Th eHigh Lonessome Raod part 2

Chapter 2

As he is driving towards the ranch Conrad radios the station filing a quick verbal report on the situation promising to email a complete one as soon as he got the chance. He requests they run the tags, so he can find out who his guest is, and get back to him ASAP. Then he radios home, “Hey Lazy 8 got your ears on?” Chad answers right away, “ I’m here Conrad. What’s the situation? He answers, “I’ve got one female victim, she’s been knifed and beaten and is nearly frozen.” Chad relays the info to Chris who starts to his office and says “ bring her straight to his surgery.” Conrad agrees to his request. As he is approaching the turnoff to the ranch he hears a low moan followed by a yip and a soft whine come from the back of the truck. Looking in the rearview he sees the Great Dane he’s nicknamed Bigfoot enthusiastically licking washing the lady’s face, ignoring the lady’s weak protests. He says quietly, “Come on fella let your momma breath.” The words no sooner leave his mouth when he sees her eyes fly open in panic. He quickly brings the truck to a stop puts it in park and turns facing the back. In those few short seconds the lady’s panic had escalated and she managed to get into a sitting position with both the dogs between them. Staring at him with terror filled eyes she asks in a shaky voice, “Who are you, and where are you taking me?” “He remains calm and replies in that same soft voice he’d been using on the dogs to keep them calm, “Sheriff Langtree, Ma’am, Sheriff Conrad Langtree and we are headed to the Lazy 8 Ranch.” She asks, “ Langtree? Do you know Charles Langtree?”
“Yes Ma’am I do know Charlie, he’s one of my brothers. How do you know Charlie?” ,he asks in return. She looks thoughtful for a few minutes then answers quietly, “he is the agent in charge of my situation. We were supposed to meet in Freedom yesterday at the library between 2 and 5 pm he never showed or called. I knew part of his plan so when he didn’t show I climbed into my truck and headed out towards your/his family’s ranch. As you can see I didn’t make it.” Thoughtfully Conrad turns back to the front and answers the squawking radio, “Hold on a minutes will you Cord, the lady is awake and not surprisingly a little anxious, she’d like to know who is giving her a ride and where that ride is going to… so sit there for a couple minutes in your nice warm truck will ya! At her questioning look he replies, “it’s the red truck behind us, my brothers Cord, Craig and Chase, they’ve got your truck, at least what’s left of it and your other two dogs. Anxiously she says, “Other two dogs? But I have five dogs.” He answers, “I only saw 4 dogs Ma’am these two that I’ve been referring to as Big Foot and Crazy Horse and the two in my brothers truck that I’ve been calling Night and Polar Bear.” He is startled when she looks at him with tears n her eyes, “that means my girl Banshee is missing.” He asks quietly, “What kind of dog is she, you’ve got quiet an unusual pack.” She answers softly, “Its funny you would word it that way, Banshee is half wolf and half bull mastiff and totally devoted to me.” He replies, “then she may be tracking your attackers. I doubt they would have gotten the upper hand at all if it hadn’t been for the mace and tranquilizer darts.” In a quivery voice, “tranquilizers and mace? They hurt my babies?” In reply he says, “I know Polar Bear got it in the eyes. I could see the irritation when he was leading me to some evidence.”
She gives him a little smile and says, “Polar Bear huh.. his name is actually Phantom but the smarty pants will answer to anything so long as it suits his plan, and don’t think that these guys are just dog either because they aren’t. They are over trained over intelligent monsters sometimes.”
“Let me get you to the ranch, Chris is waiting for you in his surgery.”
“Chris?” she asks quietly?
“He is another one of my brothers and the doctor in the family, I called him and reported your injuries and he is waiting to take care of you.”
She gives him another quiet smile and says, “I’ll come along quietly Sheriff.”
“Good, you just settle back we’ll be there in just a couple of minutes.” As he turns into the driveway and passes under the archway, “Welcome to the Lazy 8 Ranch Miss…?”
He hears faintly from the back, “Diana Hunter.”
He replies, “Welcome to the Lazy 8 Ranch Miss Hunter.” He pulls the truck around the side of the house up close to a door with a big ornate sign hanging over it that reads Dr. Christopher Langtree. He parks the truck as close to the door as he can and hops out of the truck, triggering the rear door remote as he neared the back of the truck. He reaches in and scoops her up into his arms as the door to office is opened, the man standing there looks at him quizzically then asks, “Is this my patient?” “Yes she is. Miss Hunter, my brother Dr. Chris Langtree.” He was surprised that I hadn’t struggled against him carrying me in, but after looking closely at my face he could tell it was taking every bit of my energy to just remain awake and coherent. “Conrad bring her back here to the surgery, I have everything ready.” As he leads the way to the large surgery at the back of his office we hear some of the others taking the dogs in another direction. She asks quietly, “Where are they taking my boys?” Conrad quietly replies, “ around behind the barn, that’s where my Brother Craig has his office, he’s a veterinarian, he wants to make sure they are ok. As we enter Chris, the doctor points to the exam table and says, “put her on the table and get me the scissors.” Conrad sets the lady down and turns slightly to get the shears, as he does she grabs his hand. He looks back at her quizzically and sees the fear and terror back on her face. He squeezes her hand gently and says, “I know he doesn’t look like much but Chris is a really good doctor, you don’t have to be afraid of him.”
