“Conri, call Council-member Boaz and ask what we should do about this wolf. Also, tell him he’s after the convict we have in the SUV,” Evander says, glancing at me through the rearview mirror. I keep scanning the surroundings, hoping the wolf doesn’t show up again.
“Boaz wants us to head to one of the safe-houses. They’ll hold a conference call to hear her story,” Conri says after ending the call. “They don’t want to wait until she reaches the Academy. After that, they’ll decide what to do about the wolf.”
Conri explains that the Council has safe-houses all over the country within the grounds of allied Packs. They plan to take me to the nearest one, where I’ll get a chance to tell the Council what happened.
I continue scanning the area, but so far, my nightmare hasn’t reappeared. I start to relax a little, though my Father’s lessons keep me alert, even after we arrive at the Pack where we’ll be staying for a few hours.
Evander drives past the Pack-house, quickly leaving the Pack village behind. He stops in front of a small cottage hidden among tall trees. I realize I would never have found this place on my own if Evander didn’t know where to go.
Conri opens the door and extends a hand to help me out. At 5’7″, I feel pretty small standing next to him, and when Evander joins us, I get an irrational urge to run. But without my wolf, I know I wouldn’t stand a chance.
It’ll take another year before I get my wolf and can shift-maybe then I’ll be able to outrun them.
I glance up at both of them and suddenly burst into laughter, realizing I’d never outrun them, even with my wolf.
They both look at me, confused.
“Sorry,” I chuckle. “I just realized that even with my wolf, there’s no way in hell I’d outrun the two of you.”
Thankfully, they have a sense of humor and laugh along with me.
Evander
“Gentlemen, we just received a call from Bright Moon Pack. One of their members was accused and convicted of assaulting their Luna, and we need you to go pick her up. We weren’t given many details, but the caller did mention that we needed to act quickly. She sounded pretty fearful, and she told us not to trust the Alpha and Luna about what happened-that we needed to hear her story as well,” Council-member Boaz says.
Conri and I nod our heads as we get up from our seats, and we waste no time getting to our SUV.
“Evander, any thoughts as to why this person was asking the Council to react fast?” Conri asks me, and I let the little information we have pass through my mind. It is not much, and I understand why Conri is asking me this question, considering the past.
My mind travels back to another assignment we did for the Council-a young woman had been accused and convicted by the Pack, and a Warrior had called the Council to inform them. When we arrived at the Pack, the Alpha had sworn up and down it had been a misunderstanding, and we contacted the Council on how to proceed.
We were told to head back to the Academy and leave the punishment up to the Alpha, as it had been a minor incident according to him. A month later, a neighboring Pack had contacted the Council that a female had asked for asylum-she was more dead than alive at that time.
When the Council was informed of the circumstances, they had realized it was the female we had been sent for, and Conri and I had been sent back to talk to her. During our conversation, we found out that if we had talked to her that day, we would have taken her with us.
To this day, we regret not talking to her, not saving her, and she made us promise with her dying breath that we would never walk away until we had heard both sides of the story. The Council allowed our Squad Captain Armand and the rest of our team to join us, and we were joined by Investigator Harlyn.
Together, we had managed to find the evidence against the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Turns out that the female had been the Alpha’s Daughter, but he had never treated her as such, and his Beta and Gamma had taken liberties with her for years.
The Warrior who had called the Council had accused her on purpose-he had hoped to get her out of the situation she was in before it would kill her, and if we hadn’t listened to the Alpha, he would have succeeded in rescuing her.
Conri pulls me from my thoughts as he asks again if I have any idea why the Council was asked to act quickly. “We know it involves a female, and there are a number of reasons why a female would attack a Luna. Most of those reasons are enough to get convicted by the Council as well, so we can assume that it is not a standard reason,” I say.
I let him think on my words as we drive towards Bright Moon Pack.
By the time we get there, we still haven’t narrowed down the answer, and I am afraid we may never find out, as we will not be there when she has to face the Council. Maybe we will get the chance to ask her on the way back.
The Alpha is not too pleased with our presence-he actually looks really uncomfortable-and as we follow him to the dungeons, I hear Conri through our mind-link: “I think the caller was right; it is a good thing we came this soon.” I believe he is correct in his assumption.
The girl in the cell is gorgeous, and I can see that the male with her is related to her. I see an uncomfortable look on her face after I tell her to leave the sheet behind. Once she realizes we don’t understand her concerns, she turns her back on the others and reveals what she is wearing. I quickly understand her discomfort, and I order everyone out as I tell her to get changed.
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