What is Lucien up too

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I have Hayley's hand as we approach dad

"Hope's down for the count. She fell asleep as soon as Mary started the car. I doubt she'll miss either of us over the next few days"

I rip a paper out a notebook with the addresses

"So...which of these Kingmaker offices should we hit up first?" Hayley questions "There's ten of them"

dad turns around with a worried look

"What's wrong, dad"

"Lucien has revealed his true nature. He's taken Freya"

NO, aunt Freya

"And now, it seems her rescue depends on Elijah working with my ever-reliable brother Finn"

oh

"Are we going back?" I question "To head the hunt?"

Hayley sighs "Fine. You two should go. I'm sticking with Kingmaker, though. Lucien's working very hard to cover up these wolf kidnappings, and I want to know why" she goes to leave

"No" dad sighs "The wolves, Freya's abduction....it can't all be coincidence. We'll let my brothers pursue the obvious path"

I path Hayley's arm "Plus, you would be lost without us"

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we are now right outside the Kingmaker office of Tennessee

"Does he just build these from a kit or something? It's the exact same for the last five offices. Same windows, same plants..."

I groan "Same boring art and annoying receptionist..."

Hayley gives me a look

dad pats my shoulder "I'm sure we'll find something soon, Sam. Besides we can't break up the team now that I've discovered your carpool karaoke skills"

adopted mommy laughs

"Lucien is obviously playing a game" dad continues "Each unassuming little office building we search, the more sure I am of it. We keep going. Together"

with a sigh I follow "Even if we have to look through a hundred of these stupid places"

the three of us get to the receptionist area

"Ah, hello, love!" dad says "We're here for a spot of 'search and potentially destroy'" then he starts to compel her "Do tell-- where are teh off-limits to general staff?"

oh this receptionist is not compellable

"You just wait right here... and I'll have someone out here to help you with your inquiry"

then an alarm starts blaring. Everything goes dark and red lights start flooding in followed by arm guards

"Stay right there" a guard shouts

now they're surrounding us

"Sam" dad says "You know what to do"

with that Hayley roars as I hit the ground to crawl out of there

after getting out of there I find the lab and kill the scientists inside

but then there are people chained up with IV drips and corpse of transformed wolves in cages

Hayley and dad walk in

"They're all wolves" she says

walking up I start taking masks off and ripping chains off

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