** When Alarick left his mate, to go to the border in the west. **
Unknown POV
Is everything understood? The voice in my head asked firmly.
Yes Alpha, detain The Snowvalley’s Alpha for as long as possible, even if I use the evidence to do so. I answered back his orders, knowing that this was important.
Right, oh and Carlos, let me know when he and his pack are ready to move out.
Yes Alpha, I answered, knowing that my leader had put in some thought to this. I just…Didn’t know how to feel about it. Elder Knull seemed to have become someone always by my Alpha’s side recently once again, and I knew he wasn’t always one to be trusted!
…It’ll be his weakest moment, yet our most strongest moment. After the blessing is complete, there is nothing left to stop us from claiming his pack through a fight!
For a split second, I was completely shocked…Did he just say ‘claim’?
…Yes, Alpha…
I could only think that Elder Knull had come up with this idea as well, being one to be selfish and greedy, even though he wasn’t even the Alpha of our pack...He was always in the Alpha’s ears, whether it be the previous Alpha or the present one…And when he was whispering things, strange events occurred, events that had to be covered up!
I will be on my way as soon as the ceremony is complete!
…Understood…
What do I do? My best friend may be taking this too far…Yet…He is someone that I can not go against either. The last time I questioned Elder Knull, I had lost one of my pups, with my mate’s life held in their hands as well. It had been twenty years since then, and I had gained the trust of my friend back…But…
I couldn’t help but think of what was going on. That…Someone’s mate was going to be killed, being used as a sacrifice…And I was the one stopping the two from finding each other…I was going to be the one that ‘traps’ this pair from never seeing each other again and both of them may end up dying to my leader…
Shifting to my human form, I waited at the border, hardening my heart…
If only…
I became distracted when a huge rumble came over the earth…
Switching back to be a wolf and connecting myself to others, I came to see that the pack were questioning what was going on…But they weren’t scared…
What I did see though, was that two of the members were getting ready to attack a woman with white hair…
Alarick POV
“War?”
Okay, I have to admit, I did not expect that. Perhaps this was pretty important.
Maybe that describes why I felt that rumble earlier, uh? Maybe the war has already started…
“Yes, our spy in the human network had found and decoded that the humans are going to join in the north in six days’ time, then go after us together as one. I am not sure who they are going for first, but I know they are planning to start the attack a few days after they join together. It is said that the war has already started on the other continent and I am here, on Alpha’s orders, to ask if you are willing to join forces and act as one against them.”
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Already started? A week?
I must have showed a strange expression, as the Beta continued, “We have evidence to support our theory and will be willing to show you if you are willing to join forces. We are in the process of sending people to other places as we speak, to do exactly what I am doing right now.”
I blinked, I knew the humans didn’t like us and had done a few things that had resulted in death to Shifters…But war? And so soon?
Didn’t this take preparation?
I had been so busy getting my pack back together that I hadn’t put too much thought into war!
We weren’t ready at all!
I still didn’t know how to reply to what the Beta said, when I got an incoming voice in my head, Luna has been attacked…I am currently…Going against a professional and can’t get to her…They were travelling…
Then his line was cut off…
That was…Harou!
Knowing I won’t be able to see anything from here, I still looked in the direction that my mate should still be in and frowned.
It hadn’t been that long since I left her side…Why!?
Why is my mate being attacked?
And while I am here!?
Our bond was weak and even if I focused entirely on it…I still felt like I wasn’t sure if she was scared or hurt…I just sort of knew that she was still alive…
“…Alpha Alarick, I have come to invite all the members of your pack, to stay with us. We are sure, for defensive procedures, that we all would have a better chance of surviving in The Misty Ice Pack then you do, by yourselves here.”
I turned back to the Beta, having troubles paying attention to him.
Most of my focus was upon my mate and not knowing what was going on!
I desperately wanted to just go to her!
If I leave now…How long would it take to get there? What would I do if I get there and find that she’s gone!
Linking myself to someone close by, I told them to check it out and get on my mates’ scent. Not only were they closer then I was, but I should finish up here before I go to her.
So…Turning back to this Beta, I asked if he could repeat himself.
I knew that this was most definitely important, if it was real…But…My sweet, lovely mate…
The cut off, last message that I’ll ever receive from Harou, rang and repeated itself into my head. Having one of my family members also cut off from me, I couldn’t help but go silent in pain for his loss.
I loved all of my members, they were all my family! And not only Harou, but my lovely mate as well…She was supposed to be initiated tonight, she was…I was going to mark her, and we were going to be…
‘Luna has been attacked’, ‘Luna has been attacked’…
“Alpha Alarick! We must act now, a day…No, an hour too late and we may not be able to survive, are you willing to see the evidence…So that we can join forces and fight together!?”
I could hardly hear his words…Or make sense of them, I felt like my wolf was a bit strange too, but even he didn’t even know what was really going on.
This…
“Radolph! Get a few men and race to the southern border, I got a message saying that the Luna was under attack!”
Putting a hand to my forehead, I knew, right now, I couldn’t go. My pack was indeed my family…Yet…It was so difficult to make this choice!
The best I could do is send more people and stop wasting time! I have to pay attention dammit!
I hoped that Harou…But, if he was lying, then why was he dead!?
I shook my head and heard the Beta trying to get my attention again.
“Alpha Alarick, please say that you will join forces with us, and we will show you this evidence immediately and I also suggest that the pack is to move as soon as possible!”
Taking a deep breath, I finally thought about joining forces and really…Didn’t want to!
I had some strange feelings about The Misty Ice Pack lately and I really didn’t like the idea of joining forces!
But…They say they have facts and evidence…
“If you have brought this so-called evidence and I see it’s truth, I will gladly join forces, but our packs are to remain the same.” That’s all I could do. I know it was putting the pack on the line, but if it wasn’t true, I felt like I was saving them!
“Very well, Zenic, get the evidence! Please just wait a short moment, Alpha Alarick.”
I took another deep breath, already thinking of my mate once again. I heard a howl or two from my pack, as they also felt another link break, but…My mate wasn’t even initiated yet…
Was she ok? Why did something happen to her down there!? Had I not taken enough precautions with four bodyguards?
I and my wolf both, couldn’t seize our worries. We were infatuated, mesmerized and completely devoted already to our mate…What if something happened to her!?
Having sent Radolph, and the few others, didn’t seem to be enough to calm both of us down, and even though it had only been ten or twenty minutes, I sent a few more enforcers to go to the southern border for news to bring back, leaving me with just a few Shifters left for not only my protection but the borders protection.
Sadly, right now, I wasn’t too sure if we would win a fight if The Misty Ice Pack wanted to fight us. They only had the Beta here with me, but I could smell quite a few surrounding the area outside of our borders.
Putting a hand through my hair, I was becoming totally frustrated and I had to focus on breathing slower to calm myself down.
“Beta…”
The Beta interrupted the Shifter running with a bag coming towards us, “Yes, bring it here. Show Alpha Alarick as soon as possible.”
I watched, as the Shifter put down the bag and brought out a USB stick and plugged it into a camera, then handed the camera straight to me.
I was observant, but it didn’t seem to matter. This ‘Zenic’ seemed normal and didn’t show any kind of ill intent towards me…What bugged me, was the ‘Beta’…He didn’t seem right, but I didn’t know what was wrong about him!
It really shit me off!