Lost Ones (The Extinct Race Series Book 3) Page 3
“Excuse me for a moment?” Alex asked
Pop! “A minute, please?” Tia barked
Charles and Sebastian stopped and looked at Alex a little bit annoyed.
“Sorry, I just want to test something a minute. If it works I think I can convince Kaiden to let us go out and find the others. Maybe you guys can you know, do what you do if we run into some bad HB’s.” Alex said a little shyly
“HB’s?” Charles asked
“Half-bloods, It’s about time we turn the tables right?” Alex confesses
“Ohhhh! I like this one. She’s got some fire in her blood. Alright girly, what ya need?” Tia asks her smile lighting up the room
“I want to try and block the pull of you and John, your mother and father and see if Charles can sense them.” Alex explains
“Go for it and if you figure it out how long do we need to test it?” Charles spoke
“I would like to build up for at least eight hours, ten would be better. For right now though I just need to see if I can block four full-bloods. I might try to block Donny too, but we will see. Charles you will have to tell me who you don’t feel.”
“I can do that. Anytime you’re ready go ahead.” Charles
Halina and Zach both watched as Alex closed her eyes in concentration. Zach moved a little closer to Alex trying to lend her some more magic. After five minutes Tia and John were blocked. Zach decided to touch her arm, maybe skin to skin would help. As soon as contact from his skin was made, the pull from Camilla and Sebastian stopped and then Donny.
“Alright you blocked all you wanted too.” Charles said
“I know! As soon as he touched my arm I felt it, I can actually see the block now too. It’s a hazy orange color, like fire.” Alex said in amazement
“Zach, hold her hand, Halina if you would then hold his hand.” Donny asked. He was thinking that maybe she might amplify it a little more. Donny could still feel everyone outside of the block, but not inside. As soon as Halina made contact half of the room went cold. There was no Pull from any of them.
“Damn Babe, it is him!” Donny said excitedly
“I know I know! I am not even concentrating as hard as I was alone. It’s like it just happened as soon as he touched my skin. This is so freaking awesome!” Alex squealed
Zoe and Kaiden cam barreling in the training area to smiling faces and Alex’s squealing. As soon as they entered the room, the rest of the Dragons in the room were blocked.
“HOLY SHIT!” Alex screamed “I only need one of you, but damn, both of you is better, I could take a group of fifteen no problem!” Alex screamed out while she started jumping up and down. “Twenty of you over there please run about a mile out and see if it sticks.” Alex was beyond excited. Twenty of them ran out of the room.
They got about 500 feet when Kaiden said “I feel them again.”
“Zoe come here and hold my hand please?” Alex asked very sweetly
“Ok?” Zoe was confused, but she complied. As soon as their skin touched the other twenty people were blocked once more.
“This is incredible!” Kaiden whispered
“Kaiden run to them and tell them to go out to five miles. I want to test this.” Zoe said excitedly
“On it.” Kaiden ran out the door. Ten minutes later and five miles they were still within the block.
“Zoe will you talk him into this. With her and Zach, as long as they touch we can take at least ten men out.” Charles pleaded. Having his home attacked hit him more than most. Penny was very close to dying yesterday. She had been playing with the kids and had left just moments before. She wasn’t hurt, but she was blown about twenty feet into the side of the training room wall. His Dragon wanted to hurt someone for that.
“If Zach is a willing party I will.” Zoe explains
“More than you think sis.” Zach and Zoe both dropped Alex’s hands at the same time and hugged.
Chapter 4
Finley
Finley was raised in France with her adoptive parents. She knows who her real parents are and they visit frequently. They just live on some deserted island and don’t have the means to take care of her the way she needs to be taken care of. That is what she thinks anyway. She lives in a nice big fancy house on the coast and travels to Paris frequently with her friends. She has a floor in her house all to herself and her adoptive parents give her everything she wants. When her real parents come over to visit, her adoptive parents wait on them hand and foot, like they are royalty or something.
Finley is captain of the swim team. She has every designer purse ever made and the shoes to match. After all, she can never wear the same thing twice. Her real parents always call her spoiled, as if, Finley knows she is a princess, not some spoiled brat. She loves her real parents dearly, they have always shown her the love that she has needed, but she just has a life they can’t provide her. Her adoptive parents are pretty awesome too. Her dad is the doctor that helped bring her into this world. She was told there were complications and her real parents had to go. They left her with the doctor and his wife. She was adopted soon after by them. Her real parents always stayed close though. When her real parents found out she was sneaking on the trains to Paris they made her adoptive parents hire four body guards. Which just blew up Finley’s head even more, she knew she was really special then.
She always knows when her real parents are coming. There is a feeling of being pulled by a string right to them. They always told her it was a connection between them and not to fear it unless it came from someone else. They also told her that there was a boy that was made just for her. That in their culture there is always a soul mate and the male is always born first, so because she was a girl they knew he existed. She had a hard time believing this as no boy ever caught her eye. She really didn’t want anything to do with a boy. She had better things to do with her time.
