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.
that. Those who are about to shift or have recently shifted.”
my knuckles as a
was a recent shifter too. And the rogue King
of your packs? And were they taken in forcefully or did they leave on their
own?”
and everybody began to answer at once.
shifters left together at once, claiming that they were not respected well
about how the rogues make everybody suffer and
kids of age right now so my pack is safe but they have been hearing things. I overheard some
their worries and frustration while
often misguided and brainwashed easily if they felt their own home and pack did not
a werewolf was hard. You had to train religiously, follow a
was being very clever and tactical in his approach. He was weakening the pack by going after the kids of those who ruled
and cubs were our lifeline. His approach was meticulous and it was interesting to have
increasingly curious about this
are they going? Will it not be easy to simply send someone after them and find out
I asked.
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
you to the rogue King’s stronghold? Does he have a packhouse? We can attack it and just kill him for once and all” I replied, twirling the paperweight lying on the table in front of me with one
at life and more perks. Those who were willing to join his
were not in imminent
He is just trying to break all of you. These are mind
worriedly, wondering what to do next.
have kids that stayed back?”
was a silent
who have gone away. Even offer them money, food, whatever is needed through the kids. Just don’t let any adult go near them for
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