Bart met Rob and Jon in the study. They were about to start preparations to secure the pack’s territory when several alarms sounded. “What is going on now?” The alarms sounded throughout the packhouse and could be heard within other outer buildings. Jon was checking what alarms were triggered and where they were coming from. Rob was at the window witnessing people leaving the visible outer buildings in confusion. He knew they needed guidance and direction. “Well, Jon, what do we have?” They heard the sounds of several booted feet hurriedly entering the packhouse and Rob knew it was his enforcers responding to the alarm. Their boots echoed offer the hardwood floors as they progressed quickly to the basement and armoury. Every one of them was off duty until the alarms went off. Now his loyal pack enforcers were responding to the alarm to protect their people and their homes. “There’s four alarms triggered right now. It can’t be an accidental

Ivan Corvin sat in his office at Hectric Pharmaceutical Labs and watched several monitors of the operation playing out. His little force of mercenaries was literally storming the gates of the werewolves’ home.Ivan could see the dollars rolling in as each one of these monsters was made into a commodity. Ivan knew somewhere in there his wayward wife was hiding the little coward. He wouldn’t accept her running away from him like she had. Rebecca was his and that would never change. It didn’t matter what the courts of any country said. She’d always be his. “Mr. Corvin, the men are almost in place. We still haven’t found many, but we’re sure they’re there somewhere. Should they continue the search?” “Of course they will continue the search. I want everyone of them we can get, and I want my wife in front of me as soon as they find her.” The little bitch would learn the hard way that her fatal mistake was to betray him and with an animal like that. It burned

Rob listened through the radio to Bart’s conversation with Ivan and his father. Which distracted him from the next stage of the conflict. As he listened, Rob missed the first report of the fifth invasion from a fifth entry point. This time, he needed to lead the group to defend their territory. Rob grabbed his equipment bag, shoved the radio into it, and picked up his gun. This wasn’t the end. What did this human want from this? “Move out. They’re too close to the packhouse and the noncombatant shelter. Let’s get them away from here. I want this over and done. You know the rule. No killing them and don’t let them kill us. We want to send them home and give a clear message.” “We lost them somewhere between the entry point and a half mile in.” “Your wolves. They’re human, find them.” Enforcers scattered in organised groups, heading out to do exactly what Rob ordered. The pack wouldn’t run and they wouldn’t win this round. “Make sure a

Rob didn’t have a clue if his presence ability would work on these creatures. This was presence was a tell that a wolf shifter was strong enough to be an alpha or luna. The creatures were ready to fight before Rob demanded they stop and shift. They shifted and appeared as confused as everyone else who witnessed the confrontation. “How…? How did you do that?” One male asked, clearly confused about what was happening. He looked genuinely confused and angry until he saw the shifters in their fur and skin. Pretty much Rob’s command forced everyone into their skin. These were the first of these creatures to shift back. Before this, no one was sure if they could shift back. All the others were still in whatever form it captured them in. Unless they were killed, and they returned to their human form. “You were human, weren’t you?” Rob asked. Hedging his bets that his reaction was a mixture of confusion and lack of education. “Yeah, this is all so weir

Rob was more annoyed with each Lycan. They were a mixed bag of once human and once shifted. The poor humans were confused and angry because they didn’t know what was truly happening to them. It would take time. They needed to know what triggered their shifts to help them fear their situation less. The security information was surprisingly easy to obtain along the way. But it would take longer to get any real understanding of them because Rob could tell these people were kept in the dark about what they could do. Which made everyone present wonder how little these human scientists understood about this entire endeavour. Were the scientists just splicing genes together and hoping for a good outcome? Or did they know what they wanted but got unforeseen complications? Either way, they would know soon enough. With the information about the security and layout of the lab, the Ruling Council would go in and clean out the lab. Rob finally made it back to th