Finley was seventeen and to her, her life was perfect. Her real parents always told her there was danger everywhere and she needed to be on alert at all times. They told her the Pull feeling would alert her to danger. A weak feeling Pull was bad guys, a strong Pull like theirs, was someone she could talk to or avoid and it was up to her, but if it was to a man with red in his eyes, to run as fast as she could away from him. But the biggest pull would be her soul mate. She only ever felt that Pull to her parents though.
It was in the middle of summer now and Finley was lying on the beach soaking in the sun. She was drawn to the water and the beach. She felt her absolute best when she was swimming. Her real parents were the same way. They lived out on a deserted island and always swan to the mainland whenever they came to see her. They didn’t have a car or anything, but they did own a small shack of a house near the beach and that is where they kept their spare clothing. Today they were coming for a visit and Finley planned on meeting them on the beach.
She loved her real parents more than anything and always got excited when she saw them, even though she tried to hide it. She thought they knew, they were always really good at reading her behind her mask. She started to feel them coming from the water. She stood to watch them appear. She had really good eyesight and her parents always told her that it was genetic, along with her hearing. She also inherited their speed which is how she won the vote for captain in her swim team. Her real parents always told her to swim her heart out, but to also hold back some and never use her true speed. She hated holding back and having to listen to them giving her rules, but she didn’t like the looks she got when she let loose.
At one of the swim meets when she first joined the team, she didn’t hold back. She had finished the race first and was ecstatic about it. However, when she got out of the pool everyone in the crowd was silent and the girls that were still in the water were just hovering there staring at her. That was the first time she ever felt like a freak and hated every minute of it. She ended up breaking all records that day and went home with the trophy, but she refused to let them record her time and save the record.
She shook her head to clear that memory away and looked back to the water. From where she stood she could see where they should be, but the outline in the water was much too big. It looked like huge whales were coming in. That has to be wrong. She shook her head again and then looked back. This time she saw her mother’s head pop up out of the water. She looked right at Finley and then ducked back under water. Her father’s head then popped up and he waved vigorously to her. She waved back and then turned to pick up her things. As soon as she had them all together which only took a minute, because she used her blanket as a sarong and everything else she threw in her bag, she turned. Her mother and father were standing right behind her.
“Hey, Mom and Dad, no holding back for you guys huh?” Finley stated. She always spoke English with both parents. She called her real parents Mom and Dad and her adoptive parents Maman and Papa, because they spoke French. Finley felt much more comfortable speaking English.
“Hey little fish, how have you been?” her dad asked.
“Been good had a meet the other day and took 2nd place.” She responded
“Oh little fish that is so good to hear, how are Maman and Papa?” her mother asked
“Maman and Papa are good. Papa is away right now at a medical conference in Paris. He will be back tonight though. Will you be staying until he gets home?” Finley asked hopeful. She loved when both sets of parents got together.
“We sure will, it’s been a while since we have had some real food.” Her father replied
“Good I heard the cook saying she was making your favorite tonight. I still think she has a crush on you, Dad.”
“She can look all she wants, but there is only one woman for me.” Her dad said as he pulled her mom in for a kiss.
“Gross get a room.” Finley teased. It didn’t really bother her that they were affectionate. She was really glad they were still in love with each other. Her parents were very attractive and she felt she got all their best features. Her real mom was named Emery. She had long blonde hair just like Finley. Her eyes were a deep blue that matched the ocean. She was also on the tall side and curvy in all the right spots. Her father’s name was Kendal. He was about six feet and very muscular, but not body builder big. He had good broad shoulders and a lean waist. He had brown hair that was curly. His eyes were a lighter shade of blue, almost teal like Finley. Finley had a mix of her parent’s body. She was five foot seven and had her mother’s curves but her father’s muscles.
“Ok we will stop, want to lead the way home little fish?” her mother asked
“How about we all walk together? Besides the guys are right there and as soon as they see me move two will lead and two will follow.” Finley pointed out the men to her parents. They both nodded and then each grabbed one of her hands, sandwiching her in between them. The beach was not far from her home and within ten minutes they arrived.
They walked through the front door and the men walked around each side of the house. Her adoptive parents had built two apartments on either side of the home for the bodyguards they hired. They were required to watch Finley at all times. The apartment was wired with computers to the cameras in the main parts of the home. There were also cameras outside the house at the back door and either side, as well as the front of the house. Finley was caught sneaking out quite a few times. She was only trying to lose her tail though. Finley realized very quickly these men were not ones to fool. They were the best in their field.
“MAMAN! Mom and Dad are here!” Finley shouted as they entered the foyer. Her adoptive mother, Julita walked down the curved stair. She was dressed in a silk skirt and blouse. She was quite older than her real mother and father. Julita was is her fifties and had some gray mixed in her dark brown hair.
“So lovely to see you two again, it has been far too long since you were last here. Our Finley has been quite the troublemaker.” Julita announced. All three of her parents look at her with a stern face.
