“Zalia, are you awake?” I hear Nyx ask from the other side of the door.
“I am now.” I answer and she apologizes as she walks into my room. “Your Dad came by and wanted to know if you were okay.” She says as she sits down next to me on the bed and I tell her I will link him after I have told them about last night.
During breakfast I tell my team about my night and I show them the picture I took of Rick and his Beta, “Maybe we should post those pictures online.” Hestia muses and Gaia tells her it will lead back to us, a risk none of us is willing to take.
“Get the rewards, I want to know what it is.” Twilight says and I get up to get my backpack.
“This is the reward from Moon Storm Pack.” I say as I place the box on the table.
“This one is ours.” I say as I place the sachet on the table. I sit down next to Gaia before I grab the sachet, I open it before I turn it upside down and a delicate golden necklace falls onto the table.
“Fuck, that is the necklace the little Prince gave to his Mate.” I mutter and I wonder what will be in the box, it has to be a reference to the first Royal. I pull the box towards me and I slowly open it to reveal the ring the first Royal gave to his Son when he took over, becoming the first King of our Kingdom.
The five of us just stare at the jewelry in front of us for a few moments, before Gaia asks me where I will keep it safe.
“I will link Dad and ask him to come over. I will explain things to him and ask him to keep them in the safe in his private office.” I respond and all four of them agree with me, it will be safer to ask Dad to keep the jewelry in his safe.
“Dad, when you have time I would like to see you at Gaia’s place.” I tell him through the mind-link.
“I will be there in half an hour, Donovan is being an ass.” Dad answers me and when I tell the girls what Dad said we all have a good laugh. Donovan has always been an ass, especially if he thinks that he isn’t at fault.
I remember when we were about ten years old, he had told Gaia she couldn’t join us for training, and when I had asked him why she couldn’t, he had said, “Because she is an Omega.” I had taken a swing at him and he ran into the living room to hide behind Luna Hester, but when she found out why I was angry with him, she forced him to train Gaia himself.
He tried to get out from under the punishment, but it only resulted in the punishment getting more severe. Alpha Brad made him train all the Omega Pups for a month and every time he whined about it, Alpha Brad added a day, the end result was that he had to train them for three months. He never learned from it though, he still whines about his punishments and Alpha Brad still adds to his punishments.
Gaia has a copy of the Kingdom on her laptop and there is a red cross running through Moon Storm Pack and Moon Stone Pack. Tonight I will take out Sundown Pack, but I will not go to the Palace for the reward. I will save that for another night. I want to get at least two rewards at the time and that means I will have to take out another Pack.
“Fuck.” I hear Dad mutter and I see that he is staring at my chest. “You are still in the competition.” He says and I tell him that I took out Donovan and Gibson. “You took those pictures and taped them to their doors.” He says with a huge grin on his face.
I tell him that I figured out what the extra challenge is and what I did during the night, “I need you to place the items in the safe in your bedroom or in your private office. I don’t want them to get lost or for someone to accidentally find them.” I say as I show him the contents of the box and the sachet.
We all have a good laugh as I tell them how I spooked Leander and that he woke Deimos and Eryx to help him search.
“Make sure you write down their patrols from last night, it might help you the next time you go to the Palace.” Dad says and Gaia asks me to tell her what I remember about it.
Dad takes the box and sachet with him and the five of us go over the patrols at the Palace. I assume they will switch their strategy at some point, but for now, it will come in handy knowing how they run patrol at night.
Deimos
“Good morning, Deimos.” Eryx greets me as I walk into our private dining room. “Did you get any sleep after Leander woke us?” He asks and I grab a coffee before I sit down in my seat, this is answer enough for him as he chuckles.
Ammon asks why Leander woke us, “He felt someone watching him last night, but he couldn’t locate the source and decided to wake me and Eryx to help him out. I even peeked out the window after Leander had continued with his patrol, but there was no one out there.” I answer him.
“Could it have been a Pack that came to the Palace to find their reward?” Asha asks and I jump out of my seat to run down the stairs, my first stop being the main living room. “Fuck, they found it or should I say she found it.” Goliath says in my head and I quickly check every other location, Moon Storm Pack collected their reward as well.
“Moon Stone Pack and Moon Storm Pack have their reward.” I say as I walk back into the room.
Asha asks me what time Leander woke me and she gets a strange look in her eyes when I say that it was near four in the morning. Ammon asks Sila if anyone has been taken out of the competition yet and Sila tells him that we won’t know until the competition is over.
I decided to run border patrol tonight and I use the afternoon to rest, because I want to be able to check the locations in the morning. Leander joins me on patrol and I ask him if it could have been Zalia that had been watching him, “Damn, I hadn’t thought of that. It could have been any of the Packs that want to get their reward.” He responds.
I ask him if any of the patrols saw anyone that entered the competition, “No, so far none of them has left their territory. I hope Moon Stone Pack makes it until the end, I want to see if Zalia managed to take out a few of those Assholes.” He says and we both laugh at that prospect.
We talk to a few of the Warriors on patrol during the night, but they all confirm what Leander already told me. None of the competitors has left their territory yet and I wonder if they might barricade themselves in their Pack-houses to survive the challenge, but that wouldn’t explain how two of the rewards are already gone.
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