Blakeâs POV~
This fool! This ignorant misogynistic fool! âMichael⦠allow me to drag your ass into the 21st century! Neither Ian⦠nor myself⦠exclude our Lunas from any aspect of our lives! Women are, by nature, strategic planners. They have the uncanny ability to see things we, as men, overlook! And to keep underestimating my mate is to get you closer to getting your ass kicked by her. And I will definitely allow it! Sheâs much more intelligent than you⦠and can absolutely beat the hell out of youâ¦in case that black eye hasnât shown you! She is quite obviously Alpha born⦠and I have no doubt could submit your ass in seconds! Now..your choices areâ¦you sit there and try to be helpful or fucking leave! I am fed up with your bullshit! If you Ever speak out of turn..to my mate again, I will snap your fucking neck! Are we clear!?â He nods and I tell Damon to continue.
âThe rogues breached from the east.. but, on leaving they ran south. We found traces of a camp about 50 miles out on the east side. Looked like they had been there a few days.. trackers are still on their trail to the south. It was a large encampment⦠and from what I could tell, there was close to 200 camped there. Thatâs a lot of rogues grouped together! We found two scents that smelled more pack than rogue and I have people tracing the scents.. just seeing if we can uncover what pack they may have come fromâ Alexis smiled at him and said âGood job, Damon! We appreciate it!â And he beamed at his Luna. Sheâs good with our people! She cares! And sheâs exactly who we needed!
My phone rings and I answer âSterlingâ Cody says âAlpha.. we have an issue⦠There seems to be an influx of several rogues in town. Max is reporting six eating at the diner.. Helena has had four browse the apothecary the last two hours⦠and Harvey over at the grocers states he has had a steady flowâ¦averaging two at a time every thirty minutes or so. I sent some warriors to town to see if it is the same six that are in the dinerâ¦advise pleaseâ I link Damon to get ready to pull out.. trouble at home. He stands immediately..never saying a word and leaves. âCody.. send the warriors.. surround the dinerâ¦I want those fuckers in custody by the time we are home. Have Helena ward the dinerâ¦I Do Not want a fight in my town! Those bastards hurt oneâ¦. Just One of our people I will crucify them!â
I link Alexis and tell her we are leaving. âIan, I must leave! It seems these fuckers decided it was a good idea to head toward the largest pack in the country! I am leaving 20 of my best with you, here. They will not breach againâ¦should they be so stupid as to try!â
Ian stands and shakes my handâ¦as he hugs Alexis.. then Caroline hugs her.. âIf you need me, brother⦠I will be there with bells on!â I nod and turn to Michael.. âYou may want to head home⦠Bear Creek is in the path of my pack!â And we left.
In the truck, Alexis is texting her uncle.. he sent her pictures of the rogues in his diner. She sent them to me. Then she texts Helena.. who told her not to worry.. she is safe. Not two minutes later, sheâs sound asleep. Damon chuckles âSheâs something else, isnât she!? Fearless! Iâm so proud to be her Gamma!â I smiled⦠sheâs winning hearts! âSheâs fond of you, too! She wore herself out with all that healing.. but I knew better than to tell her to stop! These attacks are puzzling. Theyâre coming out of nowhere⦠and random. But they targeted Ian.. purposely! Whoever is paying them, wanted him dead! I donât like it!â
Arielle speaks to Athos ðº Athos, my mate⦠Blake needs to read the book⦠he will find what he needs to know Athos tells me what Arielle said.. I reach for the book.. I am rereading a particular chapter, when Alexis stirs and Damon says weâre five minutes out. She is just gorgeous! She whispers âI had a dream. At least, I think it was a dream. But it felt real! If it was real.. I am the only white wolf alive. Usually, there would be up to 50 of us⦠but over the last 100 years, they have been hunted and brutally murdered!â I pull her close to me⦠âI was just reading about that in our book.. we will figure this out.â ðº Cody⦠are they at the diner? ðºYesâ¦they have just been sittingâ¦like they are waiting for something..or someone.
Stopping outside the diner, I ask Alexis to wait with her aunt..but of course, that was wishful thinking on my part. Cody meets us as we step from the truck. Max opens the door to the diner and immediately pulls Alexis in the back. Thank you, Goddess.. for small favors.
I grab a chair..turn it backwards, and straddle it â Hello boys! I do believe youâre a little lost! You have exactly two minutes to explain the incredible amount of stupidity youâve displayed by entering my territory!â
A man, mid thirties, Iâm guessing, said â We really arenât looking for trouble. We are running from it. Thatâs the reason we didnât hide when we came to townâ¦I thought as long as we stayed in sight of your men, and made no threatening moves.. you would be more apt to hear me out.â
I watched him intensely for a few minutes⦠âYou have my attention⦠What trouble are you running from? And why should I believe you?â He puts his head down, rubs his forehead with his hand âLast night, Yellowstone Pack was attackedâ¦killing the Alpha. And, several more packs are on the hit list⦠rogues are being recruitedâ¦.offered pay.. to take down Alphasâ¦when the attack on Yellowstone commenced..my buddies and I hightailed it to the south. Heard this was the place to be, if we had any hope of surviving, whatsoever. We donât care if you lock us in your cells! We just donât want to be involved in whatâs happening. We will give you any information we haveâ¦although itâs not much!â
I nodded..âWhat are your circumstances? Why are you rogue? You seem to have had no problem seeking refuge with my pack..therefore, I am assuming you have nothing against a pack structure.. so, color me curiousâ