Page 40 of The Last Ultimatum: Part 2

“First, this my sister, Hannah, and my brothers Toby, Tom, and Jack.” They each gave a little wave as I introduced them. “Guys this is Westin Force, or at least the four major teams. You already know Delta. These guys over here are Echo.” Starting with Elliot, they went around the room introducing themselves.

“We’re Charlie. I’m Woody, team lead.”

The rest of his team followed his example until it came to Silas. I was pretty sure my brothers all held their breath and tried not to react when Bravo was introduced.

“Oh, and we have one more.” I walked down the hall still carrying Hannah and knocked on the door.

“Hi,” Chelle said awkwardly.

“That’s Lachie’s new pet,” Grant teased. “He bought her at the auction.”

Chelle growled but I laughed.

“He’s only teasing.”

“It’s not funny. You put a damn leash on me.”

“You know I had to.”

“That wasn’t very nice. Mom says you shouldn’t even pretend like that. It’s disrespectful to our animal spirits,” Hannah informed us.

“Sorry Hannah. You’re right,” Grant said.

“This is Hannah, Toby, Jack, and Tom.”

“I heard.”

“Guys this is Chelle.”

“Chelle as in Tilly’s big sister?” Hannah squealed.

“The one and only,” I confirmed.

She looked confused. “You know my sister?”

“Well, yeah. She’s our sister too,” Tom said.

“Where’s Tilly? Is Mom and Dad here too?”

In all the chaos I hadn’t explained to them what happened.

“Come in,” Chelle said, opening her room to them.

“Give me just a minute,” I told the others.

I waited until they were all situated. Chelle had two beds in her room. The boys piled onto one while Chelle and Hannah sat on hers.

“Guys, something bad happened.”

“I knew it,” Toby said. “I knew that was the only reason you’d send Siggy to get us.

“What happened?” Jack asked.

“I’m still trying to figure that out. Some bad guys managed to hack my phone and I lead them right to the house. I’ll never fully forgive myself for it. Two men came and used tranquilizers to take out mom and dad. Tilly was hidden, but they found her too.”

“Are they okay?” Hannah asked.

“I sure hope so.”

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