I take a slow breath in, then begin. “Wyatt, Lillian, Nathaniel and I met at trials two summers ago. They were selected for Elite Warrior training and went through the branding process before I arrived. They helped me catch up with the training since I joined the program after their session started.
“First, because we are guests here, we get permission for every ounce of surveillance equipment we use and give full access to you. It’s a policy my team and I have. Second, we do not use off the shelf tech.” I make a face. When did I become a tech snob? “We modify all of our tech to suit our need
“I have never done anything except work to protect this pack. I was abused and neglected and I still kept going. I left to get stronger, hoping it would be enough.” I start in a whisper, but I can feel my anger grow and my voice begins to match. “I have been here for months, allowing and helping yo
Weeks go by, nothing is right. Everyone is tense and the whole pack is reacting to the tension. We keep our distance as best we can, but my team and the guys cross paths regularly during training and running patrols. Oliver has tried to talk to me a couple times, but I just head in the other dir
“I have Sam and Mateo watching her. They seem to be like me and see both sides of whatever this is. Oh, speaking of which,” He takes the backpack he was wearing off and hands me two gallon sized zip top bags with clothes in them. “What are these?” I’m actually afraid of the answer to this quest
“Well now that we have some information, I guess their behavior makes a little more sense.” Lil shrugs as we dig into dinner. “It doesn’t make them any less d*ckish.” “The Alpha said he had his reasons, but you were on the right track. What did that mean?” Wyatt asks. We have had the same debate
We finish and clean up. Wyatt and Nathaniel take their post in the living room which has become our makeshift surveillance headquarters. With all of the talk and blatant reveal of cameras all over the packhouse, none of them have been taken down. Just another sign that they are under some kind of
We search for the rest of the night. This time combining the information in the grimoire for protections and a good old fashioned highly encrypted internet search. We were able to find stones and runes that should help us in our efforts, and I have an idea of how to make them wearable, but the pro