chapter 23

MARK

I watched as Oakley left the room, leaving behind her scent and happiness in my heart. I was so happy that she was going to accept me. I know she is going to make a fantastic Luna. I only wish my mother had waited a little more time before bombarding her. I didn’t want to scare her off when she just decided to accept the mate bond between us. Now I just needed to figure out how to convince her to move to the pack house.

I sat down at my desk to finish up some last minute paperwork before heading to dinner. I had quite a bit to catch up on from being away at the alpha council and didn’t have a lot of time since returning. Between the festival and finding my mate things have been a bit hectic. I also couldn’t concentrate on anything at all. I was still having a hard time concentrating but I knew I needed too. I also needed to deal with the rogues that are camping just past the border.

Deciding that I cannot concentrate any longer I get up from my desk and turn to look out the window. Sometimes I would just stare out the window and day dream about finding my mate. Now that I had found her I would day dream about her and what life would be like with her.

There is a knock at the door and when I tell them to come in my beta enters the office.

“How was your lunch?” he asked.

“It was great. She has accepted the mate bond and set up a time for Luna training with my mom. I am introducing her to the pack at dinner.” I told him, a big smile on my face. He grinned back at me.

“That’s great dude.“ he said, smiling back.

“Not to change the subject but did you happen to check out the rogue camp?” I asked him.

“I got as close as I could without being spotted. There seems to be about 10 of them staying there right now. I couldn’t tell if there might be more that just weren’t there. They were having a conversation but I was too far away for even wolf hearing to pick up what it was about.” He replied. I went To the map of our territory that was hanging on the wall and had him point out exactly where it was. It was just past the northern border, heading further north.

“That’s odd. The attacks seem to be coming from the southern border.” I stated. The map had been laminated so I could write and erase on it with dry erase makers when needed. I had all the places where the attackers came from marked with red x’s and I marked where the camp was with a green x.

“Unless they are going around the outside of the border to try and confuse us. We would suspect they were just coming from the south and that would keep us distracted from the north. I wonder if they are planning an attack. They could be trying to test our borders and our patrols. If they think we are sending all or most of our patrols and warriors to the south when they attack then that would leave the north wide open for an attack there as well.” He said as he looked over the map. I knew there was a reason he was my beta. He was so smart and was always thinking outside the box.

“That makes sense. Thankfully we aren’t that dumb. I have ordered the patrols to be doubled at all of the borders and told them to change up how they patrol so it is not the same every day. That way no one can see a pattern and try to sneak past that as well.”

“That makes sense. How did the council meeting go? I never got a chance to ask since things have been a little crazy.” He inquired.

“It went about as expected. No one wanted to be involved and claimed that it was random attacks. Except glacier pack. Alpha Brad mentioned something happening like this here before, a long time ago, when our parents werent even alphas yet. I forgot to ask my dad about it. at the least we have the support of glacier pack and I will ask my dad about it later.” I told him, remembering that last morning and talking to alpha Brad. I had completely forgotten about it until right now.

“It’s odd. It almost seems as if they are looking for someone specific. They don’t actually attack anyone until they have shifted to their wolves. It seems as though they are not happy with what they see then.” He said. I thought back on some of the attacks and it seemed like he was onto something. But if they were looking for someone specific then who was it? Was my pack in danger? I hated playing the waiting game. I might have been a bit impatient as well. I wanted to know what they wanted and I wanted to know it now.

“What happened with the rogue in the cells? Did you get him to talk?” I asked him as I sat down at my desk. He sat in one of the chairs across from me and sighed.

“No. We tried every torture tactic possible. He wouldn’t speak one word. He eventually died from his wounds.” He said. I sighed. No matter how many of them we captured we always ended up with the same results. It was getting very frustrating.

“Well. We can talk about this all evening but we have a dinner to get to and a Luna to introduce.” He said, standing up. i stood up as well.

“Yes, yes we do.” We made our way out of my office and towards the dining hall, chatting about things happening in the pack on the way.