Julia watches her adopted father as he spars with one of his friends. She never thought she would ever have her freedom like she does now. She had been one of the missing teenagers that had been kidnapped a year ago that had been changed by a sick and perverted company. She uses to be a boy that had been the son of a popular Judge that pass a verdict against a bio-chemical company that were doing illegal genetic experiments on people.

They had kidnapped him on his way home from school to force his father to judge in their favor. Once his father did their bidding, they went ahead and killed his family and performed genetic experiments on him. The experiments had changed his body and given him female features. Once they were done with him, he was sold to an Arabic millionaire that had his female features exaggerated even more. His breast was made bigger then what his body frame should had been born with. They had removed two of his ribs to make his waist smaller, after breaking his hips and making them heal back like a woman’s hips should be. The doctors didn’t stop there. They added more fatty tissue to his hips to make him have a more pronounce shape and added more fat to his butt. As for his face, eyes, nose, ears and lips. They had been shape to make him look like Charisma Carpenter. Even his hairline, style and length had been done to make sure he looked like her in the face and such. In a since, he was an exact duplicate of her, except with more curved hips, butt and bigger breast.

His owner had not only had him customize, but enjoyed torturing him repeatedly. He was forced to wear seven-inch stiletto heels all the time. When he was being punish, his owner would make him wear ten-inch stiletto heels. When he left the bio-chemical firm and given to his new master. He had been raped repeatedly by his owner every day. Since he had all the equipment a genetic woman has. His owner wanted to try out his new toy. Whenever his master had guest, he would be force to perform for them in any way they wanted.

Julia had been with his owner for year unlike his younger sister Gina, when his adopted father Jack Bounty showed up and killed his owner. Jack had found him chained in a torture room hanging from the ceiling with his arms stretched over his head and fresh whipped marks on his back and buttocks. His owner never struck his legs or the front of his body. Only his back and buttocks. He did use nipple clamps and weights on his huge breasts and occasionally, his owner would perform electric shock torture on him.

The punishment his adopted sister Gina suffer was far worse. When Gina was punished, their master would lock her in a metal cylinder and let it fill up with water till it got to her throat and leave her like that till the air was about to run out. He had been known to leave her like that for a week or more. Gina had developed a fear of enclosed spaces and the dark. Gina had been experimented on as well, but their master didn’t modify her like he did her. Gina’s oriental features had been enhanced, but not to the extreme that she herself had been done. Gina was still able to talk and sing, but her voice had been operated on to make it sound more feminine and pleasant. Gina had been forced taught how to sing and perform. Their owner wanted a song bird to entertain his guest. Julia could perform, but their owner only wanted one song bird. He also made Gina wear a remote choke collar to constrict her throat to make her remain silent until she was asked to perform. She was only rape a few times, unlike herself.

Julia feels her hand being nudge by a wet nose. She looks down to see which of the animals on the ranch was nudging her hand. A smile appears on Julia’s face when she notices it was Sphinx. He was one of the three full blooded wolves that her adopted father had raised on the ranch. All three of them were military trained attack dogs trained by Jack himself. Sphinx was from the same litter as his brother Cadmus who had taken a liking to Gina. Chaos was their sire and Nike was their dame. Nike belonged to a friend of Jack’s and Chaos was his pet.
Sphinx had taken a liking to her the first week Jack had brought her here to the ranch to live. Cadmus had taken a liking to Gina during that same week and since then, he has always stayed by her side. Even when they went to see their psychiatrist to help them overcome what had been done to them and helped them adjust to their new life. At first the female psychiatrist the girls were seeing didn’t like the wolves coming to the office, but once Jack explained that neither girl felt safe without them or him in the same room. They wouldn’t agree to come and see her. So, Dr. Bailey compromised and allowed the girls to bring the wolves with them if they behaved themselves and didn’t attack any one. Jack had taught both her and Gina how to command the three wolves. Chaos would respond to the two of them, but he mostly stayed by Jack’s side.

Julia scratches the top of Sphinx’s head between his ears as he sits next to her right leg. Julia was still amazed at what she had learned about her adopted father. He had been born in Ireland to an American woman and a British SAS solider. He had study several different types of martial arts and boxing. He had gone to college while working as a gun smith. Jack had joined the British Royal Army like his father when he was sixteen years old with his parents’ permission. Later he had tried out and joined the SAS when he was twenty years old. He spent ten years with them and then went to work for the SIS. He stayed with them for seven years before coming back to the United States to handle his grandfather’s affair’s and take over running the ranch. She knew he still did jobs occasionally for MI 6.

Jack never did tell her or Gina why he had been there that day he had rescue them. All they knew was that he had killed everyone in the mansion and rescued them. He took them to the nearest private hospital to be taken care of. He had requested that both her and Gina share the same room so he could protect them. He had stayed with them during the whole entire time in the hospital. While they were healing, Jack had done some research and tried to track some of their family down. Gina’s parents blamed her for everything that happen to her and didn’t want anything to do with her now. Jack had found out where Julia’s family was buried and that her surviving relatives didn’t want to have anything to do with her. So, Jack had decided to take them under his wing and to adopt them as his own children. So now both her and Gina had dual citizenship in America and England.

Julia hears her cell beep reminding her that she had riding lessons along with her sister. She stops scratching Sphinx’s head and motion to him to follow her over to the barn for her riding lessons. Julia turns and walks towards the barn with Sphinx staying right beside her.

Jack had been watching Julia as she stood by the fence watching him and his friend Alex spar. Her recovery had been progressing greatly since she has been seeing Dr. Bailey. Gina on the other hand was still having a hard time, but she was getting better. At Julia’s request and Dr. Baileys suggestion he had Julia’s breast reduce so they weren’t putting too much pressure on her spine and made her look and feel a little bit more normal. After he watches Julia turn and walk away from the fence with Sphinx next to her. He stops sparring with Alex.

Alex looks at his old friend and then over towards Julia as she walks away and over towards the barn. He was surprised the day Jack had brought the girls to the ranch. He had asked him to research their background and see if he could locate any of their relatives. Once he had research their background and located their relatives. He gave the information to Jack and let Jack deal with them.

“How are the girls doing Jack?” Alex picks up his towel and Jack’s and toss it to him.

Jack catches the towel “Both are doing better. Julia still has nightmares from the torture and rape she went through and Gina is still afraid of the dark and doesn’t like to be in areas that make her feel enclosed. The only time she feels safe is when she is holding my hand or having Cadmus with her.”

“I still can’t get over the fact that you’re a father now. I figure after April died you weren’t going to start a family and settle down.” Alex knew Jack’s wife before she died. They had gone to school together and worked a few cases. Jack had been away doing a job for MI 6 when a drunk driver ran his wife over while she was giving a speeder a ticket on the side of the Highway. April had been a highway patrol officer for Montana. They had been married for five years and were talking about starting a family when she was hit.

“I couldn’t let those girls go Alex. Not after what had been done to them. They needed a family and someone to love and protect them. April would had wanted me to take those girls in and care for them. Also, you see how Sphinx and Cadmus take to them. Those two wolves don’t take to people like they do to those two. Also, you should had seen what that sick fuck had been doing to them. I wish I hadn’t killed that bastard and his men as quickly as I did. I would like to see how he would like the torture I would put him through.” Jack wipes his face with his towel.

“After what you told me Jack about the conditions you found the girls in. Me and Robert would had join you. I know Robert would had skinned them alive with his machete. Did you ever track down the scientist of that bio-chemical company?” Alex knew his husband would had skinned the men alive. The two of them had been talking about adopting children or asking Debbie or Denise to be a surrogate mother for them.

“By the time, I tracked down where the scientist that experimented on them and his wife had fled too. Someone, had already beaten me too them. I don’t know who or which agency did it, but I have a feeling it was very personal. I don’t believe the cover story that was told about a gas line eruption. It doesn’t fit or make sense. The man was careful and always brought the best systems. It doesn’t fit his psychology make-up. Someone had to have a hand in their death. I don’t care who or why they did it, but I hope they made the bastard suffer first.” Jack had seen the house for himself and did a little digging into the scene or what was left of it. MI 6 had done a good job in training him and plus, he had seen other arson jobs like it.

“You never said what brought you to the mansion you found the girls at.” Alex looks at Jack as he finishes drying off.

“The bastard the girls were slaves to had Cartel connections and was laundering their money through his various businesses. My bosses at M I 6 wanted me to gather information about their drug route and eliminate him and any one associated with him. So, I tracked where the route started and follow it to where the drugs were arriving at and put a stop to it. I made sure the Cartels knew someone was out to stop them. I just wish I knew what that fucker had been doing to the girls sooner. I could had shown him what it felt like. The bastard got off easy with me eliminating him. All his valuables that he had there at his mansion. I took and put them into a trust for the girls so when they get older they can have access to it. Till then, they are my children and I’ll get them whatever they need.” Jack finishes drying off.

“Aren’t you worried that the FBI, Homeland Security or CIA will find out that you’re doing work in the United States?” Alex knew sooner or later someone in either of the three agencies is going to bust his friend.

“Let them. I have enough dirt on some of their off the book jobs that if it got out to the public. That certain congress member’s heads would start rolling on Capitol Hill. Not only that, I have done a few jobs for them when they couldn’t send their own people to do the job.” Jack Bounty had files on them that he could black mail them for years.

“You’re playing a dangerous game my friend. Still, you know me and Robert have yours and the girls back if you ever need us.” Alex had come to see Jack as a brother and the girls as his and Robert’s nieces.

“Thanks Alex. I do appreciate that. However, you still need to work on your fighting skills. You still leave your left side wide opened.” Jack just smile as he starts walking towards the house. As he is walking, he notices the girls riding their horses under the watchful eyes of their instructor and aunt.

“So, Jack. Did you restock-up on that Belgian beer you love so much?” Alex hope so. He liked that amber beer.

“Yep, I stocked up on the bottles and several kegs. I know how much you and Robert like it.” Jack heads into the house through the back door with Alex following behind him and over to the refrigerator to grab a few bottles of beer for him and Alex. He notices Selina has already started making lunch from the look of things. They were having salad, burritos, Mexican rice and tacos for lunch.

Jack hands Alex one of the beers he took out.

“Thanks.” Alex opens it and starts drinking.

“You’re welcome.” Jack opens his own and heads out of the kitchen so Selina won’t jump on him for being in her territory and to his office.
Jack looks around for Chaos and wonders where he could be. He knew Sphinx and Cadmus were outside watching the girls as they rode their horses.

Alex looks around as well. He knew Chaos was normally in here in Jack’s office or outside patrolling the property. Just as Jack and Alex were about to sit down. Chaos comes walking in and over towards his favorite rug. No matter how many times Alex sees Chaos, he is still amazed at how big the wolf is. He has never seen a wolf as big as Chaos. Sphinx and Cadmus were smaller than Chaos, but bigger than your average wolf. He knew that Jack breed wolves and trained them to be drug dogs and military attack dogs.

Jack and Alex drink a few more beers before Selina lets them know lunch is ready. The girls had already come in and headed to the bathroom to freshen up. Debbie had come in as well to have lunch with Jack and the girls. Debbie was April’s younger sister and rode in the rodeo circuit. She had help Jack to pick out the right horses for the girls. She knew Jack himself already had four Mustangs and two Arabian’s before they went and brought the girls their horses. Now he has added three Andalusian Horses to his herd. Jack had told her about the girl’s background and asked her if she wouldn’t mind helping him teach Julia and Gina how to be proper young ladies.

Everyone gathers in the dining room and take their spots around the handmade dining room table. Jack had made it for his wife for their five-year anniversary. The chairs he had found at a nice antique store that matched the style of the table he had built. So, he had brought them and strip them and then stain them to match the table. Once the food was on the table and everyone filled their plates.

“So, Debbie are the girls ready to join the rodeo yet?” Jack looked at Julia and Gina after he spoke.

Debbie looks at both girls “Not yet. Give me a few more weeks with them and they will be ready to join the rodeo if they want to.”
Debbie looks over at both girls and smile at them.

“Would you girls like to go to the movies tomorrow and then afterwards out to eat with Uncle Alex and Uncle Robert?” Jack watches his girl’s reaction. He knew Gina was still uncomfortable being out among people.

Julia looks over at her younger sister. She could see that she was a little scared.

“It’s alright Gina if you don’t want to go. We can stay here if you want to.” Julia wouldn’t mind going out to the movies and having dinner with Uncle Alex, Aunt Debbie and Uncle Robert.

“I’ll be there with you sweetie.” Jack knew his youngest daughter was still scared that someone would take her away.
Gina looks at her adopted sister and then over towards her adopted father and knew he would never allow anyone to hurt her ever again.

In a low quiet voice “I wouldn’t mind going daddy.”

“Okay sweetie.” Jack smiles at his youngest daughter. He was proud of her courage. She had been twelve-year-old when they had kidnapped her.

Jack knew Julia was only a year older then Gina. He also knew that Julia had it rougher then Gina. Still his youngest daughter was mistreated almost as bad as Julia. Her recovery was taking longer, but he is willing to do whatever he needs to do to help her recover.
The rest of lunch goes well and the girls help Selina do the dishes and clear the table. The girls head towards their bedroom and change into their swimsuits and out to the pool. Jack, Debbie and Alex had changed into their swimsuits as well and joined the girls out by the pool. Jack works with Gina, while Debbie and Alex works with Julia on her swimming technique. Jack is careful with Gina about touching her. Gina doesn’t like to be touched, but she was slowly over coming her fear. Jack finally gets Gina to relax and once she was relaxed in his arms, she started to having fun.

They spend a couple of hours swimming and playing in the water. Later in the evening, Jack gets out of the pool and fires up the grill to cook them some food. Selina goes into the house and makes a few side dishes to go with dinner. Debbie grabs the guys some beers while she makes sweet ice tea for herself and the girls.

Once the food is done everyone sits around outside around the pool and watch as the sun goes down and the stars start coming out. Gina had walked over and curled up on Jack’s lap and fell asleep. Julia had fallen asleep with her head-on Debbie’s lap. Jack carefully carries Gina inside the house and up to her bedroom and lay her down on her bed. He carefully undresses her and slip her night shirt on her. Once she was dress in her favorite night shirt. Jack tucks her in and watches as Cadmus jumps up on the bed and lay next to her.

“Night sweet heart.” Jack kisses her forehead and turns her bedroom light off and leave her door prop open. He knew she would freak out if the door was shut all the way.

