Finally after a tearful goodbye from mom and grandma and well wishes from dad and grandpa and lots of
"Don't forget to call us and make sure you stay safe"
we were finally on the plane and on our way.
Me and Acre sat together eager to get there as fast as possible while queen Lanna curled up across from us and went straight to sleep
"Did you see how much luggage she had?", Antony said nodding his head towards Lanna, when I didn't say anything he continued
"You would think this was a holiday, honestly does she think we're gonna be lounging around and taking in the sights?"
I laugh picturing Lanna strolling around London in sandals and a sundress with a camera slung around her neck.
After a very uneventful journey, we finally land and head towards the exitof Gatwick airport, Once outside I look at Acre and say
"Now what?"
only for Lanna to tut and shove past me and go up to a taxi, then with the cab driver she starts loading the luggage which was mostly hers anyway.
Once we are settled in the cab the driver turns to us and says
"Where too?"
We were lucky enough that Lanna smiled and replied
"The Royal horse guards hotel on white hall court, do you know it?"
saving both me and Acre because both of us were obviously too stupid to think about what we would do once we got here.
"Yeah Mrs I know it, you just relax, ill get ya there"
"Thank you".
Lanna had her nose pressed against the window taking in the sights for the whole journey
"Oh look, Big ben"
Me and Acre were eager to start finding our mates so wasn't really interested in the sights so just nodded along everytime Lanna would point out a famous land mark.
Once there Lanna checked us in and we all headed up to the penthouse, we thought we would be getting separate rooms but Lanna informed us that dad insisted we stick together so that meant sharing a living space together which was a bit of a drag having to share with a batty old hag but with a bit of luck she would piss off sight seeing so me and Acre could get on with finding our mates.
Once we were settled into our rooms, me and Acre were ready to start our search
"ok" Acre said to me "So what first?"
"Dinner, then a nice early night" Lannas voice came from behind me making me whip around
"What?"
"Mmmmm yes I think ill have fish and chips, its the national dish here you know"
"What we want to start searching" Acre demanded
"No too dark" Lanna replied in her annoying calm voice, she didn't seem to care how frustrated we were getting with her,
"B ut, we need to find our mates" I spat
"Calm down, bothof you, its too dark and we all need food and sleep, then we will start fresh in the morning"
"FINE" both me and Acre huff slumping our shoulders at the same time
"Good, now what do you want to eat, then we can watch a movie before bed, I vote Love actually, such a lovely film" Lanna said making us groan and roll our eyes.
Four children ran around gasping at the huge lion statues eating m and ms, "There amazing aint they Gregory?" "Yes, they are" "LOONEY LOOPY LANNA, LOONEY LOOPY LANNA" one of the children started singing as they were running around, "SHUT IT" Gregory roared at the little boy, "Hey, come on enough, Logan leave Lanna alone," I say walking over to Gregory and Lanna, Acre right beside me. "Hey, beautiful" Acre bends down to his little girl whose eyes are sprinkling with tears, "Ya know you were named after a very special person, I used to take the Micky out of her, she ended up being so special to me, she saved our pack" "And, and her name was Lanna?" wiping her tears Acre smiled "Actually she was queen Lanna and Gregory," he said looking at my son who was agog at the revelation, "He was her mate and protected her no matter what" "Haha so you have to protect me Greggy," Lanna said with a huge smile,
A loud cheer went up by all toughs around me and as one they all turned and aggressively took the fight to the attackers while I fought to reach Desert, I was vaguely aware of Gregory beside me trying to get to Lanna but I was too focused on getting to Desert but I knew deep in my heart I wouldn't make it in time. As I ran Gregory let out a roar beside me and I noticed Jimmy attacking Lanna who was dodging his attacks and landing a few hits of her own I left Gregory to jump on the stage and engage Jimmy in combat while I dove under the stage to grab Desert and cut the rope around her neck, a howl ripped from me as I held Deserts lifeless body to me. I carried her out from the dirt to see Jimmy wielding a silver blade that sliced through the air in an arc and slashes blood from Gregory's throat, he stands there momentarily shocked, "Lanna" he whispers as his body slumps into a heap, flames leap into Lanna's eyes and Jimmy is fearful for the first time, he turn
We are all marched to the gallows and pushed forward, I cant see a way to escape and am just hoping Acre is trying to come up with a plan. Just then a car up and a finely dressed man steps out of the passenger seat, he has a smirk on his face as he climbs the steps of the gallows and turns to us all, "Welcome, welcome everybody, it's so nice to see you all, now let me introduce myself. my name is Jimmy and well I like it here so I have decided to stay, now I know most of you are rogues and well I'm here to set you all free so if you would like to be a part of my new pack you will be very very welcome or you could be apart of the pack your standing amongst and you will be treated as one of them, it's your choice." A hand from one of the rogues that had been marching with us shoots into the air, Jimmy smiles and says "yes, good man, what is it?" "Err well err what if the rogues don't want to be part of either pack, can we just leave?" The rogue
I pushed everyone as hard as I could, I knew there wasn't time to spare. I had filled everyone in on what was going on, we all had people in the pack that we loved so we all moved as quickly as we could, "What I don't get is why the rogues as so determined to get to this fight," Acre said as we marched along, it was Donny's voice from behind me that answered "We may just be rogues but believe it or not most of us just want peaceful lives, most packs leave us alone if we leave them alone but if these mutt rogues take over then even us rogues are not safe, we will be used as slaves, made to harm innocents, turned into wild animals". "Don't you want to be a part of a pack?" Donny thought for a moment before replying "Some do, I was happy as a rogue until I met my mate, I would walk heaven and earth for her, so she wants me to be part of a pack, so I become part of a pack but my sister, I want her to be part of a pack, Brie is strong but I
Oceans p.o.v. Gregory doubled over as if in pain, before I could react he had transformed into his shaggy brown wolf and was howling to the sky "Gregory, what's wrong?" "Ocean, it's Desert and Lanna they went into the forest and didn't come back and now Sky cant contact Desert" fear settled deep in my stomach "I'm on my way" I rush over to Gregory "Gregory, come on we need to go, Lanna and Desert need us" "Sh sh shes dead" Gregory stuttered once he had managed to calm down enough to transform back into a man "Who is?" I ask fearing his answer "La Lanna shes she's gone" "Come on, we need to find out what happened". Acre and Sky are waiting for us by the tent, grandma and grandpa were standing by the trees of the forest with people around them "What happened, wheres Desert?" I ask a tearful Sky
We set off earlier this morning when it was still dark, everyone was apprehensive about what was to come, most people were quiet thinking about what their futures would hold or their loved ones that had been left to wait for their return if they were to return, Lanna was acting strange well stranger then normal, she was humming a tune with a vacant expression on her face, Gregory kept looking around clearly unsure what to do until he could take it no more, "Lanna, honey are you ok?" "Hmmm, oh yes, yes im perfect" "Bu but you keep humming that tune" Lanna looked around at us all and smiled "Yes, I'm humming with the moon goddess" "What, you can hear her?" I ask "Yes, shes humming with me" We all look at Lanna as though she had gone mad but she just keeps humming with the same smile on her face as though she had never been interrupted. By late morning we were making good time so decided we would eat and rest now b