Chapter 58: Interrogations


    Ian felt himself roughly pulled through the portal. Of course, he couldn’t keep his eyes closed,


    and it was extremely difficult to keep his bnce. With his bnce, off and his mind couldn’t find a


    ce to lock his eyes on. There wasn’t a horizon to stare at, and everything moved about him in an


    unsettling way. Thankfully, it ended as abruptly as it started, and he didn’t embarrass himself by puking.


    Once heposed himself enough. Ian took in his surroundings. They were all in what looked


    like was an unused storage warehouse. This wasn’t the same ce they started in.


    “Looks like we all survived in one piece. Now, where are the others?”


    Arge ck bird settled on a table not far. It came from the rafters. Ian found server also


    more birds in the rafters. They’d sent shifters to spy on this cult. A cult against shifters, but not smart


    enough to understand shifters came in different creatures. Not just wolves and bears.


    “Well met there. Sorry to ask this, but could you mind shifting so that we canmunicate


    better please? It’s just the time limit that has me a little anxious.” Arianna said this directly to the bird.


    Who squawked in response and flew into the darkness of therge space? The group waited


    patiently, and their reward was a slender woman in a short dress and barefoot returned to the like.


    “Evenin’ Ambassador. I’m Pippa Wilson. We have everything ready for you, but first, we’ve got news for


    you.”


    “Good evening. Excellent, please lead the way and tell me what you know of these people.”


    Arianna fell into step with Pippa, expecting them to follow her. “It wasn’t easy, but we’re able to


    capture one of the cult’s lieutenants just moments ago. I’m afraid he is rather resistant, and it will take a


    little longer to bring him in. Once he’s here, I’m sure you’ll be able to handle him. I’ve encountered him


    before and let me tell you, he’s not the brightest lightbulb in the pack. I suspected he doesn’t fully


    believe everything he’s told and stays with the cult because it’s a ce he can bully others and get


    away with it.”


    “Delightful. Misogynistic monster. I wonder what he’ll experience when he meets an actual


    monster of his nightmares.” Ynda happily followed, d that she was on the same side as Arianna.


    Arianna’s heavy boots thumped on the concrete floor. Which was a feat since her boots must have


    three-inch heels on them. Arianna made Ynda look like a shrinking violet. With her military-style


    jacket and pants, a shock of violent red bangs paired with straight ck hair. She often changed her


    hair colour on a whim. But she would not apologize for her six-foot height and dressed how she felt


    victim of a vampire attack. Arianna didn’t have a tragic love story, as books and movies often portrayed.


    Well, at least, not that anyone was aware of.


    “Just remember we only need information and not a body count.” Ynda piped up with this


    reminder.


    “Oh, by that won’t be necessary. However, I may use your ability to shift to scare him. Mind


    you, when I’m done with him, he won’t remember anything beyond. Dogs and wolves are scary and to


    be avoided at all costs. That and he’ll have found respect for women from now on.”


    “Hey, if it works, why the hell not. I don’t get to y.” The three women smiled at each other as


    they conspired about what they would do to this poor human.


    Ian and George looked at each other. They didn’t need any words. They both could see how


    this would go south. “Ari, please just stay on the n? Please. Just get the information, make him


    forget his time here, and we can all leave here. We don’t want the Fae to notice this ce and


    “That’s what I n to do. Now you don’t need to worry about any of this at all. We have it all in


    hand.”


    “That’s what I’m afraid of. I know how you handle things.”


    Arianna turned on him lightning-fast and hissed at him. Her eyes shing with violent warning.


    “That’s enough. Your words are noted and not important. Just drop it.”


    George backed off immediately. Ian could see he didn’t want to back down, but he did.


    Whatever their rtionship was, it wasn’t a smooth one.


    “Let’s all stop this right now and get this job done with no one friend or foe getting injured or


    worse.” After a moment of silence between everyone, Pippa brought their attention back to the matter


    at hand.


    “The guy’s name is Laurence Jarvis or Larry. He’s a beer-swilling mouth breather. But within


    the local area, he’s respected mostly, and if he’s not respected, then he’s feared.”