Jack and the girls had met up with Debbie, Alex and Robert at the movie theater the next day. Julia and Gina held onto Jack’s hand tightly and stood close to him. Both were nervous and a little scared as they walked away from the safety of the hummer towards the movie theater to stand in line to wait for the tickets. Debbie had suggested the new Smurf movie for the girls. Julia and Gina kept close to Jack as they waited to buy the tickets and then when he took them inside to buy popcorn, candy and soda pop.

Debbie had to prod them to pick out what candy and drink they wanted. She knew the girls were still uncomfortable being out in public, but she wanted them to have fun and enjoy themselves. She notices that Julia was starting to relax some as they moved into the theater. Which to her was a good sign. However, she did notice that Gina had stepped closer to Jack and held his hand tighter as they made their way down to some seats. Julia sat between Robert and Debbie with Alex sitting on the outside next to Robert. Gina sat between Jack and Debbie.

Gina started to tense up when the lights started dimming and she grabbed Jack’s and Debbie’s hand and squeeze them tightly. Jack rubbed her hand as he held her hand in his. He could tell even in the dark that she was scared.

“Relax Gina. Everything is going to be okay.” He places a kiss on the side of her head.

Once the movie started, Gina slowly started to relax and laugh a little as they watched the movie. She even grabbed a few handful of popcorn from the bucket she was sharing with Debbie and Jack. Jack was keeping an eye on Julia as well as she sat between Robert and Debbie. He had notice that she had been a little scared and tense, but once the movie started she relaxed. She was grabbing popcorn and drinking soda from the cup Debbie shared with her.

Jack kept a watchful eye on his daughters as the movie played. He felt Gina let go of his hand as she watched the movie and drunk some soda from his cup. He was proud of both of his daughters. They had come a long way since he brought them home.

After the movie, Jack suggested that the girls go shopping with Debbie while he handle some business. Gina didn’t want to leave him.
Jack looks at Gina “you’ll be okay sweetie. Debbie will be right there with you. Also, I got a little something for you and your sister.”
Jack reaches into his pants pocket and pull out two black looking boxes. He hands a box to each girl.

“Go ahead and open them girls.” Jack watches as each of his girls open the box.

Gina opens hers first and notice a silver necklace with a wolf head that looks just like Cadmus. When Julia looks at hers, she notices it looks just like Sphinx.

“Those necklaces will let me know where you girls are at all times. If someone grabs you or if you get lost or nervous, just press the nose on your wolf head and it will let me know.” Jack demonstrates by pressing the nose on Sphinx wolf head.

The girls hear a beeping sound coming from Jacks cell phone and a map pops up on the screen showing where they are.

“See girls. I’ll always be able to find you along with Debbie, Robert and Alex as well. They have the same app so all four of us can track and find you.” Jack shows both girls. He puts Gina’s necklace on her and help Julia do hers as well.

“Now, why don’t you girls go and do some shopping with your Aunt Debbie while I take care of some business. I’ll be right out here with
Uncle Alex and Uncle Robert waiting for you two.” Jack hands Debbie one of his credit cards so she could put the girls purchases on it. He also kisses each girl on the cheek.

Debbie could see that the girls didn’t want to leave Jack’s presence “come on girls, let’s go spend your father’s money.”

Debbie leads the girls to the nearest clothes store for teens.

Jack watches as his sister in-law leads Julia and Gina to the store. He was going to stay nearby to watch the store.

“So, what are we going to do?” Robert looks over towards Jack and Alex.

“Why don’t you two go and do some shopping as well. I’ll be hanging around here keeping an eye on the girls.” Jack wanted to be nearby just in case the girls were nervous and needed him.

“You sure Jack?” Alex had a few places he wanted to visit.

“Ya, I’m sure.” Jack felt his cell phone vibrate.

“Okay!” Alex and Robert start heading further into the mall.

Jack pulls his cell out to see who just tried to contact him. The number belonged to his mother who still lived in Ireland. Jack presses the redial button to call her back.

“Hello, hi Mom did you just tried to call me?”

“Jack, yes dear. I did just try to call you. How are you and the girls doing?” Cara wanted to be kept up to date about her grandchildren. Ever since Jack adopted Julia and Gina, Cara had been wanting to meet them in person. She knew that Jack wanted to make sure they felt comfortable in strange places and around other people. She was considering flying out to Montana herself to see her grandchildren. That was the reason she was calling to inform her son that she was coming out to the ranch to meet her grandchildren.

“We’re doing fine mother. The girls are doing better and starting to relax around people they don’t know. Were at the mall right now shopping. I asked Debbie to take the girls shopping so she could help them and show them what teenage girls their age wear. I figure they would feel more comfortable shopping with her, then me. Plus, I have no idea what teenage girls their age wear these days.” Jack hate to admit that he was clueless when it came to female fashions.

Cara just giggles at her son’s admission. She knew he tried to be the best at everything he did, but when it came to the female gender. He was clueless like most men. She knew it was going to be difficult for him since he was a single father. It was nice of Debbie to help him out. She had taken to being their aunt and a mother figure to them since he brought the girls home. Cara had also seen the way Debbie looked at Jack. She had seen it the first time when Jack married her older sister.

“Well, it’s a good thing you have Debbie there to help you. You know dear, she does care for you.” Cara figures she’ll prod her son some.

Jack just grin to himself. He knew what his mother was doing. He had feeling for Debbie as well, but he wanted to concentrate on the girls and help them right now.

“I know she’s been a big help with helping the girls to recover and overcome parts of their oral deal. I’m indebted to her and hope to repay that debt. She would make a fine mother to the girls.” Jack figures his mother would catch onto his meaning.

“Just don’t make it too long before you ask her sweetie. Now, the reason I had called you, beside checking up on the girls. Is that I was thinking about flying out to see you and the girls. I want to finally meet my grandchildren in person, instead of just over the internet. I booked my flight for next weekend and I plan on staying a few weeks. Your Uncle Seamus is accompanying me as well. He’s never been to Montana and wanted to see what has you wanting to remain there. I’ll send my arrival day and time to you tonight in an email. Why don’t you pick me and your Uncle up at the airport and I’ll surprise the girls?” Cara figures they could fly from the airport to the private airstrip on the ranch’s property.

Jack thought about it. He had a business meeting in Casper, Wyoming and could pick them up at the airport there and fly them back to the ranch.

“Sounds good mother. I have a business meeting in Casper on Thursday next week. So, I could spend the night in Casper and fly you and Uncle Seamus back to the ranch on Friday when I figure your flight will be arriving at the airport.” Jack could take the Learjet he kept at the ranch, instead of the Cessna he normally traveled in for ranch business.

“That will be fine sweetie. I’ll tell your Uncle Seamus. That way he won’t plan on renting a car and driving out to the ranch. He can use one of the cars at the ranch if he wants to go anywhere.” Cara was just planning on doing some minor shopping and taking the girls to the spa while she was there.

“I’ll inform Selina so she can freshen up the guest rooms for you and Uncle Seamus. I know the girls will be happy to see you mom and to meet Uncle Seamus. He’s a lot like dad was and the girls will take to him instantly.” Jack miss his father and had wish he was still around. He had died while saving the life of a little girl trapped in a car. His father had managed to get the girl free and was running away from the burning car, when it exploded. He had shielded her with his body when the car exploded. Some shrapnel had penetrated his body and embedded itself in his heart.

“Alright sweetie. I’ll call you just before I leave to let you know I am on my way. Give my granddaughters a kiss from me and I’ll see you next week. I love you son.”

“I will mom. I love you too. See you and Uncle Seamus next weekend. Bye mom.” Jack ends the call and put the cell back in his pocket.
Jack stands up off the bench he had been sitting and talking to his mother at and walks over to the nearest candy store to buy himself and the girls some candy. He kept an eye out for the girls from where he was, just in case he was needed. Once Jack has the candy, he looks around to see what stores there were. He and his wife use to come up here and spend the weekend shopping and spending time at the movies.

Not much has changed since she died. There were a few new shops and a couple of new managers that were running the shops his wife visited. He spots Alex and Robert checking out a new book store that had opened. Jack knew that Robert loved reading from a book more than reading from a tablet or eBook reader. Alex had spent time in the military and left after doing ten years. Robert on the other hand use to be a cop in New York city that caught tired of the politics in the police department. He uses to work in the gang unit and had done plenty of undercover work. He just wanted to get away from everything. His superiors found out he was gay and were putting press on him to resigned. Instead he transferred out to Jefferson County sheriff’s department and meet Alex.

Alex was the local lawyer and the two of them met and started seeing each other. They went to California to get married before it became legal in Montana. April had been Alex best woman at their marriage. He had been out of the country doing a job for MI 6 and Alex and Robert had forgiven him for missing their marriage.

Jack walks over towards the girls when they come out of the shop with several bags in their hands. All three had smiles on their faces and new make-up on as well.

“Well it looks like you put my card to good use.” He had a smile on his face.

“I think I have created some shopping monsters.” Debbie looks proudly at the two girls.

Julia and Gina looks towards their father with a smile on their face. They had enjoyed shopping with their aunt Debbie. Sure, they both had been nervous and afraid at first, but once they started looking at some skirts and dresses they relaxed and listen to what Debbie explained to them and let her help them choose their own style of dress. They learned how to put make-up on the proper way if they wanted to wear it.

Even though their faces didn’t need much, it still gave them a certain look that was theirs and not forced onto them.

Gina’s look lean more towards the cowgirl look, while her sister Julia lean more to the business office look. Gina had cowboy boots on, where Julia had two-inch court heels on. Both girls had gotten their ears pierce and were wearing new starter studs. Julia had a few new
bracelets on, where Gina didn’t. Gina had a new necklace on that had her name spell out in silver blocks.

“Well you girls look amazing. Now. Let’s go and find your Uncles and get some dinner.” Jack leans in and kiss each girl on the cheek and kiss Debbie as well.
 

Sanzo Dulcidio of the Belial Cartel couldn’t believe the news he had finally gotten. He had finally located the name of the person responsible for destroying his drug route from South America. It had taken him months to first find out who the person was and then where the person was located. A warning had come from several of his sources to not mess with this individual unless he was prepared to die. The last person that had gone after this individual had his head shipped back with a warning that they would be next.

Sanzo looks at the file in front of him. It was an inch thick and had several pictures and reports in there. He opens the file and starts reading the first page that had the major of information of the person in it. The guy he had been looking for was named Jack Bounty and was a former SAS soldier from England. He lives in Cardwell, Montana on a thousand-acre ranch in the United States and has two teenage daughters. Most of his family either lives in Ireland or Misterton, England. His wife had been a Highway Patrol Officer for the State of Montana and most of her relatives either live in Montana or Wyoming. She had died five years ago during a routine traffic stop. He has several bounties on his head for the killing of several high-level Al-Qaeda leaders, Isis leaders, Somali pirates, Russian mafia leaders and Yakuza. He was responsible for the destruction of several Yakuza businesses in England, France, Germany and even in the United States.

There were several human trafficker’s groups that would like to see him dead as well. He is responsible for the destruction of several Opium fields in Afghanistan.

As Sanzo looks through the pictures he notices the destruction he had caused to the fields by spraying herbicide on them causing them to shrivel or flooding the fields as well. Then he looks at the pictures of the men he had killed along with a few women that even he didn’t like. Once Sanzo was done reading the file. He determines that this Jack Bounty person had over two hundred plus kills or more to his name. He figures he’ll need to send a specialize hit squad after this person. If he could capture his daughters or even some of his relatives and force him to give himself over to him. He could either force him to kill his rivals or kill him outright.

Sanzo had to think about this. Anyone that he sends against this guy he will need to make sure they can’t be traced back to him. Because if this guy is as good as his file says he is, he’ll come down and bury him in the ground. No, this needed to be done right. He’ll need to put as many people between him and this hit on this guy. Sanzo closes the file and walks outside to figure out how to proceed about this problem. Three cartels have already been eliminated by the Colombian government and the United States working together. Now he must deal with this guy. This had to be handle carefully.

Later that night, Sanzo contacts a person who could be trusted to handle this problem. They would hire a team to go and eliminate this Jack Bounty for Sanzo. Sanzo felt that he couldn’t risk forcing this person to do his bidding. He was too much of an unknown factor and the file proved that this person couldn’t be handle that way.

Sanzo drinks his drink and waits to see how this is going to play out. If this Bounty fellow does come for him, he’ll make sure he takes the guy with him. He wasn’t going to die alone. Sanzo starts making plans on how he was going to take this fellow with him to the grave.

Later that Week:
 
Perry “The Shark” Cohen gets a letter sent to him from his uncle Irving letting him know that a package was being mailed to him and that it was very important. Perry just smiles as he sets fire to the letter and makes sure it burns completely away leaving nothing behind. Perry grabs his hat and his cane and heads down to the pickup spot to see what his uncle Irving has sent him.

Perry drives to a storage warehouse out by Commencement Bay located in Washington state. He heads inside to storage unit 220. When he walks inside the unit. There in the middle of unit was a portable card table with a thick envelope sitting on top of it. Perry walks over and grabs the envelope and heads back out to his car. Once inside his car, he drives to his secret office and goes inside to look over the contents of the envelope. Inside was a contract for twenty-five million dollars for the elimination of a person by the name of Jack Bounty. There were instructions on how the contract was supposed to be handle and how to prove that he had been killed. Half the payment has been included already for the job and the rest would be given once proof has been received. His contractor has already deducted his percentage for the job. A list of names has been included that would be available to work with him to take this person out and living arrangements has been provided as well. He has a week to handle the kill and provide proof of death.

Perry looks over the list of names given to him and their pictures. He hasn’t worked with any of them, so there is no way they could be linked to each other. He has been instructed to pick four others from the list and send the names of the people he wanted through the normal way of contact.

Perry looks at the information that has been provided about the location of Jack Bounty and goes over each person’s profile that had been provide to determine who would be the best ones to work with him on this contract.

Perry seals the envelope with the names of the men he wanted on this and the supplies he would need as well. He instructs his contractor to have the items waiting for them at the safe house he is providing. Once that is done, Perry takes the envelope back to the storage unit and leave it there to be picked up. He leaves and heads back to his office to pack the things he will need to do the job.

Perry looks over the information he had been given and then pulled up the location on google. The biggest problem was the fact that there was a lot of open space surrounding the main house. The private airfield was far enough away from the main house not to bother the inhabitants. The stables were close enough to alert the people inside the house to intruders. There was no intel on which room was the targets room and which was the housekeepers or the girls room.

