LIAM: I check the dart list and start making the chart up for that. I have Lissa cut up a piece of paper and wright 1-20 on them and drop them in the cookie jar that I had to collect the money for the pool, but now I have the big envelopes from mom, that the money is in, so the contestants can draw their numbers from the jar. I start to send out texts to the contestants to please come and draw their numbers to see who will start the dart tournament. I noticed that Mackie, Trever, and Dutch all three are on the list for the darts, this is going to be fun to watch and see how far she can get and if she ends up going against either the prince or Dutch. I just wish that Kes could be here for this one, but maybe she can do the archery. I text them 5 at a time so that I can keep an eye on the pool game to make sure there is no cheating happening. Once they have drawn their number, I write their name down next to it on my chart and then on to the next one. Mackie pulls # 8, Trever pulls #13 and Dutch pulls #17, I write their names next to the number on my chart and give them the name of the person they will be throwing against if I have it, if I don’t I tell them they will have to wait until that number gets pulled. The pool game finishes at the same time that I get the last of the dart people signed in. and Delta elite Thorne won. I watch as the two of them shake hands again. And go take their places to watch the next match. I walk back up to the mic and call up Alpha Vance and Delta elite Max. Then I go rerack the balls and have Vance call the coin toss. He calls heads and it lands on heads, so he gets to break. The pool game progresses at a good pace, it’s a back and forth pull as each of them takes their shots, but in the end delta elite Max wins the game. I go up to make that announcement and call Thorne back up and then go rerack the balls for the last game of the tournament. I have Maxine call the coin toss and she calls tails, and it lands on tails, so she gets to break. She ends up sinking both a solid and a stripe, she calls the solids and continues to shoot. She sinks 2 more before she misses and Thorne get to shoot, He sinks 3 before he misses, and again it’s a back and forth pull but again delta elite Max pulls out the win. I go make the announcement that Delta elite Maxine from Black Waters Pack won the pool tournament. I then go up to dad. “I need the Pool money from the safe.” I tell him. He nods and we head up to his office, he opens the safe and I take the envelope that says pool on it out and I hand it over to Max and have her count it, and dad closes the safe. All $200 dollars. “Thank you, I had a lot of fun.” She says, and we all leave dad’s office. When we get back downstairs the marquee is already starting to be rest for the morning breakfast service. I go up to the mic “Thank you to all the volunteers for helping to move the pool table back and forth, I greatly appreciate the help. The dart tournament will start after breakfast tomorrow.” I say. And then turn the mic off.
DRAKE: after the pool tournament is over Alpha Craig comes up to me. “I have news about Meadow Brook.” “Let’s go to my office.” We head upstairs and into my office. I motion for him to take a seat on one of the couches. Once he is seated, I ask, “What’s the verdict?” “They were dealing with a rouge attack, and were doing clean up, my people helped out and then talked to the Alpha there, He told them that it came out of the blue and that they were more organized than usual.” “Did he lose a lot of warriors or pack members?” “Not as many as he probably would have but they had some visitors from other packs, so they were on high alert.” “Their visitors wouldn’t have been from Stone Claw, would they?” I asked the question. “That I don’t know, but I see where you’re going with that.” He says, “I will call him directly and ask that question.” He tells me and takes out his phone and dials up Meadow Brook. “Hello Alpha Douglas, this is Alpha Craig, I am at a mating ball up north, and I would like to put you on speaker, I am with Alpha Drake from Blue Cresent.” I wait and then he puts the phone on the speaker. “Alpha Douglas, I am sorry that you suffered an attack, but can you tell me who your visitors were?” “We had a few, from different packs. Why do you ask?” “Were any from Stone Claw?” “Yes, I believe one of them were. Again, why do you ask?” “I am going to fill you in on an issue that happened up here, and I believe that you will need to inform the rest of the small packs near you, and maybe even join forces in order to defend yourselves against Stone Claw. There is a she-wolf that traveled up here from Stone Claw, turns out that she is mated to a warrior from one of the packs that are here for the ball, problem is she was raped by one of their ranked wolves, that is why she ran, and as it turns out, because of that, we were doing some investigating and we learned that they have done things like this in the past, they will actually go out and hunt down rouges, and conquer smaller packs to ensure that they lose as few warriors of their own and make everyone else fight their battels. It is good that you were able to survive, but you will need to get to safety and inform the others around you.” I tell him. “I can get the word out, but we really have no place to go.” “Doug, take your people and head towards my pack, I will make sure they will be expecting you; you can have your warriors debrief mine so that we can come up with a plan if they indeed come our way.” Craig tells him. “Thanks.” “Alpha Douglas, tell those you notify to band together, to be safer, and to appear to be bigger than several small packs, I know that it will take some effort, and I know that it can be difficult, especially with several Alphas coming together, but if they want to survive this they will have to work together.” I tell him. “Thank you, Alpha Drake, I will pass it on.” “Please keep us informed, of any pack that doesn’t respond.” I tell him. “I will do that.” Craig hangs up his phone. “Well, I guess it has begun.” I say. “Yes.” Is all he says. Then he calls his pack. “I need you to watch for Meadow Brook, they will be coming our way soon, I want a full debrief, and extra guard details, and border patrols.” I hear him say into his phone. “If you need, we can send your newly mated and half of your other guards back to help with defending your pack.” I tell him. He just nods his head in agreement and hangs up his phone. “I will be making the announcement for another meeting after breakfast tomorrow, so that we can get everyone up to speed on what’s happened.” He nods his head. And we both leave my office to head back down to the marquee. As I close the door I see alpha Camron.
CAMRON: I watched Alpha Craig as he approached Drake and they both leave the venue. “I need to check what that is about.” I say to my mate nodding my head in the direction of the two other alphas. I follow them to Drake’s office and wait for them to come out. “What’s up?” I ask them. “I was going to make the announcement tomorrow, but you are here now.” And he reopens his office, and we walk back in. “Meadow Brook was attacked, they were in the middle of defending themselves when Fredrick tried to contact them, they are still with us but it’s only just by sheer luck that they are. It seems that Stone Claw has started to escalate.”
