Things She Didn't Know

Chapter 2 - Lucas POV- So Many Questions

Saturday 4:45 AM

Training is set to start at 5am, 4 days a week. Tuesday through Saturday.

Alpha was and had always been the first one on the grounds every morning, but not today. This morning, Lucas had walked through the gates of the training grounds to be met by no one. Something was off. He thought as he took a look around. You could almost smell it in the cold January air. Grabbing his attention, he could hear men talking before they came into sight.

" Thank God we're werewolves!" One guy hollared to another as they walked through the front gates. Lucas watched as their boots left tracks in the frosty grass, making their way tarwards the middle of the field.

"Dude," Andy walks up to Marcelus with a s**t eating grin on his face. " This cold is a bit nipply this morning, huh." He says with a flick and sprinted a few feet out of reach. "Ouch, you prick!" A few of the guys started snickering. Andy rubbed his chest dramatically, acting as if his feelings were hurt.

"Holy s**t! Im pretty sure my fart just froze!" One of our newbies chuckles while he does a spin around, causing even more laughter and some fake gagging from others.

Men piled in, tossin jokes and complaints back and forth as they did. For being a group of grown men, they were all behaving like a bunch of pups. As training start time approaches a silencing grunt comes from one of the lead warriors, " Come on you pansies and p*****s, do a few laps and warm up! If the Alpha or Beta Gary hears all this bitching and whining about the whimpy chill in the air can you even imagine how long they might make you assholes stay out here?!" They all stopped in place, faces dropping. Looking at one another, "No kidding! Good call Lefty!" , "Yeah, good point!" " Dude. you're right!" "My bad, Lefty!" Sime of the men responded in agreement, but of course, a few continued with the shenanigans.

About 15 feet away, standing in his 6 foot 9 glory, shaking his head in amusement, stood Lucas, silently watching the group of men waiting for his Alpha to arrive. To say he was shocked that Alpha Kyle wasn't there yet would be an understatement, but he wouldn't let on his concern to the others. But to be honest, it just wasn't like their Alpha to be late.

Lucas had already attempted to mind link their Beta but it seemed his block was up. Again, something that was out of the ordinary. Thinking to himself, he could just link the Alpha, it wasn't out of the question. More like one of those things you typically didn't do unless it was an emergency.. was this an emergency? He thought while keeping a watchful eye on the men. No, not yet, anyway tossing the thought to the back of his mind.

As warriors kept making their way in, Lucas heard a few talking about the new posts on the packhouse bulletin board. He too, had noticed them yesterday but hadn't had the chance to look more into it. The posts weren't anything new, more or less they were changes made to their scheduling. One change in particular bothered Lucas. The Srping Summit was an annual competition and was typically held in March. However, it had been moved forward. He just couldn't wrap his mind around it. He had been gone for the last 2 weeks visiting his family in an eastern region pack. Everything was fine when he left. He was lost in thought, wondering why the Elders would approve something to this magnitude on short notice. "Normally, it would take at least a month before those high and mighty dogs would rule on any changes." His wolf, Tidus grumbled.

In an attempt to shake off his concern, Lucas decided it was best to get training started.

As The Head Warriors, he had the rank to do just that. Both his wolf and him were very proud of what they had accomplished in their time here. They weren't originally from this pack but were accepted in at a young age. Everything they had was earned. Through determination and strength. Nothing came easy, especially the respect they had been shown. That came from years of loyalty and experience. Going above and beyond in every situation was something they always did. His wolf Titus always saw to it and would push them to their limits every time . Only the best of the best could receive this title. Though they were very prideful of it, the one thing that stood out the most and separated Titus and Lucas from the rest was how humble they were about it.

Rounding the guys up into a huddle, he started handing out some orders for warm-up and setting up sparring teams.

