Chapter 35


    Be''s interaction with Andrew was a very simple and regr one but in Ryder eyes, it was a flirtatious


    one. He left the room and returned to his office quarters.


    His team was sitting around with theirptops and gadgets trying to monitor illegal activities carried out


    by both humans and non humans. Any activities they find evidence of was then subjugated to heavy


    scrutiny. If the activity concerned humans and had no trace of non humans connected to it then they


    would anonymously tip off the various human government bodies. Of there was even a slightest trace


    of non humans connected to it then the activity would be handled by the Council field agents assigned


    to the task.


    "Boss man!" One of the team members eximed loudly. Ryder turned and calmly walked towards him.


    The junior team mate was bursting to unload his findings. Other team members nced at him


    disapprovingly. His loud exmation had distracted them.


    "What''s up Carter?" Ryder asked exercising patience.


    "You need to see this Ryder." Carter imed trying to modte his voice level.


    He showed Ryder an announcement on the deep web. It looked as if there was a sale of exotic animals


    going down in the country. Ryder nced back at him with a questioning expression.


    "Boss.. Ryder... The exotic animals are were animals. It is were wolves and were panthers. The


    organizers seem to have Asian connection." Carter replied.


    "Why do you think it is were animals and not simply exotic animals? How did you reach the


    conclusion?" Ryder asked surprised.


    "Well..." Carter hesitated a bit. Ryder raised his eyebrow at his obvious difort to rify. Carter took


    a deep breath and said, "Because I posed as a buyer and asked them to send details of the exotic


    animals."


    "You did what?" Ryder looked at him bbergasted.


    "I used a different connection and masked my IP address. I asked them leading questions about the


    exotic animals saying I am looking for exotic pets. I pretended to be talking about the exotic pets like a


    human would. They also asked me a few questions regarding my ie and daily life. They also


    asked me what did I think about night creatures. Since I was pretending to be human I gave them nd


    answers and said I was looking for dangerous beings not bats or owls. After my answer they


    immediately said that I was not what they were looking for in a buyer and they would contact me if they


    get something suitable for me."


    When Ryder still showed a confused expression, Carter rified further, "Night creatures. It was the


    key word. For centuries amongst humans weres and vampires and other mystical beings are disyed


    as devils that prey at night. It was what gave them away."


    "When is this sale going to take ce?" Ryder asked.


    "It will take ce in about a week''s time, oning weekend." Carter replied.


    "What about the Asian connection?" Ryder asked.


    "The organizer introduces himself as Xia. It seems an Asian name." Carter replied.


    "Xia? How can that be? Didn''t we wipe out the criminals working inside the Xia n? Call Maya back


    quickly." Ryder instructed Carter and turned around to leave. Carter was a bit disappointed with Ryder''s


    reaction.


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    "Carter!" Ryder yelled when he reached the door. Along with Carter all the team mates turned to look at


    Ryder. "Good job. Select a few people to help pinpoint the mastermind. You will lead this project with


    me." Ryder said and left the room quickly. Carter too turned to hisptop with a smile on his face.


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    Ryder went to Dn with the findings. There was very little time for them to get more details on this


    illegal sale and mobilize the task force to rescue the were animals.


    Dn was pissed off at the news. He banged the desk with his fist and asked, "How is this possible?


    Last time we cleaned the Xia n both you and Be worked on it and both of you had managed to get


    enough information on the n. We had disabled the mastermind hidden deep in the n so who is


    this new person? Did we or did we not manage to get the mastermindst time?"


    "Calm down Dn. Me and my team are focusing fully on getting information on this new person. I


    have asked Maya to be contacted as well. She will be here soon with Xavier." Ryder informed.


    "Ask Maya to report to me once shees and get Be to work with you." Dn stated grimly.


    "Be? That woman is not needed. My team is more than sufficient to work on this project." Ryder


    protested.


    Dn gave him a long and meaningful look and asked him in a no nonsense tone, "Do you known why


    you are leading your team?". Ryder stared at him at the sudden change of the topic not knowing how to


    reply.


    Dn continued in the same tone, "It is because you are better than them in tracking such stuff down.


    But Be is better than you. She is faster than you. Didn''t she won the bet against youst time?"


    "How do you know about that?" Ryder asked surprised.


    It doesn''t matter how I know and how much I know. What matters is the fact that if Be was interested


    in working with Council full time, she would be the one leading the team not you. So I suggest Ryder,


    get your head out of your arse and focus on the mission. Justify to me and the Council that your Team


    Leader position is well deserved."


    Ryder lost the colour in his face and hung his head in shame. He realised that he had got sidetracked


    by his emotions and the main point now would be rescuing the kidnapped were animals. Dn''s


    disappointment showed and it stung Ryder badly. He knew that if Maya came to know about it she


    would be disappointed as well.


    As he came out of Dn''s office, he decided that he would behave professionally and seek out Be''s


    help on this mission. It was his first mission as a Team Leader and he was determined to prove his


    worth to the Council, Dn, Maya and most of all to himself. He became determined to do well and be


    professional and resolved to help the victims out of the situation safely.


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    Be was waiting in Maya''s room for her toe back. She expected Maya to be back by evening and


    was surprised when she heard a knock on the door. She thought that Maya must havee back early


    and opened the door to find Ryder standing in front of the door.


    When she saw that it was Ryder, she immediately thought that he must havee to warn her off from


    following or talking to him and it made her defensive. Be wanted to m the door in his face and


    started to do so but Ryder put foot in the gap and blocked her from closing the door.


    Be frowned and stepped away from the door. "What do you want?" Be asked curtly as if she was


    annoyed to talk with him.


    cing a hand on her heart she steadied her mind to hear various incriminations of her actions and


    rejection of her from him once again and waspletely thrown when Ryder said, "I need your help."