Chapter 28 - Access Denied

>Yohan

Maya came home when I was busy on the call with a client. She paused for a second then came and sat on the sofa beside me.

I smiled at her and she waved back but I could tell she was a bit troubled.

I finished the call and looked at her, “You seem like you want to ask me something.”

“Ah! Yeah…I can’t seem to find my ring. Have you seen it anywhere?”

I knew it. It must be bugging her since the ring had magic in it and no longer having it on might tug on her memories.

I shook my head, “No I haven’t. Was it important?”

“Yea…” She sighed, then panicked and tried justifying her words, “I mean it was important because my guardian gave it to me! It’s like a protection ring from him-or something like that.”

“It was from your guardian?” From a person so close to her? “I see I’m sorry. I have no idea where it is. When did you lose it?”

“Today I think, or maybe yesterday. I’m not sure.”

“Maybe in the forest?”

“I looked for it there but I couldn’t find it. Maybe I’ll go and try again tomorrow.”

So she already went. Not even a whole day has passed by since I took it off and it’s already bugging her this much.

“I see…” But why is his guardian- Quincy was it? Why is he doing this? Just who is he? I noticed Maya looking at me worried so I just played it off, “Dinner?”

“Yea…”

***

The magic is really strong. Even after I’ve taken it off it’s in effect.

I sighed.

She did mention saying that she feels like she’s missing something. I'm sure that’s the result of no longer wearing the ring. Last time the ring made her forget everything smoothly and she went back to being completely normal.

Well, I guess I’ll have to wait more. No matter how strong the magic is, it will eventually fade.

Now, to the real question. Why are her memories being sealed like this? Does it have anything to do with her criminal record?

I had Astor look into it in detail. I know I told myself I was only going to get the basics but after seeing the bio data sheet I just couldn’t control myself.

I was in my office when Astor came in looking a bit troubled. He walked up to my desk and stood straight but hesitated to speak.

“Is something wrong?” I asked him first.

He wasn’t sure what to answer so he decided to go with a simple answer, “Yes.” He gave me a short nod, “I’m really sorry.”

“About what?”

“I couldn’t find anything about your mate.”

“What? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“The information access is being blocked.”

What the? How? Why? “You had days!”

“I’m sorry.” He bowed and it confused me even more.

“We have a powerful connection Astor. Use that.” I mean really man? He should have done it without me telling him.

Astor raised his head, “The thing is,” He gulped, “I did.” His answer left me wide eyed, “I used all the connections we had but it was still blocked.”

“Are you telling me the other party has a stronger connection?”

He nodded, “Yes.”

How? I wondered. But the real question was who? Just as I thought that a person popped in my mind.

Quincelet!

Maya’s legal guardian! It was on her data sheet. It can only be him.

“Astor. Look into another person.”

“Who?”

“Maya’s guardian. Quincelet. You remember right? His name is written on the data sheet.”

“Okay.” He nodded, “I’ll get to it right away.”

I looked out the window.

This is making me anxious. Quincelet has more power than me? Just who is he? Is he the one who put magic in her ring? Is he a wizard? A fae? Why is he blocking her access? They aren’t related, but he’s going out of his way to hide her from me.

Just what is their relation?

As I continued to think. I only got more stressed. There were plenty of questions yet no answers.

I shook my head and tried to calm myself down.

I took deep breaths and tried to relax.

Just then I got a text from Maya.

I grabbed my phone immediately and opened the text that only caused me more dread. She only texted to tell me she was going to spend the night at Quincy’s.

Reading that made me nervous.

Calm down! I told myself. She’s been going there for years. There’s nothing to worry about! So calm down.

I placed my hand over my chest.

I’m sure Astor will get something about him soon enough.

I took a deep breath again.

Yea.

Soon enough.

***

Nothing.

There was nothing I could get my hands on.

All his information was confidential. All I could get my hands on was his public information since he was a famous author.

There was nothing of use in there. Nothing at all!

I picked my phone and called Astor as I was driving back home late at night.

“Yes sir?” He picked up after three rings.

“Keep trying Astor. Keep looking into Quincelet.”

“But sir-”

“Just keep trying.” I was frustrated, “Please.” I wanted answers. I sighed. I wouldn’t have tried so hard but it was regarding my mate.

The love of my life whom I wanted to protect but knew nothing about.

It was making me feel helpless and maybe even sort of useless.

***

When I arrived home I noticed Maya’s scent in the house but the lights were off. I guess she went to sleep after coming back. It was past midnight anyways.

I wasn’t going to bother her and was about to head to my room when suddenly another scent made me freeze in my path.

A scent of a man.

Mixed with the scent of my mate.

The moment I sniffed it my wolf snapped. It infuriated me and I ran upstairs.

It wasn’t the scent of just any normal man.

I opened the door to her room roughly yet she didn’t wake up.

The smell was stronger in the room and it was driving me crazy. My wolf wanted to take over and smash things but my human side wanted to stay calm.

I stomped my way to her while she slept soundly on her front. It was sort of weird how she wasn’t waking up with all the ruckus but I didn’t really care either.

As I stood beside her bed I tore the blanket away from her and focused on the place where the scent was the strongest.

Her neck.

My eyes glowed yellow as I pulled the neck of her shirt down to get a clear image but just as I did I almost lost myself to rage.

My emotions were swapping between confusion, anger,sorrow and blood lust.

There were two clear bite marks on the nape of her neck.

The marks of a vampire bite.

I let out a low growl while I gritted my teeth.

Quincelet...

I had nothing on him but it seemed like he knew everything about me. It felt like he did this on purpose. NO. He really did it on purpose.

If he was trying to make me angry, he achieved his goal. I was losing my mind. The more I looked at her the more it was breaking me and yet there they were. Questions I had no answer to.

Why? Just why were two scents coming from her?

Off all things? Why did Quincy had to be a vampire? Werewolves and vampires are arch enemies.

As I kept questioning things even my wolf began to get depressed.

Just a few minutes later I got a call from Astor.

“Yea?” I picked up his call.

“I tried really hard sir but-”

“You didn’t get anything?”

“Nothing important.”

I sighed, “...”

“But I managed to get his home address. I don’t know why, at first I couldn’t get anything, then suddenly the house address information popped up out of nowhere. I’ll text it to you.”

He finished the call leaving me in a trance.

What…?

His home address?

Astor’s words spun in my mind.

It popped out of nowhere?

It was as if he was inviting me over. It was clearly on purpose!!

It made me angry. He had the upper hand, actually he had all the advantages over me! And he was showing that off proudly.

I gritted my teeth in frustration.

That vampire bastard!