In a sad scared voice she asks, “You aren’t leaving are you?” She implored, “You’ll stay right?!”
“Of course Ma’am if you want me to,” he replied, “but I do have to call the FBI and inform them that you are safe, see if they heard from Charlie.” With a sob she cries, “You can’t call the FBI, can’t you see they have a leak. Those men were waiting for me. Of the 6 men and 2 women that make up his team, the only one I trusted was Charlie. You can’t call them.”
“And as for you,” she says turning on Chris, “You are NOT cutting my clothes off me. I am awake and perfectly capable of undressing myself.” He tries to explain why he was going to cut them off, “Miss Hunter if we cut off these wet things we can treat your wounds quicker and without you moving around so much.”
Shaking her head emphatically she replies, “NO! You are not cutting up my things,” then insistently states, “you can help me undress or I will do it myself but you are NOT cutting up my clothes.”
A deep voice from the door, “I guess she told you.” followed by, “Sorry to interrupt Ma’am, I need to talk to Conrad for a minute.”
With a great deal of frustration she replies, “Stop that! I am not a Ma’am and No you can’t have him, he said he would stay with me. You want to talk with him come in and talk. Nothings happening in here anyhow cause I’m not letting them cut my clothes off.”
Chris steps closer after laying the scissors down and says with a heavy sigh, “Ok Miss Hunter we’ll do it your way. I’d like to fix you up before you bleed to completely out! Is there anything I can do to help you?” “Just help me get this stupid coat off, my right shoulder hurts so lets be gentle.” Chris reaches out and helps me to slid the coat off my good shoulder then steps around the table to help ease it off the sore one, noting that my jaw clenched tight at the slightest movement of that shoulder. He comments firmly, “This shirt needs to come off too so that I can see this shoulder and other wounds.” “Fine! Help me get my shirt off then but don’t expect me to be happy about it.” With a quirky grin Chris replies, “Ok be grumpy but you’ll feel much better after we close these knife wounds and fix up any other injuries.” While Chris had me occupied Conrad and his as yet unidentified brother move to the far corner of the room and talk quietly. Cord tells Conrad quietly, “ Cody and Chad got the dogs into Craig’s office and are helping him to flush their eyes and look for other injuries. What have you found out?” He answers, “She is one of Charlie’s special situations. Name is Diana Hunter. She was suppose to meet Charlie yesterday at the library in town. Charlie never showed. Apparently she learned a little bit about him and what he was planning to do for her. She was heading here to the ranch when she was ambushed. There is a leak in Charlie’s team and she doesn’t trust any of the rest of them. We found her but she still doesn’t know she can trust us either.” Looking back towards the two of us he says, “What's more she and Chris didn’t hit it off right away.” Cord following his gaze asks, “Chris do you need any help?” He answers tersely, “Yes Cord, I could use a hand.. she’s going to need a lot of sutures, her shoulder is dislocated and I’ll need you to help me put it back in place.” Cord looks at me and asks quietly, “Are you ok with me helping?” I study him intently for a few minutes and I see something unfathomable and just know that I this is one man that can be trusted anytime. I nod my head and reply quietly, “Yes, I’d appreciate your help, keep this doctor from pushing me and going around my wishes.” Chris and Cord work in tandem getting all the wounds cleaned and sutured in record time. Conrad watched the proceedings from the far side of the room noting that not one whimper or cry passed thru my lips, but the bleak look in my eyes worried him. After cleaning up all the cleaning and suturing materials Chris looks at me clears his throat and says, “There is no easy way to reseat your should no matter how we do it, its going to hurt.” I reply with obvious frustration, “Just do what you have to do!” They proceed with reseating my shoulder then step back giving me a chance to catch my breath before doing x-rays and wrapping the shoulder.
“Miss Hunter?” asked Chris, “how are you doing?”
Softly with doggedness I reply, “ Diana just call me Diana. I’m fine are we done now?”
Chris answers, “Not quite yet Miss Hunter we still need to do x-rays on your ribs, and check over the rest of you, just to be sure everything is alright.” Two hours later after he had gone over all the tests, wrapped my cracked ribs and given me some pain killers and a sling for my bad shoulder. I look up exhaustion in every move and breath and ask, “My dogs?” Cord answered, “Craig took them to his office, he was going to clean their faces up and check them for other injuries. You don’t have to worry Diana, he’s a good Vet.”
