Chapter 86
I was sitting in my chair, staring absent-mindedly at the glass of water in front of me. We had been going in circles for hours and were yet to arrive at a conclusion.
The meeting hall was huge and I chose to not hold the meeting in my office as we needed to accommodate all the alphas along with some of the betas or gammas who came in as additional representatives from their packs.
The situation had definitely worsened over the last few weeks. The rogues had begun attacking innocent kids, targeting those who were yet to shift or had recently shifted.
This was a surprise move as mostly they went after the strongest members of the pack and tried to lure them to come over, members that felt they deserved the beta and alpha titles but were denied the position so a few of them had left their packs.
All around I could hear people bickering with each other, trying to prove their point. And the more I heard them, the more I felt my head hurt.
I flicked my gaze to the window, staring outside at the lush
greenery.
“King, what do you suggest?” Matteo tried to nudge me.
The crowd waited for me to answer but I did not speak for a while.
Seeing that, Matteo got up from his chair and came to whisper in my ear.
“King, they are all waiting for your response”
I blinked and turned my attention to the people seated around the large table that almost spanned through half the meeting hall.
“Teenagers are rebellious. I was too, at one point. It is easy to lure them into a trap rather than grown up men.”
Hearing my response, one of the alpha leaned forward, a look of concern on his face.
“But King, what are we supposed to do now? If they keep brainwashing our young blood like this, we will lose our future heirs and warriors.”
“What age group is being targeted by the rogues?” I asked.
Those who are about to shift or have
on my knuckles as a thought
recent shifter too. And the rogue King himself
left from each of your packs? And were they taken
own?”
asked and everybody began
of my recent shifters left together at once,
rogues make everybody suffer and we had to sit with them for
have been hearing things. I overheard some kids. gossip amongst each other about how they would
worries and frustration while wondering how to
felt their own home
to train religiously, follow a strict protocol, and be always ready to
and tactical in his approach. He was weakening the
our lifeline. His approach was meticulous and it was interesting to have come across a rival who relied on brain instead of
getting increasingly curious about
meeting these rogues? And where are they going? Will it not be easy to simply send someone after them and find
I asked.
some pack immediately answered, “We did that King. I sent some of my warriors who tailed the kids who opted to leave the pack. Technically, as they left the pack, we did not have any law to govern them. So even if they did, they all pledged that they were
packhouse? We can attack it and just kill him for once and all” I replied, twirling the paperweight lying on
willing to join his pack had to prove that they had completely cut contact with us for a month or so. Only after he was convinced, he would take them
teenagers were not in imminent danger. Not yet,
in his pack. He is just trying to
at each other worriedly, wondering what
“Does every pack have kids that stayed
a silent murmur of approval.
Even offer them money, food, whatever is needed through the kids. Just don’t
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