It's been two years sense Torie went on the rampage as Wrath, long sense has she come to terms with her own anger issues and been able to work through them. The Pack is solid and on it's feet, many of the families that ran off during the start of the war have returned.
A year after the Taylor ordeal, Torie and Jas went to visit the Director of the CIA Black Ops, seems they had a new Director and the old one had retired and moved out of the Country. So for the time being they would put their revenge on him off until another time. It was a short time later when Torie came into heat and Jaxon helped her to conceive the twins. Torie decided after the heat that pregnant or not, she would never call on Jax again, if Luna wanted her pregnant it would happen. To say that Candice wasn't secretly overjoyed by Torie's choice would be an understatement as she was never that wild about it, it is a wolf thing, she would say when asked.
Many other pregnancies were reported among the other packs as well. And even Jas and Francine have come pregnant, with being mates it seems Luna is working overtime in her blessings. Torie smiled as she watched the kids playing on the bed only to see her daughter pop from sight and reappear behind her brother.
"Uh oh, Clare guess who can teleport.." Torie called out loud.
"You have got to be kidding me?" Clare called back with exasperation. Torie grinned, well it would be a learning curve. She sat back and watched over the kids at play, little Storm named after his Great Grand Father and little Raven named after her Grandmother. Both sported long black hair, sun kissed skin and beautiful purple eyes.
A knock at the door and Jas was stepping inside with a very pregnant Francine moving in behind her. Jas was currently still the temporary Alpha as Torie was still dealing with a few more minor issues that was especially hard to get past. The feelings of abandonment do not just go away easily or the resentment against those she viewed that did it.
"Mom, Fran, good morning." Torie said as she smiled.
"Oh my Luna, I thought being gay meant I would never have to think about this.." Fran groaned as she sat down. It brought an 'Amen' from Candice sitting in the next chair.
"Whimps.." was Jas's response which had everyone laughing softly.
"So what can we do for you?" Torie asked while Storm gnawed on her finger. A sudden movement and in a split second Raven was on her lap while Jas and Fran's eyes widened in shock.
"Seems Luna is not with out her sense of humor." Torie said with a sigh. It brought grins to their faces. "Anyways, please continue?" Torie prompted.
"We've kept feelers out for the Director, well the one we want anyways. We were able to spot him here and there going from the US, through Mexico and down to Brazil. The Brazilian Government wanted nothing to do with him as he seems to have stepped on more then a few toes pushing to get them to agree to one action or another over the years." Jas was explaining and handed over a file folder. Torie resettled the kids on the floor which had them shift to their cats and start wrestling.
"It took a few more months but he popped up in the Virgin Islands and then in the Caribbean where he may have bought an Island. We are still checking on that...." she stated while Torie flipped through the files and shook her head.
"No, he didn't stay there, he had to blackmail their Customs Officer in order to let me in for a job and that Official is still in place. That man was pissed off beyond anything I had ever seen, so no he would not be allowed to stay, surprised he even got off a plane or boat there." Torie stated and Jas nodded.
"Okay that would explain the sighting in Bora Bora and finally in Micronesia where he again may have been able to purchase his own Island." Jas said in conclusion. Torie kept up with her while reading the file and smiled.
"That is about the only place he did not make a flat out enemy. While the Officials are all above board when it comes to Governing, they do know that now and then a rule does need a bit of bending here and there to ensure harmony within the Country. Having a drug lord does not promote harmony." Torie stated and pulled out her phone.
"Ahh Colonel, this is the blue eyed veil..." Torie greeted and paused before she continued and speaking in a dialect none of them knew and so just sat silently. Pretty soon she hung up the phone and set it a side.
"What was that all about?" Clare asked curiously.
"That was confirmation that the Director is in Country and yes he does have a private Island. He is currently having a private landing field built on it because just to drive a speed boat out to it can take up to two or more hours. He is willing to provide us a boat, weapons and a security pass at all the check points. He is also willing to leave the Island to us, as long as we do not dispute any cash or fine metals found on the Island. And as long as we pay the property taxes which he will set at a dollar per year." Torie answered as everyone else's jaws hit the floor.
"What the hell did you do for them?" Candice asked in shock.
"After I left the Island, we talked about our Bosses and what pricks they were. Turns out his Boss was allowing drugs to be passed through the Docks. So after I left Swift and his group, I called him up asking if he still was having trouble. A Drug Lord had moved on a small Island and was causing issues which he was ordered to leave alone. He asked for my help." Torie explained and shrugged a bit.
"I take it you gave him help." Jas supplied and Torie nodded.
"Free of charge too, told him if I ever needed a favor I would ask. So now we may just get ourselves a nice Vacation spot in the tropics whenever desired and for only a dollar a year." Torie replied and jumped slightly when one of the kittens landed on her lap.
"Oh come on, they can both teleport?" Clare asked slightly exasperated. Torie just laughed with Jas joining in.
"Oh Luna, I forgot they can get a power or two even this young.." Fran groaned and rubbed her belly as she said, "No porting and I mean it.." she was saying to her belly. Everyone giggled softly while shaking their heads.
"Well these two," Torie explained while handling her twins, ".. come from two genetic cat lines, so you may get lucky and not have to worry about it for several years after they are born." Torie said, but even she heard the slight doubt in her voice. Both Jas and She came with strong genetics when it came to the genetic cats.
"So will they be Cats or Wolves?" Fran asked curiously.
"Well every pairing of genetic cat and wolf I ever saw, the couple gave birth to cat shifters. They also held many of the Wolf abilities as well though." Jas answered and shrugged a bit.
"And it didn't matter if the Male was the Wolf or the Female was, when it was with a genetic cat, they always came out as cats." She explained further and Fran smiled.
"Well they will be loved even if they are fully human." Fran said smiling.
"So when shall we go pay him a visit?" Jas asked Torie. Torie looked over and smiled.
"We wait, let him feel safe and secure in his new home, besides he's building his own private air field, let that get finished first. After that, we start planning. My friend is going to have a plane fly over the Island a few times to get some areal shots and send them to us as well, both day and night shots as well as using heat detectors so we know where everyone gathers at night." Torie explained.
"Good thinking, your friend was military?" Jas asked curiously.
"Yes, he started out Military and worked his way up." Torie answered while both of her kittens fell a sleep on her lap.
"When the time comes, Jas and I will take care of this. Before then we need to let the Alpha Council know of all of it and get them to get the other packs to stand down and allow us to do what we do best. They may not like it, but at least they will get a sense of Justice out of it too." Torie explained and Jas nodded.
"Might as well go and give them the heads up, may take a while to calm some of the more hot headed Alpha's." Jas grumbled, how had she let Torie con her into playing Alpha? she asked herself.
"Because I am THAT good?" Torie answered having heard the thought.
"No you are not and stay out of my head!" Jas called out in the hallway causing both Clare and Torie to laugh.
"So we just wait now?" Clare asked softly, she hated the idea of her mate being gone.
"Yes, we wait, we let his Guard drop and then we kick his feet out from under him." Torie said softly and pulled Clare close to her side.
"Oh and you know one day you have to retake your position as Alpha right?" Clare asked with a grin. Torie nodded slowly and shrugged.