I look up at him intently and ask, “Did he tell you one of my dogs is still missing, and she isn’t your average run of the mill dog.”
He replies, “No!” and asks, “What breed is she?”
“Banshee is half wolf and half bull mastiff, nearly twice the size of your average wolf. So smart that she even amazes me sometimes. I would bet you any amount of money that right now she is tracking or has tracked my ambushers and has or is trying to locate me.”
He comments, “A wolf mix … they are some unpredictable creatures, most people don’t want them around.”
“Its true they aren’t for everyone and it helps to get them when they are young, I got Banshee before she was weaned. Her parents and most of her litter mates were killed by ranchers in Idaho, I beat them to her. When they challenged me for her, she tried to protect me, she wasn’t even 8 weeks old. She’s my baby girl.”
He shakes his head sadly, “Folks got to get along with the wild creatures the creator put here, greed gets to the brightest folks.”
I smile at him and say, “Thank you for that reassurance. You’re Cord right?”
“Yes Ma’am I am Cord,” he replied, oldest and best looking of the 8 Langtree brothers.”
In mock seriousness and preening like the cock of the walk, Conrad utters between snickers, “Best looking, don’t think so big bro, nope don’t think so.” He then looks over to Chris who was watching the banter and asks, “is it ok to take her up to the house now? I’m sure she’s got to be getting tired of the décor down here.”
Chris states emphatically, “ She can go to the house, no stress and nothing strenuous for at least 5 days, those aren’t minor bruises and those ribs and that shoulder are going to hurt like hell. She can talk, she can reminisce, she can explain what the hell is going on, so long as she does it sitting down, laying down would be better. Looking over to me he tells me earnestly, “Diana you getting rest is what’s important, your body has been through a lot of stress in a short time, to heal well you need rest and food.”
Cord takes my hand and asks kindly, “Are you up to walking?” With a determined look I reply, “ I’m fine Cord, this is really nothing. I’ve been hurt a lot worse than this and didn’t get treated half as well afterwards.” He picks up his long-rider and wraps it around me looking critically at the borrowed sweatpants and t-shirt I was wearing, “at least your shoes and socks dried out so your feet will be warm, but those clothes are no where near warm enough but I guess they’ll have to do, its only a short walk across to the house. With his arm wrapped secure about me he leads me out of the office and guides me through the heavy snow right into the comforting warmth of the kitchen. Cord takes his coat and introduces the rest of the brothers as he helps me to sit down, Diana this is the rest of the family. At your left there is Chase, the two sitting across from you looking almost like they could double mint twins are Cody and Chad. Chad has the scar above his left eye. The big dark looking fellow wielding the spatula is Craig. Boy’s this is Diana. “Craig, you’re the vet right?” at his nod I continue, “how are my boys?” He answers, ”I’ve got their faces all cleaned up, looks like they all got maced. Polar Bear has some bruising in his ribs. The Wolfhound has a human bite on his right shoulder that I need to keep an eye on. There’s nothing dirtier than the human mouth. The black one has some bruising on his right ear, I’d say he was hit. The Dane seems to be fine just suffering a little from the cold.”
I hesitantly ask, “Where are they now?”
He smiles and it changes his entire look, softening it, “I put them up in your room so they could rest. They’ve been fed and walked. I did leave water down for them. They may drink more than usual, it’s a common stress reaction for many animals. Don’t worry though I’ll be keeping an eye on them.” He then asks, “Are you hungry? Thirsty? I’ve got some nice hunter stew and biscuits for supper and lets see, ice tea hot tea coffee or ginger ale to go with it.” “I’d really appreciate a little of that hunter stew please, and maybe some of that hot tea you mentioned. Its been more than 20 hours since my last meal. I didn’t hang around town for dinner last night after Charlie didn’t show up.”
Conrad quietly questions, “You sure Charlie said September 8th?” I look at him sadly with fear back in my eyes and answer, “Yeah I am sure. We worked out the meeting place and time then drilled it till there was no way it could be forgotten. He told me to meet him in the local history section between the hours of 3 and 5. Then told me if he didn’t show to head out to the family ranch that his brothers would know what to do to keep me safe till he showed up. But there has to be a spy in his team because that ambush was well planned. Those men were waiting and they knew about my dogs. That scares me, he didn’t call and didn’t show. I honestly don’t know if they took him out first or not.” Chase asks, “What are you running from?” They see my shoulder slump and then I answer, “He really hasn’t called you guys at all has he?” Cord answers for all of them, “Honey he hasn’t called home in probably a month if not longer.” “Damn! I thought that he would have told you my situation, prepared you so you could help if he wasn’t able to be here.” Uncertainly, “Now I just don’t know.”

