Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alpha Brought Me, a Lucky Dog, to the Border: Luna Shamed Me and Regretted It Madly: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

Just as I was about to leave, Nora Bennett, Logan’s secretary, came rushing in.“What’s with all the panic?” Lia’s expression turned cold.“The Alpha had Maren set up a spell circle. All the candles suddenly went out! He said it was a bad sign.”Nora’s voice trembled, and unease filled her eyes.“Are you even a pureblood wolf? Just light them again. All this drama over something so small?”Lia rubbed her temple and waved Nora out.“Your pack always makes such a big deal out of this kind of thing.”I followed Nora out of the lounge, figuring this was as good a time as any to take my mom on that trip I’d been planning.As for those candles suddenly going out... don’t go blaming me.Before long, Logan got back from patrolling our territory.The moment he saw the spell circle had gone dark, he grew tense.But once he saw I was still in my office, he calmed down a little.“Alice, I’ve got an important trade meeting with the Westridge Alpha this afternoon. You’re coming with me.”I scratched

“Alice, we’ve got a problem! I can’t handle this without you. I need you here now!”Yesterday I’d believed him, and Lia had thrown scalding black tea all over me for it.I turned off my phone. No matter what he said, I’d made up my mind. I wasn’t going.The night before, Lia, of all people, had been the first to apologize. Without batting an eye, she’d sent me $30,000 to make up for it.A while later, Nora handed me her phone.“It’s the Alpha. He wants to talk to you. Please, just take the call. I’m the one who’ll get yelled at if you don’t.”I didn’t want to make things hard for her, so I took the call anyway. The second Logan heard my voice, he started talking in a panic.“Alice, yesterday was my fault! I was a coward. I’m so sorry!“But you have to be there today! It’s the border battle, and a whole bunch of packs are in it!“If we win this battle, we get most of the territory along the disputed border!“This means everything to our pack! You have to come!”I turned him down flat. “

The announcer took over from the Alpha King. “Next, we’ll count the warriors still standing in each pack. The final count will determine how much territory Alpha Peter’s pack is awarded.”The words were barely out of the announcer’s mouth when Lia and Logan shot to their feet at the same time.Lia cried out, her voice shrill. “That’s impossible! This can’t be happening! How on earth did they turn the whole battle around in one minute?”Logan froze where he stood, staring at the numbers scrolling across the big screen. Under the rules of the battle, his pack was about to lose most of its territory.“No way! They must have gotten it wrong.“We had such a huge lead at the start...”Then they both turned to look at me where I sat next to Peter. Lia refused to let it go and marched over to the head judge.“You got this wrong, didn’t you?“Their pack is tiny. How could Blackthorn possibly lose to them?“And my husband’s pack too? That can’t be right.”The head judge explained patiently.“Lun

Lia had an idea. She marched right up to them.“Everyone, after what happened in the border battle today, I’d like you to hear me out.”No one said a word, so she went on.“Alpha Peter’s little pack only won by luck.“Those cowardly tactics are a disgrace to werewolves!“If you ask me, we should all team up and crush that pack in the next border battle!”One of the Alphas scoffed.“Luna Lia, using tactics to win has always been part of these battles.“Peter’s pack is small. What’s wrong with fighting that way?“If you don’t like it, learn from them and use the same tactics next time.”Lia’s face darkened.“You’re taking their side?”Another Alpha shot back.“This is war, Luna Lia. We lost, and instead of looking hard at our own tactics, we’re blaming them?“Luna Lia, your father’s pack is powerful. Of course you’re sore about losing to a little pack.”Logan had heard enough.“That’s enough, Lia. There’s no point in saying any of this now!”That was when the Alphas turned their attentio

I’d come a long way since joining Peter’s pack.He didn’t just believe I could bring the pack luck. He also believed I had a natural talent for commanding warriors in battle.If I wanted to learn about something, he’d find the reading material I needed. Every so often, he’d make time to study with me.I wasn’t much of a talker, so he’d just quietly keep me company. He also went out of his way to introduce me to more people.“Hey, everyone. This is our pack’s tactical advisor, Alice.”In his pack, for the first time, I was respected as a wolf with real skills, not as a lucky charm.I could feel myself getting stronger.My performance that day had won over every Alpha in the room. They saved videos of me and posted them online with captions.“Alpha Peter has a tactical advisor like her? Now I finally get why I lost my territory.”Lia’s face twisted with rage as she watched the videos. “Alice, I refuse to believe this!”She went live herself and tore into me online, claiming I’d brainwash