Shannon told us that our great grandparent's pack was on standby and she also had other wolves ready to fight
"What wolves?" Acre askes
"Rogues"
"Rogues?" I asked raising my eyebrows
"Yes, rogues, believe it or not, your grandparents were always fair and after what I had done your grandparents took a lot of rogues in and gave them a chance and the others they allowed to go back to their families, the rogues never forgot that"
"So where are they now?"
I ask dubious as to whether I should believe her or not, Shannon thought for a moment before replying
"Some are gathering information and the others will be here tomorrow, everyone's been waiting?"
"Waiting for what?" Gregory asks sitting beside a silent Lanna.
"Well, you two obviously," she said looking between me and Acre.
After Shannon had shown us to our rooms I sat on the bed while Desert was in the shower and tried to mind link, my father
Shannon was in the kitchen when we entered the next morning "Hey guys, there's cereal in the cupboard if anyone's hungry" "Ok, thanks," I say going to the cupboard and getting two bowls down for Desert and me "So what's going on today?" I ask putting a bowl of cereal in front of Desert, "Well, a few of the rogues should be here soon, and I spoke to your great grandparents last night" "I didn't even think to call them, with everything going on" Shannon just looked at me and smiled "It's ok, I'm sure they understand, any way you'll be able to explain soon enough" "What do you mean?" "They are on their way" At that moment Acre, Sky, Lanna and Gregory came into the kitchen "Oh, it will be so nice to see Christie and Antony again," Lanna said "Are you ok?" I ask Lanna who was still looking tired "Yes, just tired" "Maybe you should go rest some more" "That's what I said,
"Your father has been contacting me when he can" "But why is he contacting you, or anyone else?" Donny looked at everyone before replying "He couldn't contact you because you were out of the country and he wasn't sure if your great grandparents were under attack or if they were being watched" Acre was frowning beside Sky before saying "But why you? I'm sorry I just don't understand why he would put all his trust in a rouge" Brie took Donny's hand and once again nodded at him which I took to mean "Tell them" because Donny took a deep breath before saying "There's a girl, Deana Johnson, shes my mate" "I remember Deana, she was in Geography with us". "Well, your father knew I wouldn't do anything to hurt her or her pack". All of a sudden I felt bad for Donny, it was obvious he was telling the truth and you could see he was lost wanting to get to his mate. "Ok so now we need to start pl
We are all up early the next morning standing around the kitchen table with a large map in front of us, "Ok guys, I think we all need to go on foot, If they are waiting for you four then all the roads are going to be watched," Grandpa says pointing to me Acre and the girls. Nodding I say "Ok so we need to get into the forest and head west, picking up the pack on the way and wind around to the mountain", Everyone is thoughtful for a moment before Desert laughs and says "Erm ok, so once we get to the forest we all know what we are doing but erm well has anyone actually thought about how the hell we are gonna get to the forest, you know this town being watched". I smile at the feistiness of my beautiful mate and its a knock on the door that stops her question from being answered, at the knock Shannon goes wide-eyed, "I'm not expecting anyone else" "Have you any friends that live around here?" Lanna asked "No, I keep myself
We get to the meeting point checking to make sure we are not being followed along the way, "Hey is everyone ok?" I asked stepping into the group, "Yeah we're all good" Acre says then starts laughing as Lanna claps her hands and says gleefully "Ooooo its the trio again on another whirlwind adventure" "You got that whirlwind adventure part from Shrek didn't you?" Acre asks a broad grin on his face "No" "Yeah you did, admit it" "Fine, I did" "Aint you a bit old to be watching Shrek?" "Hey, don't knock Shrek, he's a lean, green fighting machine" "Oh, brother Acre said while everyone laughed. As we start heading through the forest Grandpa mind linked me "Hey son, we had a bit of trouble, we had a mutt on our tails but don't worry we lost him, we are now with the pack and are on our way so we will see you soon, take care". We walk for a few hours with just the rustling of the leaves for
We decided to camp for the night as everyone was tired. Acre, Donny and a few of the rogues went to hunt some meat so we ended up feasting on deer. Desert wasn't talking to me so I waited until everyone was getting ready to bed down for the night before I said "I'll be back soon, just some business to take care of" before I strolled over to Desert and hoisted her over my shoulder and stomped through the trees leaving the sound of everyone's laughter behind us. "What are you doing? put me down pig" I smacked her bum just to annoy her "Don't call me pig" "Pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig" chuckling I finally let her down and pin her against a tree, "Now sweetcheeks, when are you gonna stop being mad at me?" "Never" "Thought so," I said as I moved her hair away from her neck and start kissing her, "What are you doing? stop" "No," I said kissing and nibbling along her jaw until shes breat
Grandpa leads us to a big tent amongst the other tents and leaves us to rest for a while. Food is sent to us and for the next few hours, I spend time in a soft blanket holding my mate who is sleeping soundly in my arms. "Ocean?" The whisper of my father mind linking me alerts me "Ocean, can you hear me?" "Dad?" "Yeah son, are you ok?" "Yeah I'm fine, what about you, mom, the others?" "We are all fine, don't worry, I don't have much time, we are all being watched but I need you to know, there's a rogue, I've marked him" "Donny, yeah I know" "Ah so you've met him" "Yeah Shannon met us at the airport" Its silent for a moment before dad comes back with "Shannon?" "Yeah she's the one who helped the rogues take over the pack years ago" "That Shannon, she's still alive, how, why? I don't get it" "Grandpa and grandma set her up in a place to keep an eye on things,
By the time we had gotten up and ready most of the tents had been taken down, as we stood watching the commotion for a moment a wolf came up to us, "Good morning sirs, madams, your breakfast is waiting over there by that fire," he said pointing "Oooo breakfast," Lanna said pushing her way over to the food, "Errr well, yes ill be taking your tent down before we all set off," the wolf said snapping his fingers to get the attention of two other wolves, he then bowed to us and got to work taking our tent down. We spent the best part of the morning trekking through the mountains, everyone was getting tired, Gregory had taken to carrying Lanna and Sky was leaning most of her weight on Acre, I looked at Desert and although the fatigue was clear on her face there was also a determination not to be weak which made me smile, "What are you smiling at?" she asked glaring at me but before I could answer movement in the rocks above caught my attention, noti
We set off earlier this morning when it was still dark, everyone was apprehensive about what was to come, most people were quiet thinking about what their futures would hold or their loved ones that had been left to wait for their return if they were to return, Lanna was acting strange well stranger then normal, she was humming a tune with a vacant expression on her face, Gregory kept looking around clearly unsure what to do until he could take it no more, "Lanna, honey are you ok?" "Hmmm, oh yes, yes im perfect" "Bu but you keep humming that tune" Lanna looked around at us all and smiled "Yes, I'm humming with the moon goddess" "What, you can hear her?" I ask "Yes, shes humming with me" We all look at Lanna as though she had gone mad but she just keeps humming with the same smile on her face as though she had never been interrupted. By late morning we were making good time so decided we would eat and rest now b