There were several barns and silos on the property that could be used for sniper positions. The satellite images of the property weren’t detail enough to tell him what it had. Near the private hangar there was a radio tower and wind sock. The main road that led into the place had fence line that covered at least 200 acres. The road itself was asphalt. They were either going to have to sneak up to the house or try to take him out somewhere on the property. The problem with that plan was he knows the terrain and can ambush them at his convince. Perry studies the information for a while.

Gina wakes up early and looks up at the ceiling above her head. It had been painted like the sky with birds flying in it. She could feel Cadmus curled up next to her legs. The quilt covering her young body had butterflies and puppies on it. Gina slowly moves and try to get out of bed without waking Cadmus, but as soon as she moves. He wakes up and looks at her. Cadmus leans in and gives her a lick on her face as he hops down off the bed and waits for her.

Gina just smirks and grabs her robe and slips on her bunny slippers before leaving her bedroom. Gina knew everyone else in the house were still asleep. She was always the first one up and liked being able to go outside and watch the sun come up. Gina had never been allowed to leave the small closet she was forced to sleep in. The man her father rescued her from always locked the closet and left her in the dark.

Gina heads downstairs and disarm the alarm on the front door. The first time she tried to go outside to watch the sunrise, she had set it off waking everyone in the house. She had thought that her father would had been mad at her and punish her, but instead understood and showed her how to disarm only the front door. Cadmus walks behind her and follows her out the front door. The big wolf loved going out with his person. Once outside Gina sits on the top steps and watches as the sun comes up with Cadmus perched next to her. She reaches over and scratches him on the back of his neck. She liked having Cadmus around because he made her feel safe. She knew he would never allow anyone to hurt her ever again. Her adopted father had said that he would do anything to keep her safe and protected and always kept his word.

She loved being out here in the country. It was quiet and safe. It was beautiful and she loved the horses, riding and Cadmus. No one wanted to hurt her or make her do anything she didn’t feel was right. Selina didn’t mind showing her how to cook and letting her work in the kitchen with her. Her adopted aunt Debbie was nice and patient with her when she made mistakes riding. She misses her old family and couldn’t believe that they didn’t want to have anything to do with her. She had been hoping she could go home and be accepted by her family. Tears slide down her cheek.

Cadmus senses that his human was upset and leans over and licks her tears. He keeps it up until she stops crying.
A smile forms on her face as she considers the eyes of Cadmus and sees love and devotion in them. She was lucky when Jack first brought Cadmus to her. He had walked over and sniff her and licked her and rub himself against her body.

Gina felt herself fortunate that Jack had offer to make her and Julia his daughters if they wanted it. He gave them the choice to decide. He had told them that if they wanted someone else to be their father, he would help them find that person. She was happy she had a new family. When Jack told, her he had found her parents and what they said. It broke her heart. She had broken down and cried. He had held her and rocked her the whole entire time. Her adopted aunt Debbie had stayed with her as well when her adopted father couldn’t.

Gina hears the front door behind her open and close. She glances over her shoulder and notice it was Selina. She was standing behind her with her coffee mug which had a picture of Cadmus on it chasing a softball. She also notices Selina had her own coffee mug as well.

“Do you mind if I join you Gina?” Selina had gotten up early this morning. She knew Gina was always the first one up and wanted to talk with the young girl and see how she was adjusting.

“No ma’am.” Gina slides aside to let Selina sit down next to her.

“Thank you. I thought you might like a hot chocolate. I know how you like marshmallows in it.” Selina hands the coffee mug to Gina.

“Thank you, Selina.” Gina accepts the mug and takes a careful sip of it.

The two sit quietly for a few minutes. Gina continues to sip her hot chocolate, while Selina drink some of her coffee. Gina could smell the French vanilla scent coming from it. She loved the way Selina made hot chocolate. Selina didn’t use any prepackaged mixed. The mixed was freshly mixed by Selina herself.

“You know, it is lovely when the sun comes up around here. I used to join April when she couldn’t sleep when your father was gone on assignments for MI 6. April was an early morning type of person like you.” Selina looks out towards the corral where Aprils Arabian was and where three of the mustangs were grazing.

“I like it when the sun comes up. I was never allowed to see it come up when I was kidnapped and turned into a girl.” Gina trembles some when she thinks back on what has been done to her.

Selina notices it and puts her coffee mug down on the step. She then wraps her arm around Gina’s shoulder and hug her. Gina calms down when she feels Selina’s loving arm around her shoulder.

“You know, I don’t know how you feel or what you have gone through, but I can tell you that we’re all here for you no matter what. If you ever want to talk to me about your ordeal, I’ll listen. Even if you don’t want to talk, but just be held. I can do that for you as well.” Selina places a kiss on the side of Gina’s head.

Cadmus gets up and jumps off the porch and chase a rabbit he had spotted.

“Poor rabbit.” Gina knew that Cadmus loved to chase rabbits. She could stop him if she wanted to.

Selina and Gina watches as Cadmus chases the rabbit. The rabbit was giving him a chase. When it got over near the corral, Cadmus stops and looks towards April’s Arabian.

“Why does he do that? I thought him and Sphinx weren’t afraid of anything.” Gina had always wonder why the two wolves never went near the Arabian horses. The mustang weren’t any problems, but the Arabians were a different story.

“That’s because both Arabian horses are trained and protective of their herd. Sphinx and Cadmus have been hurt by both and remember. The Arabian stallion is only afraid of one wolf on this property. That’s Chaos. Chaos isn’t your normal wolf. He is part Irish Wolfhound and part European gray wolf. His large size comes from his Irish Wolfhound genes. Jack raised him since he was a puppy and is one of the meanest wolves around. He took to the training that all the wolves on this property has. Like it was nothing. He even broke through the protective gear Jack used to train him and left a huge bite mark on Jack’s right arm. Among animals, you always have the Alpha male. You can never have two alpha males near each other, because they will try to kill each other. The stallion was the alpha male here. When he first tried to boss Chaos around or run Chaos off from the herd, Chaos attacked him and proved he was the alpha male. The two of them get along with each other now, because Jack stamped his alpha. They both see Jack as the Alpha. I still wouldn’t test Chaos tho. He listens to one person and one person only.” Selina liked Chaos, but she knew if it came down to it, Chaos would ignore her and do what Jack told him.

“Why does dad keep him here then?” Gina didn’t want to get hurt by Chaos.

“Well, first off this ranch is Chaos territory. Chaos knows every inch of this property. Jack raised him here and explore the property with him. Second, Chaos will protect what he considers is his. That’s where you and Julia comes in. Some animals treat children like their puppies. A female wolf sometimes will not hurt a human child. He smells Jack’s scent on you and will not attack unless directed too. Me, he just comes to get food from. He tolerates me and Jack knows it. Still, he won’t do anything to me unless Jack tells him too. I helped raise Sphinx and Cadmus so they trust me, but Chaos was only raised by Jack. You and Julia he won’t hurt because he can sense you have already been hurt. Plus, you have your father’s scent on you. So, you are pack, just like Sphinx and Cadmus.” Selina, hopes she hasn’t scared Gina even more.

Gina wonders how Chaos knows her and her adopted sister have been hurt.

“I hope that helps some Gina. Don’t be afraid of Chaos. If it came down to it and someone threatens yours or Julia’s or even my life. He would attack till they were dead.” Selina finishes her coffee.

“Okay.” Gina figures she could trust what Selina had said. Her father had said she could trust Chaos, but not to test him or try to play with him. Cadmus and Sphinx didn’t mind playing, but Chaos wasn’t like them.

She giggles when a butterfly lands on Cadmus nose and he tries to get it. The rabbit he had been chasing had gotten away.

“Why don’t you come inside and help me make breakfast for everyone.” Selina stands up and helps Gina up and both head inside the house together with Cadmus following behind them.

Off in the distance away from the house in plain sight stood Chaos watching them. He was watching his territory and those he was assigned to protect.

Julia comes stumbling into the kitchen rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She wasn’t a morning person and had a hard time concentrating on things. Sphinx was following behind her as the two of them head over towards the breakfast bar.

“Morning sleepy head.” Gina just grins at her older sibling. Julia would sleep in, but they were going horseback riding with their father today.

He was taking them to his favor spot on the ranch.

Julia just waves at her younger sister and sits down at her usual spot. She hated early mornings, but she had to get up. Julia looks around looking for her father.

“Where’s father?”

“Let me check.” Selina touches the flat panel computer monitor to bring up the lay out of the property. She looks for Jack’s blue color dot on the property map and finds him at the hangar. She touches Jack’s dot and the cameras in and around the hangar show all of them what he is doing. They watch as he inspected the Lear jet.

“I wonder where daddy is going? He only inspects the Lear when he has an important business meeting.” All three of them watch Jack as he doubles checks everything on the Lear. Once he is done, they watch as he closes the hangar and head back towards the house.

Selina starts serving the girls their breakfast and sits down with them to enjoy her. She had already set Sphinx and Cadmus dish down.

Jack comes walking in twenty minutes later “morning everyone”

“Morning daddy.” Both girls chorus at the same time.

“Morning Sir.” Selina just hands him his favor coffee mug.

He walks over towards the coffee and fill his favorite coffee mug up which has printed on it “I haven’t had my coffee yet so piss off.”

Jack just stands at the counter, leaning against it drinking his coffee. He grabs one of the fresh baked muffins that he knew Selina made. He takes a bit e of it and couldn’t believe the taste.

“New recipe Selina?” Jack had the half-eaten muffin in his hand.

“Nope, Gina made them. She wanted to try a new recipe she had found.” Selina looks proudly at Gina.

Jack directs his gaze towards his youngest “this is good kiddo. You should make them more often.” He finishes the one he had been eating.

“Thank you, daddy.” Gina blushes from her father’s praise.

Julia drinks her orange juice and takes a bite out of her muffin. She had to agree with her father and Selina about Gina’s baking. The four of them finish breakfast and pack a picnic to take with them out on the property.

Jack rides his Arabian, while the girls ride their Andalusian. Selina rides April’s Arabian. They ride out towards the mountain range at the back of the property. Jack takes them on a hidden path that leads them further into the mountains.

“Here we are ladies.” Jack stops at a spot that is totally secluded. The only way to it was the hidden path that was hard to find unless you knew about it.

All of them dismounted and look around the place. The girls loved it and Selina just smiles to herself.

She looks over towards Jack “so this is where you and April disappeared for hours on end.”

“Yep, this was her favorite spot.” Jack looks towards an area that he and April use to make love at. This was their favorite spot to get away from everything including cell phones.

Selina and Julia set out the picnic blanket and the food they packed. The sun was high overhead, but there was plenty shade here so that they weren’t in the sun all the times. There was a cascading river only half a mile from them.

The girls go exploring around the area, while Jack and Selina stay with the horses. He walks over to some flowers he had planted years ago to see how they were doing. He hadn’t been up here in a few years since his wife died. He wanted to share this with the girls, since it was special to him.

“Daddy, look what I found.” Gina comes running towards Jack with Julia trailing behind her.

She had in her hand an ancient arrow.

Gina had been exploring with Julia, when they had stumbled across an arrow sticking out from some rocks. At first her and Julia weren’t sure about it, but then when Gina started digging it out. They were both amazed at what they had found. So, they brought it back to their father.

Jack looks at it “It seems you have an ancient arrow. It looks like it dates to the 1800s.” He hands the arrow back to Gina.

“You might want to preserve that arrow, Gina. When we get back to the house. I’ll show you how to preserve it.” Jack ruffles his daughter’s hair.

He looks towards Julia “don’t worry sweetie. You’ll find something out here. There’s a few places out here that have artifacts laying around. This spot use to be a hiding spot for the Native Americans in this territory.”

Jack and the girls spend the night out there. He shows them how to fish and Selina shows the girls how to clean and cook the fish. Julia and Gina have never spent any time out under the stars.

“If anything, ever happens at the house Selina. I want you to bring the girls out here. There’s a go bag hidden behind a rock with a Celtic cross on it. I know you already know this, but the girls don’t.” Jack figure this would make a good hiding place.

“I know, but thank you for reminding me, Jack. Do you think something is heading towards us?” Selina knew how jack operated.

“No, but I just like to be prepared. Besides, I wanted to share this with you and the girls. April would have wanted it.” Jack could feel the emotions about his wife surfacing.

Jack looks over towards the girls sleeping by the fire they had built. He hopes that the girls would make this their place when they need to be alone or just need a place to get away from everyone or everything. He looks up at the sky and silently say a prayer for his wife.

Jack gets his bedroll out and lays it near the fire and use the saddles as a pillow.

Cara’s plane had finally landed in Casper, Wyoming. Her brother-in-law Seamus had gone to get their bags, while she waited for Jack to show-up. The flight had been long and uncomfortable for her. It had been five years since she had flown back to the states. She had stayed in Ireland even after Jack’s father had died. She loved the emerald Isle and couldn’t image leaving it. She knew if she wanted to see her grandchildren in person, she was going to have to come to them.

She finally spots Jack walking towards her. She notices he was wearing his favorite cowboy hat. He was nothing, but a walking mountain of muscles like his father had been. It was the Irish in them that gave them their huge stature.

“Jack my boy, it’s good to see you.” Cara gives her boy a motherly hug.

Jack hugs his mother back. He could tell she missed him from her hug. He looks around for his Uncle Seamus.

“Where’s Uncle Seamus?” Jack was scanning the crowd looking for his Uncle.

“He went to get our bags, so you can get them loaded on the Lear.” Just as she finishes that statement. She spots him walking towards them.

“Here he comes now.” Cara points out Seamus.

Seamus comes walking up with a cart trailing behind him. He notices that his nephew Jack had finally showed up.

“Jack good to see you lad. How are things on the homestead?” Seamus gives jack a good shake.

“They’re fine Uncle. The girls don’t know you are coming so it will be a surprised to them.” Jack wanted to surprise the girls and asked Selina not to say anything.

“I can’t wait to meet them. I’ve seen the pictures your mother had of them. They are beautiful young things.” Seamus had been told the history of the girls by Jack’s mother and felt sorry that they had to go through something like they did.

“Well, I know they are going to love meeting you guys finally. So, let’s go and get you loaded up in the Lear and get home.” Jack will be happy to get home. The business meeting, he was in yesterday wasn’t good. It concerned him some.

