire.

"Jade, this is a nightclub for werewolves?"

Jade shook her head. "Yes, it's only open a few nights each month, but young werewolves come from all across Europe to be here. There's only a handful of clubs like this one. They can come here, and relax in either human wolf form. They have lockers and changing rooms in the back. So they can strip out of their clothes and assume wolf form. It's a place we can talk in safety."

As they walked across the club, several people noticed Jade and her pendant. Each quickly made a slight bow in reverence. At the same time, a male wolf with grey fur playfully came up to Tori and started to sniff her rear end. A common behavior among wolves. She guessed he was a bit drunk. Tori, wanting to get under Jade's skin a bit, looked to the wolf and smiled.

"Well hi there, aren't you being a friendly one."

Before anything could be said or done, Jade promptly turned into a wolf, snarled viciously, causing the grey wolf to retreat.

Jade then resumed human form and the group came walking. Beck as he walked got a few looks, mostly because he was human. But he also noticed several females, both wolf and human walk near him, as to check him out. But each after a few seconds, seemed to frown and walk off.

Jade smirked. "I'll bet your wondering why the female wolves, are staying clear."

"Uh...yeah. I'm not going to cheat on Claire, I wouldn't even think of it, but it's like I stink or something."

Jade chuckled. "Before you left, Claire was very affectionate with you. Rubbing up against you in her wolf form, a lot. More than normal."

"Yes."

"She marked you."

"What?"

"By rubbing against you, she marked you with her scent. She marked you a lot. So much so, you'll smell like her for a 2 or 3 weeks. "

Beck looked at himself and sniffed. "I don't smell anything."

"You won't your sense of smell isn't good enough. Normal humans can't detect it."

"Why did she do that?"

"Well, we both know, she's very territorial."

Beck nodded, but in a way that indicated it was something he didn't mind a bit. "Yes."

"Well by marking you, any female werewolf will know that you already belong and are probably bonded to a female werewolf. She did it to keep them away. But don't be mad, she did it for your protection. As any werewolf, male or female, would know that messing with you, would incur their wrath. It's something werewolves do with their human mates. It's a very instinctual thing."

Tori then stepped up. "My mother does it to my father all the time when he travels. He actually likes it."

Beck watched as yet another female werewolf wandered by and then quickly departed. Though a bit strange, he actually found it rather comforting. He missed Claire and knowing that even here she was protecting him, made him feel close to her. "She really loves me."

"She does." Jade said. "Come on, let's sit down.

They found a booth and as soon as they sat down, Julia said.

"The news reports tonight tell of an explosion at a brothel and how it revealed a white slavery ring. They also have connected it to the body of a older woman who was found today in a dumpster. The police seem rather confused. I don't suppose you had something to do with that?"

Jade chuckled, much to Tori's annoyance. "We kind of had everything to do with that?"

"What the heck happened?"

"I'll tell you, but first." Jade then pulled out a piece of paper with a drawing on it and pushed it across the table. "Have you ever seen this symbol?"

Julia looked down at the drawing of a fist with a snake around it and quickly shuddered. Then just as quickly, she took the drawing in her hand, said a few magic words, causing the paper to burst into flame. Once it was ash, she blew it away."

"Why did you do that?"

Julia leaned over and lowered her voice. "Where did you see that?"

"It was on the wall, in the wizard's chamber in the brothel. We fought the wizard, but he killed himself when cornered. What is it?"

"It's the symbol of a long dead cult of wizards. A bunch of demon worshiping fiends, who wanted power. They called themselves, Nos, qui recturus erit, which is Latin for, We, who will rule. During the dark ages, they reeked havoc, behind the scenes at least. They did until they challenged the wizard council directly, in an insurrection. The council prevailed and the last of them was executed, 600 or 700 years ago. "

"Dangerous?" Asked Tori.

Julia, looking somber, nodded. "Extremely. I and everyone else, thought that cult was dead."

Beck then spoke up. "So they're like the death eaters in Harry Potter?"

"Worse. For example if they were in the Harry Potter universe, they very first thing they would have done is to kill the Dursley's and anyone else close to Harry Potter, until they could get to him directly. Heck, they probably would have just blown Hogwarts up in an attempt to off him."