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Chapter 1 " Intro " Kadjka Ika

Billy Black yelled upstairs to his teenage son, “Jacob come down we
need to talk with you.”

“Yah Dad… you need me?” Jake asks as he bounds down the stairs rubbing
sleep out of his eyes. He was a little surprised to find Sam Uley
there with his Dad.

Billy start with, “Jake, son… I know you are still upset by the
choices the Swan girl made…”

Jake interrupts with just the barest hint of hostility in his voice,
“It’s OK Dad. I realized on my run that never cared for me the way I
did for her. She’ll always be my friend no matter how stupid her
decisions.”

Sam interjects, “We all hate seeing her throw her life away on that
lousy bloodsucker.”

Jake acknowledges their acceptance with a nod and asks, “Was there
something else?”

Billy signs heavily before continuing, “Darrell Moonhunter died in an
oil rig explosion two weeks ago.”

His face paling he demands quickly, “Is Dee alright? Is she going to
come home now?”

Sam takes over at the point, “that’s part of what we wanted your
opinion about. Delilah Moonhunter has officially applied to the tribal
council for help in returning to her homeland.”

“Why doesn’t she just come home? She knows she’ll always have a place
to stay.”

“Her step-mother Lorna has her tied up in court over his insurance
settlement and the settlement from the company he worked for. Her
father left papers with his lawyer though stating that in the event of
his untimely death she is to become a ward of the tribe with a council
appointed guardian as she has no close blood relatives,” Sam explains
what he knows.

“Who is she living with then? Cause her step-mother is of the evil
fairy tale variety same with the evil step twins.”

“I’ve gather that from some of the conversations I’ve had with her on
the phone. Billy was telling me you’ve stayed in touch with her can
you tell me what you know?”

Jake grabs a box of pop tarts and pours a large coffee then sits down
heavily at the table, “I know she’s very unhappy there and has been
since her Dad married the witch. She does everything possible to stay
out of the house and spends most weekends camping no matter what the
weather is. She won’t confirm or deny actual abuse but when I was
there a few weeks ago she had bruises and all she would say about them
was shit happens.”

Billy not realizing that Jake had visited when he was running asks,
“How long were you there Jacob?”

Jake gazes unseeing at the wall as he answers, “I kind of lost track
of time when I was running but I am pretty sure I was there with her
for about 2 weeks. She wouldn’t let me leave till I got my head back
on right no matter how nasty I was to her.”

Sam more than a little curious, “Where did you stay when you were there?”

“We camped out; there’s a wilderness area not far from the town she
lives in. She was already camping when I found her and since it was
summer it didn’t conflict with school or anything. It took a bit for
her to get me talking but she finally did… unfortunately I couldn’t
get her to talk to me in return. She was more worried about than
herself or her own situation.”

Billy states with a smile, “I always liked that girl. I am glad you
went to her Jake.”

Sam shakes his head in confusion, “I am glad she helped you too. What
I don’t understand is why they let her camp with someone they barely
know for two weeks alone.”

