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Chapter 30
August 20th – four months before Cato becomes Alpha
Ella’s point of view
Over the next few weeks, Cato was a different kid. Every morning, he was up at 6 am going out for a run or heading to the base for extra training. He refused to miss a single one of Leo’s meetings and they spent hours in the office together, Leo teaching him everything there was to know.
Even when I was fulfilling my duties as Luna in the factions, he accompanied me. He helped build houses, hand out supplies, care for the frail and I even got him changing a few diapers. The kids in the villages adored him, of course. They gathered in hoards for a high five and to ask Cato countless questions about being Alpha. He answered each one with patience and honesty, no matter how wild or vague. And his stamina for playing mind-numbing games like duck-duck-goose and eye-spy was unspeakable.
We didn’t get a single call from the police station or school.
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