A couple hours later the Lear touches down on the runway on the ranch. The hummer was still sitting where he had left it. He could see

Chaos waiting by the hangar. Once the Lear comes to a complete stop. Jack gets up and unloads all the luggage and help his mother and
Uncle Seamus down and over towards the hummer.

Uncle Seamus looks towards Chaos “Boy, is he big. I see no rancher out here has shot him yet.”

“They can try Uncle Seamus. Chaos is very clever. By the time a rancher has notice him, the rancher would be dead.” Jack ruffles Chaos fur.

“Well, I remember when you had him and trained him. He is one of the meanest pets you have ever had.” Cara remembers when Chaos use to be a puppy. He was big even then.

Jack drives the Hummer back towards the house and after he parks. He brings his mother and Uncle inside the house to his office where the girls were doing their assignments. Jack had arranged for them to take online courses. Julia was taking advance classes in English, science and math. Gina was taking advance biology and chemistry, along with three different math’s. The girls could already speak, French, Russian, Spanish and Gaelic like a native. Jack was going to have a friend of his teach the girls how to read, write and speak Arabic and Sand script. Plus, Portuguese. He knew several people that spoke the language.

“Girls, look who came to see you.” Jack steps aside so the girls could see who was behind his back.

Julia and Gina turn around when they hear their father’s voice and notice their grandmother and Uncle Seamus.

Both girls get up and run towards them. “Grandma!”

Jack stands back while the girls hug their Uncle and Grandma. They might not have met their grandmother in person, but they have talked with her over the internet. Both girls had become relax with their Grandmother and Uncle.

Selina comes walking in with a tray with refreshments on it and set it down so everyone could help themselves. She was happy to see the girls happy and to see Mrs. Bounty again. She hasn’t seen her since Jack got married.

“Selina, can I speak with you privately for a minute please?” Jack backs out of his office and walks towards the kitchen, where he knew they wouldn’t be heard.

Selina had followed Jack into the kitchen. She wonders what was up.

“I was informed on Thursday during my meeting that my name has been mention a few times in communications originating from South America. Call me paranoid, but I need for you to be extra careful and on guard. We might be getting some unexpected guest.” Jack wasn’t taking any chances. The information that had been passed to him had come from a reliable source.

“I will sir. Do you think someone might be stupid enough to attack you here at your own home?” Selina couldn’t believe someone would be dumb enough to attack someone with Jack’s reputation. Most of his enemies knew that to attack his home was inviting death to your doorstep. Jack wouldn’t hesitate retaliating by delivering a nuclear bomb to their doorstep or show up himself and take their head. He was known in the Intelligence and Special Forces community as the Devil’s Bounty Hunter.

“They may be that stupid, Selina. Which will be their first mistake. Their second will be coming after me and my family. Sometimes stupid people need to be removed from the gene pool.”

“Load help me if I ever get on your bad side.” Selina just shakes her head.

“You have nothing to fear Selina. I fear you and my mother more than I did my wife.” A playful smile appears on his face.

Yariel and Kaleb watches from their hidden spot. There was no moon out tonight to give them away. Perry had sent the two of them in to do recon of the property. They had arrived in town early this morning and waited till dark to make their move. Tyler had done an over flight of the property a couple of days ago. So, they knew the layout of the property and where most of the buildings were and a few forest roads that cross the property they could use.

They had thought about using the river that border the property, but that would had been difficult because it cascaded. So, they had come down the forest access road that took them to the back end of the property near the end of the runway. They had spotted several surveillance cameras that watched over the runway and the fence line. They knew there were other surveillance equipment on the property, but so far, they either hadn’t gone off or weren’t turned on.

They kept making their way to the main house which had the outside lights on. They observed that there was no way they were going to approach the house with the lights covering every corner of the house and yard. Even the area near the main garage was lit-up. They knew the property was getting public power and found where it was coming in from. So, cutting the power wouldn’t be a problem, but they had also found that he had back-up generators for the property in a secure area, not far from the house.

They had spotted the communication tower on the property, but the area was too well protected. It would take a missile attack to knock it out. The most valuable spots were the main road leading down to the main house and forest access roads. They heard a wolf howl off in the distance.

Cadmus and Sphinx had been laying by the girls enjoying the attention being bestow upon them by their humans, when their heads pop-up off the floor at the sound of a wolf howling far away from the house. Both Sphinx and Cadmus race from the room everyone had gather in for the night. Jack gets up and grabs his rifle and the triple barrel shotgun from the gun case and follow the wolves out the back door.

The girls look towards their grandmother, their Uncle and Selina for them to tell them what was going on.

“Girls, don’t worry. Your father and the wolves are just going to go and check out something.” Selina gets up and walks over towards the alarm system and arms it. All the windows that had been open so they could enjoy the fresh air slowly start to close and lock. All the doors in the house lock and seal.

“Mrs. Bounty, could you watch the girls for me please?” Selina was heading towards the office to watch what was going on, on the surveillance cameras.

“Girls, why don’t you come over here and join me on the sofa.” Cara smiles at her granddaughters and could tell they were a little scared by what was going on.

Both Julia and Gina were feeling a little scared by what was happening. They had never seen the wolves react like they had done or seen their father grabbing his weapons. Both girls get up and go over to sit next to their grandmother. They watched their Uncle Seamus go with Selina towards their father’s office.

Jack had followed the wolves out the back door. Instead of following them on foot, he heads towards the stables which were closed and grab his Arabian to follow the wolves further out. He came out on his horse and followed Sphinx and Cadmus.

Sphinx and Cadmus had heard Chaos’s howl summoning them. They had taken off to see what has intruded on their territory and why the pack leader was summoning them.

As Yariel and Kaleb were skirting the woods near the hanger, they heard a low growl right in front of them. They couldn’t see anything with their night goggles, but they heard the growl. They heard it a second time and it was stronger and closer this time. Both were looking around for what was making the sound, when all sudden a big black blur jumps at Yariel and grabs hold of his neck. Kaleb saw the huge animal in front of him mauling his partners neck. As he brought his gun around to shoot the animal, it had jumped clear of Yariel and turned its attention towards him.

As Kaleb was looking at the animal he saw that he was faced with the biggest dam wolf he has ever seen. Kaleb notice that blood was dripping from its muzzle and it was growling at him. He fires his gun at it, but it jumped just in time and he missed. He goes to fire a second time, but he gets hit from the side by something and pushed to the ground. Whatever just hit him had his gun arm and he heard the bones break as it mauls his arm.

Kaleb hears something yelled towards him in a foreign language.

“ag insint madra a sÚil” and all three wolves stop and watch him. Sitting up on a huge horse and looking down at him with a triple barrel gun aimed at him. Was the man he had been hired along with the others to kill.

Kaleb saw three angry wolves looking at him. Two of them had blood dripping from their muzzles. He noticed that the other two that had just arrived, looked to be the same size. But the first one that had attacked him and his partner was a good two or three feet taller than them.
Jack looks down at the man lying on the ground cradling his arm and staring up into his shotgun. He had saw that Chaos had made quick work of the other body lying nearby.

“Now you can either tell me what you are doing on my property or I can let the wolves finish you. I’ll even be sporty and give you a head start if you tell me why you are here?” An evil smile forms on Jack’s face.

Kaleb had heard rumors about this man and knew either way he was dead. The question was, how did he want to die. He knew he was no match for the wolves and knew even if he survives he was a dead man.

Chaos growls at him and licks his muzzle.

“Oh, I would hurry if I was you. See that big one doesn’t like playing with his food and is getting impatient with you. The other two want to play with you some more. So, I would answer now in English or you get an up close and personal showing of their teeth.” Jack just keeps smiling because he knows all three wolves wanted a piece of him.

All three wolves growl at the same time as they look at him.

“Me and my partner were hired to scout your property. We were looking for the best way to attack you.” Kaleb knew he just signed his death warrant.

“How many are there of you and where are you holding up at?” Jack wanted as much info as possible.

“There’s five of us and were held up in the next town over from yours.” Kaleb was just staring at the big ass wolf in front of him.

“Only five of you. God, I should feel insulted.” Jack dismounts and kneels next to Kaleb.

“I’m going to keep my promise to you and give you a good five-minute head start. However, I’m taking your guns and knife. I wouldn’t try to use your satellite phone, because the jammers are on. Here let me help you up.” Jack lifts Kaleb up off the ground.

“Now, I figure you came up the forest access road. If you cut through those trees.” Jack points to an area Kaleb couldn’t see “you’ll run straight into it. You have five minutes before I send all three wolves towards you. After that it’s a matter of who is faster you or the wolves? I’m betting on the wolves, but I could be wrong.” Jack just smirks.

“I would go now.” Jack lets go of Kaleb and watch as he starts running towards the area he pointed out.

Kaleb had started running the moment Jack had release him. He headed in the direction Jack had pointed. His right arm was useless. He heard Jack say something in a strange language again and then the wolves whimper.

Jack looks at the wolves and in Gaelic” Fan” which means wait in Irish. Jack goes about searching the dead body of the other fellow.

Everything of value is taken and his face is photograph as well. Along with his finger prints.

Without stopping what he was doing Jack says “ionsaí” to the wolves.

All three wolves take off towards the direction the guy took. The next thing Jack hears is the screams of the man the wolves had been sent to attack.

The following morning the girls were still a little confused about what had happened last night. However, last night had demonstrated to them that there was nothing their new family wouldn’t do for them. They also learned that the wolves were indeed vicious animals and would defend them. Julia and Gina was wondering where their father had gotten off too. They had seen him at breakfast, but he had taken off afterwards. He wasn’t out on the property or in his office. They also hadn’t seen Chaos this morning, but that was normal for him. The only time he was around the house was when their father was here.

Sphinx and Cadmus was being extra protective of them today. Julia couldn’t believe that sphinx had gone first out of her bedroom door this morning. He normally let her, but he was being extra proactive.

Gina had notice that both wolves were closer then they normally would when they took their horseback lessons from their Aunt. They normally stayed outside the corral and looked in, but this time they were inside the corral near the fence.

When Debbie took the girls out on the property from the corral so they could get use to how their horses moved better, the wolves kept pace with them. Even though the girls knew how to ride, she wanted them to be true experts in the saddle like herself and their father. She puts the girls through their paces with all the riding and jumping they were doing.

Selina had informed her about what happened last night and had told her to keep the girls away from the forest access path near the runway.

She said they could take the other path that took them up and around the back of the property.

Jack had left just after breakfast this morning to go and look for the rest of the members of the hit squad that had been sent to kill him and his family. He had taken Chaos with him and was scouting out their location right now. He had spotted two guards patrolling the property. They had taken up at an old farm house on the outskirts of town. There was a range rover and a van parked near the house.

He takes out his thermals and look inside the house. Three heat sources inside, spread out throughout the house.

Jacks rubs Chaos fur “feel like going hunting Chaos?”

Chaos just growls low as he and Jack start heading towards the house. Jack moves quietly and places remote charges on the Land Rover and the van. He watches as Chaos jumps one person and drags his body into the high grass. Jack grabs the other person from behind and snaps his neck. He motions for Chaos to the window of the nearest target. Jack gives him the sign to jump through the window as Jack shatters the glass with a special baton. Once the glass is shatter, Chaos jumps through and attacks the other guy. Jack blows the wall of where one of the other guys are and walks through the opening. Several bullets hit his body armor and shatter on impact. He fires his triple barrel shotgun, taking out that guy as he heads for the last guy, which was busy protecting himself from Chaos.

Peter had looked at his watch and wonder where the rest of his team was. They should had been back by sunrise. He had started to become worried that they might have been capture, but how? There was no way any one knew they were here. While he was looking at the plans they had on Jack Bounty’s property, he heard a glass window shatter and then the loud growl of an animal and the scream of one of his men. The next thing he knows, he feels the building shake as an explosion occurs and the noise of gun fire and then the loud sound of a shotgun going off. Just as he was about to investigate, he gets jumped by a huge ass animal and was busy trying to protect his face and neck from this animal’s teeth as he was pinned to the floor.

“Stad!” Jack stands near Chaos as he watches his big wolf stop.

Perry heard the word and then the person he had been sent to kill was standing right here next to him with a big ass dog growling above him with blood dripping out of its mouth.

“You know something Mister. Right now, the only thing between you and him is me. Personally, I would love to watch him tear your throat out and kill you. But then, I’ll never get any of my questions answered. So, this is how we are going to do this. I’m going to give you three choices. Choice A) Me and you have a nice talk without me torturing you., Which in the end I’m going to kill you any way. Choice B) I torture you to get the information I want, which won’t be pleasant, because I know several ways to make you talk and keep you alive. Which you will be killed afterwards, but I won’t make it quick. It will be a slow and painful death. Choice C) You go and tell me to fuck myself and I turn him loose on you and he kills you quick and easy. Which I lose in the end. So, which choice do you want? Oh, but by the way if you don’t decide, he will and you’ll be dead.” Jack just watches him.

“Those aren’t choices. I end up dead either way.” Paul couldn’t believe this guy.

“True, but you were already died when you agreed to take the contract on me and my family’s life. There’s nothing I can do about that. There are rules to this game and if you don’t play by the rules, you die.” Jack wanted to do this the easy way, but he knows how hired assassins were.

Just looking at Jack, Peter didn’t think he could take the man in hand-to-hand combat. Maybe he could take him in knife fighting, but not hand-to-hand.

Chaos growls to remind him he better makes a choice or he would.

“I’ll die before you could get anything from me through torture.” Paul knew no matter what the torture was he couldn’t be broken.

“You think so? Well, let’s find out. I’m not called the Devil’s Bounty Hunter for nothing.” Jack picks Paul up off the floor and secure his hands behind his back. Jack takes him to the bathroom and place him in the tub.

“Now, I had wish we could had done this an easier way, but this will work. You see this drug I am going to use will force you to tell me everything you know and afterwards you’ll forget who you are. There’s no recovery from it unfortunately. There is a side effect with this drug. It makes you lose control of your bowls for twenty-four hours, because it even affects your muscle control as well. I found the recipe for this drug while exploring some ruins in Egypt. Even the ancient Egyptians had problems with people telling the truth.” Jack pulls a small pouch from a pouch on his belt and pulls out a vial of purple liquid. He pulls out a fresh needle and fill it with the liquid.

“Now is your chance to tell me everything I want to know willingly or lose your memories forever.” Jack stands there with a serious deathly look on his face.

“Fine, I’ll tell you. I don’t want to lose my memories, even though you are going to kill me afterwards.” Peter didn’t want to be found with crap in his pants and drooling like a mad dog.

