“Why are we still working for these fools,” Blake grumbled, Jason’s current right-hand man. Apparently, I killed his old second in command when they came to steal away the Pack’s pups. “Paxton is a coward and a moron, and his brother, the Rogue King, is nothing more than a pencil pusher. I’ve never seen him outside of his little office.”“That’s why I thought this would be a good opportunity,” Jason growled, clearly not agreeing with his old self anymore. “Show up, make some easy money working with these amateurs, then bail once shit hits the fan. I told them attacking one of the worlds strongest Packs was suicide. If he hadn’t promised to triple my fee, I would’ve walked away right then and there.”“Maybe we still should’ve,” Jenet sighed heavily. “We’ve already lost half of our men.”“Obviously,” Jason seethed, stopping to turn and face the other two. “It’s always easy to pick apart a decision after the fact, hindsight and all that shit. But, if you recall correctly, we all voted on
The Night KingThis whole thing turned out to be a complete disaster.When he hired the Rogue King to handle this mission, he warned the bastard not to let his moronic brother take part in it. In response, the man said he had no choice but to use his brother for such a sensitive mission, but he would attach his best Captain for support.The Night King’s plans were crumbling down with nothing to gain, and even more to lose. He’d flown to this Pack in the middle of nowhere with but one intention.To locate and recruit the Silver Myst.The Rouge King had no knowledge of his plans, only that he was supposed to capture the future leaders the Night King would send into their clutches. No one was to be harmed from that group, ensuring that his son and the rest were completely safe. His son would earn some renown for surviving being captured, the other pups would think highly of the Night Army’s skills when they swooped in to save them, and the current Alpha’s would swear their undying loyalt
MaizeThey were hunkering down in a small glade of trees, waiting for their parents to arrive, all of them naked as they had to shred their clothes in a hurry to escape as swiftly as possible. The fact that the rogues had silver ammunition meant the danger they were in was at a maximum. Maize had been of the same opinion as the boys, wanting instead to shred all the bastards to pieces instead of fleeing, but the presence of silver changed all their minds.Only an idiot or a madman engaged against a numerically superior force armed with the very weapons designed to kill or incapacitate them.It was nearly an hour after they sent a message to their parents and their absence was starting to affect them. Maize and the rest were all on high alert, using all of their senses to ensure that the enemy couldn’t sneak up on them again, spread out around the perimeter of the glade. Just as Maize was about to link her mother again, demanding to know when they were going to reach them, a series of
“No matter what you see or hear, don’t leave this tent until I come back for you,” I whispered to Claire, hugging her close and kissing her forehead. Tears filled her eyes, threatening mine to follow suit. Instead, I laughed and handed her my two inhalers.“Don’t worry about me, little one,” I continued, tucking them into her sweatshirt pocket. It was too big for her, even after I cut the hem and sleeves, but it was better than the tattered dress she was wearing before. I dressed her in every scrap of clothing I could pile on her in an attempt to keep the chilly night air away. “After the amazing job you did earlier, they won’t know what hit them. Thanks to you, this will be a night none of them will ever forget.”A small smile cracked on her lips and she nodded, determination filling her eyes.“I’ll protect your medicine with my life, mommy,” she said, leaning up to kiss me on the cheek. My heart swelled upon feeling her kiss, giving me more resolve than I’d felt all day. I’d just ta
Ben“Sweet dreams, my little bundles of cash,” Paxton taunted after checking that they ate and drank all their rations. He was in a good mood for two reasons.First, he’d spent the better part of the last hour banging one of the rogue she-wolves. The sun was starting to descend below the tree line now and no doubt they would’ve kept up their playtime had it not been for dinner. It was a delicious rabbit stew, caught by one of the slaves during the day. Ben only knew that because he overheard one of the she-wolves joke about how useless their new slave was, needing to resort to snares instead of hunting prey like a proper wolf.The second reason was that his messenger returned just as dinner was wrapping up. A meeting between their parents and Paxton was going to take place in the morning to negotiate a ransom price.Alec subtly shook his head, reminding everyone to keep their heads and not rise to Paxton’s taunts.Paxton loved their meekness, laughing boisterously. “Just like I though
After the dishes were done, I had Claire take off her dirty dress so she could bathe in the stream. It was cold, and she shivered, but she was in desperate need for a good scrubing. Using some flowers, I crushed them up and mixed them with some sand before scrubbing her hair and body clean. It wasn’t as good as soap and a loofa, but it was better than nothing. While she was rinsing off, I used some more of my mixture to clean her dress as best I could. Winking, I dried it quickly with a neat little trick I knew.“How did you do that,” she asked, her eyes wide as a smile played over her face.“I’ll show you later, I promise, once we’re safe,” I said, hooking her pinky with mine. “Now put your dress on and sit on that log so I can make you some shoes.”While she dressed and sat down, I located some sturdy bark and ripped some of my skirts to fashion a pair of footwraps. After tying them in place, she smiled again as she wiggled her little toes. Seeing the look of delight on her face mel