Chapter 5 Long Awaited

• Amarah
• My eyes shift from left to right and back again as I keep an eye out for Rogues. Our patrols on our eastern border have been tightened after three Rogues had managed to enter our neighbor’s border. I have a clear view of their border across the clearing and so does every Warrior that runs border patrol.
• I can still hear Dad roar the morning he was informed by Alpha Damon that three Rogues had gotten on to their territory and killed two of his Pack-members. Dad had called every Warrior to his office that had been on patrol, but no one had seen any Rogues.
• Dad, his Beta and his Gamma had gone over everything, but they had found nothing out of the ordinary and when they had finally emerged from his office, he had told us what had happened. After dinner I had snuck into his office and took a look for myself.
• I couldn’t see anything wrong either, but I wanted to find an answer for Dad and I asked my best friends for a sleep-over. The moment the door to my room was closed they asked me what I needed them to do and I knew I had made the right decision.
• After I was done telling them everything, they were all in their own thoughts for a while, it only took a few minutes before one of them suggested to go out there ourselves to see how things worked on the job and it took us about fifteen minutes to get ready.
• We snuck out of the Pack-house after we made sure everyone was asleep and we quickly made our way to the eastern border to take a look at things. After watching the Warriors patrol for an hour, I knew what the problem was and so did my best friends.
• The next morning, we had walked into my Dad’s office and told him that we knew how the Rogues had gotten passed our Warriors. Dad was furious to say the least for us sneaking out of the Pack-house, but after he was done yelling at us, he asked us to explain it to them.
• Our Warriors run the borders from north to south at the east border and they run the borders clockwise, but as they near the south border they all take a short cut. Leaving a blind spot in their patrol at the exact point where the Rogues crossed the border of our neighbors.
• Now Dad was not only furious at us for sneaking out, but he was pissed off at the Warriors for cutting corners and endangering the lives of innocents. He called every Warrior not on border patrol to the Pack-house and the ones on border patrol were included through the mind-link.
• “As some of you may have heard three Rogues crossed the west border of Dark Mountain Pack and killed two of their Pack-members. We couldn’t find anything wrong with our border runs and I can assure you that your Beta, your Gamma and I went over everything.
• Our Pups were the ones that pointed out how they were able to cross the border without being spotted. They watched you for an hour last night and each and everyone of you takes a short cut from the eastern border to the southern border.
• This will no longer be tolerated, as of right now you will run the borders the way they are and I will make sure that you will be randomly checked. Am I making myself clear.” The look on his face is murderous and the Warriors all answer with “Yes, Alpha.”
• Ever since that day our Warriors have been running the borders the way they run around our territory, but I also asked them if there was something they would change if they could and one of those ideas was something I could work with.
• It was one of our older Warriors and he told me that in his former Pack they had set watch points along their borders as well as Warriors on border runs. I took his idea to Dad and told him my thoughts on it, together we fine tuned the idea before taking it to his Beta and his Gamma.
• And right now, I am sitting in one of those spots along our border, they are not in plain sight and for that reason Rogues have not been able to cross either border again. My bow and arrows are within reach and I am an excellent shot with a hundred percent accuracy, killing every Rogue that comes in my sight.
• Everyone that ever met my Dad says the same thing, he is fair, strict and deadly if need be. Everyone that has ever met my Mom says that she is caring, sweet and a peacekeeper, but to never cross her as she can become worse than Dad. Dad always says it is the Alpha blood running through her veins.
• I see movement across the clearing and I know it is one of their Warriors on border patrol. I still haven’t figured out how they conduct their border patrols and truth be told I don’t really care, but I wonder if they are aware of the fact that we have stopped dozens of Rogues since that night.
• “Alpha, you have a visitor.” I hear my Beta say through the mind-link and I tell the Warriors with me that I will be heading back to the Pack-house for some Pack business. They both nod their head, but don’t take their eyes of the clearing.
• Before I head to the Pack-house I step out of the tree-line and look in the direction of a small cluster of trees and boulders. I know who lives there and so does every Warrior in my Pack, but we don’t mention it to outsiders as it might put her life at risk.
• I know who my visitor is but I don’t know why he is here and I have thought about his reason for showing up ever since he had announced his visit. No answer has come to mind and I guess I will be finding out soon why he is gracing me with a visit.
• As I walk back to the Pack-house I pass a lot of my Pack-members and like my Father I greet each and everyone of them as I pass them. I smile at the antics of a little Pup and grab a hold of him just before he tumbles down, “Thank you, Alpha.” The little Pup says before I put him back on his feet.
• One of my Deltas joins me as I near the back of the Pack-house and the two of us make our way over to my official office on the ground floor. I ask an Omega we pass if she can bring us some coffee and she rushes of to the kitchen to comply with my request.
• As I walk into my office my visitor gets up out of his seat, “Elder Ezra, please take a seat.” I say and he sits back down in the chair he just got out of as I take a seat behind my desk. “To what do we owe this pleasure, Elder?” I ask.
• Elder Ezra pulls a file and an envelop from his bag and puts it on my desk in front of me. I stare at the envelop for a moment, I know what is in it just by looking at it and I have to suppress the smile that wants to spread across my face.
• I have only seen it once before laying on this same desk and that was over a decade ago, when my Father was still the Alpha. I have been waiting for this day ever since I took over from my Father and I know I will enjoy this very much as will my Wolf.
• “Alpha, in the file you will find a list with names of the Packs that have been invited as well. All the rules, regulations and conditions are in there as well, so is my number just in case you still have unanswered questions.” He says as he gets out of his seat.
• “Thank you, Elder Ezra. I will read it all and contact you if something is unclear to me.” I say as I shake his hand, I guide him out of the Pack-house to his car and watch him drive off. A smirk appears on my face as soon as he is out of sight.
• “That is about damn time.” My Gamma mumbles and we all start laughing. We walk back to my office and as we are about to walk in one of the Omegas walks out, telling me that she has placed the coffee in my office as she heads back to the kitchen.
• I sit down in my favorite armchair facing my desk, while my Beta, Gamma and Deltas sit down on the couches to my left and right. The five of us grew up together, if you saw one the rest was soon to follow and it made it easy for our parents to find us.
• I open the envelop already knowing what is inside, an invitation to the Alpha bloodline competition and the smirk on my face gets bigger as I pull it out. I have been waiting a long time for this moment and I will enjoy putting all of those cocky Alphas and their siblings in their place.
• The Alpha bloodline competition is held every year for a select few Packs, they get invited by the Elders and get to beat the crap out of each other legally. Every person that comes from an Alpha bloodline in that Pack is allowed to enter the competition.
• The Council doesn’t interfere with this competition, even though they love the fights between the Alphas and some of them even come to see the invited Aplhas fight. Our King has never shown his face at the competition and Dad doubts he ever will.
• I read through all the rules and regulations for the competition, the more I read the bigger the smile on my face becomes and I know everyone present in my office knows that I have found the way for the participants to underestimate me.
• The first name drawn for a match is the one who will be allowed the first move on shifting or not, they can shift fully to Wolf form or a Half-shift. However, it doesn’t state that their opponent has to follow their lead, they just can’t shift to Wolf form if their opponent choses a Half-shift or vice versa.