Chapter 27: Cedric

I sent Bastian to the human town to find out about our financials. I need to go after Troy. I got the intel, and my trackers begin identifying the places where they’ve seen him. I start tracking the sightings and see that, once again, they are in a circular format.

Fuck! There’s another arena. With Bastian gone, I can’t afford to attack the arena yet, but I need to make sure that I’m right.

I get a group of warriors together and I tell Galen that he’s in charge. I make a plan to get additional intel and let the warriors know what we’re doing and what the plan is.

“This is a reconnaissance mission only. I’m not leaving the pack vulnerable without Bastian here, no offense Galen.”

“None taken.”

“With Troy still out there, any action against me will give him an opportunity to attack, so until Bastian returns, we will just get whatever information we can.”

“With all due respect Alpha, doesn’t that mean that some shifters will die?”

I clench my teeth. That’s exactly what it means, and