Hell Hounds

Yolanda and Ian finally got out of their cottage. They returned to the packhouse and promptly found breakfast platters in their hands, thanks to a rather perky Hilda.

“The dining room is still available for those eating up here, but the buffet won’t be until lunch, and you’ll find that served in the main lobby to go only. We’ve more soldiers than we have spaces for. At least the Bears and Vampires are feeding themselves. Everyone else is in the dining room, so mind the crowd, and no, the sitting rooms are off limits to food. I’m not clean sofas and carpets again.” Hilda puttered about the kitchen serving area, adjusting various containers.

She’d clearly organized the various meals by dietary needs of the now various supernatural creatures eating here. Hilda even displayed little placards stating. The woman was far too organized. Yes, it was her job, but… She made it her mission to make Martha Stewart look disorganized.

“Have they have informed the new troops of the packhouse rules? Would you like me to find someone to address that?”

“Not that I know of. It would be nice if you did. I don’t have the time to hunt down everyone and tell them about it.”

“Then I’m on it.” Yolanda didn’t mind helping Hilda. The woman saved her butt often enough in the past. Yolanda couldn’t count how many times she’d found a delivered meal on her desk in the armory over the years. To her, the weapons were just like meal preparations to Hilda. “I’ll see if one of the Hell Hounds can spread the word for you. Let’s try to hedge off any accidents or broken rules. Nothing like an international incident over a food stain.” Hilda, at least, saw the humor in that.

Historically, there’d been a few over far more insignificant issues over the years. The craziest incident, to Yolanda’s knowledge, was the wine glass set down without a napkin under it. Okay, the table was over eight hundred years old, but it’s a vampire thing. They get attached to the strangest things.

“Ian, I’ll be just a moment. I’ll just leave a message for Catherine and get her or another to make the rounds.” Ian nodded as he fixed their coffees.

As she set up that job, Hal and Aria entered. They received the same treatment as Yolanda and Ian regarding breakfast. “Morning everyone. You’re here for the meeting too?”

“Yeah, just waiting on Yolanda before heading in to eat in the dining room. I hear it’s busy and the sitting rooms are off limits to eating in.”

to know.” Hal saw the morning humor in that extra bit of information. That’s Ian’s way to tell his buddies that he’d already received an earful. “Oh, and if you see a shifter in their animal form inside the

took to get it done properly.” Wolf shifter hearing. It’s a thing

Hal. Now, Aria, if Catherine contacts you to tell anyone about house rules, you get to say no. So, does Devine. I should text her about that. We’ve enough to do. They can man the home fires for a bit.” Yolanda tapped at her phone a few times, then smiled. “Okay, that’s done. I also told them

hungry. Thank you, Hilda.” With a series of similar acknowledgements for the hard-working Den

of people in the dining room. The

clean in the meantime.” Aria mumbled to Yolanda, as they looked

of here with a buffet. I’ll text a message to Catherine to add

the meeting. Last thing we need is to be late because there’s no place to

he’d found himself back in a high school cafeteria. How could these people believe this was, okay? He’d never understand these different supernatural

“So, what have you been doing?

the upgrades to the armory. Looks like it’s getting a huge upgrade

guess that’s about as good as it gets. When we aren’t on guard duty, we’re in helping with

that going,

tell you it’s hard to translate when you’re randomly trying to translate something into another language which you don’t understand. Lue often stands over me and

allow him to go into much

“Well, we’ll see what happens. Maybe we’ll hear something at the meeting? Oh, there’s Devine and Jaxon.” Ian stood up

didn’t take long for everyone to greet the newcomers

slog. A few have come forward, but groups need to go out and look in on these packs that don’t check it. This isn’t just for shifters either, so we’re working with other people from other factions. We’re found several hundred now, but it’s slow going. Part of the reason is because of their self-isolation or unwillingness to communicate