Slave Hunter, Chapter Nine.

Written by Wolfie Steel.

It has now been two weeks since Christopher's funeral and today sees the end of my time off, my flat is still up for sale and is now empty of all of my belongings. I am lying in the bed that I share with my lover waiting for him to finish his shower so that I can take his place.

I know that we could shower together which would be fun, but I also know that we are running a little late for work, oh sure I know that Brandon is the Captain and that none of the guys back at the office would dare question his lateness, but it wouldn't look good on me having just had a month off.

Brandon finally finishes his shower; he comes back into the bedroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. Being still naked from the night before I get out of bed and walk passed my hot Rottie, as I pass him I give him a loving peck on his cheek and then I make my way into the bathroom so that I can take my much needed shower.

I stand under the warm stream of water and allow the evidence of the previous nights love making to be rinsed clean from my fur and down the drain. After my shower I wrap a towel around my waist and head into the bedroom to dry off and to change into my suit.

As I enter the bedroom I notice that my Rottweiler is no longer in the room, probably in the kitchen grabbing a quick breakfast. Once I am suited and booted I decide to join him, hey I know that I will only have enough time for a piece of toast but even that will be enough to replace some of the energy that we used last night.

"Well Daniel, I must admit that your decision to put a suit on today has made all the difference to the day, I mean its lashing it down with rain but seeing you in your suit has just brightened the day up no end"

Oh yeah, I know I got me a proper smooth talker for a boyfriend, but at this moment he has done enough to quieten down the butterflies that are flying around my stomach at the thought of going back into the office.

We both finish our breakfast and then put the plates that we have used into the dishwasher, with that chore done we head out from the house and climb into Brandon's car. We make the journey in complete silence and Brandon knows only too well that my mind is on other things, we finally pull up in Brandon's parking space and we get out of the car.

"Look Daniel, I know that you are not exactly looking forward to going back into the office but it's something that you need to do, now we are going to walk into the office holding paws, it is time that we showed everyone that we are together and that we don't care what anyone thinks"

I begin a slight protest.

"Brandon love, I would love nothing more than to walk into the office holding your paw, but you are their captain as much as you are my lover, and I don't want the guys to think that because I'm with you that I get any kind of preferential treatment"

Brandon takes hold of my paw anyway and leads me into the office.

"You know what Danny, fuck 'em, you are my mate and I don't give a shit about who knows it or what they think, if they have a problem with us then they can tell us to our faces"

We enter the main office paw in paw and our heads held high, the hustle and bustle of the office comes to a sudden halt as all eyes turn towards us. Brandon turns us to face everyone in the office and clears his throat.

"Good morning everyone, I'm sure that you will all help me to welcome back my mate Detective Daniel Hunter. Now before the rumour mill gets into gear I will tell you all now so that we all have the same story, Detective Hunter and I are now mated, it is by mutual consent so I don't want to hear any disparaging remarks aimed at either myself or Detective Hunter, now I'm sure that you all have work to do and so I will not keep you all any longer, thank you for your time"

My ears feel so hot that it is almost like someone has stuffed a red hot chilli inside each one, we both enter Brandon's office where we release each other's paws; Brandon sits behind his desk and looks up at me.

"I want to know if anyone messes with you from now on because one thing I will not stand for is bigoted homophobic assholes, they have no place here in New Scotland Yard"

I gently nod my head and leave Brandon's office and head towards my own; I open the door and see young Matt Wolf sitting at my desk still with his injured arm in a sling. Matt quickly rises from the seat and begins to apologize.

"Sorry Detective Hunter, but I have been put on desk duty until my arm heels properly; there were no other offices free so Captain James put me in here in your absence"

I walk over to the Dalmatian and place a gentle paw on his uninjured shoulder.

"Relax Sergeant Wolf, you are fine, besides there are two desks in here with the office being so big so I don't mind if I have a work buddy"

The Dalmatian blinks a couple of times and then replies.

"Thank the lord that you are okay with it, because otherwise it would mean that I would have to stay home on sick leave and that would drive me crazy, and if I can just say this, but you are not the ogre that I have been led to believe that you are"

I chuckle a little bit.

"You have been talking to Sergeant Cale haven't you my young friend? Well yes it is true I do have a bit of a reputation for growling first and then asking questions later, but I am now a changed dog thanks to the love of a good guy"

Matt nods his head in agreement.

"Captain James is one in a million sir, you are one lucky guy"

I wince a little as Matt calls me sir.

"Sergeant Wolf, I have not been to visit the Queen, nor is there any chance that I will ever do so, and she is the only one who can bestow a knight hood upon me, so there is no need to call me sir, just call me Daniel"

The young Dalmatian gives a nervous chuckle as he nods his head, he then collects the paperwork that he was working on at my desk and heads over to the second desk just as Sergeant Cale knocks on the office door, I motion for him to come in.

"Detective Hunter, it's good to see you back from your sick leave"

I smirk a little at the Shepherd.

"Bullshit, but thanks anyway, now what can I do for you?"

Cale hands me another file.

"It seems that when we raided that night club and made the arrests, we didn't get the true ring leader, we now know this because one of the guys that we arrested, Caine Travis, somehow managed to be granted visitation rights while he is in the holding cells waiting for his trial and he was visited by one fur, Jaden Reams, now why would Mr. Reams visit Travis if he is nothing to do with the night club slavers? He cannot claim to be Travis's brief because we have already supplied him with one, and he hasn't asked for another"

Sergeant Cale does actually have a point; the only person that should be visiting Travis is his brief.

"Do we have any address details for Mr. Reams?"

Sergeant Cale nods his head.

"Page one of the file I have written his address down, I did a background check on him and it seems that he has a prior conviction for rape, but the case was thrown out for lack of evidence"

I look over towards Matt Wolf.

"Sergeant Wolf, how would you like to breathe some fresh air and get out from behind that desk?"

The young Dalmatian's ears perk up as I make my reply to Cale.

"Thank you for this Sergeant Cale, I'm going to talk to the Captain about this to see if we can't pay our Mr. Reams a visit"

The Shepherd gently nods his head and leaves the office. The young Dalmatian is now standing by my desk growling a little, I look up and stare him in the eyes, and I know that he is itching to get a little bit of payback.

Both myself and Sergeant Wolf head towards Brandon's office, I gently knock upon the door and Brandon calls us in.

"What can I do for you guys?"

I drop the file onto Brandon's desk.

"Captain, I would like to take Sergeant Wolf with me to visit the guy that we believe is behind the night club slavery ring, Sergeant Cale has found an address and has done a background check on the guy, and he seems to be the kind of perv that would do something like this"

The Captain looks at Matt and speaks.

"As I understand it Sergeant Wolf you are on desk duty, but after saying that I need someone to go along with Detective Hunter to keep him in line, and so if you feel up to it I will allow you to go"

A steely look spreads across the Sergeant's face.

"Captain James, sitting behind that desk for eight hours a day is driving me demented, so yes I would like the opportunity to get back into the field, even if it is only for the day"

Brandon pulls his car keys from his pocket and gently throws them to me.

"Don't bother with a pool car take my Jag, but guys please remember, you are only going to visit the guy and ask him a few questions, I don't want either of you turning into vigilantes, at the moment hopefully Mr. Reams is just helping us with our enquiries"

Sergeant Wolf and I turn and head out of the office and down to Captain James' Jaguar; we climb in and begin the journey towards the home of Jaden Reams.