The Code of The Alpha
Her face was pale, her glassy eyes staring off into nothing.
Turning in the other direction, I saw Luca peering around the trunk of the tree he stood behind, looking out over the land to investigate the sound of the bullet being fired.
Before I could turn to look myself, I heard him: "I'd like to tell a story.."
My father's deep voice reverberated across the clearing, straight towards where we were hiding.
"Once upon a time, about fifty years ago, two young men were working in the Northern Montana mountains. They worked for an Alpha who died after unsuccessfully attempting to defend his pack against an attack," he said.