BLIND PERSEVERANCE
(Mathias’ pov)
Surviving my first weeks with the Hoplites Pack has been an unexpected adventure. My Alpha status does little for my popularity, as various warriors continue to test my nonexistent patience with their internal jokes. My wolf, Zander, has concluded that my Alpha strength has decreased due to my time away from my pack lands. I could have told you that, but why were few warriors, if any, adhering to my Alpha power? There’s something preventing my power affecting others, like there’s a mysterious cloud following me.
Without authority to put warriors in their place, I’m learning to endure by fighting for scraps like a rogue. To my surprise, I befriended a younger warrior whose time in the pack taught him how to manipulate the weak-minded idiots assigned t
