Two days passed as Annoce, David, and Latsol make their way to the pack lands. They talked a little but for the most part wanted the journey to be at its end. As they near the lands wolves come out of the bush to surround the wagon and horses. David pulled on the reins to slow the horses to a stop. Delta Ram sniffs the air as he nears the wagon. He shifts from his wolf to his human form. “Well now I was not thinking we would run into you three until we had walked into the pack house. What brings you this far from the lands?” David shakes his head. He is not about to answer since the horses are unhappy at being stopped.
Annoce sighs. “Why do you not ride with us and we shall talk as we finish our trip. Does this sound agreeable to you or would your alpha or luna prefer to ride with us?” Ram chuckles at him, “I shall ride with you. Though they wish to listen in.” Annoce nods and tosses him pants to put on. David is not fond of people riding in his wagon without some form of clothing on. Ram chuckles as this before complying to the wish that was not spoken.
“May I ask why you three are not with the others of your group? Luna Summer thought you were with the others.” Rams asks. David chuckles softly at the question. “We are on our way to them now. We have need of this wagon and our horses. Though they were not with us when we visited your lands.” Ram nods his head. His eyes change colour as his alpha asks him something. They cross into the pack lands Jess is the alpha of.
“We shall be there in but half an hour from now. We have crossed into the lands. I for one will be happy to have finished this trip. I wish to see Sunny.” Annoce speaks softly. Ram smiles hearing how he truly feels for her.
They sit in silence for the last bit of the travel. As David pulls the horses up to the pack house. Jess, Zane, Sunny and a few others come out to greet them. Sunny has a giant grin on her face as Annoce jumps from the wagon not waiting a moment longer to kiss and hold her. They are wrapped up in one anothers embrace so they did not notice the wolves shifting into humans. Once everyone is dressed they greet Jess. Summer and her hug.
There is a bit of laughter here and there. “We shall have a few roasts in the evening tonight to honour you whom have come.” Jess speaks to the whole group. “Though at the moment I shall need to take Alpha Efren and Luna Summer with me for a chat. Everyone meet our allies and make them feel welcome.”
The group along with Efren and Summer head into the pack house. They go to the study to discuss what they had found. Once everyone has a seat an Omega comes in bringing drinks. They bow before leaving and closing the doors behind them. Jess sighs softly and nods to Sunny. Sunny nods before speaking, “There are Three hundred and ninety eight dragon eggs in the undercroft on this land. I finished the count not once but thrice. This was to insure the number was correct. I do not know what the dead alpha had planned but it has been stopped for the moment.”
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Efren and Summer look at one another. They are shocked to say the least. Summer takes a moment to compose herself before speaking, “The number is a big surprise to us. The number is close to what was lost. Are the eggs unharmed or are they?” She could not finish the thought. This was too unthinkable to her. Jess nods to her understanding where her mind has gone. “They are safe and sound Summer. From what we could tell they are unharmed. Once we found them they have been guarded. I would not wish harm to them. Though we now have on our hands to find a way to bring them back to the dragons. I would not wish to keep them.”
Summer smiles and looks to her mate. “Call Ram here please. He will need to help with a plan for turning the eggs over to the dragons. Since they trust him I would wish him to travel with the eggs.” Efren nods and mindlinks Ram to come to the study. Ram walks to the door knocking before he opens the doors to walk in. Once inside he closes them behind him. “You called for me Alpha?”
Efren nods before speaking, “Come sit Ram. There has been a change you must be made aware of. We will be sending you with this group to the dragons. They will be taking dragon eggs they found here.” Rams eyes pop wide at this news. “If I may be so bold, how many eggs have been found on these lands that would require a guard of this size?” Sunny chuckles softly. Ram turns to her. He wants to growl but has seen first hand her not taking kindly to the noise. She speaks, “The number found on this land is three hundred and ninety eight. All are unharmed and safe.”
Ram looks at her with shock on his face. He is almost weeping at hearing how many were found. “Almost all of the eggs have been found then. We are only missing fifty one eggs.” Latsol chooses that moment to walk into the study with Sunny’s new bag around him. He is not watching to see if anyone is in the room with him. Sunny stood and made her way to him without making a sound. She takes hold of the bag in one hand. His top knot in the other. Pulling them apart. “Jess, is there somewhere this one can not cause trouble? I have the feeling it would be wise for him to be there over the next few days.” Jess chuckles and nods, “Yes there is a place I can think of where even he can not wiggle his way out of. Zane, please take him there. If you would be so kind.” Zane kisses her check before going and taking him from Sunny.
Once they have left she opens the bag and checks to ensure everything is still inside.She smiles softly seeing the egg is unharmed. Walking slowly to stand in front of Ram. “As I spoke the number found here is not the only eggs. I found one while we were at the tournament. A seller had one there. He gave the egg to me knowing we would ensure he or her was taken home.” She pulls the egg from the bag and hands it to Ram. After this they all sit and speak on how to handle the matter. This takes hours for them to come to terms of how, who, and how long the trip will take.
Once all is decided Jess and Zane talk with Raken and inform him he will be in charge of the pack for two weeks or more. They will be heading with the eggs as a show of good faith. They plan on leaving in a few days. Efren and Summer will help if there is a need for this. Though the hope is no trouble will arise while they travel.
The rest of the night is calm and relaxing as both packs talk, drink, eat and be merry. They have a merry time laughing and chatting as the night passes into the early hours. Jess has gone to bed sometime during this. She needs her rest before the trip.
Three days later the group moves the dragon eggs and safely places them all in the wagon. They ensure everyone of them will make the trip home. Ram joins them when the time to set out is upon them. They greet him and show him how they handled the eggs. He is pleased to see this. He plans to run in wolf form alongside the wagon. Sunny will sit next to David whom will drive the wagon. Annoce will ride at the back of the wagon. Jess and Zane plan to run alongside as well. They all agreed together that Latsol should not make the trip with them. Dragons tend not to be fond of kenders. They wished not to have trouble with them. They set out toward the mountains to the east at dawn. The trip will take them on roads mostly untraveled.