Eric Book Series: Tale of the Zeskaya

by Beth Hoyer

present day remembers later several days later Katherine going in labor while walking with her in the forest which he carries her to the house and she gives birth with Vladimir and Beata’s help to a boy baby given the name Alexei. Alexei in the present day broke off his reverie to remember when Alexei junior was about fifteen years old two years after Vladimir and Beata’s sickness death he was contacted by an asylum run by a powerful Russian family with the last name Najinov who forced him to become the Asylum’s figurehead president to some male named Broderick O'Neil running things behind the scenes and then the actual leader of the asylum after O'Neil's death along with the asylum declared on taking his last name as the name of the Asylum thru threats of harming his son who they mysteriously found out his son’s non Human side which was the ability to change into a wolf and back. Alexei shook his head recalling after he became head of the asylum they used the threat of harming Alexei Junior to do tests on himself and it was the idea of one of the Najinovs who he is unsure who for him to father a son thru one of the asylum’s females. Door to his quarters open breaking Alexei from his memory trip and his son Alexei Junior comes in with a glare on his face. Alexei is confused to see him which Junior places a DVD disk on the coffee table and mentions stuff like Alexei fathering a son called Eric which the DVD shows his birth along with Alexei telling a man recognized as Kossman to take Eric as his son and a self tape of Alexei admitting Eric as his son while in a cryogenic tube room. Alexei is shocked to hear this as Junior angrily tells him to stay away from him and his family or he’ll have Alexei arrested which Alexei protests words about raising Junior. Junior cuts him off by speaking that he knows that Alexei isn’t his father biologically and never was his father which Junior abruptly leaves the room leaving Alexei who stares at the door with shock on his face. Alexei gets angry stands up to pace which he angrily speaks about Samantha who has been blabbing secrets to the government and mentions that she blabbed him fathering Eric to his family a betrayal he adds to himself that he’ll never forgive. His phone rings and he answers it in a bad mood which he hears his communications officer speaking that General Logan is in the cryogenic tube room demanding his sister freed which Alexei cuts off by hanging up. He goes out of his quarters to the cryogenic tube room to meet General Logan there who is pleading to free Samantha which he refuses and with anger running through him knocks out the General with a fist in the face. He goes to Samantha’s tube orders the tube to kill her then hauls the General into a tube and orders him frozen which he leaves cryogenic tube room to the stairs. He loses it falling to a sitting position wailing a bit loudly about Samantha’s traitorous talking destroyed his relationship with his family something he valued the most which he wails he’ll never get back. He calms down goes to his office to stand staring out the window lost in thought thinking of Katherine his wife Junior’s mother who died of cancer two years before Lisha his granddaughter married Bruce. He mentally speaks to himself words about wishing Katherine being alive so he could talk to her for he misses her for there were things he didn’t get to tell her which he regrets not saying. His phone breaks his train of thought which he answers to hear his communications officer saying that the Highlanders’ helicopter have been sighted and are heading towards the ship appearing to land without permission. Alexei groans softly then hangs up and goes to the airplane hanger room to meet the Highlanders standing in front of their helicopter which he goes up to followed by Kaison and four guards. Highlanders speak that they have Alexei’s son Junior and expect payment for his release. Alexei allows anger to take control speaks that he won’t have anything to do with Junior he calls bastard and mentions that the Highlanders should give his regards to Junior. He turns to walk off which Highlanders speak that the price of Junior’s freedom is Samantha who they refer as Medical Doctor Samantha Logan who they want to exchange for. Alexei gets a little annoyed which Kaison takes him aside and whispers in his ear that the Bony people told him their racial name as Wiser along with the fact that they suspect Samantha is one of those Humans who don’t care about hurting people’s feelings except her own and like to hurt people’s feelings hence her blabbing secrets to the government to hurt people as in bringing them down. Alexei is really annoyed which Kaison adds that the Highlanders have ways of torturing people especially like torturing people who don’t care about people’s feelings as a way of punishing them. Alexei orders the Highlanders to wait while he gets Samantha. He goes to cryogenic tube room with Kaison following frees Samantha out of the tube which the Drainer carries an out of it Samantha to the Highlanders who take her away and as helicopter hovers in the air drops a cage with a grey wolf in it then flies away. Alexei goes to the cage frees the wolf and yanks off collar off which changes form to Junior who Alexei is sarcastic to as in ordering Junior off the ship who he expects to do right away. Alexei walks away which he hears Junior apologize behind him pauses from his walk to frown as Junior walks in his line of sight to speak that his words in Alexei’s quarters were not appropriate and he wants to take them back. Alexei asks him about the turn around behavior which Junior speaks that the Highlanders asked him questions about his anger towards Alexei which he recalls his mother Katherine talking to him on her deathbed before she died about Alexei fathering a son which she is aware of because the son’s mother Anya told her of this after granddaughter Lisha was born. Alexei is shocked to hear which Junior adds that Katherine told him she never mentioned knowing this to Alexei who never brought this up or talked about it. Alexei asks Junior if there are other members of the family that know of this. Junior responds that Katherine told him that the idea of Alexei fathering a child came from his wife’s father Najinov himself who told Katherine of this which she told Junior. Alexei is alerted by an officer that there’s a camera view screen in Samantha’s office aimed at a tube in the life room with a figure inside that was viewed in the life room which they want Alexei to come see himself. He goes to the tube life room escorted by an officer to meet another officer who takes him to the tube and on the way they hear grunts of groaning sounds which they dart towards the direction to see an officer lying on the floor in front of a tube lying on its side with liquid pooling at an end. Alexei frowns as he sees an outline of a naked person which he realizes is invisible to them which he eyes. He sees the person charge towards one of his officers who goes down as if fisted in the head then sees his other officer take off running which he stands frowning.

