Page 75 of Escaping Wildfire
Olivia said she had something she’d like to discuss with us, but she wanted to see if you’d be able to put your sister and Alpha Marek’s children on the line.” He directed his last words to Cristian.
“Yeah, she usually has her phone hidden, but let me see if she’ll answer.” Cristian dialed her number, but there was no response, so he immediately called her again, but again there was no response.
“It’s okay, guys. Maybe she’ll call back when she sees the missed calls. Let’s just get started eating for now.”
We all sat down, and I prayed Gema would call us back soon.
“Alpha Kedrick told me your sister helped orchestrate the return of some of your other siblings. She sounds like a very resourceful young woman. I’d love to meet her when she arrives.”
“She is resourceful. We’re all very proud of how she’s handled the whole situation with being at Wildfire” Cristian smiled over at Olivia.
“Well, it’s my hope that she won’t be at Wildfire for much longer. Unfortunately, if we decide to go with my proposed plan, it will be a few weeks before we can execute the plan as it is contingent on the wedding.”
“The wedding? What’s your plan?” I asked a little too eagerly as I didn’t like her mentioning Gema along with the word wedding.
She chuckled and turned to me, “I was hoping we could wait for Wildfire to be on the phone as the plan depends on the resources at hand for them, but if you’re ready now, we can get started.”
“No, you’re right. I can wait, I’m just anxious to get Gema back.”
Olivia gave me a pointed look, “Is she your mate?”
I cleared my throat and smiled a little sheepishly, “We don’t know yet…but hopefully.”
Olivia nodded knowingly at me. “My mate and I were high school sweethearts. Sometimes your animal just knows.”
Her words made me blush, but I didn’t have time to dwell on them as Cristian’s phone suddenly rang, startling all of us. “Hello, Gema?”
“Yeah, it’s me, you called? Did something happen?” We could all hear with our shifter hearing, but Cristian went ahead and put her on speaker.
“Nothing to worry about, but we have Olivia here, and she’d like to explain her plan to you. Can you get the others on the line right now?” He gave her a minute to get settled. “My sister said she’s on speaker on her end with her friends, Larkin and Rory.
“Wonderful. Now, the plan my team and I have designed is contingent on a few things. I was told you have a trusted friend that you believe would help, but you’d like to get her out as well?”
“Yes, Ma’am. She’s one of the warriors here.”
“Please, just call me Olivia…so, is there anyone else in the pack that you’ve befriended? Or that you think would be willing to help? A warrior or maybe one of the other girls?”
“Possibly, there’s a warrior who helped us get Nora out. He might be willing to help again.”
“Good, now this wedding they’re planning, is it to take place outdoors or somewhere else?”
“Yes, it will be outside, behind the pack house.”
“Perfect,” Olivia smiled a little deviously, “Now, here’s what I propose. On the day of your wedding, we will launch an attack right as the ceremony is starting. Two cougar shifters have agreed to take part in this attack. The cougars will target you, the blushing bride, who will then run into the forest and escape. As you escape, my shifters will take off, and another will be waiting in the forest to lead you out and bring you to Harvest Moon.
Here’s where we need your friends. Wildfire’s security will likely be pretty tight on the wedding day, so we’ll need the male warrior to help us get inside. It would be great if we could somehow have him on patrol during the wedding. He could fake an injury so that no suspicion falls on him as to having let anyone inside. As for your other friend, it would be perfect if she were a bridesmaid so that she could be close by and help you into the forest for protection. From there, the two of you can run until you hit neutral territory where we’ll be waiting for you.
If we can get the two warriors on board, then no blame will fall on Alpha Marek’s children and both you and your friend can be freed.”
“Wow,” Gema commented in surprise on the other end of the line. “That sounds great to me, but what about the two cougars? What if they get caught or worse?”
“We know the risk, but they are both excellent climbers and plan on escaping through the trees and mountains. Cougars are better climbers than wolves, so as long as they get out quickly, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
“This is way better than what I had planned. We’ll do it, but what if the others don’t agree to help?”
“Then we’ll modify the plan, but for now just talk to them, and let us know as soon as possible if the plan is a go. That way I can start putting my people in place.”
“Yes, thank you. We’ll talk to them as soon as possible.”