Chapter 2
"Since you’re so eager, we’ll begin with you Karl. You get your wish, you’ve been randomly paired with Katrina Osmond of the Blood Claw Pack" he began and I looked up in shock at my new partner.
"Karl Luther, at your service" he introduced himself in a slightly raspy voice. "And don’t worry, you’re much more adorable than Lieutenant James over there"
My face turned pink with a mixture of anger and embarrassment "Katrina Osmond, and I’ll thank you not to patronize me."
Karl’s face took on a mischievous grin, mostly hidden by his facial hair before silently patting me on the head in consolation.
Now the flush was definitely anger.
I did my very best to keep my rage in check and focus on the rest of the pairings. Each representative from the supernatural races paired with a human rep. All in all not nearly distracting enough, with the exception of one of the humans, a young man introduced as Agent Dalton from Central Intelligence, who was way too excited to be paired with a witch named Sandra and immediately began chatting her ear off about how witchcraft was always his favourite occult creatures and all things witch related, while his gaze kept being pulled down towards her cleavage before snapping back up to meet her eyes.
"What have I gotten myself into" I wondered.
As the partners began getting to know each other, and forming larger groups to accomplish the tasks their leadership had set them, I became woefully aware how little I had been told. I knew that I was to improve public perception of Lycans, and explore portals that had opened to ensure nothing dangerous was going to come out. But that was all I knew, and now realized I had no plan on how to make that happen, or how to even know where the portals had recently opened.
"Well, now that the formality is over, how about we ditch this place and do something productive?" Karl questioned with a wink.