Chapter 576

Judy's POV

I found Marlo with the rest of the team towards the back of the packhouse. I could see the worried expressions on some of their faces, and it ate away at my stomach. We were a team of Elite Gamma Warriors; nothing was supposed to worry us. But the look they were sporting wasn't confident.

"Marlo, what is going on?" I asked, approaching my team leader.

Marlo was a tall and bulky man with tattoos, and he constantly wore his armor and weapons. He turned when I approached him, his stern expression never

wavering.

"There was a breach in security during the overnight," he explained. "We lost lives."

"How many?"

"Enough to raise alarms,” he replied. "Innocent people. Women... children... it was a blood bath in some homes."

"What?" I gasped. "How did I not hear about this until now? How did I sleep through it?"

"It was in the northern location of the pack, a long way away from your condo," Marlo explained.

"And nobody thought to page or call me?" I asked.

I hadn't been sworn into their pack officially yet and couldn't until the full moon, so

I couldn't mindlink anyone in the pack or on the team yet.

"We did," one of my teammates, Drew, said, folding his arms across his chest. "Maybe try charging your pager?"

I frowned as I reached into my bag and pulled out the sleek black pager Marlo had given me on my first day. I clicked the button that turned it on, but it didn't turn on. I had forgotten to charge it last night... again.

I groaned and shoved it back into my bag.

"Sorry," I murmured. "I'll make sure to put it on the charger tonight."

"You better," Marlo said, narrowing his eyes. "We needed all hands on deck. We could have used you. You proved yourself to us already, your skills are a must on the force. Don't let us down again."

"I'll make sure not to, Commander," I told her, nodding my head. "So, what can I do now? Put me to work?"

"Right now, we are healing those who survived and putting to rest those who didn't. There are a lot more who didn't. We have the tech team investigating how our servers got hacked. Alpha Sampson@alled in backup as well from someone very powerful. We are keeping their identity under wraps for right now because we don't want to cause more of a frenzy, but your job will be to get them settled in our pack."

"Someone important?" I asked, my heart suddenly racing. "Can I ask who they are? I promise I won't tell anyone."

"Sorry, but the identity is hidden from even me. Only Alpha Sampson knows," Marlo replied.

"Okay," I said, not fully processing this information. "When will this important person be arriving?"

"He's scheduled to land in a couple of days," Maro told me. "He'll be in a private jet. You'll pick him up at the airport and bring him to the

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packhouse... safely. Not that he can't handle himself. If Sampson is calling for his help, I'm sure he can hold his. own in a fight, if not defeating all threats himself. But we'd feel better if someone were with him on his journey to the packhouse."

"I understand," I said before I could stop myself. "I'll be there."

I was about to ask if I should head to my post on the outer coast of the pack, but a

strange sense of nausea washed over me. My breathing grew shallow, and the saliva started to build up quickly.

Spencer is at your post right now. He's scheduled for another hour," Marlo said, as if he could read my thoughts. "You can start heading there now if you His voice trailed. off once he saw my face, and he frowned. "Judy?"

"Excuse me for a minute," I said before he could even get my name out of his mouth. I hurried away from him and through the packhouse. Only a few noticed that I ran through them. I didn't stop until I reached the bathroom.

I pulled the door open and stumbled over to the toilet. I leaned over and let out all

of my dinner from last night. I have no idea what is wrong with me; I don't ever get sick, at least not like this. It wasn't making any sense.

My head was spinning.

There was a soft knock on the door. I didn't want to see anyone right now. But I knew I couldn't, Lucy. I knew from her scent that it was her before she even spoke.

"Judy?" She spoke softly. "Are you okay?"

I took a deep breath before flushing the toilet and standing up. I unlocked and opened the door, pulling it open only to meet Lucy's concerned gaze. Without a warning, she's rushing into the bathroom, a worried glint in her eyes.

"Are you okay?" She asked me, turning to look at me. "I saw you running through

the room like something was on fire. What happened?"

I opened my mouth to speak, but then she crinkled her eyes.

"Did you throw up?" She suddenly asked, looking around before her eyes landednoveldrama

on the toilet. "You got sick? Have you been sick this whole time?"