The Lycan King’s Gamma
Chapter 42

Lycan Prince Hunter

The media meeting was a nightmare. Even though she was their future queen, all they could focus on was the fact Jake was dead and she killed him. Both my father and I both defended her, but there was no winning with them. She defended herself, but until she makes a public statement, I don't think what we told them will change their minds. Pulling up to the Royal house, there were still media outlets everywhere.

"Son, don't worry about the media. Just go take care of your mate. Everything else will work out." My father told me. Sighing, I nodded. "Did you have to deal with things like this with mom?" I asked him, walking into the house.

"She would have been out there, yelling at them." He chuckled.

"Do you think she would have approved of Kailen, even though she isn't my fated mate?" I asked him, standing in the foyer.

"Your mother would have loved her. I see a lot of your mother in Kailen, both strong, independent women," he said, and it made me smile.

"Now go take a few days off. She needs you right now." My father said, and I nodded. Heading up to the gamma floor, I heard movement coming from inside our apartment. I knew Zach and Greyson were with her, but what the hell were they doing?

I opened the door to replace boxes and boxes of files. Piles of files were everywhere and the map from Kailen's office was hanging on the wall in the living room. Greyson and Zach were both sitting on the couch going through files, but I didn't see Kailen. "Hunter?" She called out from the bedroom.

"Baby, what is going on?" I asked her.

"There's some dinner in the kitchen for you." She called back, ignoring my question.

"Greyson, Zach, what the hell is happening?" I asked them, sitting on the chair.

"Kailen wants to figure this all out," Zach answered me.

"She should be resting." I sighed.

"I won't be able to rest until we solve this." She told me, walking back into the living room. She was now dressed in a pair of my sweatpants and one of my shirts, with her hair pulled back into a messy bun.

"Baby, I understand that, but you need to rest." I told her.

"Hunter, I need to focus on something else right now." She told me, sitting on the arm of my chair. I pulled her into my lap, wrapping my arms around her tightly.

"How did the media conference go?" She asked me, changing the subject.

"It was fine. Now stop changing the subject and tell me what you've found." I asked her and her face lit up.

"Okay, so we have found out that girls started going missing after I did. None of them were seen or heard from again. We've made calls to all the surrounding packs and we are just waiting to hear. But these areas are where most of the girls were taken." She explained, while standing up and going over to the map. I followed her.

"Okay, so what are you thinking?" I asked her as we both studied the map.

"All the victims looked alike. It was like they were looking for someone. They definitely had a type. But I don't understand why the rogues started killing them?" She said.

"Hunter, we also can't get access to Jake's financials. His pack is refusing to hand over that information." Greyson told me.

"Maybe we don't need them. Jake has social media. We can track him from his posts." Kailen suggested. I pulled out my phone to open up my account. I didn't like Jake, but I still had him on my social.

"Okay, and what am I looking for?" I asked her.

"Try going back four years. Maybe we can see if he's tagged or if he posted tagging a location. Then maybe we can track down where the auction house is." She told me.

"Kailen, that's brilliant." Zach praised her.

"We should also track down Marcus' phone. He may have older photos on his phone with a GPS location. Most people don't think of that when they are taking a photo." She told us.

"And that's why my father made you gamma." I told her, looking away from my phone.

"I feel like once we solve this, I'm retiring. We should just go live in the beach house." She sighed, and I chuckled.

"And what will you do with that big brain of yours?" I asked her.

"Maybe I'll start writing. I don't know. I hadn't thought that far ahead." She said.

"You can't give up teaching. You love those little f***s," Zach said, and we all laughed.

"Thats true." She giggled. I love seeing her smile. She was right, right now she needed to work. And this is what she's good at. I also noticed that her face was less bruised than before. Taking her mind off of what happened is helping her heal. "So what's the plan?" I asked her.

"After we are done with our classes tomorrow, I think we should go to the Night River pack. Retracing their steps could help us locate the rogues." She answered, and I sighed. "Kailen, we can send a couple of other gammas. You don't have to leave the safety of our pack." I told her.

