All Chapters of In the Chains of the Alpha: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Cal walked up the stairs from the basement behind the others, finally leaving the meeting. It’d been draining down there listening to the speculation versus the facts, the plans they made, and the plans NARC made that would change their lives. He would have to go home and change his reputation and how the public saw him. He’d fought hard and lobbied not to be put on display as an example of an upstanding wolf shifter and happily mated. Cal warned them that his mating was far too new to be stable as yet. The response came back quickly to him. Fix it fast. They had days. They needed to ensure that the Fae really had left the city and the surrounding area for everyone’s ease of mind and safety. The problem they dealt with was that evidence didn’t rule out rogue interference or Fae enslaving rogues to do their dirty work. The effort to bring in the lone packs, lone wolves, and rogues for their safety and survival started months ago. That effort

Cal caressed Tara’s left arm, making her shiver. The fact is, they sent a report up to them. Alpha Elmwood had sent several demands. It appears he wants his money and his people back. He wants to punish them since you won’t.” “How much is he asking for?” Cal couldn’t believe the nerve of this wolf. That money came from people who Elmwood promised protection from rogue harassment. His victims expected that protection to come from the Crimson Nights. His people had reported for several weeks now this was happening. “I guess I will have to have another talk with him. If that doesn’t work, there’s going to be a physical meeting, and that Elmwood won’t like one bit.” “I will say something at the next meeting. Jaxon field the reports and gets with Guy about previous reports. I’m going to file a report with the Ruling Council. If war breaks out and we take them down, I want them to understand what Elmwood has done. This won’t end well. Wait, add in any report that invol

Cal found he needed to meet with the entire pack. It made the problems with these changes in their very existence more difficult because they played a game of broken telephone each time someone passed the information along; they changed or left something out of the explanation. For over an hour, he answered questions. They would continue with their businesses right now. The connection between certain businesses that were less legal than others must stay separated from the legal enterprises. Because of the extra eyes watching them from the human population. They must keep any disappearances of humans or others to a bare minimum. The humans would be curious about them for a long time to come. They didn’t want any stumbling upon the evidence of past crimes or current one. As for the shifter only businesses, he would review each one after they assessed the business to see if they could expand to servicing or providing products to interested humans. They had to clean

Tara struggled with memorizing the lies. Because that’s what they were. Lies to appease the humans sensibilities. It wasn’t anything really that a shifter wasn’t taught to do with humans when cornered by a probing question that hit too close to a truth they weren’t supposed to know. Even so, this was her life, and it was out there for everyone to see if she read this right. It didn’t help that her mind kept going off track to wrestle with the problem of how she was supposed to confront the alpha about his withholding the information that Eddie was within the pack. She didn’t want to get Eddie in trouble or herself. If the alpha became angry, what would he do? She couldn’t answer that, and Tara wasn’t stupid. She wouldn’t ask around. Everyone here was too loyal to him. When Cal interrupted her thoughts, it took her a moment or two to figure out what he was saying exactly. Go for a run? Now? Why? What made him think she needed a run?That meant she ne

“What do you mean, I have to wear this? I’ve worn nothing like this before. I don’t know if I can walk in these.” Tara held up a pair of high-heeled silver scrappy sandals. “It’s one thing to be a complete shoe or boot with a heel. But these are begging to break my ankle the first crack in the sidewalk I find. Or I’ll miss a stair and end up on my head at the bottom of the stairs.” “Oh, for crying out loud. The Alpha wants you to wear them and you’ll wear them. I doubt with you wearing this outfit, he’ll let you leave his side at all tonight. He’ll make sure you don’t fall and that’s I’m sure of.” Rachel could see this would be an uphill battle with Tara. You could clean her up and she’d look beautiful in that waif-like way she had. But her nerves were getting the better of her. Tara now knew where they were going. What they were doing and who would be there? It was the who and what that made her a ball of anxiety. This was an event for the most power shifters