Chapter 6

Ralph POV

Connell dashed out of the room in the blink of an eye. I looked towards my Father, and he was fuming with anger. Most of his anger was directed at me. Probably because I still remained in the house and did not run just like Connell did.

I scratched the back of my neck and slowly stood up. Lovette looked like she wanted to be anywhere but here at that moment.

“Oops, we are done for. What are you still doing in there?” Connell mind linked me.

I tried to shut him out. I didn’t want to hear any more pestering from him.

“And what are you still doing here?” My Father demanded.

Lovette was giving me the stink eye urging me to go out with her hands facing the direction of the door.

“I’ll be on my way”, I mumbled.

I’m not sure Lovette heard, but I’m certain my Father heard what I said loud and clearly.

“In case you didn’t know, I’m here to tell you that we have rogues roaming around, and their scents have been perceived at the Shadow’s pack.”

“Every single soul must be present at the meeting whether you like it or not”

“I know”, I blurted out.

I looked at what I was putting on. It was a black hoodie with sweatpants. It wasn’t necessary for me to change, so I left the house that way.

I don’t enjoy going to the pack house. It’s going to be filled with a lot of pack members. It was like an extended family kind of thing; well, to be fair, we were a family. Some of them always have this judgemental look on their face, and they always expect much from you.

I jogged all through the woods. I could feel my whole body working; my leg muscles were running warm, fresh air entered my lungs, and blood flowed into all my limbs. It was refreshing. Soon, I was in front of the pack house.

The pack house was huge and was located far away from the neighbouring houses. It was like a mini estate on its own. It even has a pack clinic and an orphanage home.

I groaned and stepped into the house. There were like five flats in the house. I walked down the hall and entered the room where important meetings take place.

I opened the door and was greeted by low mutterings in the room. The meeting was yet to begin. I glanced around the room; Alpha Finn, the pack’s leader, was nowhere in sight. Only Males were present, and females were not usually invited to meetings like this.

I spotted Connell and Lowell from across the room. They were discussing with some of the pack members.

Connell saw me and smirked.

“Look who decided to show up?” He said through mind-link

“Can you just stop invading my thought with yours” I scowled at him.

I contemplated taking my seat. I didn’t want any of those elders to question me or start any conversation with me.

I spotted an empty chair and decided to make use of it. I put on my earphones and listened to music. I was already feeling the beat of the song when I noticed the presence of someone close to me. It was one of the warriors of the pack. I mentally tried to remember his name, but it didn’t just click.

Oh please, don’t even try to make a conversation.

Sit down quietly and act like I don’t exist.

“How is college life, young buddy?”

Pardon? I’m not your buddy, old man!

“The usual”, I replied flatly.

He stifled a laugh. “I know how that feels, been there done that”

“But then again, it was a beautiful experience. I found my mate while I was in college. It was the best thing that ever happened to me….”

Yeah, right, nobody cares.

I don’t care

I pressed my lips together, nodding my head, pretending to take in all he was saying. I zoned out at some point. Can they commence this meeting already and get it done?

“What about you? Have you found your mate, or are you yet to find her?

Here we go again, people not minding their business, I don’t plan on answering that question, and at the same time, I don’t want to seem rude to him.

“I…” I started to say but was cut short by a voice booming with authority.

I heaved a sigh of relief, saved by the Alpha.

“Settle down, you all; we need to address this issue at hand”, Alpha Finn ordered.

We all bowed our heads slightly to show our honour and sat down. Alpha Derek was also in attendance; he sat next to Alpha Finn.

“Now, let’s go straight to the point.”

“We heard about the incident that happened at your park yesterday, can you please tell us how it happened” Alpha Finn directed the question to Alpha Derek.

“We came across five Rogues yesterday; we killed three, but two got away”, Alpha Derek stated.

“I believe they are coming back soon, and with many of them,” He continued.

“They won’t back down easily”, His Beta, Beta Chase, added.

“Were you able to identify them or know the packs they originated from?” Beta Mike, the second in command to Alpha Finn, asked.

“Not exactly, but it seems that different rogues from different packs have come together to form their own mini-pack.”

“They must be on a mission to rebel against packs and attack them since it’s very rare for them to travel in a group; they are usually found alone,” My Father said.

“And we must not let that happen, their dangerous plan has to backfire on them”

“Alpha, everyone is armed and on full alert.”

One of the warriors said.

He was the one that came to have a little talk with me earlier.

“Okay, good. I don’t want any rogue to escape; they must not go scot-free. We can’t risk the chance of them breaking into our territory and hurting innocent souls,” Alpha Finn said.

I took a quick look at the rest of the members, and they all looked worried about it.

Another perk of being a werewolf that I dislike, you have to be alert at every single thing. Humans sure are lucky.

“Still, we should keep on training to avoid unforeseen circumstances”, one of the warriors suggested.

“We will have to assign training leaders to the young werewolves,” Alpha Finn said.

He proceeded to assign roles to certain people and divided them into groups.

“Ralph” All of a sudden, I heard him call out my name

I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion

I hope he isn’t expecting me to do anything

“You will be the one to lead the training of group 3”, he instructed.

Oh no

This can’t be happening

What??

My mouth gaped open in surprise.