Jack puts the needle down and pulls out his recorder.

“Start talking and don’t leave anything out.” Jack presses play and listens to everything the guy wants to say. He tells Jack everything from how to get in contact with the contractor to how to send proof of death.

“Well, now that I know all this, including where your office and storage unit is. I should keep my end of the bargain.” Jack picks the needle up and jams it into Paul’s arm.

“You said you were going to kill me. I don’t want to be found with crap in my pants and my mind gone.” Paul was scared now.

“I am, this is a fast acting poison.” Jack turns and walks away.

Paul closes his eyes for the last time for this life.

Jack pulls the two bodies outside into the house and call a friend to come to get the van and Land Rover after removing the explosives.
He tosses an incendiary device into the house to set it a blaze after removing everything from it.. The fire should burn the bodies beyond being able to be identify.

“Grandma, what was daddy like when he was younger?” Gina looks towards their grandmother as they sat outside enjoying the sunshine around the pool.

“Well, your father was a rough and tremble type of child. By the time he could walk, he could speak a few words and recognize letters. As he got older, he was a daddy’s boy, but love me a lot. He may had enjoy being with his father, but he hated being separated from me for a long period of time. He played peewee football and took gymnastics and tumbling. Your father was very athletic and could ride bareback by the time he was seven years old. He could already speak five languages by the time he was eight years old. When he was in school, we had to skip him ahead. He was too smart for his own good.” Cara thinks back on her son and realize he has always had a strong sense of justice and wanting to help people.

“He excelled in sports and worked part time with the local gunsmith, learning everything he could about guns. Your father has always known what he wanted to do with his life and dedicated himself to that goal.” Cara knew her son had always known what he wanted to do since he was little.

“Why do you ask Gina?”

“Well, we don’t know much about daddy and wanted to learn more. In a lot of ways, he’s still a mystery to us. We know he’ll do anything for us. Both me and Julia were happy that daddy saved us and took us in. We just want to know about our father. Like what is his favorite things? What was he like as a child? What is his favorite color and song?” Gina and Julia had talked about their father and wanted to do something special for him.

“Well, your father’s favorite color is navy blue, his favorite song is The Warrior by Scandal and he loves the Beetles. His favorite movie is the Dark Crystal and Casablanca. His favorite past time is riding horses and raising puppies. He loves camping and hunting. He loves old cars from the 60’s and the 70’s. He’s only been married once and his high school sweet heart lives in England. Also, I will tell you girls. You two are the most important people in his life now. Before his wife died, they had been talking about having children. You girls have given him a second chance to be a father. Never doubt that he doesn’t love you. He’ll turn heaven and earth upside down to protect you and find you if someone takes you. Your father protects his family. It means the most to him.”

Both girls look at their grandmother and move over to hug her. She had given them what they wanted to know about their father.

All three slide into the pool and enjoy splashing and chasing each other. Gina was getting use to the water if her sister or grandmother was with her. If she was by herself, she still had issues, but if she has a family member with her. She was alright.

Around four in the afternoon, Jack comes walking out on the deck.

“Daddy!” both girls climb out of the pool and rush towards him and hug Jack tightly.

“Well, what brought this on?” Jack hugs his girls back and wonder why they hugged him so tightly.

“I think your girls miss you Lad.” Seamus had one of Jack’s Irish beers in his hands.

He picks Gina up in his arm and held her to him. He wraps his other arm around Julia and held her tight against his body.

“Well, I could get use to this type of home coming.” He places a kiss on Gina’s cheeks and on Julia’s cheek.

Cara looks at her son with a silent look asking if his hunting was successful.

Jack nods his head yes to his mother’s unspoken question. He puts Gina back down on the deck and walks over to sit in his favorite chair on the deck.

Chaos comes walking into the backyard looking a little wet. He shakes and walks over and sits down next to Jack. Jack reaches down and pets him. He was proud of his partner. They did good work today. The next step is going to take a little longer and he’ll need to inform Selina, Seamus and his mother about what he was going to do next. He’ll need them to protect the girls while he is gone on business. He was considering having Debbie come over, but he knew she had a rodeo to compete in.

“So, have the girls been good?” Jack looks towards his mother.

“They have been angels, Jack. They have been entertaining me and showing off their skills in the water.” Cara looks lovely over at her grandchildren.

“Well, that is good news.” Jack looks at both his girls with a proud look on his face.

Selina comes walking outside with a huge tray in her arms “I thought we would cook outside tonight sir.”

“Sounds good to me. Uncle Seamus, do you want to do the honors tonight, or should I?” Jack knew his Uncle loved cooking on the grill.

“Jack my boy, I would be honor to cook for the ladies tonight.” Seamus stands up and walks over towards the grill. He tells Selina what other items he’ll need.

Jack tucks his girls in and give them a kiss on their foreheads before heading back to his office where he had asked his mother, Selina, and Seamus to meet him after the girls were asleep. As he walks in, he shuts the door behind him and press a secret button on his desk to seal the room, so they won’t be disturbed.

He looks at the adults gather in his office “you guys know I try not to involve you in what goes on in my line of work. However, I may have to leave for a while to tend to some matters I prefer the girls not to know anything about. If things go the way I am planning, I should be gone only for a week. However, should something happen to me. I have left instructions here in this book.”
Jack pulls down a book and to show which one it was.

“Uncle Seamus, I know you would give anything to come with me, but I need you here to protect my mother and the girls. Their wolves will be here with them. I’m only taking Chaos with me on this mission. Selina, you already know how to arm the defenses around the property. Go ahead and show Uncle Seamus and my mother how to do it as well. I’ve already programmed their bios into the system.”

“Jack, what are we going to tell the girls if you don’t come back.” Cara knew they would have to tell the girls something.

“Easy, the plane I flew down has crashed and no survivors have been found. That story is believable and MI6 will back up the story so if someone questions it or look into it. They will see the truth. They already have a body like me in frozen storage.” Jack had set that protocol up a long time ago.

“You know this will be hard on the girls, if you don’t come back lad. They’ve come to love you and don’t want to lose you.” Seamus had heard what the girls had asked their grandmother today.

“I know and I hate to do this to them, but an example needs to be sent. If you come after me or my family, expect me to retaliate and return the favor.” Jack had to send this message.

“Jack, you don’t kill children do you?” Cara couldn’t believe what she was hearing from her son.

“Mom, I only kill the adults, never the children unless it has come to the point that they can’t be reasoned with. Even then I try to bring them in so that whatever is bothering them can be worked out.” Jack knew a lot of enemies were using children now a day to do their dirty work. He’s only been force to kill four children so far. He had no other option available to him.

“I’m leaving for Settle, Washington early tomorrow morning to check out some information. I’ll send word if I need to go further South.” Jack, hopes he doesn’t but he has a feeling he’ll need to.

“Alright Jack. We’ll take care of the girls and make sure they are safe and sound while you are gone.” Seamus hates to see his nephew leave, but the lad had a job to do and he doesn’t blame or fault his nephew for what he should do.

Jack presses the button again and watches as everyone leaves his office and head to bed. He heads to his room to pack a go bag and his body armor. He packs his guns and a few other things he keeps locked up in the armory hidden behind a concealed wall in his closet. Once everything is packed and ready to go, he goes to check on the girls again and make sure they were sleeping soundly.

Jack carries everything he was taking with him downstairs to his hummer and packs it. He whistles for Chaos to join him. As he stands there waiting on Chaos, he hopes that after this he wouldn’t need to make another statement to his enemies. He wants to live enough to watch his girls grow up, get married and have children. He wants to be around to enjoy his life with them. He notices Chaos running towards him.

“You ready to go hunting again my old friend?” Jack ruffles Chaos fur and has him hop into the hummer.

“Let’s go hunting boy.” Jack starts the hummer and leaves. He wasn’t going to take the Lear Jet he kept at his house. He was going to take his other plane just in case he needed the special options it had built into it.

Jack drives to a private airfield that he kept his special Jet at and parks his hummer. He unloads his gear and Chaos’s body armor. He knows
Chaos hates flying, but the big wolf could handle it.

Once everything is loaded up, Jack takes off after getting clearance.

After two hours, Jack lands the Jet at a private airfield that he has used before and trusted. He parks the jet in a hangar that is off the books that he uses whenever he comes this way. After putting his body armor on and Chaos body armor on. They load up in a van and head to the location he had been given by Paul.

Getting in and disarming the booty trap was easy. Paul forgot to mention that to him. Jack digs through his files looking for the contractor and how to get in touch with them. Jack figures tracking down this Cartel leader is going to be a chore, but he is going to find and make him pay for what he had planned. Jack already had some idea on who he thinks it is, but he wants to make sure it was the right person. Not that it really matters. All Cartels leaders and drug dealers need to be eliminated in his opinion.

Chaos was sniffing around the place looking for hidden walls or hiding places. He scratches an area. Jack walks over and checks it out. It takes him a little bit of searching, but he finds the release latch to open it. It wasn’t hard, he just had to know where to look. When Jack opens the compartment, he finds a portable hard drive. Jack wasn’t a hacker himself, but he knew a person he could take the portable drive to find out what was it. Jack packs up everything that was of value and torches the place, so no one could use it again.

Jack and Chaos get back into the van and head to the drop point that Paul uses for his contractor and places a few hidden cameras and spray the area with an invisible tracking aerosol that he could track, just in case his cameras are jammed or found. He makes a call using special software to contact the contractor to have him come out here.

Julia and Gina were disappointed when they woke-up the next day. Their father had left without letting them know. Their grandmother wouldn’t tell them where he went or when he would be back. All she would tell them was that he had some important business that needed to be handle and he should be back by the end of the week. The girls still would had like to have seen him off. Also, they couldn’t find Chaos anywhere, which was unusual. Chaos normally came to the house to eat and sleep.

On Tuesday, they get a phone call from their father. Selina had answer the phone.

“Girls, your father is on the phone.” Selina puts the phone on the speaker for them.

“Daddy, where are you?” Gina was the first to speak.

“I’m in Seattle, Washington sweetie. I had a business meeting with an import and export business I own up here. What have you and your big sister been doing?” Jack was sitting at a warehouse he owned threw a few dummy corporations. It was an old seafood processing plant.

His plan to catch the contractor had worked out and now he was going to interrogate him and find out who put the contract on his life.

“We went horseback riding with Aunt Debbie and today she took us to the rodeo to meet some of her friends. Daddy, we can’t find Chaos anywhere. He hasn’t come home or been seen around the ranch.” Gina was worried about him. She liked the big ole wolf.

“He’s with me sweetie, I had to take him in for his annual check-up.” Jack hated lying to his girls, but she couldn’t know that Chaos was important.

“Okay daddy. Daddy, when will you be back?” This time it was Julia asking the questions.

“I’ll be home by the end of the week sweetie, I promise. I’ll bring something home for you two. Oh, I have asked Aunt Debbie to take you girls and grandma to a new salon that has opened. I think you’ll enjoy it sweeties. Afterwards, she’s taking you all to one of my favorite restaurants. I hope you girls and Uncle Seamus enjoy it.” Jack had made a call to his chef friend at La Peru and reserved a table for everyone and instructed them to put it on his account.

“I wish you were home daddy.” Julia didn’t like it when their father went off. She sorts of knew what type of work he did, because she had heard him talking to Selina.

“I promise sweetie. I will be home by the end of week one way or another.” Jack was going to keep his word to his oldest daughter.

“Alright daddy. Daddy, grandma wants to speak with you.” Julia watches as their grandmother come into their father’s office.

“Jack? You said that you made reservations for me and the girls at the new salon that just opened?” Cara had overheard Jack talking to the girls.

“Yes ma’am. I thought you and the girls would enjoy the day at a new spa. I know the owner and she is a nice lady. Uncle Seamus will enjoy the Tarnish Copper Pub down the street from the spa. I arrange for dinner at La Peru for you, Uncle Seamus and the girls as well. Debbie is going to be tagging along.” Jack had arranged for them to have a fun day.

“Alright Jack. I do hope to see you by the end of the week.” Cara was trying to give her son a message without the girls knowing.

“You will mom, one way or another.” Jack was going to show-up at home. He always kept his promise.

“Alright Jack. I’m holding you to that promise.” Cara knew Jack wouldn’t let her or the girls down. There were times she regretted he ever went to work for MI 6. She missed her innocent son.

“Bye everyone.” Jack hangs up and turns towards the contractor.

“Now, where were we?” An evil smile appears on his face.

Cara looks towards the girls “okay girls. Let’s go and make some cookies. I’ll show you how to make some Celtic Cross cookies. Your father loves those.”

Julia and Gina follow their grandmother into the kitchen and gather the ingredients to make homemade cookies. Sphinx and Cadmus had follow the girls into the kitchen and for once, Selina didn’t shoo them out.

Selina was watching the girls. They were the best thing that had ever happen to Jack. She knew he had always wanted children and had hope they would be with his wife April. Unfortunately, fate had a different plan for him.

Seamus was outside looking at the sun as it went down. He was thinking about his nephew and hopes everything was okay. He hates to see his nieces suffer for the loss of their father. He’s going to talk with Jack when he comes back. He can’t keep doing his type of work and torturing the girls like this.

Seamus takes a swig of the beer he is drinking. He does have to admit his nephew has good taste in beer and wine. He saw Jack’s wine collection when he went to grab another case of beer. He does wonder where that big ass wolf of Jack’s is. The thing could give nightmares to some of the boys back home. He has already seen what his off-spring would look like from Cadmus and Sphinx. Jack told him that Chaos had sire those two wolves. They were bigger than normal, but smaller than their father.

Jack’s plan to capture the contractor had worked. After capturing him and taking him back to a warehouse he owned. He had given the man three choices to cooperate with him. To drive his point across that he wasn’t someone to play games with or not talk to, he let Chaos have his fun first. See, most integrator and torturers used tools, drugs or beatings to get their message across or extract information. However, when you have a big ass wolf like Chaos that can break a man’s arm like it was a twig. It comes in handy.

He had made sure the contractor didn’t have any false teeth with Potassium cyanide or even anything else to kill himself with. Once he had been search thoroughly Jack threw him in a small room with Chaos. Each time he asked the contractor a question and he told him to f off or nothing at all, he let Chaos have a little nibble of him. After being bitten five times from Chaos, the contractor started answering his questions.

