P.o.V. Narrator
The confusion on Moira and Silva’s faces must have been evident to the two older werewolves. Alpha Gerald gave Liam an almost reproachful look before smiling softly over at the girls with a hint of embarrassment. “As you both know my mate and I have not been blessed with any pups of our own. We have taken in many orphans and those in need, but the two of us have not had children with Alpha blood. On top of that, no Alpha has appeared anywhere else in the pack to any of our members. Silva, what you do not know is that due to,” he hesitated slightly glancing at Liam who looked uncomfortable, “tensions with the way the Alpha title is inherited in Grey Peak, Moira, though an Alpha, may not be named as successor.”
Silva looked shocked and started to say something but Liam waved her into silence so that Alpha Ger
P.o.V. Luna MarthaI couldn’t help but let mey mind wander as I prepared dinner with a couple of omegas. Sometimes my mate’s ideas run away with him. He can get so invested in one of his notions that everything in the world around him that doesn’t fit into them gets ignored. I prayed to the Goddess that his plans for Moira and Trajan weren’t like that. The young wolf was very clear that they were not planning on leaving Grey Peak once they came of age. Alpha Darren was also disinclined to hear about it from what Gerald said. So why he was so adamant that he was probably going to be able to name Moira as the next Alpha, I would probably never know.Granted her mother was all in favor of getting her as far away from Grey Peak as possible. I believe she sees her daughter as a freak or abomination for being bound to Trajan. And Fall
P.o.V. Moira“I can’t believe we used our Alpha influence on Luna Martha! Did you do that on purpose?” I asked Trajan. I still felt embarrassed even after she reassured me she wasn’t mad, and the feeling didn’t fade for the rest of the tour.“That was all you. Don’t try and blame me,” he responded with a snap. His tone quickly turned nervous, however, “I don’t think we should be able to influence members of other packs though. Luna Martha is bound to tell Alpha Gerald. We should talk to him about it in private. I feel like dad has left something out of the Grey Peak Alpha lessons we need to know.”I couldn’t help but agree with him. I tried to refocus on the tour, and Luna Martha was gracious enough not to mention it any further.
P.o.V. TrajanI had just started dozing when a sense of danger permeated every fiber of my being. I pushed forward as fast as I could to Moira slowly setting down the cups she was carrying and a sound somewhere in the darkness around the corner. I wanted to shift immediately, but she was too focused on whatever it was to let me through. I pushed as far forward as possible. Merging with her like we do when we share control to give a bit more vision and scent to the situation.The movement under the door when we came around the corner would have raised every hair on my back had we shifted. It was slow and careful like someone trying to be stealthy. It kept shifting slightly and the snuffling didn’t stop as we edged through the impossibly long entryway. Moira started to move towards the curtains on the side of the door where the handle was when ever
P.o.V. Liam LearyI had just settled into bed and was dozing off when a distant thud was soon followed by a commanding voice booming through my skull. It was sharp and precise and I could not resist launching out of bed ready to fight at its words. “Rogue. Front door. Sounds big. Smells awful.”I know I hadn’t heard the voice before, but something about the last part gave me a familiar twinge. Moira? The booming voice must be her wolf Trajan. Trying to get my thoughts moving, I realized I was already at the door. Powered by the compelling pull of the voice before I could even react. As I opened it, the rest of the doors remained shut and the hallway dark, but I hurried down the hall giving orders to the warriors I knew were in the pack house. I linked Beta Owen that there was a rogue in front of the packhouse and I was sending men. Be
P.o.V. ???A mountain range is far less grand when you’re nestled inside of it. There’s no sweeping view from the bottom of the slopes. Just gravel and rock walls and tree trunks and dim shadows for light. Even the sky is barely visible between the woven branches overhead. Only when the sun is at its highest point do we even get a glimmer of its rays. And even then they feel filtered and weak, like the imposing mountains and towering trees have sapped all the warmth and life out of it.It’s just like the packs. The Alphas take all the resources for themselves and their families and share out morsels that get smaller and smaller all the way to the bottom. Oh, the high and mighty packs claim to have no slaves, but what are the members not afforded an education beyond highschool, if they were lucky, supposed to do. They can’t leave
Personal Notes of Alpha GeraldThings did quiet down after Moira and Trajan's first night. While I'm glad they acted responsibly and helped prevent any of the rogues from making it into the packhouse, they shouldn't have even been close to that situation. Luckily things calmed down for the rest of their stay. Even Rose relaxed around them immensely. She didn't even put them through any trials before bringing them into training. They seemed surprised by this, but we didn't tell them any of the information we got from the rogues, just that they didn't get away. And what we got was very valuable.The two we captured were not particularly helpful at first. Clearly they had been out of packs for some time and didn't trust us at all. The younger female possibly couldn't even remember being in one. She was the easiest one to get information from. We almost co
P.o.V. Alpha DarrenIt was loud at the pack house in the days between Moira’s return and Patrick’s and my departure to High Valley. It was a relief to have them home inside our territory again. While Gerald has always done a great job of keeping his people safe, I know there are more threats and activity at the base of the mountain. He let me know the first full day that there was a rogue attack on Moira’s first night and that Trajan had helped, though he left out details. I’m guessing if he felt the need to let me know that meant the “help” was more than just marking a map somewhere. Moira didn’t seem to want to add anything except that the pack members stationed at High Valley were some of the group who caught the rogues and they did a great job.They seemed offended that we had never mentioned Liam and the o
P.o.V. NarratorPatrick could hardly contain himself as they pulled up to the High Valley pack house. He barely waited for the car to stop before jumping out and heading towards the trunk. He bounced impatiently shooting glares at the warrior who drove them who went to speak with a warrior from High Valley before opening the trunk. When the man finally turned around, he looked surprised to see Patrick waiting there and quickly fumbled in his pocket for the keys to unlock it.As the trunk popped upwards, Patrick quickly grabbed his backpack and portfolio. They had everything for his presentation from the painstakingly drawn map to the detailed presentation he had put together using an old laptop his mother found for him. He turned quickly towards the house and shouldered the bag as he hurried after his father through the front door. Luckily whoever was