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going wrong? Maybe someone moved cross country and you can’t get them in..." She passed Elise the folders. "To date I'm missing twenty-six girls. Twelve of my males that I know of, are dead.
    "There a few that I suspect are that way as well... now I know that it's not just me. Your numbers are all dwindling and the thing is you don’t even know it. You lose touch with someone and think nothing of it. Mine have been going for the past six months maybe even over a year, it took some time before I realized just what was happening. Who knows though, this could have been going on for years. It's hardly like we keep a census of our kind." She paused, possibly for dramatic effect or maybe just because she needed a sip of water. "Ladies, gentlemen... I believe we're being hunted and not by accident."
    Marcus, the lone recognized Basilia, or male Archon, stood. "We have had a few disappearances recently, yes. Two females and one male. William, we found some time later, beaten and dead. The females we have yet to hear from, though Cara was going to South America for a study abroad program for zoology. We can’t be sure about her."
    "Have you tried to contact her?"
    ~14~

    "She’s in the Brazilian jungle studying anacondas. She’s one of the few working on the genome project, so no, it’s not possible. We know she landed though, and that her stay there will be over in a month." he said quietly.
    "Then hopefully she's safe from this, but, a lot of my girls have disappeared from similar situations. Contracts that take them away, nothing suspicious, whatever is happening it is unrelated.
    I'm sure it’s more than just you Marcus who’s lost someone, although I'm glad you can admit it. The trick is what to do now we've established a problem. We don’t have the human luxury of contacting the police, we police ourselves."
    Olivia nodded. "We do. And while this is a pressing matter do not think to forget that you are in my territory, but we will speak on that later. Two of my boys, Frank and Kendal, both ex military, have gone missing. I usually don’t freak out about such things, the boys have been known to go walk about, but now that you mention it, it has been some time since they have checked in. Though I am sad to say, we found Anya, my niece, dead of an apparent overdose. While I mourn her I didn’t think anything of it at the time, the girl has been known to dally, but this raises questions."
    "I agree, it raises a lot of questions, if we are indeed being hunted intentionally, every single death and accidental killing must be brought back up. But again that is for when we have time... right now I'll settle for finding my kin and having them brought back home safely." She looked up at the clock on the wall. "We should eat, at least break for lunch. I'm sure you all have calls you want to make now and, if you could, I'd like for you all to make a list of possible missing and their last known locations.
    We need to determine if there is some kind of pattern."
    Elise stood. "I’m not missing anyone from my nest, or the outlying areas. You forget, we are now a breeding nest so I always know where my people are. Geraldine, your nest is still breeding correct?
    Are you missing anyone?"
    Geraldine shook her head, "Everyone's accounted for... although we did lose Lara and Tom seven months ago."
    Elise bowed her head. "I’m sorry for your loss, cousin, I had not heard. How?"
    "They were on holiday, we thought hunters got them. We found Tom but thought that they..." She trailed off looking to Kira. "Do you think she's still alive? If she has been taken…"
    "I just don't know." Kira shook her head. "It is a possibility though, a good one. We haven’t found any female bodies."
    "Aside from Anya that is, if this indeed involves her." Olivia said and looked at her watch. "I must call the crèche, as I’m sure the rest of you will be doing as well. I do know that Elise was here first so I assume she’s had lunch arranged?" she looked