Jack finally killed him and placed his body in a grave in a nearby graveyard. Later that night he had received a request from a Spanish friend of his that he owed a favor to. Since Jack was taking care of one cartel leader, he didn’t see any reason not to do this job for his friend as well. He was supposed to meet his friend in Mexico to speak to him about who he wanted dead.

Jack had called his girls and his mother to let them know he would be home by this weekend and reassure the girls that he made a promise to them and that he kept his promise. Plus, he did know the owner of the new Spa and thought his mother and the girls would enjoy it. He knew his uncle would enjoy the pub. It was one of his favorite places to waste time at.

Jack packs up his equipment and cleans Chaos off. He heads back to the airfield he had arrived at, but instead of taking the same jet he had flown. He heads towards another hangar that had an AC-47D aircraft he owned and was updated with new aviation equipment and uses that plane to fly down to Mexico. Jack knows Chaos will draw attention, so he leaves him with the plane to guard it. No one would be dumb enough to try something with a huge as wolf onboard. Jack drives a jeep from the airfield to a small town where he is supposed to meet his Spanish friend.

Don Juan Carlos had been updated about his long-lost daughter. He couldn’t believe that his ex-lover would had been so petty not to tell him that he had a son/daughter. He had come across a picture of her while reading a newspaper of someone being involved in a drive-by shooting. The picture of her had looked so familiar that he had his people investigate the woman. What they had found out had confirmed what he had thought. They did some more digging and found out her real name and everything that had happened to her up to the point of her being shot. He had learned a cartel leader wanted her dead. Normally, he would had handle this problem himself with his own people. However, he needed this to be done by someone not in his employed and remembered that a certain friend of his owed him a favor. He knew his friend always paid his favors back.

As Juan sits and enjoys his cold drink, he notices his friend driving up in a black Jeep Wrangler. A smile appears on his face as Juan watches as the jeep stops and his friend Jack Bounty gets out.

“Cómo estás mi amigo?”

“estoy bien” Jack responds back in perfect Spanish.

“I see you haven’t lost your touch my friend? Where is that big ass dog of yours I have been hearing rumors about?” Juan motions for the waitress to bring another beer over for his friend.

“He’s guarding the airplane. I didn’t want to bring him in and scare everyone. They would think he was a devil dog.” Jack accepts the beer and drinks it.

“I need to call in the favor you owe me, my friend. I just recently found out that I have a daughter and I hate to say that a certain cartel leader has taken an interest in her. I need you to deliver a message to him.” Juan knew Jack was the perfect guy to this problem. Messages to people were his specialty.

“Just a message or A MESSAGE?” An evil smile appears on his face when he says the second one.

“A MESSAGE my friend.” Juan knew what Jack meant when he said A MESSAGE to him. The second one meant the elimination of the person.

“Who’s the target?” Jack takes another drink of his beer.

“Here’s his file my friend.” Juan hands a folder to Jack with everything he had. I took the liberty to give you satellite shots of his compound.
Jack opens the folder and a smile appears on his face. It was the same asshole he was going after anyway.

“I take it, that you know the person?” Juan had notice the smile on his friend’s face.

“Let’s just say the asshole made a mistake of taking a contract out on me and my family. Save the favor I owe you, this is on me.” Jack closes the file and tries to think of the perfect revenge against this guy. He wanted the message to get across to other cartel leaders that fucking with his family or someone else is a bad idea.

“So, tell me more about your daughter? How did you find out about her and who is she?” Jack finishes his beer and orders another one.

“Well, believe it or not. I saw her in the newspaper article. What grabbed my attention was her looks? She looked so much like her great grandmother. She’s the daughter of a past lover that didn’t tell me that we had created a kid. As for who she is, her name is Renata my friend.” Juan knew Jack wouldn’t know her. He didn’t hang out at gay or lesbian bars.

“How is she tied to this cartel person?” Jack wanted to know why this cartel leader had interest in her?

“She testified against one of his men.” Juan had learned this from his research.

“That would do it. Drugs, money and sending their people to jail will do it. So, do you have her in hiding?” Jack knew if his girls were in danger, he would have them hidden.

“Yes and no. Yes, I have her protected on a wineyard ranch I own, but she doesn’t know I’m her father. I haven’t gotten around to telling her yet.” Juan was going to tell her before he came down here.

“Don’t wait too long my friend. Tell her the next time you see her. I bet you she’ll love to know she has a father that loves her.” Jack drinks his beer.

“You sound like your talking from experience, my friend.” Juan knew about Jack’s wife and how he had wish he had been there that night.

“I just adopted two girls some group was performing experiments on. Their biological parents don’t want them back. So, I adopted them and have been helping them over came the mental damage that has been done to them. I tell them and show them all the time I love them. If my wife was still alive, I know she would do the same.” Jack loved his daughter Gina and Julia and after this mission is done. He’s going to curtail his activities to spend more time with them.

“Well, I will make sure to spend time with my daughter and her new husband.” Juan wants to know his daughter more.

The rest of the day, they sit there talking and drinking beer. When evening comes Juan heads back to the airport and Jack heads to take care of business.

Jack and Chaos has been observing Sanzo Dulcidio movements for the past few days. While he has been observing him, Jack had planted incendiary devices and used drones at night time to spray the cocaine fields with a mixer of plant killer and jet fuel. Tonight, he was going to make sure these fields can’t be used again. Jack wanted a message to be sent so other cartels know not to mess with him or any one from now on. He knows that’s it isn’t going to stop them, but it might give them reasons to pause.

The satellite images that Don Juan provide showed the lookouts and the roof defenses. The compound was well guarded and armed, but he knew there was always a back door or escape for the occupants. Throughout the day, Chaos and he go looking for it. Jack finally finds it and follows it in towards the compound. He does mine the escape tunnel just in case.

Jack waits till its midnight before striking. He had left surprises on the main roads leading from the compound. Once he and Chaos come to the door leading into the house. Jack checks for traps and find none. He figures Sanzo wouldn’t worry about people finding his hidden tunnel. Jack opens the hidden door quietly with Chaos following behind him. Both move throughout the house silently killing people. Jack makes sure that he finds Sanzo first. He wasn’t going to give the man a second chance.

Jack finds the master bedroom with Sanzo sleeping in bed with two women. Jack darts all three of them and slowly move Sanzo out of bed.

He secures Sanzo and takes him outside and string him up. Jack takes any money and drugs with him. The drugs he will get rid, but the money he will send to his friend Don Juan.

Jack waits till morning before he awakens Sanzo.

“Good morning sleepy head. I thought you should be awake for the fireworks.” Jack stood there just looking at Sanzo as he came around.

Sanzo could tell he wasn’t in his bed when he started waking up. He couldn’t move his arm and then he heard a voice and saw a tall muscular guy with black hair and painted face. He had own camo printed body armor with weapons on holsters and a machete hanging from his belt. Standing next to him was the biggest ass dog he has ever seen wearing custom body armor.

Sanzo at first couldn’t place the face, but then he remembers right away who this person was.

“So, you decided to come after me, did you?” Sanzo couldn’t believe the balls on this gringo.

“Yes, I did. If you hadn’t been dumb enough to come after me or my family. I wouldn’t have bother with you. You signed your death warrant when you sent assassins to kill me.” Jack kept a calm cool attitude.

“What gives you the right to tell us what we can and can’t do? Who are you to tell me I can’t sell drugs? What gives you the right to be judge, jury and executioner?” Sanzo couldn’t believe the balls on this man.

“What gives me the right? I tell you what gives me the right. You and your fellow cartel leaders are too lazy to get off your lazy ass and make a decent living. Your crap kills and ruin people’s lives, while you sit down here not caring who you are hurting and getting your dam money.
As for what gives me the right to be your judge, jury and executioner is simple. The people you hurt gave me the right to be your judge, jury and executioner. Now, normally I give people choices to save themselves. Fortunately, you don’t get that choice. Because you didn’t play the game right. So, I need to send a message so this doesn’t happen again.” Jack presses a button on his remote and all the devices he set, go off.

“What have you done?” Sanzo could see flames from where his cocaine fields were. Buildings inside his compound exploded. Where his escape tunnel is exploded. Everything he has collected and worked hard for all goes up in flames.

“Redecorating the area by getting rid of the trash. Now, as for you.” Jack looks at Chaos and then back to Sanzo.

“If you can outrun Chaos, I’ll let you live. If you can’t well, you’ll be his lunch. By the way, just in case you do.” Jack slaps an explosive collar around his neck.

“Pop goes the weasel.” Jack cuts Sanzo’s hand and legs lose.

“I start running if I was you.” Jack points in the direction he should go.

Sanzo starts running. Either way he was dead.

Jack looks at his watch and gives Sanzo a five-minute head start.

“Gabh!”

Jack watches as Chaos takes off to play with his new toy. He gives Sanzo a few minutes before Chaos catches him. Jack could see everything Chaos was doing from the concealed cameras on Chaos’s body armor.

Sanzo could hear movement behind him as he tries to run as fast as he could. The next thing he feels is something hitting his back and knocking him forward onto the ground. He hears a growl and then pain as his neck is encased in a powerful grip of steel. He tries to fight, but it is useless.

Jack walks towards where Chaos is.

“Stad!”

Jack stops Chaos from eating Sanzo’s face. He takes his machete out and cuts his head off and carry’s it to the front of Sanzos Compound was and mounts it on a pike in front with a sign hanging around it stating the Devil’s Bounty Hunter has return.

Jack covers up a yawn as he drove from the private airfield back towards his ranch. He had just landed a thirty minutes ago and had gotten in his hummer to drive back to the ranch with Chaos. Both were jet-lagged and just wanted to get home. Jack pulls up to one of the convenience store near his ranch and parks. He was still feeling tired and could use a cup of their cheap coffee.

As he walks in to get his coffee. Starts noticing thing weren’t right. The people were standing around and acting kind of strange. Jack walks over and starts pouring his coffee and press his remote to open the Hummers door.

“If you’re trying to rob this place or are holding hostages here, I suggest you drop your weapons and surrender to me now.” Jack had already palmed his gun to his hand, but was keeping it hidden.

A Latino gang member comes up with a gun in his hand and points it at him.

“What are you going to do gringo?” He was pointing his gun at Jack’s face.

Jack ignores him and just takes a sip of the coffee he just poured in the cup.

He looks at the kid “I’m going to give you a chance to reach adulthood, punk. Now, you can give me your gun and along with all your companions and leave here unmolested or I can take that gun from you and shove it up your ass.”

Jack takes another sip of his coffee.

“I’m the one with the gun gringo, you got nothing.”

“Wrong, I have a very hungry wolf that is waiting to eat you and” Jack shoves his gun into the guy’s groin.

“I also have birth control as well. Now, let’s see who blinks?” Jack lets the punk see the dead look in his eyes that meant he will kill and not feel anything.

A very loud growl could be heard coming through the store door.

The punk looks could feel the gun pressing against his groin and could tell it was a very big gun shoved against him.

“Trae tus armas y dáselo a este tipo.” The guy puts his gun on the table and the other people with him do the same thing.

“Smart move.” Jack walks with the kids towards the door.

“Téigh ar ais go dtí an carr.”

Chaos turns around and starts heading back towards the hummer.

“Now, you guys have five seconds to get the hell out of here before I start thinning the gene pool.” Jack still had his gun in his hand. He takes another sip of his coffee.

All four Latino punks run to their car and squeals out of the parking lot. Jack stands there and watches till the car gets far away. Jack presses the remote to shut the door of the hummer. He turns back around and walks back inside to pay for his coffee.

“No charge for you Mister Bounty. Here are the guns for you to take as well.” The store clerk hands the bag to Jack. He was one of his regular customers and knew how dangerous the man was.

This wasn’t the first time he has come inside and found that the place was being held up. It was the first time he had seen that big ass wolf outside his door. The last two times Mr. Bounty had come in here, he sent out body bags. This time was different.

“Thanks Nandi.” Jack gets a refill and heads back out to his hummer.

Jack tosses the guns in the back and backs up and heads back towards his home. All he wants to do is get back to his girls and get some rest in.

Gina and Julia were sitting at the breakfast table eating their breakfast. Today their father was supposed to come home. He had promise them and they knew he always kept his promises to them. The first thing they see is Chaos walking into the kitchen.

“Daddy!”

Gina is the first one to hop out of her seat and runs to Jack who was standing in the hallway with his arms open to welcome his girls.

“Dad”

Julia comes running right behind Gina. Gina throws herself into her arms and holds on to him. Julia tackles him as well and holds onto him.
Jack just wraps his arms around both his girls and holds them tight against his body. He could feel Gina crying against his shoulder. He felt Julia hug him tight. She was so happy her daddy was back.

Gina was just happy her father was back safe and sound. She hadn’t been able to sleep like she normally did when he was here. She didn’t want to let him go ever again.

Cara walks because she wanted to know what all the ruckus was first thing in the morning. When she walks towards the kitchen she notices both her granddaughters hugging their father.

“Welcome home son.” She places a kiss on his cheek.

“Thanks mom.”

Jack walks towards the kitchen carrying both his girls. He was happy to be home seeing his family again. He notices Gina was trembling in his arms.

“What’s wrong pumpkin?”

Gina looks at her father with tears sliding down her cheeks “I don’t want you to leave us again.”

Jack sighs ‘Gina, that’s a promise I can’t make. I do have a job to do. However, I will promise you that for the next few months I will not take any missions or jobs and be totally here with you and your sister. Okay?”

“Okay, daddy.” Gina buries her face against his shoulder.

“How about you, pumpkin? Are you okay with that promise?” Jack looks down at his oldest.

Julia looks up at her father and shakes her head yes to his question. She felt the same way Gina did and just wanted her father to stay home for now on.

“Okay, girls. Finish your breakfast.” Selina fixes a mug of coffee for Jack. She knew how he like his coffee and what he will want to eat.

Julia goes back to her seat, but Gina stays with her father.

Jack places a kiss on her cheek.

“Go on sweetie. Do what Selina said. I’m not going anywhere.”

Gina lets go of her father and goes back over to her seat and start to finish her breakfast.

Jack accepts his coffee mug from Selina and start drinking it. This coffee was a lot better than the one he brought earlier at the store.

Jack watches as his Uncle comes stumbling in half asleep.

“Morning uncle.”

Seamus looks over at his nephew as he stumbles to an empty seat.

Selina places the coffee mug he has been using in front of him.

“Go raibh maith agat Selina” Seamus picks the coffee up and takes a sip of it.

“Tá fáilte romhat” Selina responses back in Irish.

