Chapter 38

Elanor -

My search for baby Akira has lasted for weeks now, and I hope to find her soon. She is not with the red dragons, or else the Red Dragons would have declared victory long ago. I will not stop until I find the little princess. It is my promise to the Emerald Queen to look after her well. Unfortunately, I have let her down, but I plan to track down the princess.

Whoever took Akira had not taken the princess to the fairy or elf lands. I think it was wolves or humans. The Emerald Queen had etched a tattoo that matched the birthmark to Akira. If I am within a 100-mile radius, the tattoo will glow ever so slightly and alert me she is near.

I have visited many packs, creating an illusion; I was from that pack. Time and time again, I came up empty-handed. I also visited the human territory, visiting orphanages, day cares, and hospitals. I had stopped in a small-town indoor mall to grab a vente matcha hot tea. Sitting down at a table in the center of the food court. I place a napkin down, sitting my hot tea on top of it.

That is when I was notified by the tracking tattoo. I was close in proximity to Akira. In fact, the mark was even making a humming noise. I smiled, as I saw a couple come out of a store, strolling a baby buggy and a young preteen male wolf walking behind them.

I watched them purchase something to eat and take a seat at a food court table. It looked like the young lad had a corn dog, and the parents had some sort of Asian food. I needed to strike up a conversation with them.

I sat there thinking, truthfully, this is good. The dragons would not expect the princess to be amongst wolves. Maybe I can convince them to hire me on as a nanny. This way, I can monitor Akira.

I need to make myself look older, as I am only 15-years old, and I am sure they will wonder about my family. Being an elf is different, in human years, I would be about 25-years old. Wolves, they slow down on aging at 25 years old. Elves we slow down aging around 10 years old. Anyway, we look young for a very long time, and we live for a long time.

By the time I have snapped my fingers under the table, I have created a human iPad. As I have looked for Akira, I have become quite a fan of the latest technology. The court is empty, and the couple with children are too busy to pay me any attention.

This is when I snap my fingers, give myself the smell of a wolf, and wear skinny jeans and a t-shirt. Next, I head over to where they are sitting. Using my persuasion spells, I go over to where they are sitting.

"I would like to introduce myself to you. I am a college student seeking a job as a nanny. Currently, I am taking my courses online, and it impressed me to see the wonderful family you have. Would you consider hiring a nanny? I am interested in working with your family."

I snap my fingers behind my back and poof I have a fictitious resume. I encouraged everyone on the list of references to give me excellent reviews through the power of persuasion.

Handing them my resume I give my real first name Elanor, and hand them my resume. I had purchased a cell phone while on the road.

I learned the best lies were half-truths. The woman puts out her hand to shake my hand. She asked, "What pack are you from dear?”

I was going to have to call this Alpha, but he knew me, so I used his name and pack. "It is far from here, in the Emerald Forest. We are a tiny pack hidden in the magical forest. My Alpha's name is Kenneth O'Donnell. I am touring outside my pack and plan on returning in a couple of years. I love my pack, but I want to see the world first. I found this area to be peaceful, and the beauty is almost beyond compare.”

I could see the lady seriously considering hiring me. "Sweetheart, to be honest, I could use the help. Please let me check out your references. I will contact you back if they turn out to be successful." She pockets my resume and puts it away in her purse. Besides that, Rosie reaches out her hand again and tells me her name. "Elanor, my name is Rosie, I am the Luna of the Peace pack. This one over here is my mate, the Alpha of the peace pack. Let me get back to you as soon as possible.”

I smiled at them, saying my goodbyes. I walk out of the mall's doors to sit up in a tree, hiding so that I can follow them home. I cannot lose Akira now that I have found her.

With an invisibility bubble surrounding me, I was back in my elf clothes. Following the Alpha and Luna to their home, I was back in my elf clothes. After determining which window belongs to Akira, I build an invisible treehouse with a bed. Basically, it's a wood cabin suspended in the trees. To me, the wood is transparent, with only branches visible on top of the tree. Elves are sentient beings from the Earth, from nature. While I lay down facing the baby's window, the squirrels cuddle up next to me in my tree.

The next morning, Luna was cooking breakfast with the Omega's. I snap my finger and she picks up my resume and calls my references. Then I turn around and call for the clouds to rain on me, then the wind blows my hair until it's dry. Suddenly I have long golden blonde hair instead of brown hair. My fingers snap and I'm wearing black jeans, a tee and a black jacket, topped off with low heeled black boots.

I am grateful for the rain, wind, and the goddess Terra today. My phone rings and I answer it. It was not a surprise when Luna on the phone asked me to come to breakfast and told me they had hired me, and I could start whenever I wanted. Once I had thanked Luna, I walked around the pack before heading to the packhouse for breakfast. My goal is for them not to wonder how I made it to them so fast.

Time flew and once Akira turned 5-years old and could go to school all day, I became a schoolteacher. The Alpha and Luna still let me live in the packhouse, however I was not needed as a nanny any longer. I educated Akira in private from the time she was a baby. She knew they weren't her real parents, but she played along with it.

Her brother Colt was kind to her, and they played often. He was only 3 years younger than I am, however; he had become like any other young wolf and was extremely flirtatious. I would playfully slap him on the back of his head and tell him to knock it off.

When Akira turned six years old, we seemed to have more and more rogues entering our territory. The Alpha and Luna always let anyone, including rogues to enter and stay. However, there seemed to be more than normal. They assured me all is well, that a party was going to be this weekend as one rogue. It is their birthday.

I have a boyfriend now and thought how fun it would be to take about three days off, Colt was very protective of his sister. That is what I did, I went dancing with my boyfriend and camping. It was a blast. However, when I came back from my weekend, the rogues and dragons burned most of everything to the ground.

There were dead bodies everywhere. Had the red dragons found us? I worried, but listening to the conversation, they had not. I hid myself with an invisibility cloak and noticed the rogues and the dragons were working together.

Secretly, I listened to a couple of dragons talking. They were talking about how the rogues had been blackmailing the Alpha and Luna of this pack, and now the Alpha and Luna couldn't pay. It was their way of getting back at Luna and Alpha for whatever it was they felt they owed them. Apparently, the Red Dragon rogue and Green Dragon rogue have made an alliance with the werewolf rogue.

I looked everywhere on pack grounds and no one living was to be found. I never saw Akira’s dead body, nor did my tattoo stop glowing. Akira was still alive somewhere, that is when I heard a helicopter in the distance and I ran through the trees to catch that helicopter.