Chapter 6

Jenson nodded but glanced to the side and groaned. “Looks like she-wolves are out in force,” he muttered, making me look to where he was looking and a few women lined up against the wall.

All the women were batting their eyelids and wearing the shortest outfits known to men. All trying to catch someone’s attention. Savage moved closer and grunted. “Hell no,” he murmured. “You go anywhere near those, and I will cut you open myself. They smell bad.”

I looked back at him, amused. “I would like to see you try,” I said, which only made the big lump of fur growl. “You dare,” he growled. “Or you will be sitting back here instead of me. I will take be in charge instead.”

This damn wolf had a nerve.

Ignoring him, I looked to Jensen, who seemed highly amused. “Savage telling you, no,” he asked. I frowned. “I need air,” I muttered, stepping away from him. Jenson chuckled.

I walked past the she-wolves, but Savage was right. They all smelled bad, which was something odd. A few tried to touch me, but Savage let out a loud growl, sending them back against the wall, terrified.

Stepping outside the front door of the pack, I walked down the steps and stepped around to the side, away from the music. It was quieter, and I could actually hear myself think.

A mind link came through; it was from Paul, the driver.

“Alpha,” he said and then added Jenson to the link. “Beta Jenson. Not much is happening with the pack members. They all seem to be enjoying the festivities of the ceremony.”

“Did they report anything to you?” I asked.

“No, alpha,” he said and sighed. “But there is something odd happening around here.”

“Like what?” I asked, looking around while he continued. “Well, the ones around the pack house seem full of themselves, like they are coming into something.” I scrunched up my nose. “Coming into something,” I asked. “Like what? Money?”

“That’s it, alpha,” he said. “No one doesn’t seem to know when I have asked. They all say that the ceremony for the new alpha is one thing that is happening, but there is something else happening too, but it is now postponed till tomorrow when everyone leaves.”

“I wonder what,” Jenson asked, which made me wonder too.

Savage came closer, listening in to what was being said. “Anything else, Paul?” I asked.

My eyes darted around, only to see a few pack members huddled by a tree. They were all deep in thought. Savage came closer to see. “They mind linking with one another,” he muttered. “But there is something off about them.”

I frowned.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked, staring at them, but one looked at me and tensed. He motioned to the others, who all looked over at me and then moved away. “They seem scared,” Savage muttered.

I said nothing when Paul spoke. “Not many people will talk to me,” he said. “Some have walked away from me. They know I am with you, but they do it with a few other wolves from various packs. We are not the only ones trying to discover what is happening here. Some alphas have asked their beta’s or guard to do what we are doing.”

“Well, that explains the conversation I had with one of the beta’s before he left,” Jenson said. “He asked me if I knew what was happening and why Alpha Karl was holding a ceremony for a five-year-old when there was plenty of time.”

We were all wondering the same thing. Alpha Karl was up to something, but what?

I looked around until my eyes landed on a building. “Did anyone of the pack members mention they had rogues attacks happening?” I asked, but they both said no. “Why Alpha?” Paul asked.

“Well, Alpha Lawrence seems to think they have been,” I said. “He thought that’s why we were staying here for the night.”

“We not though,” he said. “But Alpha, can I ask something?”

“Yes,” I said with a frown.

“Can we leave tonight?” he asked, catching me off guard. “I don’t really feel it here, and I haven’t exactly drunk anything after the first conversation I had.”

“Yeah,” I said, not wanting to here anymore.

Savage grunted. “Finally.”

“Alpha,” Jenson said. “You will need to come in. They have announced that the ceremony will be starting.”

“Okay,” I said, my eyes still on the building. “I will be there—” I said, but stopped when two people walked out the building door. I watched a guard step out of the building; he wasn’t the one who caught my attention it was the woman coming out behind him who was dressed up in a stunning dress—the Luna.

I moved back, keeping out of sight, and watched them.

Luna Madaline turned to face the guard, who was wiping his hands with a cloth. Savage came close but stilled.

A low growl rumbled. “What?” I asked, but he said nothing.

After a short few moments, I heard a loud voice in my head. “Alpha, what’s going on?” Jenson asked. “Savage’s energy is filling the link. He is pissed.”

“I don’t know,” I muttered, closing the link and keeping my eyes on the Luna and guard.

Something was happening, but the Luna moved away and headed toward the pack house. I couldn’t let her see me. I moved away and headed back up the steps and straight inside.

As I stepped inside, Jenson looked at me with a worried look. I shook my head and stepped aside when Luna Madaline walked in with the guard behind me. I keep my eyes on Jenson and not only anyone else. When they walked past, a smell hit me hard—blood.

“Samson, do you smell that?” Jenson hissed in my ear with a low growl. “Blood.” I said nothing but one question came flooding to me.

What the hell were they doing in that building?