The Code Of The Alpha

e morning, too early for vacation. I laid there for a while longer and

yance, I rolled

When I exited the bathroom and saw that she was still sound asleep in her bed, I was slightly

at I couldn't wait on her to wake up. I grabbed my s

evator. Riding ball the way down to the lobby, I

ost two cups of tea and nearly finished a sketch o

n lights and greedy machines had yet to turn on for the day and the room was nearly empty

ht sight of me, immed

losed!"

leave. I walked back to the elevators, de

n elevator, I looked up to see Mady wa

d when sh

atter with you?" she a

re you were going and you left your phone in th

looked at her w

g to you, to

that you said last night abo

got back to the room, I waited for her to change and get ready bef

after their meetings are over so we can all go to dinner

"Sounds go

ng lights had long since escaped the city now that the sun was shining directly ab

om the Strip, we decided to head that wa

y Bay," I said as we walked up

uld do

" Mady

or a few minutes. Once we had finally gathered our be

uldn't help an unsettling feeling that I

es of rays and sharks that were swimming above us. I began to

n the middle of a sentence about bull sh

feeling in the p

ulled me out of the way of the

mean? Do yo

exactly, more like I'v

d for a moment b

your toothpaste at home.

ack from the guy who we

odd

you didn't leave your

I said,

ought of all of

your keycard

dn't r

's it," I s

big of a deal

e so we aren't

stomach wasn't there because I left my keycard in the hotel room. The feeling slowly came to ho

he aquarium and walked ba

lunch while we're

u're just

ing to shake the un

g over my shoulder. "We shou

o's flashing lights that

turning to walk

f people walking in was far greater tha

distract anyone from their problems. The sensor

he weird feeling

at was t

in cheap, ill-fitting suits. Scattered around were also people who were clearl

row of slot machines that were dinging a

lay?" Mady

enough money to be feeding it

nodding her he

" she

d we conquered. Wan

turned to fo

oed throughout the room follo

rushing towards us. Her and I both exchanged a look o

who stood at the entrance, blockin

g on?" I heard Mady mu

uldn't determine which direction it was coming from. Over the sound of the machines whirring and

orward, trying their har

re than one way out

ing for a f

crowd, our eyes straining to find a red-gl

nning up to the entrance, I caught p

ooking for

it's th

threw the roulette wheel

d what the last woman said. Had Bruce Bann

he direction that we were walking. If we were try

nting to an exit near

e's a

to follow her as

t, M

d yanked her backwards so that she was st

hidden, a group of t

as coming from here,

ves until w

ly to see she was a

she noted quietly.

still trying to

id 'she'."

ooking for?" I just shrugged,

et out o

ment as we came out

ardest to make it to the exit door before someone saw us. Just as we were a few feet away, Mady's phone

, shit," sh

ringer on?!" I as

o see that a few heads had t

ut it," I s

I could towards the exit door, a fi

zed we were outside, it took me a few mom

nning into the street. I could hear the m

lose them!"

uh, I t

corner. I thought that maybe the water would help cover

tel." I said, remembering the fountain

over for us, I began to start to run in the direction

her phone out of her

, holding the phone up to

sly?" I

time to return

urned to see that the men who were foll

of people around us. They were looking around quickly a

yelled int

u to come a

im, telling him that she had no time to explain. She look

Over

large fountain. We ducked under the cover of the leaves, receiving weird looks fr

been fol

g, pulling her ov

ain in front of Man

d to the fountain as a conf

utting her finger to her other ear

untain as she tried to figure o

old her. "They're

ooked behind us to see that our pursuers were standing right

quick shove and watched as she

sure to completely submer

red and began to shake the water from her phone. I motioned for her to get down as I

aited for the men to leave. When they fin

he say?"

efore you decided to send

pened in their mee

t hear wha

ping that he heard where I

n we should those men who were following us." I nodded, realizing tha

ay out of the bushes, the both of us soa

gazes that we received as I loo

r, pulling into the fire lane. My father had barely put the ca

both fathers ask

nd I n

looked for the right words

," Mady said, still breathing he

?" her father asked wit

know who they were. I thought th

I heard her say the wo

gnized one of

night when we got back from dinner. I th

was," Mr.

her Alpha that we were sup

it?" Mad

sighed. "L

row. "Who is that? I'v

a few packs up n

has more than o

replied. "He has continually garnered m

ritory?"

the Alphas followed that only allowe

gs have been about this

erstand that he's in violation of so many codes by

has, Betas and their families he's killed to

dy asked, ey

d," my fath

ir own

o the last few meetin

d this one. We didn't realize he w

Who was he looking for? Why would

y dad said. "We're leaving and going h

ack to the hotel, rig

r things a

eaving everything. The less he has

, my sket

d pages of bound

ther one if that'

chbook meant to me. I'd had it since high school. I didn't say anything else as

shake the feeling that I had left something