Embry who had been listening at the door not wanting to interrupt what
could have been an important discussion pushes the door open and
explains, “When her Dad is out on the rig her step-mother is in
charge. She absolutely hates Dee and mostly ignores her existence
except to have her be Cinderella.”

Billy asks confused, “Cinderella?”

Embry explains quietly, “Cook, clean, laundry, errands, grass,
gardening, dishes… you know all the chores it takes to run a house.
They treated her worse than a slave unless she left on one of her
camping trips which her Dad had given her open permission to do so
long as she didn’t miss school. I think the evil twins would use her
as a punching bag sometimes too but I’m not positive. She usually
clams up when that topic comes around. Since Darrell was away for
months at a time she spent a lot of time camping. The evil step-mom
and the terror twins are afraid of grass and trees so they never even
attempted to go.”

Jake asks curiously, “How do you know all this?”

Embry pulls out his little pay as you go cell phone and holds it up,
“I use this. I sent her one too. I talk to her at least once a week. I
was talking to her when she got word of her Dad… it was really bad. I
started to go to her but then we had the attack from that coven and I
couldn’t. IT was a hard decision and I honestly don’t know if I made
the right choice.”

Jake throws an arm around his best friends in comfort, “Dee wants to
come home.”

“What’s stopping her… if it’s the steps we should just go get her?”

Sam interjects, “She’s 16 and is tied up in court over the insurance
settlement and payoff from the oil company. Darrell left the bulk of
his life insurance to his one blood relation but Lorna seems to think
she should get it as his wife. He left a will so she’s going to have
to prove her claim.”

Embry asks, “You said bulk does that mean that there were other
beneficiaries?”

Billy answers, “Darrell left $10,000 to Lorna, $5,000 to Edgar and
$3,000 to Melissa and the rest to Delilah which is something in the
neighborhood of $850,000 and that is just the life insurance. The
settlement from the oil company is in the millions.”

Sam adds, “She needs a guardian before the Texas legal system will let
her come home; mostly because of her step-mother and the money. She’s
asked the elders to find someone for her.”

Sam looks worried as Embry gets that certain look in his eyes, “Sam
why don’t you and Emily do it? She isn’t a troublemaker she’s a
helpful giving person.”

Sam frowns at the suggestion, “I don’t think that’s a great idea Embry
what with our furry condition and the service we provide… she’d get
caught in the middle.”

Jake shakes his head laughing softly to himself before stating
emphatically, “There is no way to keep her out of the wolf business
Sam. She knows and has known about them for a while.”

Sam shocked demands, “What do you mean Jake? Explain…”

“She phased the first time when she was 13. Leeches are thick in Texas
for some reason.”

“Did she explain how it happened? How she handled it?”

Jake nods and passes a pop tart to Embry as he explains, “She was on
her way home from school it was very late and well after dark. She had
to pass through a horrible neighborhood, that’s where two leeches
attacked her. The way she describes it they hurt her pretty bad but
then started arguing over who would finish her off… between pain and
anger all she clearly remembers is exploding then having four legs;
really strong legs with sharp deadly claws and sharp teeth and strong
jaws. She tore them to bits. When there was nothing left she phased
back to human, stole some clothes off of a clothes line and called me.
At first she wouldn’t say much she just cried and cried. Remember Dad
that night she called at 10 or 11pm and was so hysterical you couldn’t
understand her. She kept asking about the legends and you ended up
telling them all to her over the speaker phone.”

“I wondered about that, I just thought she was going through a real
ruff bout of homesickness.”

“Ruff time yes, it would have been easier for her I think if she’d
been here when it happened.”

Sam refilling everyone’s coffee asks, “She figured out how to phase
back and forth quickly? And how to fight?”

Jake replies thoughtfully, “She phased back right after the fight
before going home. I’d forgotten about that she did it within hours
and right after a fight too. She can easily switch back and forth now
and without the huge explosion. She hardly ever destroys clothes. I
guess she uses instinct and experience to fight. She wins and they
die. When I was out there she showed me some of what she’s figured
out. The phasing without exploding is really hard but once you get the
concept down it’s as easy as breathing. One thing I figured out though
is she’s kind of like Sam.”

Surprised Sam asks, “Like me how?”

“When she flat out gives and order… you have no choice but to obey it.”

Embry asks curiously, “How did you figure this out Jake?”

