Chapter 15
Athena pov
A few days of rest and being checked over by a doctor just to find out nothing. The top theory is I was working too hard and inhaled too much dust. When I tried to ask about dreams and how they can feel so real that the things I dreamt now feel like my memories. They blew it off as stress.
This gave the counsel a longer hold on decisions for the pack. My father also told Sally not to leave me alone. Annoyed but understanding I mean I need a new door now. So with my new shadow, I head to the office. A flicker of red catches my eye but it’s gone as soon as it was there. Maybe I need to get my eyes checked.
In the back of the fifth drawer in the first cabinet, I found bank account information. So today I’m going over the books. There are several accounts all under different names. One account shows all the money the black rose sent but then it’s paid out to another company in different amounts. When I Google the name on the statement I get an error message. Even if they are no longer in business shouldn’t there have been some record of them?
The third file has me confused. It was full of entries that said 2f11mi15ma or 1mmi10ma15 each entry is followed by an amount of money. The book is full each entry is signed by a Winters. I saw my grandpa’s name his father Zeus the entries with Aphrodite winters had more entries with higher numbers.
I couldn’t find an account with these accounts on them or where the money is coming and going. I do know that when the black rose checks stopped coming in the worse things got around here. Looking through the files trying to make sense of the money trail I noticed not only did we receive large amounts of money from the black rose we also received a good amount of their beef each year. Paying them less than even the best family discount wouldn’t even do. They must have a good head for business to have been taxed so much and practically give us a ton of beef. Or they are really good at living with little. I can’t figure out why each pack was paying different amounts. And why were they all paying us for it? Looking at the pack expenses we didn’t okay the guard it was volunteers and the other pack's warriors for four years each. Some overlapping with others.
Why did they send them here in the first place? I have tried reading the contract several times list as to what it says each time. The more I find the more confused I get. “what's wrong Tina your getting frown lines?” Sally asks. “these numbers don’t add up even if all of this is correct the pack should still have a lot of funds but the accounts so we are barely getting by.” Huffing sitting back. “what do you mean?” “Well, the black rose pack was sending us a small fortune each full moon. The. That money was paid out to other companies including a payroll account. But either those accounts are closed or they never existed so where are the funds?” “wait what do you mean small fortune?” “like take mom’s dream horse and you could buy six of them with money left over.” “where did all that go? Wouldn’t the castle be I don’t know better?” she throws her arms around.
“That's the problem?” I huff out. “the money had to have gone somewhere.” “at this point, it could have been spent on strippers for all I know.” “that’s a lot of strippers.” “or a couple of really expensive ones.” I counter. “cause no way would I be cheap. So I bet there are some that know their worth too.” “so we can sell your body now as long as it’s for the right price.” She laughs out. “not what I meant stupid”
After a while, I started to get a headache so called it a night. Walking along and a giant black spider scurries across the hall from one room to another. “did you see that?” I ask “see what?” “Nothing just a huge spider.” “gross. Wait like how big cause the bigger they are the more dangerous they are probably.” “not how that works”
Making it to my room Annie was setting a plate on my desk. “oh alpha sorry I just wanted to make sure you are something with some inertial value.” She smiles. “thank you.” I reply as they all leave me. I would like the door but they had the licks removed until we figure out what is causing such a deep sleep.
After a quick shower, I ate my cold supper as I stare at the journal sitting on my nightstand. Do I read more or not? Sighing out I grabbed it and open it back up.
To my son Gregory’s future mate,
I don’t know if I will be around when he finds you so I wanted to tell you about some of my favorite memories of him so far.
She starts by finding out she was pregnant with him and his first year. Things get sporadic when she finds out she’s pregnant again. The whole time I’m reading I’m trying to find out why she wouldn’t be around when he got older. Then I read the punch line.
By now you know the man he has become but I’m living with the pup who won’t keep his pants on. So if I’m not around it’s because I committed myself to think having pups was a good idea.
I finally got that demon spawn to sleep. He is so strong-willed I feel sorry for anyone who challenges him. With the increase in pack size, we needed to decide on a plan. When I had the best dream it solved everything. The dream was to find and ask the elementals to help build the best pack house. It will be a den. Then we can save the amount of land used to house the pack making more room for more cattle. The pack all stays close and we would be hidden. No one would see evidence of so many people living in one place.
At breakfast, I brought it up to Daniel who loved the idea. So he plans to leave in the morning to look for the elementals. The sooner we complete this the safer we all are. What we should have done was to make sure I wasn’t pregnant before he left. Because I was with twins. What is the goddess is up with this family?
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