Chapter 55

Claudia’s POV
“What are you doing in here?” I ask Oliver; coming into the kitchen. “Hiding” he says. “Hiding? From who?” I giggle; knowing full well, he is hiding from mum. “You already know. Your mum is very unique” he tells me.
“You are being nice. She is bat shit crazy when she gets a sniff of decorating or planning a celebration” I explain, laughing. “Sir; Luna Jade is looking for you” Jeffery says coming into the kitchen. “Tell her I’ve left and won’t be back until she is finished with the decorating of the packhouse” “Are you scared of mum?” I ask him; raising an eyebrow at him.
“When she is like this; yes” he answers. “I know how to stop Callum and Michael. Get them to invite mum to do a celebration for them. They will want to kill themselves to get away from her” I grin. “That might work. I wonder if we can arrange it” “I heard that” mum says, coming into the kitchen.
The look on Oliver’s face, shows he is busted. He composes himself; “Luna Jade, I hear you are looking for me. Whatever it is; I am happy for you to put it in the packhouse” “I can gold plate the skirtings” Mum smiles. “What? No” he gasps. “Just seeing if you were on your toes. I am done; just waiting for the first trucks to arrive” she tells Oliver, leaving the kitchen again as he lets out a sigh of relief.
“Did you see Danny last night?” Oliver asks me. “Yes; they are laying a few safeguards around the territory today and then heading out tomorrow. From what he was telling me, Tim had some ideas; including some him and Todd wanted to do to Danny when he was chained but never had the chance to because Simon stepped in. I wanted to bring Tim over to give him a piece of my mind but Danny said he was just informing him of what he was thinking” I respond; still fuming at Tim.
“Sariah, Leon and Cody will be joining us in two days. We will have our discussion then” he informs me. “Yes; we have a few questions regarding Callum” “Danny was telling me. I am assuming it is the same questions I have regarding Michael. Does he think werewolves should be the only supernatural beings in existence?” Oliver mentions. “Yes; we were going to ask you the same question regarding Callum, but vampires.”
“I wonder if both think that way and they are both playing each other, waiting for the right moment” Jeffrey includes. **“Let me come forward; I need to tell Oliver what our Goddess thinks”** Amanda tells me.
“Oliver; Selene thinks this may be the case. Quinton; James’ wolf was saying Callum and Michael oppose each other on occasions” Amanda says coming forward. “Did you tell Danny this information?” he asks her. “Yes; both him and Claudia had this thought on their own with Callum” she says letting me come back. “I asked Dad; he said Michael and Michael’s father were both quite racist, when he was growing up. Dad put it down to being taught that way” I tell him.
“We can’t talk about it here; let’s wait for Danny, Henry and the others to come” he says and I nod my head at him.
“Jeffrey; have you invited Isaac and Joyce for dinner tonight?” “Yes sir; they are looking forward to seeing Tracey” he replies. “And the other thing we were discussing?” “All sorted, Miss Claudia; we need to talk with you in private please” Jeffrey tells me as Oliver heads out the door, with Jeffrey and I follow.
“What’s the matter?” I ask as we walk into Oliver’s office. “We fear we still have a mole in our midst. Apollo warned me; people are not who they seem. I am very concerned for everyone here” he tells me. “Do you know who may be plotting against you? Besides Callum of course” I ask him; looking concerned.
“We don’t believe it is to do with King Oliver. We believe it is someone from the Sapphire Moon pack, working with Michael. Would Danny be open to planting someone in the pack to find out?” Jeffrey asks me. “I will ask him, when I see him tonight.” I tell him.
“Isaac and Joyce aren’t just coming for dinner. The other thing we were discussing is moving them from the Sapphire Moon pack. I didn’t want anyone to take or hurt them because Tracey was hidden with them” Oliver tells me. “Good precaution” “I don’t want anyone to get hurt. I still feel guilty what happened 136 years ago when Marcus and I am now finding out; Callum burning down your packhouse with women and children inside” he says, the guilt showing on his face.
“It happened; yes. I feel guilty with every innocent person these assholes hurt and Mandy can’t help heal them. The world will be a better place if fuckwits like Callum and Michael don’t exist; but they do and it’s our job to stop them. Don’t feel guilty for what has happened; let’s learn from it” I inform him. “Thank you” he says, giving me a smile.
“I’ve been telling him the same thing for 136 years. And it takes a woman with a pretty smile to snap him out of it” Jeffrey chuckles. “It took the Luna of the pack to snap me out of it; old friend” Oliver snarls.
“Let me talk it over with Danny. Maybe Goddess Selene has a suggestion or two. We will talk with him, Dad, Simon and Sariah when they get here. With all of us; we can come up with plan to see who we are dealing with” “I am pretty sure it’s not Matthew; but I do believe it is either the Betta or Gamma” Oliver informs me; sighing.
“I will let Tracey and the others know, not to visit the Sapphire Moon Pack until we know. I need to get back to Sophia. Is there anything else you need me to do?” I ask Oliver, he looks drained. “Not at this stage” he answers.
“When was the last time you slept?” I ask him. “346 years ago,” he chuckles. “You need to get some sleep and before you tell me; Vampires don’t need sleep; they do, just as much as we do. You just sleep differently to us” I fume at him.
“I suppose I can lie down in my coffin” he laughs as I raise my eyebrow at him, causing him to laugh more. “I’m joking; vampires don’t sleep in coffins. I still laugh every time I see a vampire come out of one in a movie. We aren’t the walking dead” he chuckles.
“No; and I don’t think I have ever seen a zombie apocalypse although; Veronica and Caleb had to fight the army from the underground when that warlock, what was his name?” “Ulysses” Jeffrey replies. “Yeah, that’s him. He used a dark spell to create his army from the underworld. They were fairly easy to control because they were already dead” I giggle. “My father told me about it. He said he had to burn all those bodies again; it wasn’t an enjoyable experience. Apollo and the other gods put measures in place, so this could never happen again. Hades is forbidden to let anyone leave the underworld without the other God’s permission” Oliver smirks at me.
I give Oliver and Jeffrey a hug; “I will let you know in the morning, what Danny says to me” and head out of the office, to the carer’s room. “How’s my baby girl?” I say, picking Sophia up from the ground. “Guess who started to realise she can roll?” Michelle says to me. “Really? I’m going to have to put up the play pen” I smile, giving Sophia a kiss. “She’s cut another tooth as well. She has one mean bite on her” Lois includes. “Then don’t put your finger in her mouth” I giggle.
“That’s a bit hard when I am trying to put teething gel on” she laughs back as Tracey comes into the room. “Oliver wants me to pass a message onto to everyone. We can’t go to the Sapphire Moon Pack at the moment. I was going to mind link you when I got back to the packhouse” I tell her. “Mum has already told me; her and dad have been invited to stay here with Oliver. I figured something was going on” she answers, picking up Jasper.
“Yeah, we will discuss it more when Danny and the others get here; which should be tomorrow” I inform her. “Let’s get these two, home” Tracey responds as we head out the door of the nursery.