Looking a little ashamed of his past behavior he explains, “When I ran
she heard everyone all the comments, suggestions, the begging, and
pleading. Then she heard Sam tell everyone to give me some space so
she tuned out everything closed off her thoughts and just listened to
mine. After a week or two of my destructive circular thinking she
ordered me to come to her. I really didn’t even think about how I
could be hearing her while in wolf form. She just kept talking to me
and talked me right into her camp. That’s when I realized that she was
a wolf too and that I was in big trouble.”

Sam demands harshly, “Why were you in trouble? Did she attack you?”

Looking more than a little bit sheepish, “I was in trouble because
she’d listened to all my thoughts and seen all my memories of what had
happened and she forced me to face the truth of the entire situation.
Under very different circumstances Bella and I could have been a
forever thing but not under ANY of the circumstances we’d experienced.
She’d basically imprinted on that leech Edward the minute she saw him
and after that there was really no saving her.”

After pausing to collect his thoughts and get some more food, “I
wanted to be her hero and in a way I was. I helped bring her back to
life after that bastard left her, she was dieing inside but that
wasn’t the basis for a long lasting relationship. Now that I am not
obsessed I just feel like I’ve lost a very close friend or maybe a
sister.”

He grinned, “Working it out was hard though and included a lot of
yelling and screaming. She forced me to learn control like you’ve
never seen before too. It was scary for me at how close she’d let me
get to ripping her face off before she’d lay me out; and believe me
she laid me out. She may not be big and scary as us but she’s damned
fast and strong without the huge musculature. She healed me like no
one else could have.”

Billy asks suddenly, “How did you when you were with her?”

“Being with her felt like being home and with family; it felt safe and
right.”

Billy thinking out loud says, “Your heart and soul were bleeding holes
and she healed you. She must be she has to be Kadjka Ika.”

Sam asks worried at Billy’s inattention, “Kadjka Ika? World Heart
what’s that?”

“It would mean she’s the Heart and Soul of the Pack or Medicine Woman
to use an old term maybe even a healer. When and if she imprints
she’ll likely have two mates. The histories say that most of them did.
In matters of tribe and life she’s equal to the pack leader and in
more than once case was often mated to him, but in matters of war she
is third.”

Jake a little frustrated, “Dad you’ve never mentioned a female leader
before in any of the legends.”

“Because there was no evidence of the Kadjka Ika existing; without her
I am forbidden from tell that part of the legends. Its part of being
the keeper Jake there are many legends that never get told expect to
the next keeper because the circumstances never arose. She should have
phased here had that happened Sam’s change and all of yours would have
been much easier. I’d forgotten her blood line.”

He reaches out to Sam, “We must go through all the histories again to
make sure no one is overlooked again. She has the blood of 3 wolf
lines and 2 Kadjka Ika. I should have known.”

Jake moves quickly to his Dad putting his arm around him, “Dad calm
down… its OK. She’s Ok. The entire situation was completely
unexpected. No one expected the pack to live again. The fact that we
were able to figure out anything and become as good as we are is
because of your dedication.”

Billy suddenly grabs Sam’s arm, “You must go get her tonight. You
can’t delay. The cold-one’s will start sensing her power they will try
to make her one of them so they can tame her magic. It won’t work it
will kill her or twist her into something truly terrifying and totally
evil. You must get her home she needs to be safely inside the boundary.”

Embry pushes a couple buttons on the phone then raises it to his ear,
“Dee… you sound strange are you Ok?”

They all faintly hear a hoarse female voice, “No damn-it I am not
alright. I am absolutely horrible if you really want to know.”

“What happened?”

“The stupid freaking cold hearted bitch just had to do something even
stupider than usual. She became one of them Embers…the enemy. I left,
Oh tell Jake he can expect a few boxes by UPS probably tomorrow �" it’s
everything I own in the world.”

Jake grabs the phone, “Dee, Honey where are you right now?”

“Jakey is that you…”

Blushing a little at the nickname he demands, “Yes it’s me now tell me
where you are?”

She inquires cautiously, “What’s wrong Jake besides the obvious?”

He growls out again the rumble coming from deep in his chest, “Where
are you right now?”

With a heavy sign, “Owyhee.”

“IS that an actual place?”

“Yeah it’s on the Duck Valley Reservation. The town is in Nevada but
most of the reservation is in Idaho.”

