After the panel dispersed, Douglas summoned Andrew. His mind ran with countless thoughts and possibilities. The panel's decision made him realize that now more than ever, he needed Andrew to become Alpha. Andrew limped into the conference room with a grimace on his face. The gashes and bruises on his body were still very visible as his injuries healed slowly. He walked in with a resigned look on his face, followed in by Larry and Laura who couldn't trust Douglas to contain himself because Brighton was on the verge of collapse."Sit," Douglas gestured, the panel had left him sour."The panel converged today and discussed your case." He started without waiting for Andrew to get comfortable."You have two options. Become Alpha or be banished from the pack forever."Andrew smirked, and was about to open his mouth to speak when Douglas said."Think about it carefully, if you leave, you shall become a lone wolf or rogue. You shall lose access to Brighton's luxury. Should you decide to join

"I have a proposition for you, Larry." Caleb's voice rang through the woods.Larry skidded to a stop, he panicked, being wolfless meant he was now vulnerable.He looked around for the source of Caleb's voice. Caleb laughed,"I won't risk revealing myself to you, I'm on probation remember? Plus I have been around for a while now and have quite an amount of tricks up my sleeve." He said,Larry growled,"Oh come off it Larry, all you need do is listen. I have something that will free you from the old Alpha's leash." Caleb said.Larry growled again, "Stop it," Caleb sounded bursting into fits of laughter. "You sound funny without your wolf. How are you holding it together?""I…." Larry started,"As I said earlier I have something that'll interest you. All you have to do is listen." Caleb cut in."I don't think anything you say can excite or interest me." Larry shot back, and snarled, his eyes darting in every direction.Caleb chuckled,"I beg to differ." Caleb sneered. "You know exact

Douglas lay listless on his bed. He'd been awake for hours unable to sleep as the fear of Andrew's decision gripped and taunted him.The words of the familiar spirit that visited him weeks ago buzzed in his brain. 'They won't attack you directly or harm your son. They'll shake the foundations of your ascension to power. Piece by piece, they'll dig up all those skeletons you've buried deep. They'll reveal all the curses you turned to rumors and myths, they'll expose your malevolent deals. They'll destroy what you cherish the most and like the final icing on a cake, your Brighton will fall……… To save yourself and your precious pack, Andrew has to step in as Alpha immediately. Time's running out Douglas, you have just a few weeks to go before they come for you.'He swallowed. It was slowly coming to pass. He'd realized a few hours earlier that the recent attack was not to wipe out the pack. No, the spirit was right, they wanted the pack to suffer but mostly wanted to attract the Compli

Emily scanned the document before her, content as she sipped a cup of Mochaccino.Her team had finally been able to pin the location of the sorcerer's underground club. She'd been out in the field gathering, more like scraping out every single information she could lay her hands on about his organization. It had a very complex structure that needed to be unraveled. From the information she was able to get her hands on, no one who worked at the club knew the sorcerer but he was said to attend the club each night. There were also so many other arms of the club whose duties intertwined. A lot of people handled particular tasks and mostly didn't know about each other. For example, the person procuring drinks for a night wasn't the person who did it the next day. And that same person may be assigned a completely different and random task the next day. The workers were also said to have sworn a blood oath.It was like a cult, with faceless leaders who donated large sums to keep it going.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Andrew gritted out, "you just went into a fit of fury right now and you want to downplay it?"Larry glanced away."Larry! What is going on? You've been ranting like a bitch in the past few days." "I was worried about you." He mumbled,Andrew sensed the truth in his words but that wasn't the explanation he was gunning for."Yeah, so what was this outburst about?" He asked, with an arched brow and folded arm."We need to head back to the pack, they're currently searching for you."Andrew grimaced,"You've gotta be fucking kidding me if you think I'll go anywhere with you without a plausible explanation."Larry dragged a breath,"Bro… I was afraid for you. The worry had burrowed so deep into me, that I snapped." He said, dragging his hands through blond hair."Cool, but what was that about me leaving the pack? You said the same thing last night." Andrew said unrelentingly.Larry began to pace around, his hand constantly running through his hair."I