It would be better for the Alpha or Beta to see them training versus standing around wasting time if and when they arrived.. About an hour in they had made it through their warm-up with a few rounds of sparring. They were just starting their second round of tactics when Beta Gary arrived. Making his way over to where the higher ranked warroirs stood, he took in the scene, realizing the his Alpha wasn't there. Gary walks up to Lefty and Marcelus giving them both a nod. "How's training this morning boys?" With his deep voice, "Making our way through the basics. I think Lucas is starting to wrap up tacticals, we should be moving on to rough terrain next." Lefty responds not taking his eyes off the two men in front of him racing for the better, faster time.

A high-pitched voice comes slicing through the air drawing everyone's. Lefty immediately scolds the men in front of him to not be distracted and get back to training. He had recognized the voice instantly and had no time to give to this individual, nor would he let his men.

The Beta, however, clearly enticed by the siren, starts walking in her direction. She had passed through the gates and was now halfway across the field. Her jet black raven hair bouncing with every step she landed.

"oh boy," Marcelus breaths out. Some of the guys had already let out a few whistles, while Lefty lowly grows at the to keep focus.

The ivory skinned beauty was known for her entrances and persistence. Most of all though, she was known for being arrogant . Sad fact was though she wasn't just arrogant but also unbelievably ignorant. The type of girl who wants what she wants and will burn everything in her path to get it. She's a Beta's daughter from another pack. He lost this life in an unprepared attempt to defeat their Alpha, the Alpha of the River Run Pack. The Elders worried for her future as she was tarnished with her late fathers choices. She was moved here to stay in the Ever Green Pack to be with her aunt and uncle. It's been almost a year now. Though she was still kept at arms length here by most, she still managed to warm the hearts of some around her, mostly the opposite s*x. Word gets around, and from the sounds of things, she has earned quite the reputation for being a tease and a good one at that, too.

Normally, we would give "that guy," ya know, the poor fella she had targeted a heads up. But this here, with the Beta, I'm pretty sure we were all hopeful he already knew.

That hope was shot to hell when one of the guys overheard their conversation. "Pick you up at 8 tonight, beautiful. " Gary says, and with a smile showing off her sparkling whites, she giggled."Alright!" She does a twirle while clapping. "Wow, omg, this is great! I'm soo excited!" She says in a tone that would make you think she had just won the lottery. "See you then!!" Gary says leaning in to kiss her cheek. Her face goes solid pink, smiling she softy says "byyyeee." And off she went.

Some of the guys let loose some loud whistles while others clapped and got a good laugh out of it.

Bate Gary turns sharply back to the group, with a stern glare in his eyes, clears his throat, implicating everyone should get back to work and heads back in Leftys direction.

"Good luck with that little one!" Came from one of the younger guys. The man next to him joined in."No kidding. What the hell was that even?" Another one adds, "She doesn't even put out dude, but she sure talks like she does!" this provoking more laughter. With some of the gossip going on, you would think they were all back in high school. Those who stayed quiet clearly wore their thoughts on their faces, complete shock. A short while later, everyones focus was back on training. A small white van pulled up just outside the main gates, gaining interest from the gaurds stationed at the entrance.

Through the fence, you could just barely read the name of the company, Sugar & Sweets. A younger man jumped out the side door, throwing an arm up in a wave towards the group as he started unloading a few dozen white boxes. The Beta headed over to greet him, making small talk, then heading back to the men with boxes in hand. "Hungry?" He states rather than asks looking back and forth at the men. Most men moved forward rather quickly, almost simultaneously saying "Hell yeah."

"Holy s**t! Beta got laid!" someone yelled from the further end of the field, the jokes seemed to be flying around while they scarfed down a few doughnuts. One of the newbies asks the guys standing around him, "Seriously, how good does it gotta be to buy your whole f*****g troop pastries?!" This caught Lucas by suprise, some of these new guys really have the balls to push limits and piss others off, he shook his head in astonishment while continuing to enjoy the chocolate long john in his hand. But the subject didnt end there, another adds, " Im kinda bummed I turned her down!", "Right!" Some could be heard saying under others laughing.

Andy looks to Marcelus with a disgusted look "What the hell man, I thought word was shes a virgin?! I could have sworn we had heard she was waiting on her mate...?!" Then, almost as if a light bulb just surged and shattered he swallowed hard...