Billy pulls an atlas off the book shelf and starts looking through it
then glances up at Sam point out where she was located. Sam thinks for
a moment calculating the amount of time it would take to run or drive
there.

“Jake you and Embry run and meet with her there.” He states as he
takes the phone from Jake.

Sam commands, “Delilah you are to stay on that reservation in a
populated place until Jake and Embry get there which at full speed
shouldn’t take more than 3 or 4 hours. Now tell me did you drive or
run there?”

She hesitantly answers a scared tremor in her voice, “I drove I
couldn’t leave my truck there it was the last thing Daddy ever gave
me. What’s wrong and who is this?”
She gets a little more hysterical and cries out, “Jake, Embry what’s
going on?”

Sam realizing that he’s scared her calms down and explains, “Delilah…
Dee it’s Sam. I’m sorry I scared you. We’ve figured out some things
about you that mean you are in even more danger than we originally
thought. Jake and Embry are already on their way there please just
wait for them and continue your drive here.”

“You ordered me Sam and for some reason I feel that I’ve got no choice
but to wait for them. I’m guessing by the feeling that I have that you
are my alpha in this situation. It’s a very unusual feeling for me as
I’ve never had anyone able to make me listen before.”

Sam smirks at the odd tone in my voice, “I’m going to amend those
orders a little just incase trouble finds you there. Stay and wait for
Embry and Jake but if you should come under attack by leeches leave
everything and run as fast and as hard as you can for La Push we’ll
meet you along the way. The Pack and I will be listening to make sure
you aren’t in trouble. How’s that sound?”

With a hesitant small laugh she replies, “I wasn’t exactly complaining
Sam. I was just worried about the possibility of an attack. This place
has a set boundary I can feel it but I don’t know if they have any
warriors to protect it. Just so you know for sure… I’ll wait. I could
use the rest anyhow since I’ve been driving straight for 17 hours.
Tell the guys that there is a small hotel here in Owyhee called the
Cougar’s Rest I’ll be there. They should ask for Dee Dee Hunter, not
Delilah and not Moonhunter.”

“Keep your phone handy and I’ll be sure to tell them. Don’t answer the
door for anyone but them. I know you can fight and aren’t weak but…”

“I understand Sam. You guys are the protectors and you feel the need
to be my big brother right now and protect me. I’m cool with that
really I am. I’ll be good I promise. Oh were you able to find someone
to be my guardian? I think they may need to contact the Texas child
services and police to let them know I’ve been relocated.”

“Yeah Billy and I are going to be your joint guardians.”

“Just as well I get use to listening to you then isn’t it? I’m glad
Sam. I trust Billy and I’ve come to like you from the conversations
we’ve had and the memories from Jake.”

“Go get some sleep Dee. I’ll be listening.”


A/N: This is my first Twilight based fan-fiction so tell me is it
good? bad? strange? Mediocre? I plan on continuing so don’t worry
about that but I am curious.
Kadjka Ika is a word I made up it means basically World Heart or Heart
of the World… in pack language it would mean Heart or Soul of the Pack
I am not and never will be a review whore but I do appreciate those
constructive and encouraging ones that I do get… so thanks in advance.

A New Story Idea

Harry Potter meets Anita Blake....

this one starts with the Vampire council paying another visit to Jean Claude and his group in St. Louis... unfortunately they didn't get approval for this visit and JC takes offense when they arrive suddenly out of the blue. There is a lot of hostility on both sides but before it erupts into complete and total violence JC calls in a favor...

"Hello you've reached Arbitration's Council and we are all out at the moment please leave your name and number and a small synopsys of the situation and as soon as one of us gets in we'll call you back!"

"I am Jean Claude, I am the Master of the City of St. Louis in America the Vampire Council have broken their own covenants and entered my city without prior approval as well as with increasing hositlity heading towards violence. I have no wish to declare war on the entire council... I request arbitration. my number is 314-257-1968. Thank You." click

Diana H.B. Astarri enters her office after a long week of dealing with egotistical politicians hoping for some time to possilby take a vacation... and see's the blinking light on the answering machine.

"Damn I guess I am not getting that time off after all."
She sets her purse and coffee down as she hits the replay button. Listens intently settles into her comfy chair then picks up the phone...

"Circus of the Damned - how may I direct your call?"

"I am returning the call of your master Jean Claude... please transfer me to him."

"who may I say is calling?"

"Diana Astarri Chairwoman of the Arbitration Council."