"Kill everyone, Just to get rid of Harry Potter."

Julia shrugged. "Pretty much, It's just a hypothetical, but they are utterly ruthless. I don't remember much, but I do remember that. I have a book at home, that tells more about them. I'll have to consult it. But you mustn't say anything about this to anyone. I mean it. If this cult has been resurrected, then some of my fellow wizards could be in on this. If they even suspect anyone knows, they'll kill them. They were quite secretive and that explains the two wizards killing themselves. The cult, would not hesitate to kill anyone of their members who even considering talking. And it would not be a quick death either. Until I can do some more research, say nothing about this. It's very important. Now tell me about what happened."

Before Jade could start her story, an expensively dressed woman with long blonde hair came up and addressed Jade in Russian accented English. "Your majesty, Jade. I'm Valentina Soboleva. I saw you here and had to offer my services as a tracker. You must be here on some mission. After all I can't imagine you'd leave your little ones if you didn't."

That statement, resulted in a dirty look from Jade to Tori.

Valentina continued. "I read about the explosion and the dead woman. You must be part of it. Please allow me to assist." Julia looked to Jade and then to Valentina, "You're a tracker?"

It was Tori that answered. "The tracker. She's a legend in the werewolf community. Ever since she was a little pup, this werewolf was taught by her father how to hunt and track. She spends weeks at a time in her wolf form hunting in Siberia. She's a master tracker as well. I don't think there's anyone better at her job than her."

"Quite right!" Said Valentina with a no small amount of smugness in her voice. "I am also a distant member of the Romanov family, through my mother's side. So like you Jade, I am royalty myself. Allow me to offer my services. I'm visiting Prague for a few weeks and just my luck found you here.

Jade wanted to keep the group small, but couldn't see why a master hunter and tracker couldn't be some use. She then moved over, making a space at the booth. "Please Join us. We were just going over what happened today."

With Valentina present, Jade started the story, but as soon as they reached the part where they found the door, another woman walked up. Looking no less eager than Valentina, she looked much different.

This woman, who looked to be in her early 20's, had jet black hair, almost in the same style as Jade, black, leather Jacket, motorcycle boots, ripped blue jeans and a eyebrow piercing in the exact same place Jade had. She looked very much like a Goth and one was doing her best to imitate her.

"Oh my God." Said Margo excitedly. "It's really you. When my uncle told me you were here, I couldn't wait to see you and offer my help. As a werewolf and a Goth, I can't tell you how thrilled that my queen is just like me. I've done my best to emulate your style. I love the scissoring too."

Jade narrowed her eyes, despite being rather flattered, "And you are?"

"Oh, my name is Margo, my uncle is Petr Sarka, the local pack leader. You called him earlier and asked if he had any contacts that may find out who owned that brothel. He said he will see if he can find anything out and I offered to serve as a local guide and translator as needed. So he sent me. He will call as soon as he learns something. "

"Sure, join the fun." Said Jade with a smile, not paying attention the distinct scowl on Tori's face.

"Wait, you need more drinks. It would be an honor for me to buy you some. I only work at a sandwich shop, but this is more than worth the expense."

Margo, took drink orders and quickly ran off, returning a few minutes later with a tray which she distributed and then sat down.

Jade took a sip of her drink and said. "Ok, if we don't' have any more interruptions, here is how things went.

So Jade went into detail about finding the door, Mrs., Janda, the truck, the brothel and their escape. The one detail she left out, at Julia's request, was the mention of the banners in the wizards work room. All, including Beck, listened with interest.

"So that's the story. We know the name of the woman who kidnapped me, Mrs. Janda won't be kidnapping any more girls and that Brothel and white slavery ring is out of business, permanently."

"Jade that vial that the woman was pouring on the food, can I see it." Asked Julia.

Jade pulled the vial from her purse and handed it to the wizard. Examining it she noted it had only about three drops in it. She opened and took a sniff, but it smelled like nothing.

Tori took a drink of her Martini. "What do you think it is? It has to be related to the fact that that one girl that got sold seemed to have no problem with it."

