N

He really didn't want to be near the Blue Rock Pack, but I needed al

amount of warrior wil

green of the surrounding forests passing by in a blur. "We

. Some minutes after, w

desperate wolves that craved our p

realm, I was wanted for my rarity and

the senile bastard, accepted my o

l, I thought as said

e on his face. "What a pleasure to see you.

ward, Ash beside me. I studied the party arra

eparated. The poor? They

has always been but I'd never been one to let emotion rule

ves depended on me, and I

nd I after our parents' death had built our pack from the ground up. As

we were slowly losing that title. But Baron's pack was the largest. He had numbers

going to other packs, but my wolf drew me h

ut of my thoughts. We were seated at a table, a great fe

t smile, my voice dripping with sarcasm h

forward. Each one held in their hands, squirming, crying pups. The little ones loo

ard up to now? My face was

ng out a sickening laugh. "They are the pup

ze his jaw had clenched-hard. My hands twitched with the urge t

d through our sacred obstacle course. You must solve five riddles there, survive each test unharmed

guile. And may the gods curse any of

treating those he regarded as bene

his eyes glowing an eerie gree

rs will be my representatives. You, A

side me. "Son

eir reward. Anything at all the losing pack m

if that thing in

e. He probably didn't anti

once. "Le

limb, fire pits to dodge, narrow beams to balance on with

e to my chest. I stroked his cheek softly to calm him down and he settled after a w

f strength. Leave t

as a

is paying for t

nd nodded i

easy at all. But we were able answer them all.

with a pup strapped to our chest was the hard part. Es

slow as he carried the little ones across stone shards. "

collapsed, his pup wailing as he fou

one and began removing my boots. Apparently

going to be calm," I muttered to the pup strapped to me. "We can't let you stay in th

Besides, as a Lycan, my healing abilities s

he finish line with two sil

hrieking babies, one limping guard, and a third who p

eered and my

e spread across Bar

ck coat. "I want to see your omegas. And I'l

over the e

n repeated, hi

. He wasn't an honorable man, but being seen as a cow

requested silver, warriors, la

m like cattle," Ash said wi

k for those too?" I added with a s

nger overtaking his f

opped heads, some bruised, most subdued. Their w

the line, gazing at face

et and intoxicating. The moment I smelt it though, it disappeared. I shoo

dy focused on one of the girls. Her head was down and red hair fell over her shoulders in

ing toward the girl

at that moment. "