"Everyone shut the f**k up!!" everyone grew silent with curiosity. Andy continued, "No way man... are they mates?" after the puzzling question got passed around and the shock of the possibility caused all to grow silent on the subject mostly all that could be heard was men reminiscing about their off-duty lives and women. They became a group of guys, basically just unwinding from training.

The Alpha arrived just before training was over, Lucas spotted him as he finished up conversation with another Warrior competing in the Summer Summit. He didn't waste much time, as he approached his Alpha Lucas noticed his heart rate spike a little. Odd, he thought.

"Alpha, can I have a minute?"He asked out of breath.

"What's on your mind Lucas?" Alpha placed the cooler of bottled waters down. Taking one out and handing it to Lucas.

" I wanted to follow up with you after seeing the new post at the pack house. Tryouts have been moved forward a few weeks? Is there something to be concerned with Alpha, Sir?" Lucua asked as he started feeling hot all over. He just started to notice his hands were even sweaty.

"Yes, hold on a second." Alpha pauses turning to another warrior, "Good job out there Scotty! I wanna see you beat your last weeks score this weekend!" Turning his attention back " Sorry about that Lucas, where were we?"

Lucas looked a bit taken back but continued, his voice a bit out of normal "Tryouts, Sir, schedule change?" Thinking for a moment it clicked "Oh! Yes, sorry about that, letters did go out from the pack house for those that weren't at our last pack meeting, I realize that you have been out touch fir the last two weeks, I will have one of the other Warriors debrief you later today. But due to some of the Rogue issues recently and the unexplainable events happening around the local packs that seem to be happening more frequently, we called an emergency meeting to move the Summit forward a few weeks.. its just for extra safty.." Before he explained more, Alpha Kyle leaned in a bit closer to Lucas, "Umm, is everything ok, Lucas? Are you feeling alright?" He could see sweat beads forming but not just that, they would form and then drip. He was covered.

From over his shoulder, he heard Beta Gary walking up. As Gary got closer he also saw the sweat.. "Damn, hes sweating like a glass of iced tea sitting on the front porch in the summer heat.." Gary said with exaggerated twang accent. " Goddess Lucas what all did you boys do in training before I got here?" he says out of concern back to his normal voice.

Startled by the question, the Alpha raised his brows, turning toward his Beta

" You weren't here this morning?" Beta Gary's face dropped when he realized what he had said. To his luck, he was interrupted by a shaky hand pulling the Alphas attention back to the man in front of him.

Lucas kind of furrowed his brows, realizing in this moment that he might not be okay. feeling shaky all over and a tad bit light-headed he looked at Kyle "Alpha, Sir.." is all that came from Lucas before his face paled and eyes rolled back.

Then it all went black..

Kyle reached out just it time, catching his warrior before hitting the ground.

"I NEED A MEDIC" came screaming through the link by several pack members, one after another. Kyle and Gary were stunned watching their men in the field, some seemed fine while others could be seen hunching over. Others holding their stomachs, throwing up and some walking a bit unsteady. Kyle looks to Gary, "What the hell is going on?!" Gary still just as confused as him just looks on with concern.

The pack Doctor was busy over the next few hours.

"Poisoning?"

"But how even?"

"WITH WHAT?"

"Someone better tell me.."

"Right f*****g now..."

"How the f**k did it affected so many in the pack..."

Most of those surrounding him just stared with horror watching their alpha so angry..

Two warriors approached, at this moment they were men made of steel nerves . one handed him some reports they had just received in from other packs.

"BETA!" Alpha roared, Gary was at his side almost immediately. "I want this handled now! Who's been coming and going through our boarders?! Of you don't know, you had better find out!" " Yes, Alpha. Im on it!" as he starts to walk away the Kyle adds, " And Gary, I expect a full report on my desk in an hour! Including why you were not a training this morning!" With that he turned sprinted back towards the pack house.

After entering his office, taking a deep breath, Kyle tried to calm his anger.

He couldn't. There was just too much pure raw werewolf adrenaline running through his veins. He knew it was time to make a call he, one he had hoped he would never need to make..