"I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's part of a mind control spell. The wizard who taught me, hated them and considered them dark magic, so he taught me very little about it. "

"Part of a spell?" Asked Valentina.

"Yes, I'm trying to remember. You'd need to give them a few doses of something to prime them for the spell, itself. It sets the foundation. But the spell wouldn't be permanent. I'd guess that the girls are enchanted, sold and the buyers are told they need to pay additional fees to renew the enchantments. Otherwise, they revert back to their normal selves and attempt to escape. Controlling someone long term or permanently, would require a long and involved ritual. It would require, I think some rare ingredients. So it's cheaper and easier to do it short term, plus they keep the buyers on the hook. I have spell in my spell book at my hotel, which will identify this for certain."

Jade nodded. "So what to we know about X, the person in charge. Let's take a look. They're a wizard and a powerful one, X goes to great lengths to hide their identity, works with other wizards. "

Tori then chimed in. "X's employee's either out of fear or dedication usually kill themselves to keep X from being revealed. They're into arms dealing, white slavery, drugs and that's just what we know of."

Jade continued. "So X has some sort of covert criminal empire. One that uses magic at times to get what they want. But that really doesn't help us much."

Suddenly remembering Tori pulled out Mrs. Janda's smashed phone. "I almost forgot. Mrs. Janda, before she killed herself, smashed the phone. It looks pretty bad."

Jade examined the phone carefully then discarded it in a nearby trash can. "It's trash. Even the sim card is broken. Nobody can get anything out of this. But I have some papers I took from the drug lab."

As Jade spread the papers out they all carefully examined them. They were mostly shipping orders for various materials used in making the drug lab. The purchaser was a construction company called, "Novak Construction."

After hearing Tori wonder if the purchasing company could be a lead, Margo noted. "Possibly, but the last name Novak, it's the most common last name in the Czech Republic. It's like Smith in America. "

Jade took a drink and thought for a moment. "We can check it out, but as I recall, the company used to purchase the building where they found me, when I was kidnapped, was a dead end. It was just a post office box and nothing more. I'd guess the address all this is being delivered too is just an empty building. X is too clever for that. We'll still check it out, though."

"Here's something!" Called out Beck, as he pushed one of the papers to Jade. "Look on the back. Someone wrote something in pencil.

Sure enough on the back was some notes, scribbled hastily. Using her translation stone, she read it aloud. "As of the 14th of next month, all the opium and other raw materials are to be rerouted to the Brothel. Send no more supplies to the facility on Hajek street as of that date. Disassembly of equipment at Hajek street facility will start forthwith, Be sure everyone knows."

Jade looked to Margo. "What's Hajek street."

"Industrial part of town. Hajek street has a few warehouses and one or two factories. It's not a very long street. Perfect place for a drug lab."

"Good" Said Jade. "The new lab wasn't up and running yet, so the old lab, still must be in operation. The 14th, is in 3 weeks. If we find this place, we could maybe get more clues. Another link in the chain. Let's hit it."

"Brilliant" Said Margo. "I'd be happy to help you. I know someone that lives near there. I'll call them in the morning and see he can give me a lead as to which building it is exactly."

So for the next hour they, continued to discuss they're plan to find this drug lab, hoping it would lead to X. But Tori quickly got irritated, between Valentina's ego and Margo's hero worship the night got quickly on her nerves. But Jade's instance on hitting the lab, without hardly any thought or even talking to her about it made things even worse. The tension had lessened earlier, but now Tori felt just as angry as she did before.

To distract herself she spent some time talking to Beck and even danced with him a few times. At the end of the night, the group decided to meet at 8:00 the next morning in a café near Jade and Tori's hotel. The group broke up with Julia and Beck deciding to share a cab back to their hotel, Margo going to talk to some friends at the bar, Tori and Jade heading back to their hotel.

Only Valentina remained at the booth, quietly watching the crowd and thinking. When she finished her drink, she got up, pulled the broken phone from the trash can, stuffed in her purse and walked off.

I made up Hajek street.

Loup Garou, refers to a French werewolf legend

The chapter title refers to the Beatles song of the same name.

Happy Holidays everyone. My output may slow a bit during the holiday season, but I'll see if I can get some work out.

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