Silver Blood

6

Sure enough, as soon as Hunter was finished with his parents he went straight to find Isabella who was sitting with Louis and Ava who had quickly became her two best friends who she trusted completely - after everything with Taylor this took even more time than usual but they had soon won her over, of course though they didn't know about the silver 'thing' but they were pretty clued up on everything even though they never forced Isabella to tell them anything.

"This is amazing Louis!" Isabella moaned shovelling forkfuls of pasta into her mouth, he really was amazing at cooking and Isabella liked to remind of this as often as she could, he was stuck between doing what he liked and made his father proud which was being a pack fighter as he was definitely able to do this but he loved to cook which his mother encourage everyday - mainly because she was terrified of him getting hurt while fighting.

"Almost as amazing as me" said a voice behind Isabella that made her jump, she felt arms snake around her huge waste and a head drop gently onto her shoulder

"Alpha" echoed Ava and Louis to which he smiled and nodded at

"Hello you" Isabella grinned spinning slightly in her chair to look over her shoulder at a stressed looking Hunter, he gave him a quick kiss on the lips before turning back around as to not make Louis and Ava feel awkward 

"Am I okay to steal my mate, you guys?" Hunter asks with a wolfish grin to which both nod immediately, they had gotten much more comfortable around Hunter but they were still on edge around him, he had always been royalty to them even when he wasn't their King he was their Prince but Isabella had always been... just Isabella so even now when she was Queen they felt comfortable around her 

"I'm taking this with me" Isabella muttered through a mouthful of pasta, she picked up the plate and trailed behind Hunter who was very much in 'King' mode as he was telling people orders as he passed them but once they got into their bedroom his shoulders instantly relaxed as he unbuttoned most of his buttons on his shirt before pulling it off and flopping onto the bed

"What's wrong Hunter?" Isabella asks sitting on the edge of the bed beside him, she offers him a forkful of pasta which makes him chuckle, he sits up and graciously lets her feed him

"Mhm.. that is good... and my parents aren't budging, they're refusing to give me any information" Hunter says pulling at his hair in frustration 

"You were in there most of the morning" Isabella says in a questioning tone

"I told them they weren't leaving until they told me the information" Hunter says rolling his eyes "What good that did, they know I have no patience so all they had to do was wait it out and sure enough I ended up letting them go"

"You can't beat yourself up about this" Isabella whispered placing the bowl on the floor before crawling round the back of Hunter, getting onto her knees, Isabella starts to massage his tense shoulders and kisses his back as he growls softly 

"I want to help find out more about you and possibly our children" Hunter whispers barely able to form words as Isabella runs her nails down his back softly, she feels him shiver under her touch as she smiles 

"I know you do Hunter and I love you for that" Isabella says kissing Hunter's neck and behind his ear, she starts to nibble on his ear as he groans 

"Isabella..." he says in a warning tone

"What?" she asks innocently as she starts to do it again, he quickly spins her around and is on top of her with all the power with a grin on his face, all signs of stress gone for the time being just as Isabella had planned 

-

Leaving Hunter asleep in bed, Isabella set off for a walk around pack house, since getting to 5 months pregnant, Isabella had been suffering from restless leg syndrome which was common in pregnancy where she had the urge to move her legs - she didn't have it constantly just mainly at night when she couldn't sleep so she often went on late night walks.

As she was walking near Hunter's office she heard voices coming from inside - knowing that nobody (apart from her herself) was allowed in there when Hunter wasn't put her on edge as he was asleep so they were breaking the rules - it was her job as Queen to deal with the situation but her anxiety seemed to go sky high as she wondered what she would say, it wasn't until she managed to get her breathing under control that she realised who those voices were 

Catherine and Dominic?

"What if someone catches up in here Dom?" Catherine says nervously, Isabella couldn't help but wonder why if they were that concerned why the hell they'd left the door cracked open

"This is the only phone not monitored plus I already gave them this number.." Dominic snapped back quietly, as if on cue the phone started to ring, a hiss of 'Answer it quick!' from Catherine made Dominic quickly answer it 

"Yes, hello.. speaking" he said out of breath as if he had just run a marathon when in reality they had both just freaked out from worrying about waking someone up who would find them "The code... oh.." the shuffling of papers was the only thing Isabella heard before Catherine started relying a number which Dominic repeated down the phone

"... 0352SB" Dominic said quietly but just loud enough for Isabella to hear, she made a mental note of it telling herself that it would be important "The password? Blue Sapphire"

Isabella was so caught up in her own thoughts that she nearly missed the password but she couldn't help thinking how ridiculously simple that was, this was clearly an important issue that they were trying to find out about otherwise they wouldn't need an unmonitored phone and they wouldn't break into their sons office 

"HE IS WHERE?!" Dominic exploded but the sound of a slap made Isabella guess, Catherine had covered his mouth "That is less than an hour away from us - he was meant to be kept in a secluded place away from all of society"

The scratching of a pen on paper damped Isabella's spirits, she wouldn't know what number they had rang or where this place was that this man - whoever he may be - was staying at. Soon enough with no further information needing to be exchanged the call was ended, Isabella hid as far away as she could get until she was sure that Dominic and Catherine had gone to their room before sneaking back into Hunter's office to see if they had left anything behind 

Isabella instantly pulled out a pad of paper similar to one already on the desk that Isabella had other plans for, she wrote down the code she had heard and the password so that she could have a mental memory of it but also had it in writing, she then picked up the pad of paper that was already on the desk, she held it up to the light before grinning at the slight indentations, she found a pencil in the drawers of the desk and shaded over the paper revealing what was clearly a phone number but the last number was almost unintelligible but it wouldn't take too long to figure out what it was meant to be and an address 

528 Sandy Lane 

There was also a postcode for this address that was impossible to read through this method but knowing the address and knowing it was close to the castle was good enough and would be enough information to find out where it was.

Hearing heavy footsteps coming down the stairs, Isabella ripped the two pieces of papers of the pads and folded them up before shoving them down her sports bra, she rested her head on the back of the chair and closed her eyes seconds before Hunter's scent filled her nose, a little laugh filled her ears before he kissed her forehead and scooped her up into his arms, Hunter took her straight to bed and tucked her in before crawling in beside her, he had his arm wrapped around her just under her chest meaning Isabella couldn't reach down and pull out the uncomfortable, surprisingly sharp pieces of paper causing her have no sleep that night but although tired she felt good, Isabella just knew that what ever this place was and whoever this man was, was something to do with what her, Hunter and Jackson were trying to find out about but she just knew Hunter would jump the gun if she told him and it would ruin everything

The thought of lying to him or withholding any information from Hunter made Isabella sick, they had promised to always be truthful to each other and to always share each others burdens and yet here she was planning on how she was going to get away from Hunter long enough to find out the information she needed to know.