CHAPTER FIVE: The woods, flowerfell Pack

THREE MONTHS LATER                 

"How is the check coming along? Hope they are no longer suspicious. I can't wait to come back and bid my time for the attack" Randolph said.

Ray and Arnold looked at their Alpha, he had lost his aura as an alpha and he looked more like a lone wolf. They can't wait for him to come and take over the reins of the pack.

"The Luna is doing great, she is fine most times unless her hormones start acting up and the pack is doing great" Ray reported.

Randolph's gaze softened at the mention of his mate, he can't wait to see her, his wolf yearned to be with her. 

He cracks his knuckles," I must end Theodore, he disgraced me, suspended me from my duties and the pack, I can't even be with my mate."

The two men looked at their furious Alpha. They had been meeting him in secret because the other packs must not get to know. They had to be on high alert because of constant checks from the packs.

They were almost caught one time but they managed to create a ruse. The first two months were a difficult period.

They have to show that the pack was doing fine even without the Alpha and that they were not in touch with him.

If not for the fact that they planted moles in the pack to get information, they would not be as calm as this. Arnold asked," How is the plan coming along?"

"I have made plans with Terrence, we will attack when the time is right. We would not attack right away. I would catch Theodore unaware and return the humiliation tenfold

"When is the mole from Safehaven pack coming?" 

"He will be here soon," Ray said.

There was a sound of leaves rustling and a head popped out of the woods, " show yourself," Arnold growled.

A heavily built man came out of the woods and bowed before Randolph.

"Hope you were not followed"

"Not at all"

" What news do you have for us?"

"I overhead Gamma Shane telling his deputy to relax the protection at the boundary"

"Good, anything else?"

"There would be a meeting to reinstate you to your position"

Randolph grinned wildly, he can imagine the future, he can see Theodore screaming in pain. He came back to the present. He turned to the man, 

"You may leave now."

The man turned and left, Ray asked Randolph, "Are you sure about the collaboration with this man seeing he is the leader of the rogues and you know we don't see eye to eye with rogues? They are ticking time bombs."

Randolph bent his head, he said, "I understand your fears but he helped me a lot while I was first starting in the woods, you know the woods is a perilous place seeing witches are close by."

"I almost fell victim but Terrence saved me and he is my sworn brother, all he needs is to have a pack and I promised to let him become a pack leader if he helps me in my fight to overthrow Theodore."

"You have got no cause for alarm. I will let you meet with Terrence soon. He is furious now because Reid, his brother, was caught snooping around Logan's territory when he went to get information." 

"You know rogues go through a lot of torture if caught. He wants us to attack right away but I told him to be patient. We would have to rescue Reid or we would lose everything."

"We are in the same boat with Terrence, if we don't save Reid, he will attack us all." Randolph and Arnold sat down to make plans.

Ray felt odd but he shrugged his feelings off. He hoped the other packs would never find out. If the rebellion goes south, their pack would suffer for it. He prayed to the moon goddess earnestly in his heart.

DUNGEON, WILLOWTIME PACK

There was a stench in the air, the sound of agony was coming from the deepest part of the dungeon. A man was inspecting the torture devices placed on the table.

Picking up a plier which felt satisfactory to him, he walked up to the man tied up with chains. The man looked dead but the intermittent rise and fall of his chest spoke otherwise. The man signaled to the people around him to wake him up.

They poured water which was placed in a corner on him. The man sprung up as if stung by a bee. His wounds stung, the water was mixed with salt and he was badly mutilated. He groaned in pain.

Seeing the man in front of him, he gritted his teeth. The man smiled and played with the plier in his hand, he took his finger and placed it in front of his nail as if to remove it.

The man cowered in fear. "Are you ready to talk now? Why were you caught snooping around our territory? What is your aim?" The man refused to reply.

The torturer chuckled and yanked off his nail while grinning. Blood was pouring and a heart-wrenching scream as a growl came from the guy.

Just then there were footsteps and Logan came in to see the man screaming and convulsing. He faced Drake, the torturer, and asked, "Any new development? Has he revealed anything?"

Drake shook his head in the negative. Logan sighed and told him to continue torturing the man. He faced his beta and gamma who came with him.

"Send a message to Safehaven pack, Alpha Theodore will know what to do"

"Prepare the pack warriors, we might be having wars on our hands soon."

The men left the dungeon to get on with their work. Logan turned to leave after leaving a few instructions. Drake turned back to the whimpering man and said

"Shall we continue?"

The man stared angrily at him and spat at Drake. Drake wiped his face, calmly walked to the man, and slapped him across the face. "Stubborn, are we?"

The torture continued, and people who heard the sounds couldn't help but shiver at the heart-rending wails that resounded across the dungeon.