She fixes herself a coffee and sits down with everyone at the table.

It’s been three months since that nasty business with the Cartel had been dealt with and Jack was enjoying his daughters first competition event. Debbie had worked and trained the girls to ride their horses as well as she could. The first event the girls were in was calf robing. Both girls were competing in the team roping event to take down a calf. Julia and Gina had practice every day and worked as a perfect team together. They won that event by seconds. The next event they were in was bareback riding, which both girls could do with their eyes closed. The final event was barrel racing, Gina beats her older sister by seconds.

Debbie wanted Jack to compete, but he refused. She knew he was a good bull rider and saddle bronc rider. He did compete in the shooting competition event and trick shooting competition along with his girls. He taught them how to shoot and they weren’t bad shooters. They could shoot his old fashion peacemakers pistols and his Winchester rifle. They still had a problem with his triple barrel shotgun, but they were excellent shot with most of his handguns. Debbie had come in first place on several of her events as well.

He had been made to promise to tell Debbie how he felt about her by his mother. He knew she wasn’t going to let this die either. So, once Jack told Debbie he loved her, the two of them made plans and got married. The girls were happy their father was marrying their Aunt. They had a small wedding with just close friends and family attending on the ranch.

Most of his guest had never met Chaos and some of them feared him and the other two wolves. Don Juan Carlos had been invited and brought his daughter and her husband with them. He was impress by the wolves and how well trained they were. He had asked that next time Jack decides to breed any of the wolves to call him and let him know. He might be interested in having two on his ranch to protect his daughter like he saw Cadmus and Sphinx doing for Julia and Gina.

Debbie had gotten pregnant while on their honeymoon. She was expecting their first baby. The girls were excited because they were hoping for another girl. Jack didn’t care either way he was fine with a boy or a girl.

Alex and Robert had adopted a ten-year-old girl and a twelve-year-old boy whose parents had run out on them. They had brought them to the rodeo with Jack and his family. Jack was wearing his typical western wear with an old fashion Marshal badge. The organizers had asked him to be the Marshal this year for the rodeo. Debbie had nominated him for the position.

He was still allowed to compete. There was one competition they had come up with to see who could out shoot the Marshal. Many tried, but few even came close to out shooting Jack.

Jack and his family slept out under the stars instead of sleeping in the trailer they had rented. He wanted the girls to have the full experience of what it was like for the cowboys back in the day. As Jack sat up drinking some whiskey with Alex and Robert while Debbie and the kids slept. He can’t help, but to smile as he thinks about how far his girls had come since he rescued them. They still had some problems and they always will, but he knows the girls were strong and wouldn’t let their past haunt them. They had blossom under his mothers, Debbie, Selina and his own teaching and care. He challenged the girls and made them stronger in facing their fears. Jack knew they still had one fear. That they were afraid of losing him. He had promise that he would do everything possible to make sure that never happens.

He knew what the bigger picture was and that everything he did to eliminate whatever could hurt them to make the world better place was a good goal to have. He had a higher responsibility to them. That was to make sure he was around to see them grow-up and be there when they needed him the most. He will do whatever he needs to protect his family and friends and the hell with everyone else.

Alex and Robert had seen a change in Jack since coming back from Mexico. He had become more attentive to his girls and to Debbie. They knew he wanted to spend more time with them and was more protective of them. They knew Debbie had talked Jack into enrolling the girls into a private school so they could socialize with girls their age. It was nice they were taking online classes, but they needed to know what girls their age did. Plus, it had allowed them to make friends and experience the life of a teenager.

Some of the guys at the girl’s new school had already tried to bully and forced them to do something they didn’t want to do and found out the hard way what happened. Robert had told him about the incident at school and how the two girls had taken care of the problem.

Gina and Julia had made several friends at school and had a sleep over one night. Their friends feared Cadmus and Sphinx when they first saw them, but relaxed once they learned the wolves wouldn’t hurt them. Now, the one wolf they didn’t care of that much was Chaos. He really scared them. Jack did keep Chaos away from the girls so they could enjoy the visit. He had been glad Debbie had been there to help control the madness. Having a bunch of girls under one roof was something he wasn't use too. Still, he was glad the girls had enjoyed themselves and their friends were always welcome to come over and visit them.

Jack paces himself as he jogs around the boundary of his property. Debbie was still in bed sound asleep and the girls wouldn’t be up for another hour to get ready for school. Chaos was running next to him. It felt nice to be out running in the morning air. Chaos stops and starts growling as a female figure comes walking out of the woods. She was oriental and had shoulder length black hair. She was wearing a form fitting body suit.

“Cheshire, you should know better than to try and sneak up on me or Chaos.” Jack had his gun in his left hand hidden against his left leg.

“Good morning to you too, Jack. I wasn’t trying to sneak-up on you. I know you don’t like visitors. As for Chaos, that wolf of yours doesn’t scare me. I’ve seen bigger animals.” She had a playful smile on her face.

“What brings you to my property?” Jack had already put his gun away. Cheshire was a friend he trusted.

“I’ve been asked to deliver a message by the agency. Stay out of South America for a while. You’re making enemies at the agency interfering into their business. I know all about what happened and I would have done the same thing. Just know, they want you to stay out so they can play their CIA games. You have the cartels down there thinking you are coming for them all and its making the ones that are working for the
CIA nervous.” Cheshire knew Jack didn’t give a rat’s ass about the agency, but she didn’t want to see them coming after her friend.

“I’ll stay out for now. However, should any of them get the idea of coming after me or my family again. I’ll start eliminating every cartel leader and group down there till either I’m dead or they are dead. That includes the ones working for the agency.” Jack hated the CIA as much as he hated the cartels.

“I’ll pass the word along my friend. Oh, congratulations. I heard you got married and adopted two girls. Are they going to follow in your footsteps?”

“Thanks. God, I hope they don’t. I want them to live long enough to see their great grandchildren. What we do will either kill us or drive us insane with all the shit we do. What happened with you getting out of the game?” Jack knew Cheshire had retired to her place in Hawaii.

“I am retried. The agency asked me to come and talk with you since they know how deep our friendship goes. I told them that the next time they disturb me. I’m going to place a nuke up their ass. I’m tired of killing people and solving their fucked up problems. I just want to enjoy life for once and keep what sanity I still possess.”

Cheshire was tired of the killing and close calls. She trained to many other agents and most of the ones she trained were either dead or insane from the crap the agency put them through. Jack may have been trained by MI6, but the two them were close friends and trained a few agents together. Bart Hardy was another progeny of theirs that only her and Jack could take down if he ever turned. So far everything she has been hearing about him, he was becoming more like Jack. He was getting sick of the game and was looking forward to retiring.

Bart had a new wife who she had checked out that was a medical doctor for a prestige’s hospital. He was ready to retire from the spy and assassination game and settle down with his new wife. He already put her in jeopardy once and barely escaped from that situation.

“Let me know if they keep trying to pressure you again to do their dirty work. I have a nuke I can loan you.” Jack had the materials to build one, but kept all materials to do it separated at different storage drop places.

“I thought you said that material sunk into the ocean.” Cheshire just looks at Jack trying to see if he was going to lie to her again.

“I never said anything. You assumed that I let it go down with the ship. I kept it and have it hidden in a safe place if I ever need it for something.
I won’t use it, but I’m sure as hell am not going to let the agency get their hands on it or my government either.”

Cheshire just smiles “look next time your in Hawaii. Bring your wife and kids by my place. I’ll like to meet them.”

She looks down at Chaos “as for you. I’ll let you and Khan decide which one of you is the nightmare and which one is the beast.”

“You still got that old Bengal Tiger.” Jack thought he had died off.

“Nay, this is Khan the third. He’s a Liger and one of Khan’s offspring. He is bigger than what his father was. Him and Chaos would have fun wrestling with each other.” She knew how big and mean Chaos was.

“Next time I come to Hawaii I'll bring the kids and my wife.”

“Well, I’ll see you my friend and remember to stay out of South America.” Cheshire walks back into the woods and basically disappear.

“Come on Chaos. Let’s finish our run.” Jack starts running again.

He heads back towards the house and takes a shower and throw on some clothes so he can take the girls to school this morning. Debbie was having a hard time with the pregnancy and he was doing what he could to help her. She had serious morning sickness and afternoon sickness. His mother had said she went through the same thing carrying him and once it was over she had strange and weird cravings.

The girls were doing their share of helping Debbie with anything she needed. They were excited that she was pregnant. They couldn’t wait to see if she was going to have a boy and or a girl. Jack was planning on having an addition added to the house. So he still had the spare bedrooms and maybe a place for Debbie’s trophies she had won to display.

He’s been letting the girls decide if they wanted a pack lunch or buy their lunch at school. Most of the time they took their lunch, but a few times they brought school lunch.

“Morning girls. Do want a packed lunch or are you buying your lunch today?” Jack looks at his girls.

“We’ll take a packed lunch today daddy.” They go over and start putting their lunches together. He steps back and just watches as they work.
Once they had their lunch and breakfast they head out of the house and towards school.

 
Stories continue in Gina's and Julia's First week of school

“Girls, how would you like to start going to school and meeting other kids around your age?”
Jack stands in his office looking at his girls.

“Daddy, are you sure? I mean it would be great, but what if someone tries to take us again?” Julia was nervous.

Jack walks over and motions for both girls to sit with him on the sofa in his office.

“You have nothing to fear sweeties, there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you girls. Plus, between my training, Debbie’s training and Roberts training you girls can defend yourself against most people. You have your necklaces sweetie. All you have to do is press your wolf head and
I’ll come running.”

Julia looks at her sister and could see she was scared, but she knew their father was right.

“What type of school is it Daddy?” Gina was curious.

“Well, it’s a co-ed school and has grades 1-12. Its private and it has very high standards that I know you and Julia can attain. You’ll either be dropped off by me, Debbie or Selina. Uncle Robert and Uncle Alex may come by and pick you guys up as well. The school won’t release you to anyone we haven’t given permission to. Also, you know the code word if I send someone to get you. So, will you give it a try?”

Gina and Julia looks at each other. Then they look back at their father.

“Yes sir, we’ll give it a try.”

“That’s my girls.” Jack hugs them both.

“Now, why don’t you go up to your room and try your uniform on and checkout what is laying on your bed.”

Both girls hop up off the sofa and runs out of the office and towards their bedroom. As soon as they enter, they see several school uniforms, gym uniforms and brand new computer bags with their laptops inside on their bed. There were new shoes and new purses for each girl.

Jack could hear the squeal coming up the stairs as he approaches both girls room.

“I guess they found their going to school presents.”

Jack stood outside looking at both girls room.

“Alright, try your uniforms on and let’s see how they look.”

Jack watches as the girls close their bedroom doors. He waits as they change into their uniforms and when they are done they open their
door and come out to show him.

Selina comes walking upstairs and notice the girls in their uniform.

“I think they are ready to go to work at one of my offices. They look very professional.” Jack was proud of his girls.

“I agree with you, Jack.” Selina looks at the girl and take each one into their room and show them how they can touch their make-up up.
Afterwards Selina gets the girls ready for bed.

“Remember girls I’m taking you to school tomorrow morning.” Jack comes in and tucks Julia in first and places a kiss on her cheek.

“Night sweetie.” Sphinx hops up on the bed and curls up next to Julia.

Jack walks into Gina’s bedroom and tucks her in. He kisses her cheek.

“Night sweetie.” Cadmus jumps up and lays next to her.

“Night daddy.” Gina wraps her arms around Cadmus and bury her face against his fur.

Jack heads back downstairs to his office to check and make sure the security system was on around the property. While he was gone, he had his security company come out and add additional security systems to the property and check others.

When morning comes around the girls were already up and ready to go. Jack made sure they had their lunches that Selina had made for them and money as well before loading them up in the Hummer. Cadmus and Sphinx stayed behind with Chaos.

Jack parks the hummer and walk the girls inside to the main office to meet the Headmistress of the school. The girls are shown to their first classes by a student helper.

“Hi, I’m September, I’m so happy to meet you two. Are you sisters?”

“Yes, I’m Julia Anne Bounty, This my younger sister Gina Elizabeth Bounty. How long have you been a student helper, September?”

“Since school started this year. I was chosen over my friend May. She decided that it put too much pressure on her because she’s a member of the chess club and on the debate team.” September could see that Gina was nervous and stayed close to her sister.

“Hey Gina, what is that hanging around your neck?” September saw the necklace she had on.

“It’s a necklace of my wolf Cadmus.”

September’s eyes got big “you have a wolf as a pet?”

A smile forms on Gina’s face “so does my sister.”

September looks at Julia and notice her necklace “you have a wolf for a pet too?”

Julia nods her head yes and smiles at September “his name is Sphinx. Our father has their sire, but you don’t want to mess with him. He’s strictly our father’s wolf and bigger than ours.”

“Do you have pictures of them?”

Both girls nod their heads yes to her question.

“Cool, can you show me and my friends during lunch? I like wolves.” September couldn’t believe it. Here were two girls with pet wolves.

“Sure, we can meet during lunch.”

September shows both girls their first room. The next few hours go fast for the girls. They love the classes they had been assigned to and the teachers as well. By lunch time the girls meet up with September and her friends. There was September, Christmas, Lisa, Chad, Stevens, Carol, Cynthia and May.

“Guys I want you to meet the new girls. This is Julia and her sister Gina. You won’t believe what they have as pets.”

“Let me guess, cats?” Stevens figure most people had cats for pets.

“Nope.” September was smiling.

“Monkeys?” Chad liked monkeys and wanted one as a pet.

“Nope!”

Cynthia looks at both girls and notice their necklaces. Neither one was alike.

“Wolves?”

“How you guess?” September was sure her friends wouldn’t have gotten it.

“Their necklaces. They aren’t identical, but they are the same.”

All of Septembers friends stare at their necklaces.

“They’re not the same. One looks different than the other one.” Carol looks up at Julia.

“What are their names?”

“Mine is Sphinx and my sisters is Cadmus. Our father’s is Chaos, but you don’t want to meet him. He’s as big as a miniature horse.”

“No way. He can’t be that big.” Chad didn’t think he wasn’t very big. He had seen real wolves and they weren’t very big.

“Show them the pictures.” September wanted to see the wolves.

Gina pulls her cell phone out and bring ups the pictures of the wolves. She hands it to September.