  He eyes the outline that walk towards him which he speaks “Hello?”

  He feels his neck grabbed and feels himself gagged by a clawed hand which he feels the arm with both hands as the figure become solid revealing themselves. He sees with shock that the figure is a naked Eric with long black hair who has a glare on his face and he feels the hand on his neck tighten gagging him.

  Alexei manages to choke out “Eric?” with confusion in his voice which Eric abruptly let goes of him to roll his golden eyes and watches him hit the floor fainting away.

  Alexei catches his breath as officers arrive running towards him with worried expressions on their faces. He orders Eric sent to medical for tests which the officers remind him that they don’t have a doctor for that and the nurses say their not qualified for this. Alexei frowns hearing this adds that they should give Eric clothes and put him a padded room and see how he’ll do once he wakes up. He hears groaning noises sees the officer on the floor waking up which the officers help along with lifting an unconscious Eric up taking him away which he follows them out of the room. Alexei peers through the door to the padded room to spot Eric get up and watches the man go to the mirror which he opens door and walks into the room and see Eric look at him with shock on his face. He speaks Eric’s name and hears from Eric speaking in Kurpanov’s voice Kurpanov’s name and not Eric comment. Alexei is told that the Highlanders’ helicopter is seen and they want permission to land which he grants and goes to the helicopter with Kaison where they pull out a stretcher with a man laying on it that looks familiar to him. Highlanders tell him to dep
ose the man they refer as Jinks but make sure Jinks still lives and they’ll leave Alexei’s family alone. Alexei inside hanger room asks about putting Jinks in a vertical tube which one of the soldiers there tell him that they don’t have authorization to rig the vertical tube to keep Jinks alive and adds that only Doctor Samantha had the authorization. Alexei gets an instinct feeling that is bothering him about Jinks’ familiarity which he orders Jinks to a patient room and requests to be told when Jinks wakes up so he can talk to him. His orders get obeyed and Jinks is put in a room with a medical cat recorder. Alexei still has that instinct feeling goes to his office to look at files wondering to himself why the man Jinks is familiar which a thunder and lightening storm starts booming and flashing outside his windows which he still can’t find his answer figures its best to ask Jinks himself on that goes to the patient room and looks at the monitors to stare at Jinks asleep. He stiffens seeing Jinks jerk with back arched a