Chapter 003 Covering All Grounds

Darrell

We would have to get past the guards in order to see my mother, and Chris and I were not coming up with any brilliant ideas. All the things we have been suggesting were either too dangerous or just stupid. "You know you can just walk up to them and order them to take you to your mother, right?" Chris said. It sounded right but I knew better. 

"I don't have that kind of authority, Chris. Moreover, don't you think my father would have ordered them not to let anyone visit any detainees?" I pointed out. I knew my father would have put orders in place to keep my mother from making contact with people and that would be no surprise. But I was open to any ideas that were not the foolish ones we have been coming up with. 

We went to the prison yard together to try out our luck with hopes that word would not get to my father. "Darrell, you know this was my idea, right? So if it does not pan out, it's on you to come up with a better one" Christopher pointed out. 

"More like a suggestion" I said. 

"What's the difference?" he asked and I just ignored him. 

We got to where two guards were stationed and they saluted me. I asked for the guard in charge and one of them identified himself. "What's your name?" I asked him. 

He replied with a very husky voice that threw me off "Levi, sir". 

"Levi, I'd like to see my mother. I believe you have her somewhere down here; take me to her at once" I ordered him. 

"I'm sorry sir, no one is allowed to see any prisoner, that's the law. Moreover, the Alpha has given us strict instructions not to let anyone see the Luna. He made that very clear" he finished. 

I shot back at him almost immediately "And I am the Alpha's son and I have every right to see whomever I wish to see down here, do you understand that?" I was losing my patience with this guy. 

Christopher chipped in "Levi, I will advise you do as he asks and take him to his mother, you do not want to get on his bad side". 

"I do not wish to get on the Alpha's bad side either. No offense sir but his instructions were explicit. If I go against them, it will definitely cost me my job and I do not wish to lose it just yet" Levi spoke out explaining his situation. 

After a long back and forth with Levi, we decided to leave and restrategize. We stepped out of the prison building and went to stand across it at my grandfather's statue. It began to dawn on me that I had little authority in my own pack. How would I lead the pack in the future if I had little to no authority now? How would my pack members respect me if they do not recognize me? This was all my father's fault. At my age, I should have been delegated some tasks to prove myself but he has always left me in the dark about a lot of important events that go down in the pack. I was more or less, an ordinary pack member and it should not be so. It almost felt as if he did not care about me, but he is doing more damage to his legacy. I hope I turn out to be a better leader than him. I would work towards becoming a better Alpha to keep the respect my family's name has earned in the wolf community. But right now, I need to figure out how to see my mother. Levi could have let me see her and nobody would ever have to know but he was too scared of my father. I do not blame him for that though. 

"We would have to sneak in there without them noticing, Chris. As things are right now, that's the only thing we can do" I pointed out. 

"How do you suggest we do that? Those guards are always on high alert, how do you think we can get past them like ghosts?" Chris asked me. 

"We need to meet with the person that brings their meals down here, but we are going to need something before meeting that person" I replied to him. 

"Why do we need to meet with the person that serves their meal?" I was shocked that my best friend was not following. There was no time to bear about the bush either so I had to explain it to him at once. 

"We are going to lace their food with sedatives, something strong enough to knock them out for about an hour. That would give us enough time to find out the particular cell where she's been held, speak with her and sneak back out" I broke it down for him. 

"Hmm, I see now. It makes a lot of sense. That means we would have to station somewhere close to the prison yard to see the person who brings them food because we cannot go about asking questions, but we have to stay hidden so we don't get seen by people. That would raise some suspicion" he said and I agreed with him. 

"You are right, that is exactly what we would do. They will be serving their lunch soon. You will hide behind that oak tree behind us to find out who the person is while I go make arrangements for the sedative." 

Chris looked at me with a surprised expression on his face and asked "You know who to ask for the sedative?"

I replied to him sharply "yes I do, Chris. I have my resources. Keep your eyes peeled and call me when you have something" and strode off immediately. I did not have anyone to ask for sedatives. My plan was to go through my parents bathroom cabinets first. I might find something in my mother's cabinet. I remember when she was having trouble sleeping and bought some drugs. What I was not sure of was if she still had some left. If I find nothing there, I intend to ask Lilith next. Lilith was Delta Bernard's daughter who found a way to impose herself on me. I have never seen her as my girlfriend but she never missed an opportunity to announce to anyone who cared to listen that I was her boyfriend. Weird stuff. She told me one time that her aunt had trouble sleeping too and got some strong sedatives. I hoped it would not get to me asking her but I just have to cover all grounds as quickly as possible.