All the kids gather around September as she looks at the wolves. There were pictures of Gina standing by Cadmus, then pictures of Julia with Sphinx and finally a picture of their father playing with Chaos. The last picture was the three of them standing together with Chaos in the middle and Sphinx and Cadmus on either side of him.

“Dam, they are some big wolves.” Chad couldn’t believe how big they were.

“Where did you get them?” September wanted one as a pet.

“Our father. He raised them since they were puppies. They are more like guard dogs, so you can’t just go up and pet them without either of us or a member of the family with you. They will eat your hand and kill you.”

“Have they ever kill anyone?” Chad was curious.

Both girls nod their head yes. They knew Cadmus and Sphinx had killed some intruders.

“Why? Don’t you feed them?”

Julia looks at Chad “because they were protecting their property. Some intruders came onto the property and all three wolves went after them. Daddy said that the intruders trespass on their territory.”

When the lunch bell rings. Julia and Gina has gym class next. They head into the girl’s locker room to change into their gym clothes. Gina goes to where her teacher was gathering her class.

Julia had a male gym teacher and several big guys in her class. She introduces herself to her teacher and her class like her sister Gina was doing at her class. Later, the teacher split the class up into teams and have them play volleyball. Julia is assigned to one group that was against some of the big buys in their class. They try spiking and trying to hurt some of the smaller kids on her team. So, she returns the favor by spiking the ball at the guys trying to hurt her team mates. She doesn’t let up on them. One guy gets in her face and pushes on her. She takes his arm, twist it with her hands and pull behind his back and lifts his arm up till it hurts.

“Don’t you ever get in my face again or try to hurt my team mates.” Julia lifts his arm up one more time before letting the guy go.

The guy cradles his arm. He had never met anyone that could do what she just did.

Gina walks by him “You’re lucky my sister didn’t break your arm or legs.”

Gina had a smile on her face as she skipped into the girls dressing room and over towards her sister where her locker was.

“Are you going to tell daddy?” Gina was changing out of her gym clothes.

“No, dad said if someone pushes on us or threaten us, we can use whatever force is necessary to put an end to it. He said to never start a fight, but we can finish it.” Julia cleans up and changes back into her school uniform. The two of them head to their next class together.

Arnold was dreading another day at school. The older boys at his school picked on him when the teachers weren’t looking and terrorized him on some of the social sites he belonged too. He had a few friends and some of them try to stand up for him, but they couldn’t always be around when he switched classes or had gym class.

He had seen one of the new girls that had recently joined the school put one of his tormentors in his place the other day. She had been cute, but her younger sister was cuter. He wouldn’t mind getting to know her. As he walks to his next class, one of his tormentors trip him and goes falling forward. He automatically reaches forward to brace for the fall when he is caught by the girl he had just been thinking of.

“Are you okay?” Gina had turned around to ask one of the girls she met yesterday something and the next thing she knew a boy was falling right into her. She had braced herself and caught him in her arms.

Arnold looked up when he heard her voice “thank you for catching me.”

“No problem.” Gina helps Arnold stand up.

Gina takes a good look at him. She normally felt uncomfortable around other people, but this kid didn’t set her on edge. He reminded her of herself when she uses to be a boy.

“Hey, I was joining my new friends and my sister for lunch. Would you like to join us? I know they won’t mind and even if they did, I wouldn’t
mind.” Gina could see that this boy could use a friend.

“Sure” He smiles at her. She looked a lot cuter to him up close.

Gina smiles at him and grabs his hand and leads him to the cafeteria where the girls she met yesterday and her sister would be. She leads him over to the table they have claimed for their group.

“Hey May, watch you reading?” Gina saw May reading a novel as she sat at the table.

“Quantum Physics for Dummies” May had looked over her book to see Gina and a boy that was in her science class sitting down at their table. 

“Is that for the debate team or are you really interested in it?” Gina was getting her lunch out and setting it before her.

“Both.” May picks up a celery stick and munch on it.

Gina looks over towards Arnold and notice he didn't have his lunch.

“Don’t you eat lunch?”

“Yes, when the bullies don’t take my lunch money.” He was sad because his lunch money was taken before school today.

“You’re welcome to share mine with me or if you like I can give you some money so you can get a lunch.” Gina really felt sorry for this kid.

He looks over at the lunch line and notice one of the bullies were standing in line.

Gina notice where he was looking and looked herself.

“Come on. Let’s get you a lunch.” She grabs his hand before he could even answer her and drag him over to the lunch line.

Arnold stood behind Gina hoping Jaxon wouldn’t see him.

Jaxon was looking around seeing who he could bully tomorrow to get their lunch money from when he spots Arnold hiding behind one of the new girls in school. He saw yesterday what happened to his friend Wyatt when he got in the face of the oldest of the girls yesterday. He looks at the smaller one that had skipped by his friend Wyatt and stopped and said something to him.

Jaxon looks past the girl towards Arnold “I thought you said you gave us all your money, punk. Tomorrow you’ll be paying use double.”

“No, he won’t and if you touch him I’ll tell the Headmistress.” Gina stepped closed and looked up at him.

“What are you going to do, tell you sister?” He steps closer to Gina.

Gina punches him in his chest as hard as she could and knock the wind out of him. He bends over from her punch. As he is bending over, she brings her right knee up between his legs and knee’s him hard in his private area. Gina stands there looking down at him curled up on the floor of the cafeteria.

“Young lady, you’re going to the principle office.” A teacher goes to grab Gina’s arm.

“Don’t grab my sister.” Julia saw a teacher about to grab Gina’s arm and the next thing she sees is Gina taking the teachers hand and bending it backwards.

Julia walks over to her sister “Gina let her go. She’s not going to hurt you.”

Gina looks at the teacher and lets her go.

The Headmistress had walked in during the commotion and saw everything.

“Why don’t all of us go to my office.” The Headmistress needed to get to the bottom of this mess.

“Don’t worry about your stuff Gina. I’ll take care of it.” September had seen what happened.

Julia, Arnold, Jaxon and Gina all head towards the Headmistress’s office. Once they were seated inside the secretary had called Jack.

Jack comes in and ask what the problem was.

“Mr. Bounty, your daughter attacked one of my teachers.

“No, she didn’t daddy. The teacher went to grab Gina just as I was trying to warn her not too.” Julia was going to make sure her father knew the truth.

Jack looks at everyone “why don’t you start at the beginning so we can solve this mess.”

Jack knew his girls never attack any one unless it was in self-defense.

Jack listens while Gina tells her side. Then he listens as the teacher involve tells her side and finally what Julia tells him. He had glanced at Arnold when Gina told her side.

“Okay, let me get this straight. Gina was protecting herself and the young man here from this bully? Then your teacher went to grab Gina by her arm to drag her off to here, instead of investigating what happened? Am I getting this straight?” Jack looks towards the Headmistress as he asks this question.

“Yes, but Mr. Bounty we can’t allowed kids to take matters into their own hands? Also, she attacked a teacher.” The Headmistress couldn’t let the students or parents dictate how things were done at this school.

“The way I see it and the way a judge will see it is this. First, you have a bullying problem in your school and nothing is being done about it. Second, your teacher went to lay their hands on my daughter. She was acting in self-defense because your teacher had no right to grab my daughter. If she had still been hitting on the boy after he dropped, then yes. You had all the right to react the way you did. However, she was just standing there doing nothing. Third, both my girls have undergone advanced hand-to-hand combat training by me and their uncles. So, the way I see it is this. You’re going to suspend this boy who has been taking this other boy money since he admitted it in front of my daughter. You’re going to advise your instructors to not grab my daughters or any other student like this one tried unless they are still pounding on their attacker. Fourth, if you don’t do these things, I will personally have you dismiss from this school and have someone who is responsible enough to replace you.” Jack had let that last threat hang in the air. He personally knew every board member of this school. He also knew people at
City Hall that could shut this school down.

The Headmistress had investigated Mr. Bounty’s background and knew he had the pull to do it. It was part of the admittance process to make sure the parents could afford the school and the people recommending them to the school.

The Headmistress relented to Mr. Bounty’s demands.

Ms. Bounty go see Mrs. Swam and get a pass for you, your sister and your friend and go to your next class.

“Mr. Bounty, I do apologies for dragging you up here. You’re right that me and my staff didn’t handle this matter the right way. I will personally see to it that Mr. Jaxon’s parents are aware of what he has been doing.” The Headmistress hated telling Mr. Bounty he was right.

“No problem Mrs. Waters. I know it’s not easy running a school and that you have a hard job to do.”

Jack looks at his girls and their friend “off to class for you guys.”

“Mrs. Waters, it’s been nice meeting you.” He follows the kids out of the office.

“Gina, wait a second.”

Jack pulls his daughter to the side “you did right and I’m not mad at you.”

He hugs her.

Jack leans in “here take this money and get you and your friend something to snack on. Ask him if he wants to ride home with you after school.” Jack places a couple of ones into Gina’s hand.

“Thank you, daddy.” Gina kisses his cheek and run off to walk with her sister and friends.

Jack was enjoying a good book in the library when his two daughters come in. Gina climbs up on his lap and rest her head on his chest.

Jack knew whenever the munchkins wanted something this was their ploy to butter him up for something.

“Alright, out with it trouble one and trouble two?” Jack marks his page and lays his book down on the end table.

“Daddy, can our friends spend Friday and Saturday night with us please?” Julia was giving Jack her puppy dog eyes.

Jack looks down at Gina curled up on his lap “how about you? Do you want your friends to spend the night as well?”

Gina looks up at her father “could Arnold spend the night?”

“Yes, he can come sweetie.” Jack kisses her head.

“How many are we talking about?” Jack knew he was going to be in over his head.

“Nine totals, daddy” Julia was getting her hopes up.

“Alright, you girls can have your sleep over, but there will be some rules you’ll have to follow. One you know already not to bother Chaos and
keep your friends from him.”

“Thank you, daddy.” Both girls hug and kiss him and run out of the library.

Debbie comes walking in “what’s got the girls all excited?”

“I said they could have a sleepover this weekend. I hope you don’t mind sweetie?” Jack pulls Denise down onto his lap and hold her.

“I don’t mind. It will be a normal teenage girl thing to do for them.” Debbie knew this was going to be a new experience for the battle harden spook.

“Thanks sweetie, you’re the best.” Jack give Debbie a kiss.

“You better believe it, you big lug.” Debbie smacks Jack’s chest.

Julia and Gina send their invitations out to their friends. All six girls respond back and Arnold as well. The boys had family business that weekend.

Gina was excited her friend Arnold could make it. She was hoping first that her father would allow him to come and second that he would come himself. She hopes he doesn’t feel uncomfortable being around all the girls. Gina curls up to Cadmus and falls asleep.

Friday Afternoon:

Jack had meet each parent his daughters had made friends with and had all their numbers should something happen. He had arrived early that day to pick up the kid’s things like their sleeping bags and backpacks and such. He stands by the hummer waiting for everyone to come out so that they could go home and start their sleepover. Jack was surprised to see all the girls and Arnold. September, May and Lisa were excited to meet the wolves. Christmas, Carol and Cynthia were a little scared to meet the wolves. Arnold was excited to meet Cadmus since he meant so much to Gina.

They talked about the rules of the house and how no one could go swimming without an adult present. Selina had been informed about the sleepover and prepared snacks for them. Jack had rented some movies for the girls to watch. By the time they get to the house, all the girls and Arnold were ready to get out and stretch their legs. Sphinx and Cadmus come running from around the house towards Gina and Julia. All the girls and Arnold gather close to each other as the wolves approached them.

They watched as Gina and Julia stepped away from their friends like their father told them and had both wolves stop. Both girls grab their collars and walk each wolf up to their friends and introduce them as friends. Both wolves sniff them and once they were done they let go of their collars.

“You can come and pet them now.” Julia stood nearby just like Jack was as each girl and Arnold came up and petted the wolves.
Once the girls were comfortable with Sphinx and Cadmus “girls I want you to meet Chaos. Now, don’t fear him. He won’t attack you, but I must stress that you don’t want to bother him either. He isn’t a people person type of animal.”

“Tar Chaos” Jack watches as Chaos comes walking around the house and over to them.

“See, I told you he was huge.” Julia looks at her friends with a huge smile on her face.

“Suí”

Chaos sits down by Jack and watches all the new humans on his territory.

“Sir, what language is that you are talking to him in?” May was curious.

“Gaelic, May.” Jack was impress that one of Julia’s friends asked him.

“Tar Chaos.”

Jack helps the girls and Arnold carry their sleeping bags into the house. When they walk in they met Selina.

“Good afternoon children. My name is Selina and I am the head house manager here. The den has been setup for your weekend sleepover.
We are having tacos, burritos and salad tonight for dinner. There is sweet tea, orange juice, milk, water and some sodas for you girls and boys to have. There are snacks as well so help yourself. If you spill anything or need something, feel free to let me or Denise know.”

Just as Selina mentions Debbie comes walking in.

“Hello everyone, I’m Debbie, Julia’s and Gina’s mother. If you need anything just let any of us know. Julia why don’t you show your friends around the house and show them where all the bathrooms are.”

“Yes mommy.” Julia and Gina say at the same time with smiles on their face.

Julia and Gina show everyone where the bathrooms are and the library, which May falls in love with immediately.

“Wow! You have a lot of books.” May was looking at the titles and notice a lot of the books were 1st editions.

“Dad and mom, likes to read books. They prefer them over the kindle or on their tablets.”

“I know how they feel. I like old books as well.” May and Arnold couldn’t believe the books in here.

Afterwards everyone ends up back in the den. Sphinx and Cadmus had stayed with them. Selina and Denise had laid out everything the girls
would need to make their tacos, burritos and salad for dinner.

Julia looks at Sphinx as he tries to beg food from their plates.

“You are a mooch.” She gives him one of his treats.

“Gina, catch.” Julia tosses a treat over to her for Cadmus.

“Got it.” Gina gives Cadmus the treat.

By the time dinner was done it was getting late. Everyone heads to the bathroom and changes into their night clothes or takes a bath if they
want to. Debbie sets some snacks out for them while they play video games and watch movies later. Chaos had made himself scarce though out the night.

By the time all kids fell asleep he comes in to check on the den. Sphinx was curled up to Julia, September and Lisa. Cadmus was snuggled between Arnold and Gina. Both kids had their face buried against his ribcage. The other ones were either snuggled up on the sofa or draped sideways on the chairs.

Jack and Debbie looked at the den with all the sleeping children. Both were happy to see their girls socializing with children. Jack now knew his girls were doing better since their ordeal.