Silver Crescent Moon

Chapter 5

Chapter 5         

Sutton’s Point of View

          “Sutton can you please come to my office.” My dad links me.

          “On my way dad.”

          “Thanks sweetie.”

I knock on my dad’s office door before I just walk in. Once again, he’s sitting in his chair with a drink in his hand looking out of the window. I don’t like seeing this. This is becoming more and more frequent and it’s really starting to worry me.

          “Hey dad what’s going on?” I ask as I sit across from him.

          “Hey sweetie. I just want to let you know that I heard back from the king and queen and they are going to be arriving later today. They are bringing their son and his future betas with them. I also believe that they are going to be bringing several warriors and guards.”

          “Wow…” Is all that comes to mind. The royals are going to be here early. I’m not sure I’m ready for this. But hey it is what it is. I just can’t wait to see what they’re gonna have to say about this.

          “Go get Remi and a few guards and take them for a run with you. I already linked Remi so he should be waiting. You should let your wolf out before the royals arrive because I don’t know when the next time is that you’re going to be able to go for a run. I talked with Sarah our lead warrior this morning and she now knows about you and Mae.”

          “Okay dad. I love you. Don’t stress too much. We’ll get through this.” I tell him as I kiss him on the forehead before walking out.

          “I love you too.” I hear my dad say as I walk out of his office.

          As I close the office door, I mind link Remi. “Hey, Rem lets go for a run. Mae is dying to get some exercise.”

          “Sounds great. I’ll meet you in the back garden.” Remi links backs.

          “Oh, I forgot to tell you that we have to take extra security. With everything going on my dad just wants me to be safe.”

          “Completely understandable. May not be a bad thing. I’ll link some warriors and meet you out back.”

          I started walking to the back gardens where I’m meeting up with Remi, once I’m out in the gardens I see 15 warriors in wolf and human form. “How much security do you think I need?” I link my father.

          “I told Remi to take the top 15 warriors with you. The Alpha of the rogues wants you. I’m not taking any chances of you being taken.” My father links back to me.

          Sighing to myself I know my father is right. I can’t risk my own safety or the safety of this pack for selfish reasons. With so many warriors going with, I really don’t feel like going for a run now. But I know that I need to give Mae some time to get out and burn off her built up frustration.

          Finally, I see Remi walking out of the double doors. I can just tell by the look on his face he was not happy taking this many warriors either. Remi walks straight to me trying not look agitated that there are so many other wolves going with us.

          “Are you sure you still want to go? I for one was not expecting this much security.” Remi links me

          “I really need to let Mae out. Ever since we heard that the king, the queen and their son are going to be arriving in a few hours she’s basically acting like a five-year-old who got a hold of the sugar container. I’m hoping if I let her run, she’ll settle down some. But who knows with her.” I say.

          “Alright.” Is all Remi says.

          We head to towards the warriors and they all bow their heads as a sign of respect to me. I’m honestly not one for formalities but I get it. Our top warrior Sarah walks over to me. She’s beautiful and young for her position. She gained her position after her father was killed in a rogue attack about two years ago.

She has long straight strawberry blonde hair with the most amazing green eyes. Her eyes remind me of emeralds. If I remember correctly, she just turned 20 and has yet to find her mate. She’s always had a fantastic personality. I honestly can’t believe that she hasn’t found him yet.

          “Morning Alpha Sutton.” She says. “Where are we running to today? Just so you know some of the warriors are going to be following at a distance and some are going to be hiding but are going to be close by. I was hoping to make this run as normal for you as possible.”

          “Thanks Sarah. I was thinking we’d head up the mountain to the cliff. It’s our normal run.” I reply.

          “I am going to be running next to you and Remi. And the Alpha did let me know about your wolf and swore me and the other warriors to secrecy.”

          “Ahh, okay. Are we ready to go? We should probably have some of the warriors head out a head of us to scout ahead for any danger or rogues that may be up that way.” I suggest.

          “That’s a great idea. Warriors!” Sarah yells and all their heads snap to look at her. “Half of you are going to shift and head up the mountain towards the cliff. I want you scout for any type of danger and keep an eye out for rogues. The other half are going to spread out and follow in the shadows and stay out of sight. You will only make your presence known if it is absolutely necessary.”

          “Yes ma’am.” They all reply in unison.

          Half the warriors shift and head off into the woods. The other half are still standing around. Remi and Sarah head towards the trees to shift so they won’t ruin their clothes. Kolt is the first one to come out. Me I’m lucky every time I shift, I don’t ever ruin my clothing. So, I never have to worry about where I shift.

Sarah finally comes out and I feel kinda bad because I don’t know the name of her wolf. Her wolf is a beautiful strawberry blonde. Her wolf’s eyes look gorgeous against her fur. The emerald color seems to really pop.

          “Sarah what is the name of your wolf?” I ask in a mind link.

          “Rose.”

          “Well, it’s nice to finally meet you Rose.” I say as a shift into Mae. “My name is Mae.” Rose’s eyes are as wide as the moon. I don’t think she was expecting me to be as big as I am. I look towards Kolt and motion for us to start heading out. I can feel that Mae is ready to run.

          I take off towards the mountains and halfway up I start to feel as if something is wrong. We haven’t heard from the warriors we sent up to check to see if everything was good to go. The further up the mountain we get, the more the hair on back of Mae’s neck starts to stand up.

          “Something wrong.” I link to Kolt and Rose.

          “You’re right. Sutton, I think you should shift back and hop on my back. I got a bad feeling. I’m getting you back to the pack house now.” Kolt tells me. I do as he suggests. Just as I finished shifting, I hop on his back. Something is defiantly not right.

          “ROGUES HAVE CROSSED THE BOARDER!!!” We hear in the pack mind link.

          “Remi get Sutton back now!” Sarah yells. “We can’t take any chance of her being kidnapped. Tim, Ben, Brandon and Anthony follow them back to pack house, protect them at all costs.” She orders.

          Remi takes off with me on his back towards the pack house with four warriors hot on our heels. In the distance we can smell the pungent smell of rotting garbage, the nasty reminder that rogues are on our territory. f*****g rogues, disgusting filthy animals is what they are.