Katara’s POV His words were measured and they made sense as I listened to him. The men all nodded as he spoke and then they arose one after the other in the same order that they had dropped to their knees to pay respect. From what I saw, the men did things according to their age differences. The oldest took the lead in everything and he seemed to be the one who spoke to them at every given opportunity. Had he not been the spokesperson from the time I saw them? Had he not been the first to speak to me? The troop literally waited on him to say things for them and that made their actions and words even more orderly. I rose as the last man rose. I was obviously the youngest among them. "And who is this beautiful blonde that you have led to us? Surely, she had not been abducted by you?" The Alpha asked as his eyes continued to remain on me. "We have not abducted her, father. She had appeared in the middle of the fierce battle and had helped us. She had unsheathed her sword right in

Most of the men introduced themselves personally to me while the women chatted nonstop when carting trays of sweet fruits and foods around, mostly for the injured men. I had no idea why the injured men had not been made to attend the festivities but they all smiled and looked cheerful. The physicians who also appeared the same height and look as every other men now involved themselves In the jubiliations when they were certain that their patients had been taken good care of. The family pack relationship that the Alpha had talked about still did not make much sense to me. The resemblance between the men was the only source of confusion. How did one beget such a large family? How many women had birthed the men and women that I now saw everywhere? There were no children among them and that meant that the women were not given out In marriage to other packs. I did not let my mind dwell so much on what I regarded as the problems of the pack and not mine. By the time the women began to r

Katara’s POV I was eager to have him listen to me now and there was a note of impatience and desperation in my voice that I could not help. He listened and then moved away from where we had both been sitting. "I will see you to the rooms with the women.” He said as he reached a hand to me… I had not gotten up and so I took his hand and stood up. That, I sensed, would be the end of the discussion but I did not mind. I had spoken words to him and I knew that he would not ditch my words. He would think about the words and subsequently see my reasons for making the opinions that I made. They were good reasons. I took his hand and stood up and quickly took my hand back. I was resting my hands on my sword again and he chuckled when I was not looking in his direction. We began to make our way back the same way we had come and he led me to the rooms where I would spend the night with the women. They showed me a room and helped me rekindle the fire in the fireplace before leaving. I took

Kai’s POV The Alpha and his men who had been standing right beside him exchanged puzzled glances, their hands still on their weapons. "We have not taken your Luna and we do not expect you to come looking for her here if she indeed loves to go missing," The Alpha said spitefully. He had intended the words to offend me and it had. But I kept my calm. "I have only asked a simple question. I do not know what intentions you have but I only demand if you have my Luna in your care. I do want her back and I do not want to have her fight her way here like she had been compelled to do the last time.” I said. "Take your men and leave here. We do not have your Luna and we do not wish to have you and your men accuse us like this a second time!" The Alpha yelled. Abramo lunged forward with his sword in his hand and struck the Alpha but one of the men held out his sword and defended his Lord. They began to fight and the rest of the men joined in the aggressive fight. The fight lasted for a

Katara’s POV “Then you have not revealed your identity Because you want to be identified as a peasant?" He asked suddenly. I looked away and I heard his evil chuckle behind me. Did he know me? Had he gone out of his city to go ask about me? Did he not know that he was endangering himself as well as the other pack members? What if he attracted evil to his own people?? "Whatever information you got about me from anywhere, you better ditch it. You do not know me and you can not prove that you do. Besides, you Endanger your own family and pack by going out there for any reason to seek information about me!" "Hm, what makes you so sure that I had gone out to seek information about you? What if I only possess some sort of magic that helps me detect lies? Do you not think so?" "Your pack do not possess magic. Don't try to sound wise when you are not," I cautioned him. He seemed amused. What was amusing to him? My palms began to twitch, longing to hit him across the face. "You have