Lahat ng Kabanata ng Ebony's Pack: Fated to the Ranger Wolves: Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 90

With dinner over and everyone scattered to their respective corners. Ebony wasn’t sure how to think of things right now. Without buildings there were no corners. Some wolves started sleeping in the forest in their fur, others as humans in tents or trailers, it was a mixed bag since the nearby town turned them away. Ebony looked at it this way. If the town believed it isolated the monsters from the world, it would soon learn that it was wrong and in fact isolated itself. Canada was a place where everything was fine and dandy until it wasn’t. When it wasn’t, it went downhill fast. If you weren’t prepared for it. Then you better have friends that were. Ebony knew a search on the internet would pull up animals turning up on people’s doorsteps looking for help. Humans on the other hand; they must learn the hard way. So, Ebony’s Pack would pretend to isolate itself from the world to give the humans the idea that they were the superior species in the area. If it

“I still don’t know how you convinced everyone that this was a good idea, Benedict. We’re in the middle of setting up a Pack and several businesses. It’s absolute insanity. There’s more going on there than at any time in our lives.” Ebony had to enlist Pack members to hunt the mail shipments for her sister’s package using the excuse there was a surprise inside for Benedict that was supposed to come from her. She reasoned that it wasn’t exactly a lie. If the test was positive, then he’d be getting a surprise in more ways than one. Ebony just didn’t have a clue on how she’d tell him. It wasn’t like she could ask her sisters how they did it, because to her knowledge none of them had yet been in this situation. The last to find a mate and to almost mess that up. Now to be the first to have pups. She wanted to scream, and she wanted to talk to her mother. But if she did that then her mother would be there, and they’d have to deal with a convergence of family before

Ebony called him for dinner, and he’d sauntered in. Relaxed and hungry Benedict entered the dining room. “You didn’t come out did you find a problem? If you did, why didn’t you come out and get me? I could have helped you with it.” “Well, it might be a problem at times. But it’s not a problem per say right now. At least, I’m not sure how you’ll see it right now. It took some time for me to confirm my suspicion and then verify that its confirmation wasn’t a false confirmation. After that, I needed to wrap my head around it all. Now, well, it’s your turn to decide if this is a good thing or a problem.” Ebony looked at Benedict and she appeared almost apologetic. Benedict frowned and looked at the table. “What are you talking about love? What are you talking about exactly?” Ebony used her chin to point toward the table “Just take a look and try not to freak out too much.” “Okay …” Benedict wasn’t sure what had Ebony so anxious.

Benedict went back to work knowing he was going to be a father. A father. What did he know about being a father? He had months to learn about what it would take to be a decent father. Oh, he knew what it took to be a useless parent who did more damage than good. Now, he sat with many of his Pack members after having had a long day of building and arranging their territory into something they could use moving forward as a Pack. Every day he could see them take a step closer to it becoming a reality. Not just the physical space, but the relationships and such. There were bumps in the road and disputes. Ebony and he both needed to smooth over some interesting rough patches. Now he sat there watching three young wolves talking. It wasn’t perfect and he expected there to be fireworks from them still, but this was progress. He knew a second male wolf was needed for that dynamic because the male wasn’t interested in having two females. That was hi

“I don’t know what to do with you. Any of you. Why is this so difficult for you? Can you explain to me why you want a male who doesn’t want you and not the one that wants you? It doesn’t make sense. He doesn’t want you now and it won’t change. If he feels anything kind toward you it will change to something horrible. It will sour and turn dark, nasty. Hateful, even. That’s not something anyone wants to live with. No one wants that within their Pack, I can only do so much before I am forced to push everyone involved out of the Pack. Is that what you want? All four of you without a Pack?” Ebony hated saying this. She knew that she must get her to understand that her actions hurt more than herself. She didn’t just embarrass herself. She risked her position here and theirs. Something that none of them expected by the look of their pale faces. “All of us? But she’s the one who’s trying to break us up Luna. Why would we be punished?”