Untitled Part 9

                                    

                                          
Tommy arrived the next day and Felicity ushered him into the apartment. Oliver was standing by the window, his stance stiff as Tommy entered the room.
                          
"Thank you for coming Tommy."
                          
"Anything for you Lis." He looked over at Oliver who had not said a word, but Tommy could read the tension in his body. "My people took care of the bodies of the hunters. They will just be considered missing."
                          
Felicity looked at him in shock. His people? What?
                          
"What do you mean your people?"
                          
Tommy sighed, "I told you that my family has been studying hybrids for hundreds of years. We have people that have been working with us that we trust to take care of these situations."
                          
Felicity was in shock.
                          
He looked at Oliver, "I have been studying them since I was little, carrying on the work of my father. My father had two hybrids he studied in his lifetime."
                          
Felicity snapped out of her stupor, "Yes, but you said they all died."
                          
Tommy looked at her, "They all did die, except one. His name was Alexander Christian. My father worked with him for over 20 years before Alexander died."
                          
Felicity frowned, "How did he die?"
                          
Tommy turned back to Oliver. "He went crazy. His symptoms started out small. His bloodlust was the hardest to control. My father tried everything from pills to potions, but nothing seemed to curb it." He looked back at Felicity, "He eventually went crazy and my father had to kill him."
                          
Felicity gasped and Oliver's eyes blazed as he growled. Tommy walked over to Oliver not afraid as Oliver's eyes flashed yellow.
                          
"I think we need to take you to my family's estate in Ivy Town. We have over 100 acres there with fresh game and it will be a good place for you to hunt without having to worry about hunters or humans' period."
                          
He turned back to Felicity. "You and I can work on a way to fix this problem while we are there."
                          
"But Tommy Ivy Town is over 300 miles away. How will you work?"
                          
"I am taking a leave. I have some vacation time saved up and I am due for a break." He gave her a crooked smile.
                          
"We can't ask you to do that." Oliver spoke for the first time since Tommy had entered the room and Felicity could hear the way his voice was deep and raspy. He was close to the edge.
                          
Tommy looked at Oliver, "You didn't ask. I am offering."
                          
Felicity walked over to Oliver and his eyes shifted back to blue when he looked at her. "Oliver, we need to do this before someone see's you or worse, you kill someone and get caught. We need to figure out what is going on with your wolf side and we need to do it fast."
                          
Tommy turned and looked at Oliver too, "I can't have Felicity going down for being an accomplice to murder. Even if she does love you."
                          
Felicity's eyes flashed to Tommy's. What? She had never mentioned love. She looked back at Oliver and he was watching her warily.
                          
She softly touched his cheek and he purred softly, "Please. Do this for me Oliver."
                          
He looked into her eyes for a moment and then he took her hand in his, "Ok. We will go. But on one condition." He approached Tommy. "If you see that I am a danger to her, you will kill me."
                          
Felicity gasped, and Tommy's expression widened, but he did not say what he was thinking; Felicity would not want to hear it. "You have my word."
                          
"Tommy!" Felicity looked at him in shock.