âAlpha! How could you let Janet walk away like that?â Harper rushed to his side while yelling. âYou havenât made her kneel down and apologize to me yet-
Her chin was grabbed by Daran all of a sudden.
Daran glared at her and breathed:
âIf you still want to stay in BloodMoon Pack safe and sound, youâll stay away from Janet and not mess with her. I canât promise Iâll save your ass next time. Do you hear me?â
Scared, Harper nodded quickly with tears.
Daran shook her off and walked towards the hotel, leaving Harper stomp her feet in fury behind his back..
In Casperâs suite.
Janet had finished shower and got changed.
She came back into the living room and found Casper talking to Eden in a serious tone.
ââ¦so I think we should kick him out of the alliance,â Casper said.
âWhatâs happening? Kick whom out?â Janet walked close wiping her wet hair. âWhat am I missing?â
Eden gave Casper a helpless look, âYour dear brother is thinking about kicking Riverside Pack out of the alliance. Iâm telling him it is a terrible idea. Can you back me up here Janet?â
âItâs a great idea!â Casper cried, âRiverside Pack was a bunch of losers maybe except their Alpha! And their Alpha is a total arse! We donât need them to defeat rogues-
âBut we do.â
Janet tossed her towel aside and faced Casper with a serious look.
â
âBrother, you donât need me to remind you that those rogues are very strong and I too was almost killed by them, do I?â Janet asked.
Casper clenched his fists, âHow can I forget? I want to skin them alive every single day!â
âSo thatâs why we must put our personal feelings aside and focus on the major goal here.â Janet said sternly, âI wonât let what happened in the past influence me. Will you, brother?â
âNo! Butâ¦â
Casper hesitated. Then he gave Eden a furious glare.
Eden spread his hands and shrugged, âDonât look at me. Itâs the wise thing to do. It doesnât hurt to listen to your Beta and Gamma once in a while.â
Casper rubbed his hair frustratedly.
Fine!â Casper groaned, rolling his eyes. âBut I think he is jealous of me. Iâm totally using that against him.â
Janet smiled, âSure. Do as you want. But he stays because we still need him. Now letâs go back to the meeting room.â
When they returned to the meeting room downstairs, everyone had already been seated, including
Daran.
After what happened in the wrestling ring, nobody dared to challenge Janetâs qualification anymore.
People all looked at Janet in awe as Eden pulled the seat open for her to sit down.
âOK, so letâs begin our official meeting, shall we?â Casper tabbed the table and said, âThe reason that brought us here today is one thingârogues.â
Everyone nodded along with him.
âRogues are becoming a very serious issue today,â Casper said sternly. âThey rob us, they slaughter women and kids, and they burn down our villages. We offered them peace treaty before but they rejected it and killed our messengerâ¦I think many people here today have been through a rogue attack before. Including my Janet. I almost lost her to rogues 6 months ago.â
Daranâs body strained.
He looked over to Janet. But she had her eyes on Casper and completely ignored Daranâs gaze.
âSo how do you propose we should tackle this problem, Alpha Casper?â Alpha Jared from Silver Claw Pack asked.
âAn alliance is what we propose,â Casper said.
He looked over to Janet, who stood up and took over the topic.
âWe caught a few rogues a month before and managed to get the location of their stronghold.â
Janet tabbed the remote and a large map was projected onto the big screen.
She pointed at a circled area on the map:
âThere. Itâs way up north. We must climb over a few mountains before reaching their territory. But as you can see, this place is easy to defend but hard to attack. We need capable soldiers to take them down.â
Her eyes traveled across the room.
âThere are 5 packs in this room today. 5 largest pach
alliance,â Janet said.
There was a short silence.
And Daran was the first to respond.
n the world. We need all of you to form an
âRiverside Pack is on board,â he said with a deep voice
But Janet didnât look back at him as he had hoped.
Then Alpha Jared from Silver Claw Pack raised his hand as those rogues already.â
One by one, all 5 packs agreed to join.
at Janet.
âIâm fine with it too. Iâm very sick of
A bright smile appeared on Janetâs face, âFantastic! So our plan was to start the attack on rogues at the turn of next year, which leaves us about 6 months to train our soldiers together.â
âWhere should we train them then?â Alpha Kai from Black Mountain Pack asked.
âRogueâs territory is way up north. So i think we should find a place which has a similar climate condition. Therefor-
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She finally turned her gaze to Daran.
Daranâs heart suddenly skipped a beat.
â-I suggest we train our soldiers at Riverside Pack,â Janet said.
There was a short silence while members from Riverside Pack exchanged looks of suspicious,
âThatâs impossible!â Baron suddenly snapped.
He shot up from his seat and pointed a finger at Janet crying:
âWho knew if the training is only a cover for you to spy on us? We wonât invite people from other packs into our territory! Plus-â
He crackled a laugh and stared at Janet with a nasty look.
-Why do you propose our pack specifically? I think you still have a thing for our Alpha and are using his training as an excuse to approach him!â
âBut you better kill that thought immediately because our Alpha already has Lady Harper!â