Chapter two
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The next morning Denelle woke up at a campsite and she wondered how she got there, the last thing she remembered was talking to Axel and Isabel at the eastwing of the pack where pack meetings usually held but now she is at a campsite. She is not surprised that her father had not bothered call a search party to look for her but she is somehow disappointed at the fact that no one even cared if she was alive or not accept from the stranger who she is yet to see.
“You are up”
Startled, Denelle quickly gets up from the floor to attack whoever owned the voice. It was a male’s voice and sge knew that she didn’t have a chance if the person was dangerous but she was not ready to give up without a try.
“Who are you? Where are you? Why can’t I see you?”
“To your left”
Denelle looks to her left but she still could not place where the voice was coming from and then the man jumps off the tree that was just close to the tent. He was deeply disappointed that Denelle had not bothered to trace the rope that was used to set up the small tent to the tree.
“Who are you? Are you from around here?”
“You ask a lot of questions and from my observations your senses are weak, extremely weak”
Denelle bowed her head looking at her toes, now even a stranger could tell how weak are senses are. She felt disappointed in herself.
“Thank you for looking after me, I must be on my way now. My father must be worried sick”
The man eyed her sensing the lie but he did not want to oppose her.
“What is your name?”
Denelle looked at him and for the first time she noticed how handsome he looked, he possessed a very strong aura making Denelle to feel extremely conscious of what she was putting on even though it was just a dress, like the other ones she usually wore.
“Denelle”
He moved closer to where she stood and then he looked down on a small figure raising her chin to look at him in the face while she spoke.
“I didn’t get that”
“My name is Denelle”
“Denelle”
He lets go of her chin and Denelle saw it as an opportunity to run away. He stood there amazed at how she ran off.
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“What are you saying about the lunari pack not accepting our terms?”
Alpha Frederick looked furious. The moonlight pack and lunari pack have been having some squabble over the sudden death of a member of the lunari pack at the boundaries of the moonlight pack. it was assumed that a member of the Moonlight pack had assaulted the young lady who had come all the way for a visit.
“So Luca wants to go to war because of the death of a mere pack member? These things happen all the time”
Beta Collin’s clears his throat, catching the alpha’s attention.
“The lady who died was not just a pack member, she was alpha Luca’s mate but they were yet to get married hence why she was alone at our boundary”
“So?”
Beta Collin’s was not surprised at the Alpha’s remark, he was expecting something like the nonchalant comment.
“We all know how long it took him to find his mate”
“Stop with this rubbish… he is the Alpha, a man he can decide to have whatsoever maiden he chooses to have. Why is he making a mountain out of a molehill? Seeking for war when it isn’t necessary”
“These killings have been happening for a while now and lunari pack has not being the only victims affected by it. Reports have been made severally but nothing had been done to stop the killings, instead we send apologies trying to appraise the grieving families but not once have a solution being brought up to tighten the security around our boundary. Other boundaries are heavily guided but ours is nothing to speak of”
Beta Collin’s voice was no longer stable as it was at the beginning, it felt as though he was raising his voice at the alpha but he was tired of not being able to speak up, risking innocent lives and thereby sending helpless citizens to go and slave away in the other packs just to settle dispute.
“Are you raising your voice at me Beta Collins?”
Alpha Frederick lets out a humourless laughter.
“I am sorry my lord, I went out of tone”
“Do you think all these things you just stated, I don’t know about them already? Or you think you are the wiser one between us two and you would do better being the Alpha, is that what you think?”
“No my lord, you are doing great as the alpha. I can’t possible think of taking your place as the leader”
Silence ensued as the two men were trying to look for the best possible way to avert the war that was soon to come if something was not done quickly.
“We possibly cannot go against the Lunari pack, they have more experienced fighters than us”
As they went silent Isabel strode into the room earning a glance from both men
“Papa”
“I will take my leave now my lord, we will try to come up with a better alternative to avert the war”
Beta Collins exits the room leaving Isabel with her father.
“Papa what is happening, are we in trouble?”
“The Alpha of lunari pack wants revenge for the death of his mate and he is refusing to settle things without going into war”
“What is the agreement about”
“We offered him more slaves and gold but he refused”
“Why not call on the council of the seven packs then?”
Alpha Frederick breathes loudly tired of the whole situation, if the killing hadn’t affected the other packs before then maybe it would have been easier to settle it with the council involved but now they’ve made series of complaints about the killings and taking it to the council would just mean he didn’t care about the safety of the members of the other packs.
“That wouldn’t work either”
“Pa….”
“Isabel, it is late why not go to bed I will think of a solution sooner”
“Or we can just start training for the war because from what I’ve heard about Alpha Luca he is not an easy man to sway”
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“Good morning my lord, we have got news from the lunari pack”
Beta Collins and the messenger they had sent earlier rushed into the Alpha Frederick’s study. Alpha Frederick stood up immediately, waiting to hear what Beta Collins had to say
“What is it about? speak up!”
The messenger seems shaken but he tries to gather himself as he opens his mouth to drop the message
“He doesn’t want slaves nor gold….”
“Speak up boy”
“He wants one of your daughters”
Alpha Frederick became silent, he knew who he was going to give up but was it safe to just give her up like that?
“You can leave now boy”
“My lord are you considering the offer?”
“Do you have a better suggestion as to how to make all these stop besides I have no use of Denelle here”
“But she is your first born child my lord, I do not think it is wise sending any of your daughters to Luca. He is a vile man”
Alpha Frederick lets out a small laugher making Beta Collins wonder if he had just said something funny.
“I do not want to talk about this anymore…send word to the messenger, tell him to go back to lunari pack letting Luca know that we agree to his terms and my daughter will arrive at his pack shortly”
“But…”
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