Here Goes Nothin’

Alpha Asher POV

The car ride was longer than I anticipated. Or maybe it’s just the fact that my wolf Thor hates car rides and gets extra annoying and claustrophobic when we have to ride in one for more than about thirty minutes.

“No, I think you were right the first time. The ride is definitely longer than either of us expected it to be.” Thor replied not too convincingly.

“Yeah, why don’t you just go back to sleep so that I can actually concentrate on the task at hand. I need to focus so that I can convince Alpha Lance to form this alliance with us so that we might stand a chance against Alpha Ian and the Midnight Pack. Alpha Ian has conquered too many packs in the last five years and has gained too much power in doing so. We’re the next pack in his sights and—“

“Brother, we’re here. How do you want to approach this?” My brother asked, pulling me out of my internal conversation with Thor.

I glanced up at Alex.

“Is there an option other than approaching this head on? What would you like me to say brother, other than the truth? Ian is coming after us and once he’s killed me, you and every other high-ranking wolf in our pack he will come for them next.”We don’t have time to mess around with this bullshit.

Facts. That’s all we have and that’s all Alpha Lance will get from me.

“I meant are we going to dive right in or do we ease them into it first?” He was irritated with me. That’s fine. He can be irritated all he pleases, but he sure as shit wasn’t going to disrespect me in front of the Crescent Moon Pack, brother or not.

“Alpha Lance is a smart Alpha and has been around a long time. I think he will appreciate us just coming right out with it.” I said. Or, at least, I hope that’s what he will appreciate, because like it or not. Here we come.

Alex and I got out of the car and headed towards the large, and somewhat extravagant, pack house of the Crescent Moon Pack. It certainly gave my own pack house a run for its money in comparison to the other pack houses I’ve visited recently, but it still paled in comparison.

Next to Midnight pack, Blood Moon is the biggest and strongest pack on the continent. However, with all of the packs he’s absorbed, Ian has us in numbers alone and that doesn’t bode well in battle. No matter how much heart my warriors will put into protecting their loved ones and their home.

I glanced around and saw the same hustle and bustle going on here as goes on at Blood Moon. Everybody is going about their business without a care in the world.

They’re completely oblivious to the fact that there’s a homicidal Alpha on the loose attacking packs, killing their high-ranking wolves and then forcing its pack members to serve him in his army or murdering them in cold blood when they won’t submit.

“They don’t need to prepare for a war on their own doorstep if we can take Ian out of the equation permanently.” Thor chimed in.

He had a point there.

That’s why I was hopeful that Alpha Lance would see reason and the advantages to this alliance to protect both of our packs from being murdered in cold blood all for the greed of one Alpha.

“Well,” I give Alex a look that we’ve been giving each other since we were boys that meant we were knowingly heading into trouble, “here goes nothing.”

With that, we let ourselves in and walked straight to the meeting room to have our chat with Alpha Lance and his council.