I wake up to Ansel gently shaking me awake. I smile up at him and say "Good morning Handsome, what time is it?"
"Hey there sleepy girl." He says with a smile. "It is almost 6 o'clock, I already spoke to alpha Maxwell, he is setting up dinner for us now, why don't you get changed and we can meet up with everyone."
"Yeah, okay. I just need to go to the bathroom first." I stand up and Ansel hands me a pile of clothes to take with me. I walk into the bathroom, I really need to pee, it has been nearly 24 hours since I used the bathroom, or eat... I flush the toilet and wash my hands, the coolness of the water is refreshing. I splash the cold water on my face, it helps wake me up.
Ansel picked out some clothes for me, underwear, and bra are just normal. The pants are my favorite pants, and the shirt... It smells like him, he gave me one of his own shirts. I smile a little as I bring the collar of the shirt up to my nose and take a deep breath. I love th
"Wait, before we vote does anyone have any questions? Or anything that they would like to add to the conversation before we vote..?" Ansel says quickly. "Good point" I concede to him with a nod of my head, then I turn back to the table and add "does anyone have anything to add?" "Well, actually... if we combine packs, what does that mean for the ranks? With the exception of Alpha each pack has someone for each rank, and for that matter for each job. I mean, I know my wheelhouse is not very big, but I am in charge of all the cooking and cleaning staff, will have to fight to keep my job?" Miss. Frankie asks. I turn to Matteo, since the council has the most experience with this, they help merge packs when one Alpha defeates another in a challenge, or when smaller packs join together to become one. "Well, there are options as far as the ranks go, it is usually left up to the alpha to decide which method is used. The 2 wolv
Now that we are all agreed on having the two packs merge we start in on the topic of moving to the Queen's Keep. I have only ever seen the place once, as a pup my pack took us on a field trip to see the keep. No one live's there, but the council sends people to check up on the place a couple times a year. And other packs also send children there on field trips. The castle itself is huge, it could house both our packs 5 times over. That is not even taking into account the surrounding houses and other buildings. It is similar to the set up of the town square here, houses and apartment buildings for the pack members and families that do not want to live in the pack house. Then there are stores, grocery stores, bakery's, butchers, toy stores, all those things a normal town has, werewolves usually like to keep to themselves for the most part, so we usually have what we need in the pack town. The queen's keep is different from a regular pack set u
"That means that me and Ansel will have to separate... Annie in the first group and me in the second, since the pack is taking to different path's to the castle. Also, now that I am thinking about it, the last group of 100 warriors, we shouls split them into 2 groups of 50, they can both leave at the same time, each taking one of the route's to make sure their was no one left behind." I say, trailing off as I get lost in thought. "That is a good point Ansel, agreed." Annie says as she leans down and makes the changes on her list. We work out the details, deciding exactly who will go with each group. The lead warriors know which of their warriors are best suited for each take. The Luna of Annie's pack and my mother, being the former Luna of my pack, it is their jod to know the name, rank, age, and general health of every member of the pack. Alpha Maxwell had made a point of talking to each of the rogue wolves who had joined us during the fighting. He made
I can see the shock on everyone's face's that I called a vote so fast, I didn't give anyone the chance to ask any questions. It does show how much my people already trust me that they are willing to follow what I want so blindly."I know that you all have a lot questions, and we will have plenty of time for that, for right now I will just be giving you a basic overview, and we will answer your questions later." I say, looking to Ansel, knowing that he will want to be the one to tell his people what is happening."I know you are all conserned about keeping your ranks and jobs. Me and Alpha Maxwell are working closely together on this, along with select members of each pack, we are going to be talking to each of you individualy over the next few weeks to work it all out, unfortunatly we do have more pressing matters so although the packs will be merged together in a few minutes time we will be too busy over the next few days to deal with the ranks and jobs."
"Queen Annie, can I have a word with you for a moment?" I turn to see one of the doctors taling to me. "Of course Doctor...?" I don't know his name, do I trail off questioningly. "It's Doctor Fritz." He says "Right, Doctor Fritz, how can I help you?" I ask him "Well, I was looking at the evacuation group list's, and I noticed that you have some of the wounded listed on there as warriors or mothers... And I know that half of them will be healed enough to travel on their own by the time it is time to leave, but some of the more serious wounds and Molly is still in a coma. Moving her will not be easy..." He is trying to be polite, and I can see that, but I can also see that he is mad. "I understand, we didn't take the wounded into account, I should have thought about that, I am sorry... What do you suggest? Ambulence's? I know we have a few, but I doubt we have enough to move all of the wounded in them." I say, asking his opinio
After a few hours of driving alone, listening to music, I have a sudden idea. I pick up my cell phone and call Ansel. He picks up the phone quickly, he sounds worried when he answers. "Hey, is everything okay?" Ansel asks. "Yes, everything is fine... I just thought that since we are going to be driving all day long, and we are both alone in our cars... we could talk..? I mean, we haven't really had the chance to get to know that much about each other yet, and it see,s like a waste to not use this time to get to know each other..." I tell him, hoping that he thinks I am sound sweet, rather than sounding nervous and pathetic like I feel. "I love that idea, it has been really hard for us to get to know eah other with everthing that has been going on lately, I feel like even the things I do know about you I am starting to question if I remember it right or if I am confusing it with the dozens of people we have met recently..." He says. "Okay,
I mind link the warriors from my old pack, 20 of them. <This needs to remain between us, tell the others to go on as normal to the alternate second check point. Do not tell them the details of your mission... I want you guys to travel at top speed in wolf form, straight to the original second check point. We have a situation...> I tell them, as calmly as I can, I want them to obey, but I do not want to give them too many details right now. *We understand Queen Annie, we are on our way.* Calvin answers me. He is the highest ranking one in the group, so he answers for them all. <Very good, I have to leave now, and catch back up with my group, mind link me when you get close, and I will walk you through the mission. And... I'm sorry that you have to be the ones to deal with this.> I say, sadness filling my voice, even in the mind link. Since I can't small anything here but my own scent and the pack members who died here, that make
I am telling Annie the story of Miss. Frankie joining the pack, it has been so long since it happened, I am not sure why the memory comes back now. "I remember the whole time I was expecting my mother to take over the current Luna she outranked the future alpha, I kept thinking that she was going to overrule me. But she never did, she let me give out orders and she made sure they where all followed afterwords. On the way home, she told me she was proud of me, it was the first time I had ever given orders and she backed me up, abd said that she was proud of the way I handled things. She said that I would be the best Alpha the world had ever seen." I tell Annie through the phone. "Well, she was a smart lady, I only spoke to her a few times, but she loved you, we could all see that everytime she looked at you. She was expecting big things from you." Annie says. We have been talking on the phone while we drive, at not the whole drive, but at least a f