RACHEL: I just nod my head. I send my response back to the alpha. Once Larz came into view I waved him over, and introduced him to my mate. They shook hands, and I went over to Liam to find where I was on the roster for the tournament, and to let him know that I would be in a meeting with his father if my turn came up before we got back. He nods his head in understanding. We head up to the Alpha’s office.
DRAKE: I get the response back (Yes Alpha.) I only have to wait about 10 minutes until there is a knock on my door. “Come.” I call out. The door opens and in walks prince Trent, Rachel and a stocky bald-headed guy that’s built like a wrestler. A bit shorter than your average wolf. “Thank you for coming, I just got off the phone with Alpha Fredrick, everything is fine.” I say as I see them start to get nervous. “Just some business, some of which we discussed yesterday.” I see Rachel visibly calm then. “I asked for a volunteer, and he suggested Larz? Correct?” I asked him. He nods his head. “But this will be a two-fold issue, first if you agree, you will be marked, before you get to worked up, it is NOT, I repeat NOT a mating mark. To bring you up to speed, the short story, there COULD BE a possible war with another pack to the south, if everything we know is correct, they don’t play by the rules. So, we need to take advantage of the time and information we have. It is an experiment, involving linking, so yes you can say no.” I tell him. “Why would there be a war, and what does it have to do with my pack?” He asked, and he sounded like he just spent the night smoking and drinking his voice was that raspy. “Well, there are two possible reasons, one is, the peace treaty, that we have, to help each other when trouble arises, the other is that every pack here right now could be construed as aiding and abetting Harvest Moon. Yes, there is a story there as well, it’s a mate issue.” “I’m in.” he states before I can finish explaining. “Ok, that was unexpected.” I say to him. “You should have lead with the mate issue.” He says nonchalantly. “Now my next question is not meant to be disrespectful, or nosey, but do you have a mate, or did you find one?” I asked him. “Found her.” He says. “Good glad to hear it. May I meet her?” I asked. “Why?” “Well, all of this is also leading up to the second part of an issue I have with my children.” I say. “Well now I don’t mean to pry into things that don’t concern me, but what would my mate have to do with your kids.” He asked me. “Just her general size and shape.” I tell him. “If she fits the right size and shape I can sell the fact that I am sending my middle child with you, back to your pack.” I tell him. He nods in understanding then. And I watch as he pulls out his phone and dials a number. “Love I need you to come to the pack house, I am in the Alpha’s office, and he would like to meet you.” He says to his mate. Then he hangs up. Again, it’s about a 10-minute wait and I get a knock on my office door. “Come.” I call out. In walks a petite brunette with light brown eyes. “Thank you for coming.” I say to her. “Yes Alpha.” “What do you think Rachel, do you think she could pass for Kes from a distance, and from the back?” I asked her. “She very well could Alpha, as long as she wasn’t in direct sun light, and she was seen from the back.” She says. I nod. “ May I know your name?” I ask her. “Erica.” “Well Erica, I know you are a bit confused, but the long and the short of it, is I am going to tell my oldest daughter, I am sending my middle daughter home with Larz here, and you are very close in size to her to pull it off.” I say. “But here’s the thing, when you start out, you will have to be in the back seat and looking a bit dejected, when you leave here, when you get beyond the pack then you can sit where and how you wish. I will let the both of you go pack and get ready to leave. Once you are packed please come back here, and I will have my warrior here to mark you. And I will have it set up so that my oldest will see the two of you leaving, just whatever you do don’t look back at the house as you drive away.” I tell them. “Yes Alpha.” They both leave. I open a link to Frank. “Please come to my office.” “Yes Alpha.” I wait just a few minutes and Frank knocks on my door. “Come.” I call out to him. “You wanted to see me, Alpha?” he asked as he entered. “Yes Frank, there is a lot going on right now, I don’t have time to fill you in on all the details yet, but I want you to sit in on some of these meetings, and you will get the jist of what is happening.” I tell him. “Yes alpha.” I then send out the text to the other alphas to get everybody on the same page. I also text Camron, I want him in on all the meetings with all the alphas, so he can pass on what he knows first-hand. The Alphas’, start to show up one and two at a time. I have them get seated and then Alpha Camron shows up. “What’s up Drake?” he asked me. “I just wanted you here to pass on your knowledge first-hand, in case they have questions that you might have the answers to.” I say to him. He nods. We get about halfway through the facts of what is going on when I get a knock on my door. “Come.” I call out. Larz walks in. “Alpha.” “Yes Larz, come in. Gentlemen, this is Larz he is from Burning Ember Pack. He has been gracious enough to be our first volunteer for this fact-finding mission.” I say to the room at large. “Frank here is going to mark his arm and then he will be returning to his home pack, then tomorrow after breakfast we will send I link to him to test the distance. Once that is done I will send out a text to all of you to let you know the outcome of that test.” I look around the room and see they all nod their heads in acknowledgement. Larz takes his shirt off and holds out his arm, Frank steps up to him they shake hands and then Frank bites him in the upper part of his arm, licks it closed and then retakes his seat. “Be for you go, please link each other, I will link in with Frank and I will repeat the conversation to the room, so that they can see and understand what we are trying to accomplish with this experiment.” I say to them. They both nod. I link with Frank. “Ready?” He nods. I then nod at Larz, then he links in. “I am glad that I get to be a part of this, but I am also glad that I get to go home, nice to meet you Frank, look forward to hearing from you tomorrow morning.” “Nice to meet you Larz, I to look forward to finding out if this will work.” Frank links back and then closes the link, and I to come out of the link. “Now to let them know that what I repeated was correct, please tell them what the conversation was.” I tell Frank and Larz They both pretty much repeated what was said in their conversation. “Now Gentlemen please excuse me for a few minutes, there is an issue that I must deal with, but Alpha Camron can continue with this portion of the meeting.” I say as I get up and escort Larz out. “Is your mate ready?” I ask him. “She is Alpha.” “Good, go get in the car, and when you see me come out of the pack house, you can leave.” He nods at me. I then link Jessie. “Meet me at the front of the marquee.” “Yes daddy.” I close the link. And head over to the marquee to meet up with Jessie. “ What’s up daddy? You needed to see me?” “Yes Jessie, I wanted to tell you that I am sending your sister to Burning Ember for the rest of the ball, so she will not be here on Wednesday when you shift.” I tell her, and watch her face very carefully. She just smiles and nods.
