Rick, the future Alpha of Moon Storm Pack, looks strangely at me and he turns his attention to Donovan, “Are you fucking kidding me, Donovan? You are allowing a female to take the position of Gamma in your leadership?” He asks and I bite my tongue, I want to know how he will answer this question even if I might hate the answer.
Donovan just ignores Rick by shoving food in his mouth and Gibson does the same, neither one of them sticking up for me as they do at home.
“Well, at least now we know we will decline the position of Gamma. The only question is when we will, I want to kick their asses before we tell them to go screw themselves.” Twilight growls in my head.
I finish my food as I feel eyes on me and as I look to my right, I see Eryx and Sila looking our way, Sila’s eyes are on me while Eryx is giving Donovan and Gibson a death glare. Both of them are staring at their plates and it seems that they are oblivious to the looks they get from Eryx and Alpha Chris.
Alpha Chris guides us to their meeting room, and as soon as everyone is inside, he leaves the room, after he has closed the door behind him, Sila gets up to speak. Most of the future leaderships are talking amongst themselves and don’t seem to understand that they should shut the fuck up. Sila out ranks all of us.
A roar from Eryx rumbles through the room and everyone immediately stops talking, “Thank you, Babe.” Sila say to Eryx with a smile on her face. “Today I will tell you about the challenge and explain the rules to you. My Mate is just here to look pretty.” She says with a twinkle in her eyes and some of the males chuckle as I hide my face behind my hands.
“Tomorrow morning each of you will report to me and Eryx to get your equipment for the challenge, this has been handmade after an ancient device from Human kind. You will also receive your envelope with all the rules I will be giving you today, make sure you read it very carefully or you might miss a few important things.
The challenge this year is to take out the leaderships of the other Packs, and for at least one of you to survive until the end. You will receive a handgun and a vest, the vest has to be worn on your body and stays visible at all times. At night you better keep it on your nightstand or elsewhere out in the open and I am told it is not smart to wear it to bed, unless you are suicidal.
The vest has a bar that will read “living” as long as no one has shot you with the laser handgun, but the moment your opponent shots the bar with the laser, it will read “Dead” and that means that you are out of the competition. To make sure you don’t leave it in your room the entire time, the vest is programmed to register your heartbeat and if it doesn’t register your heartbeat for more than seven hours at night it will kill you.
So, in other words it will self-destruct if you don’t play by the rules. Tomorrow evening at eight the vests will get activated and that means you will need to wear it from that moment on until you go to bed. Where you place it after you go to bed is up to you, but it has to be in plain sight and in the morning you put it back on.
You can inform your Pack on this challenge to make sure it will be more difficult for others to access your territory, but they are not to interfere with your opponents entering the territory or to shield you from getting shot. Your Alphas have already received an email from the King and they will inform your Pack about the challenge.
However, they are not fully aware of what the challenge is, but you can explain that after you get back home.” Sila explains and Twilight is doing a happy dance in my head, she is really enjoying this challenge.
“Are there any questions?” Eryx asks and I raise my hand.
He nods his head at me, “If I understand Royal Beta Sila correctly, only one member of a leadership has to survive to win the challenge and it doesn’t matter who kills who.” I state and Eryx has a huge smile on his face, he knows I used her full title on purpose. “Yes, Zalia. You understood it correctly.” Eryx answers.
It is almost dinner time and we all walk to the dining room to wait for dinner to get served. Donovan is mind-linking Gibson as they sit down and I decide to sit elsewhere. Angelo and his leadership join me at another table and we talk about the challenge and the difficulties it might bring, but I doubt that Donovan and Gibson notice that I am not sitting near them.
“Angelo, do you think your Father would mind if I leave the territory through your southern border? I need to talk to my baby Brother and my Uncles before I go home.” I explain and I can tell that he is linking his Father. “Dad will inform border patrol there that you will be heading for Little River Pack, you can leave at any time.” Angelo responds.
I return to my room early and read a few more chapters in my book, learning a few things about what I can and can’t do during the competition. “Let’s show them what we are made of, Twilight. I would like to see the look on their faces when the competition is over, I hope we will be able to make it until the end.” I say to her after I have put the book down.
The next morning I wake up early and I pack my bag before I head down the stairs in search of some breakfast. Luckily it works the same here as in Moon Stone Pack, breakfast is ready for those that have early training or border patrol and I smile as an Omega places a coffee in front of me as I eat my breakfast.
I go into the living room to get my gear from Sila and I wait in a corner out of sight for Donovan and Gibson to arrive, both of them sign for their gear but don’t ask about me or my gear. I slowly follow them out of the Pack-house and watch them get in the SUV, driving off without me.
“What the fuck.” I hear Eryx growl behind me and I tell him it is fine, that I am going to Little River Pack before heading home. I send Dad a message about my plans and I make sure he understands that Donovan and Gibson are unaware of my plans.
Zalia
I grab another cup of coffee before I head towards Blue Blood Pack’s south border and one of the Warriors on patrol tells me there are no Rogues around, “What a shame. I could have used a Rogue or two to get rid of my anger.” I say as I cross the border and start walking in the direction of Little River Pack.
Just as I approach the border Dad sends me a message and I smile when I read that Luna Hester gave them hell for leaving me behind. She had told them to go back to Blue Blood Pack to pick me up, but Dad had stopped them just before they drove off and told them I was on my way to Little River Pack.
Slater is waiting for me at the border with a huge smile on his face, but the moment he sees me he knows I came by with a reason and as he introduces me to some of the Warriors, I can tell he wants to hear what has me agitated. We walk to the Pack-house in silence, but I can feel his curiosity grow inside him.
Uncle Richard rushes down the front steps when he sees me and wraps his arms tightly around me. Looks like Slater informed them I wasn’t there for just a family visit.
“Coffee, Sis?” Slater says before he disappears into the kitchen and I just shake my head.
“Why ask, if he has no intention of waiting for an answer.” I mumble.
Slater returns to the living room with a coffee and his arm wrapped around a young female.
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