The Plan to Find Blood

Logan felt hot, of course as an alpha and for some reason he could never understand, he ran hotter than most people bit this was too hot, he was never this hot.
It felt like some sort of burning that seemed to peel his skin and then replace it almost fast enough to be peeled again.
Of course the part of him understood the fact that he was probably having a reacting to something– wolfsbane. The name slipped through his memory in and out of line an eel.
Logan could smell something a sweet scent that had even his wolf calmer–Emily, Logan groaned softly, as he dozed off, coming to occasionally,and in one of those times he woke up there was a cold cloth on his forehead making the heat seem bearable.
Logan shivered at the cold even as his body tried to decide if it wanted to be hot, in flames or cold .
Emily was here she was with him and he felt safe all of a sudden. He could hear them talking, he wasn't sure who it was but he was sat up and offered a glass he took it in four gulps and then sagged, relaxing into the bed, the hours flew by,and his system seemed to be a bit wonky.
Logan went from shivering to growling in his sleep, he woke slowly, his head foggy from the whirlwind of the day,
" You're awake" she said softly and as he sat up more and winced his hand going to his head.
Logan had the taste of blood on his tongue covered with the slimy taste of the medicine, the fever had broken eventually, but he still felt a little weak.
She helped him sit up, reaching across him for a small glass filled with pale cream liquid – something for the headache.
He needed a shower and some way to clear his head for a while, Emily touched his arms and suggested the same thing he was thinking, he nodded. Bruce wasn't here so he had to be ready for when he came back,Aspen was playing with the stove and he didn't want to ask what she was doing.
He rose shaking himself from the delirium he moved stalking to the bathroom closing the door behind him gently.
Logan turned on the shower, setting the water to warm and letting it fall over him,muscles twinged likely from the effect of the poison, who would want to kill him and why.
There were too many things to consider, especially too many blanks too fill in.
Logan turned off the tap as he wrapped a towel around himself, he just had to hear what Bruce said now.
Logan walked into the room his wolf became distracted almost immediately as a soft scent filled his nostrils. He blinked trying not to react to her but he couldn't help it not when he looked to her face she was aroused, her eyes running over his body, her tongue dragging over her lips. Logan strode to her
" Don't worry, I won't jump you" she sighed relaxing, Logan grinned in total amusement and Logan hissed his lips near her ears.
He walked away to the closet to pull in some clothes, he heard the door open and Emily say something reassuring to whoever it was, Bruce it seemed
" Who did you think would get him with me here " Aspen muttered and he grinned. That was true in a way, the person had to be crazy to try it at any point and for any reason.
Once he was dressed he walked out smiling at his best friend and beta who looked so tired as if he were about to collapse anytime soon.
" So what is the situation now" he asked and Bruce sighed, rubbing his hands over his brow
" It's bad. We don't know how the girl got in the room" he muttered looking frustrated
" She is kitchen staff and should have never been anywhere near here in the first place " he finished and Logan rubbed his neck. He had not seen her when he came into his room, so someone had killed her and placed her in bed but with the blood he had seen on that bed, she had to have been killed in his bed which could only mean–
" And the poisoning" Aspen asked and Bruce scoffed
" That's even more bizzar because, the only place you could have taken this was at the dinner table"
" So someone poisoned me on purpose" Logan muttered that was cementing his earlier thought in his mind, they had poisoned him for reason which was looking more like they had planned to pin the murder on him but why, for what purpose.
" We need time to figure out what's going on" he said softly not letting the others know what exactly his thoughts were. He needed them clear headed this thinking of other reasons.
" We can ask Alpha Briar for help" Emily said
" We can't trust anyone here " He said slightly a little skeptical at the request. He didn't trust anyone in this place
" But if we're going to get anywhere we need her " she hissed back, he looked to her frowning then nodded, she was right– we did need her this is her pack and we couldn't investigate easily without her help.
" Fine I will play dead or dying and you'll get her help" Logan said
" Dead ,why" Aspen asked and he shrugged
" Someone wants me dead badly, let's give them what they want" he said ,
" And just why do you think I will help you in this scheme" Logan looked to the door where he saw Alpha Briar and her beta.
She walked in hand in her waist in front of the blade tied around waist, Logan looked away from her and sighed saying nothing as she came to stand in front of Emily
" Did you really think I would go for this. Not only did you and your crew bring a swarm of ghouls to my pack but you have murdered one of my own" she hissed and Emily huffed in defense
" You really can't think that we're the ones who killed her right" she asked and Alpha Briar smiled
" Not all of you of course, just him" she said drawing closer to Logan looking him deep in the eyes, he stared her down as well and she laughed
" You don't seem to be the least bit remorseful, Logan Axel" she said removing the alpha title as a way of mockery and disrespect, he almost smiled at that attempt,
" That's because I'm not really remorseful Alpha Briar," he said dragging out the Alpha, she looked to him and he shrugged
" I don't think you're stupid " he said and her beta inches forward growling, Bruce advanced
" Stop both of you" she ordered then looked straight into his eyes
" Your are in my land. I would watch what I say if I were you" she replied and he nodded
" Of course. But as I said, you are not stupid. How long does it take wolfsbane to work, " she said nothing but he could see the gears turning in her mind as she played around the things that could have actually happened
" And let's say I actually believe you. What then" she asked and he shrugged
" We plan on investigating no matter what you say but with your help it will make it easier " he mumbled and she nodded looking to him
" That is fine, " she nodded to her beta and smiled
" Help them get what they want" she stood straighter and looked at them and then away
" I'll let you do what you have to do and if it works then just maybe we can discover who is causing this chaos" she whispered and walked out the door. He turned to the rest and sighed
" We don't have much time, we still need to find out more information on what we are looking for, so what do we do" Emily asked and Aspen shrugged
" We just keep on with the plan" she muttered
" We are going to say that I am on the brink of death and that recovery is not sure, then we will work on finding out who. The lies will make them feel confident in what they have done "
" That will be smart but we'll need a way to move around this place "
" Aspen and I alone can't look through those books, we have no idea the size of the library so we definitely need more people " she said softly and Bruce nodded , the door opened slightly and the beta walked into the room
" This building is an old one, there are hidden doors and channels, one leads to the library from this room"
" And to the morgue where you keep your bodies "
" We have one. Why" she asked and he smiled
" I have a theory and I need to test it "
" Alright, let's get started. I don't believe you have time to waste" She muttered walking to the closet where she opened a back door and there it was the emblem from the Dark Moon pack library, the woman carved into the wall.
The beta pressed the stone in and it creaked softly and the wall opened and she gestured
" In you go" she gestured, Bruce grabbed a light and turned to Emily and Aspen
" Stay here for the time being, we'll go in and check out the situation " he mumbled and Aspen huffed
" Why the hell –" Logan shot her a look and she nodded
" Fine, yes alpha"
The beta followed behind them locking the door in place , they walked through the corners of the room following the corridor down the hall
" Where do you want to go first" she asked
" We never really got your name " Logan replied and she huffed
" You're just realizing that"
" I am Sia , now where do you want to go" she asked and he smiled
" The morgue"
" The library is that way" she pointed to the room ahead of them as she led them to a right corridor.
They entered the room with a similar process, the smell of death wet and heavy hit him, and he swallowed,
" The murdered girl" he asked and the beta showed him to a table on the right.
This was his first time seeing her.
She was young– she was too young for this to have happened, her face white with blue veins on her forehead.
He took her hand in his and upturned her fingernails and sighed when he saw exactly what he was looking for.
Suddenly there was a jiggling in the doorknob and they all froze.