Chapter 178
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.”