"Hunter, please, I know things are a mess right now, but I need to solve this. Jake was there that day and I just want to know why." She told me, pleading with me to let her go. "Kailen, I think this all has to do with your bloodline. They wanted you to have their child," I told her.

"I figured that, but how did they know where I came from when I didn't?" She asked me.

"She has a point, Hunter. Someone knew who she was and made sure that she would end up at that auction house." Greyson said, and I sighed.

"Okay, but we are heading into my uncle's half of the kingdom. You stay with one of us at all times. And we will have more warriors with us," I told her firmly.

"I understand, Hunter. And I promise to stay with one of you at all times. I've been waiting four years to learn the truth and I'm so close." She said, sitting in my lap, after I sat back down.

"And we will get you answers, but I need you safe. I swear you're going to give me a heart attack." I told her and she giggled.

"Thank you, Hunter." Kailen whispered, wrapping her arms around my neck.

"Don't thank me yet. We still have to convince my father," I told her.

"I can do that. If you can get the warriors and the plan ready?" she asked me.

"And how are you going to do that, Missy?" I asked her suspiciously.

"The truth, we have some fantastic leads. I'll also ask him for Prince Andrew's financials as well. All of his should be public records. And I doubt Jake had the money that was needed at the auction," she told me. "Anything else you'd like?" I asked her.

"Go eat, while we organize reports and finish looking through your social media." She told me. She kissed my lips before moving to a stack of files on the floor. Kailen sat down beside them and went through them. "Which one of you wants to get the warriors ready?" I asked, turning my attention to my beta and gamma.

"They are already on standby, and the plane should be ready to go by the morning." Greyson informed me, not looking up from the file he was reading.

"We know you can't say no to Kailen," Zach chimed in.

"You three are impossible." I huffed out before going to the kitchen to get something to eat.

It had already been a long day, and I got little sleep last night with Kailen being in the hospital. Looking in the fridge, Kailen had already made me a plate. I threw it in the microwave to warm it up and strolled through Jake's social.

One thing that stood out was all the girls looked like Kailen. He could have a thing for brunettes, but I still replace it odd. About three years back into his social, I found a picture of not only Marcus, but with Owen and Finn. It was from the same event that Owen had showed me, but he only had Marcus, Finn and himself. Cursing, I walked back into the living room, abandoning my food on the kitchen island where I was sitting.

"Hunter, what's wrong?" Kailen asked me, looking up from the file she was going through. I handed her my phone, and she gasped.

"Do you think that Owen and Finn are involved?" She asked me, scared.

"I think it's worth a conversation. This was three years ago. Maybe they knew Jake through Marcus and Jake was there." I told her and she nodded. Taking the phone back, I handed it to Greyson.

"This is the same event from the picture that Owen showed us to identify Marcus." He said, and I nodded.

"I'm going to be calling Owen personally." I told them.

"Hunter, do you want me to call him?" she asked me and Rex let out a low growl. He didn't want to scare her, but he wanted to make his stance known.

"Baby, I'll handle it. I don't want Owen to speak to you again," I told her, and she sighed.

"You know, you're the only one for me." She said, smiling at me.

"Still, I don't trust him," I told her, and she nodded.

"Its fine, Hunter. If it makes you feel better, you can talk to him." She told me, going back to her file. I looked over at Greyson and Zach and they were both smirking at me. "Green isn't your color, Hunter," Zach said, and I glared at him while Greyson chuckled.

"And what have you two found?" I asked them, changing the subject.

"More victims, we already put their location on the map." Greyson said.

Studying the map, there were over 100 pins placed on the map. It disturbed me that this had been going on for the last four years and no one noticed or put it together.

"Each color represents the year they were taken. It all seemed to start around the time I was taken." Kailen said, now standing beside me. I wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her close.

"We will figure this out." I told her, kissing her temple.

"I just hope we can replace some of these girls alive." She breathed out.

This was a massive case that was going to take months to track everyone down. We have to go through every one of their latest locations and piece everything together. We may start with the newest victims, but this case is far from being solved. Kailen won't be retiring soon if she wants to close this case.

"Hopefully, we can replace them." I told her, squeezing her closer.