    “What is with these men and their course names? It’s like a g that he’s a course uncouth


    barbarian.”


    “No idea. But you are right. This guy is a walking stereotype. Good luck.” Pippa flitted about


    while gesturing to the door.


    “Oh, there’s no luck involved. How much has he seen?”


    “Not much. He got rip-roaring drunk at a bar and followed a decoy out into the parking lot.


    Passed out before he could get too handsy.”


    “Lovely. He’ll be hungover. I can work with that. Let’s get to it.” Ynda knew the type. The


    bikermunity had those types. That meant they’d have to deal with a sweaty guy that smelled of


    stale alcohol.


    “You are going to owe me for this. It’s so not going to be pleasant.”


    “What do you want the two of us to do?” Ian asked as he looked around. He thought they


    needed to pull in the people they needed to interrogate. Now everything looked safe.


    “You get to watch what we are doing as witnesses so that we don’t get questions. You’re here


    to represent the human race and act as a voice. We’ll try to prevent anyone from forcing you to speak


    or answer for them too.”


    “Oh, yippie. I feel so much better. Well, when you’re ready.” They entered the room, leaving


    Pippa outside. A man with stringy hair sat handcuffed to a chair. His chiny on his chest and his


    stringy hair hung over his face. Ian could smell the alcohol fumesing off the man from the doorway.


    Everyone stayed silent. “So, this is the big, dangerous second-inmand? What a sad state


    they’vee to then.” His head whipped up and blood-shot eyes red at Arianna. “This should


    disappoint indeed.”


    He said something in an angry growl that waspletely unintelligible. “I hope you can speak


    drunk. Because I think it’ll be a while before he sobers up and even longer before we get a respectful or


    civil word from him.” Ynda said dryly. She wasn’t off the mark in Ian’s opinion. But he saw where the


    women were headed with this line of interrogation. Bad cops. If he didn’t break, they could switch to the


    men ying good cop. Or at least that’s what they had in mind, he assumed.


    Arianna moved with lightning speed to Larry’s side. Her hand was in his greasy hair to ensure she


    had his attention. “Are you listening to me, Larry? Are you?”


    The human struggled to nod in response. His eyes were now wide, and it surprised Ian. He didn’t


    wet himself.


    “Now, you will look me in the eye. You will get lost in the depths of my eyes. You will listen to


    everything I say.” Arianna droned like that for several minutes like this, before she started talking to the


    man. When Arianna started talking to him, the change in Larry was astounding. Hisbativeness way


    gone, and a calmness settled into ce. But it wasn’t quite a trancelike state.


    “Let’s started. We know the cult has been performing some very sketchy rituals. We know where


    you’ve performed them. You need to confirm all the sites for us. What we also want to know is why you


    performed them. What is your agenda? We need to know what your goal is.”


    It wasn’t hard to get him to speak now. Larry spewed out five locations. Everyone was underground.


    Natural caves or abandoned mining tunnels. The problem came when he tried to exin why they


    performed the rituals. He couldn’t get the words out. It took Arianna a long time to pull even a fraction


    of what they needed from him.


    George, at one time, pulled Ynda and Ian aside. “This is aplication. Someone got to him


    already and has messed with him mind. I’ve seen this before. That means someone knows we exist


    and that we can do this. I’m d we blocked off time for this. We may have to pop in on the leader of


    this cult. I’m pretty convinced he’s a puppet or another supernatural creature.”


    “How would we do that? I thought the leader was impossible to reach.” Ian wasn’t sure what he was


    missing. Though, he was sure he’s missing something.


    “If Arianna can’t get more from him. Then we’ll use him to get a meeting with the leader. That and if


    we must, we’ll use your position as a police officer. Cross your fingers that she can get past the blocks


    put into his mind.”


    “So, she really is controlling his mind?”


    “She’s influencing him to want to give her what she wants. It may take hours. Her skills are far better


    than most. So, let’s pray that the person who did this to Larry waszy and didn’t do a through


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