“What? All I did was try and loose my tail. Those guys can be a menace to a teenage girl.” Finley admonished
“They are there for your protection Finley. Julita do you think it is time? You spend more time with little fish, will she believe?” Emery asked
“I am not sure. Reports have come in that they are back out in the world. They could find us anytime.” Julita responded
“Then it is time, she is of age now and I can feel a change.” Emery responded
“You must be sure Emery. This will change everything we set in place for her.” Kendal stated
“What are you all talking about? First what is going to change? I am so confused.” Finley rolled her eyes and walked into the sitting plopping down on the couch. All her parents followed her inside and sat around her.
“When is Dr. Durand arriving back from Paris?” Emery asked. She wanted all of Emery’s parents in the room when they told her the truth. Her adoptive parents know the truth. They were trusted the night Finley was born and have agreed since to watch over her. The Durand family came from old money and had a lot of connections. They have a single man that they sent to Alaska to keep tabs on the camp there. Emery and Kendal had found it before Finley was born. After their sect was destroyed they followed the strongest pull back there. They knew it was one of their own and his children that hunted them. They kept away from there and went as close as they could back to the land of their Sect. They had found their island not long after they returned and that is where they made their home.
“Papa told me he would be here around three this afternoon. Why does he need to be here?” Finley asked
“He is your father too and loves you very much. We respect his decision too.” Kendal admitted.
“Fine!” Finley balked
“You are staying for dinner then? I will make sure cook has prepared enough for you two.” Julita told them as she got up and walked to the kitchen.
“What would you like to do until your Papa gets home little fish?” Emery asked
“Maybe get you guys some clothing? I mean a bikini and board shorts are not appropriate dinner wear.” Finley snapped
“Ok little fish let’s go up to your room, you have plenty that you don’t wear anymore.” Emery teased
“Can I dress you?” Finley asked
“Of course you can. I love spending any and all time I can with you.” Emery explained
Chapter 5
Teams
It was a few days after Alex figured out she needed Zach to be able to cover more Dragons. Zoe had talked to Kaiden and he agreed as long as she could block them to her own limits she set in place, eight hours a day. So for the last two days Zach has spent a lot of time with Alex and Donny. She has been able to hold the block for an hour more each day. Alex wanted to be able to block them for at least eight hours and be able to do that for at least a week before they went out. Alex, Donny and Zach stayed close to Tia and John as well as her parents during training.
During training Mateo and Charles both tested her block more and more, they would surprise attack her or ambush Donny. Alex had asked for this, she wanted to make sure that in every situation she would be able to hold the block. The first day, when Charles had grabbed her from behind and pulled, she had dropped the block. It was also to make sure Zach and she could remain touching. If the skin to skin contact broke, so did the block on the other four. She could hold it on Donny without Zach, but blocking six more people she needed Zach.
It had been decided that a team would be formed once she held the block for a week for at least eight hours and over six people. Her team would be Tia and John for protection. They had insisted that they go. Charles would also go at the wishes of Camilla and Sebastian. They wanted to go too, but Alex wanted Vivi and Christian with her. Then Zach and Halina would make six because Donny was not letting Alex go anywhere without him.
Vivi was more than willing to go with the team. She had had enough of her aunt Ada and the constant defending of Aldrich. Ada was just not getting it through her head that the boy
she once knew was now the evil man hunting them. Vivi spent the last two days trying to avoid the conversation with Ada. After dinner Vivi and Christian went to their room or went back out to train with Alex. Ada and Leon were given one of the rooms on the main floor because the toddlers slept in the two rooms that were made for the big kids, Gosha and Alexi slept in the only extra room in the suite. Granted there were enough beds for them, but Vivi was not ready to share the suite with her aunt. She needed the little space she got when she wanted it.
Christian was also looking forward to going. He loved in here, but he also missed interacting with people and feeling all kinds of different intent. He missed the intent of a person to help another person. His favorite was the elderly couples, he would help them a lot when the intent they had they could not do. He would wait until it was obvious what the older person wanted to do and then help, but never before they made it clear what they wanted.
Zoe also wanted to go out and find the others and another group was being talked about to go to remote locations. Some things that Ada had said clicked with Zoe and Kaiden and they talked about it at night when they were alone. Alex’s team was planning on going to major cities around the world, starting with locations that previously had a Sect within them. Remote locations that didn’t have a large population are where Kaiden and Zoe were looking to go. The only problem with two teams going out was the fealty thing. If anyone was found they would have to wait or meet up with Zoe and Kaiden. They needed to be present for the fealty to work. Kaiden had already purchased some rather fancy satellite phones for each member of the team already planned to go, he also bout ten more just in case. Each phone was being programmed by Jaco and each had a different number.
Zoe had moved half of the money in her bank account to an account for Zach and Halina. Their father Marcus was in the process of showing Zach how to invest and make more money for their future children to live on. Zach had set up three more accounts for those future children and they already had a good sum of money being dumped into them. He said those accounts were for his children and would not be touched. Marcus and Iraina did not want any money as they knew they were not going to have any more children. Iraina was only worried about Halina being taken care of, but Zach had shown her a secret account he had that he was going to give to Halina, just in case. Zoe left her father on the account she had and had added Iraina to it. That way if either of them wanted something special they could get it without having to ask.