unbroken (unexpected series)

Chapter 35

A/N: Not Edited. If you’re confused about what is going on in this chapter read Unconditional Chapters 85 to 87 and it will be clearer for you. Sidenote: SCRATCH is back up. I had a story typo here and so I had to take it down to fix it but sorry for those that were interrupted while reading.

Chapter 35 – Chelsea POV

When I was kidnapped and we found out that it was because of a man named Robert Delaney, Gabriel had nothing, it was like he had been chasing a ghost. He went in another direction when he came up blank, bringing Angel and the Davis’ in our life.  After compiling a list of people that this man, Robert Delaney interacted with we came up with a list, hitting a dead end digitally until thanks to Kayla – Rainy and Chris’ daughter – that showed us six of the names on that list were alias.

Darnel Byteroe

Breton Rylarde

Taner Drobeley

Larney Berdote

Brandy Leetore

Tylane Breedor

Each name using the same letters as ‘Robert Delaney’ and not only were they names but they were anagrams for a tattoo Kayla saw on a man that read ‘Betray no Elder.’ Before getting any further into our investigation we had to leave California, we could track the names of those who this man had interacted with, but then we realized that we couldn’t try to prove false digital records. We couldn’t go digging past those digital files without giving away what we knew about the Elders, this Robert Delaney man.

‘I am Robert Delaney, Robert Delaney is me, we are each other,’ after asking two people who Robert Delaney was, Gabriel got this riddle, and then we backed off. Sitting in the tub with him, both of us hearing what Logan told us we scrabbled out, getting dress before heading to our office, Nonno, Jack and Logan waiting outside Gabriel’s office.

Why now? Was the only thing that had been on my mind while we dressed, “Leave him alone,” I said before Logan could even tell us what he had found or what his people had uncovered.

“What?” he asked stunned.

“Too easy,” I said shrugging, he glanced from me to Gabriel, and then back, “First this guy was on Gabriel’s radar for years. He went missing for five years and then came back as who he is now. He is Madeline’s mate but didn’t care enough about her to come back and you are telling me that in the three weeks we’ve been here on the island, he’s managed to screw up and let himself be caught?”

I shook my head, “too easy – the Elders can’t find my ring, they don’t have the violins, we have Oakley and Ben… no matter how hard you think it was to get your hands on Robert Delaney, it wasn’t. He was given or put in a place or position in which you would find him, bring him back somewhere… leading him to either Gabriel and I. This is one fish I think you should send back,” the last word out of my mouth and Nonno was laughing, nodding his head. “I agree with my topolino.”

“Gabriel?” Logan asked, but Gabriel had his eyes on me, “What would you do Love?” I smiled to myself, thinking. I wouldn’t bring this guy where he would get any information, or anything that would give away my secrets, in fact I wouldn’t have bitten period.  “Where do your people have him exactly?” I asked Logan. “Because if they’ve already picked him up I wouldn’t bring him back to our pack, or anywhere that I wanted to be kept secret. No brining him here, I mean honestly I would play him a bit while remaining cautious. If he really is a pawn then where your holding him, to test him, I suggest you make it easy for him to escape, see if he takes the bait. You don’t make it obvious but game plan is to slip up somehow test to see if he leaves…”