Shadows of Destiny

Back In The East.

~Leo~ Protecting what was left of my territory from Bane’s invasion was hard, but I had to.

These were times when I would have loved Tamia on my team.

She knew exactly what to do and how to act.

I was leaning on Max and Kyle, and our odds didn’t seem great.

When the lesser Alphas joined with Bane, it didn’t hurt.

I felt it was their choice.

They wanted to go after the wolf lord and get their daughters back; some wanted revenge for their loved ones.

I could understand their pain.

However the Wolf Lord tried to justify his attack, his actions were wrong.

Attacking the entire East because a pack from the East 1/19 dared to attack him was wrong.

I knew it was cowardly to accept defeat and urge the East to rebuild and move on, but I did not want us to lose more than we had already.

The northern soldiers were strong, and they had a larger army.

Combining our strength with the south would have evened the playing field, but I did not trust Bane’s intentions, and I still don’t.

I had called a meeting with the remaining Alphas under me, and they answered.

When the alphas arrived, they were angry and scared at the same time.

Everyone blamed Kyle for our misfortunes because he was the one that brought Bane to What pissed all of us off was Bane wanted us to join up by force.

It was as if the part of the East that willingly went with him was not good enough.

He wanted Kyle, Max and me on his team too.

During the meeting, I watched the alphas argue and push blame around, which wasn’t why I called the meeting.

I called the meeting because I needed to find the best solution for peace.

Joining Bane was out of the question.

“We need to call a truce,” I said, and the hall went quiet.

“We can’t do that, Alpha Leo; the man is mad.

I heard something about him calling himself the rightful Wolf lord because he killed Maurice Volkov,” Ramsey said.

I was surprised about how ambitious Bane was.

“We need to find a way to tell him we do not share in his views and we won’t go to war against the North,” I told them, and they agreed.

“How will we do that? We have already told him we maintain a neutral stance.

How else can we tell that bastard that we are not interested in his promises and helping him further his cause?” Alpha Christian said.

“Since you told us Luna Tamia spoke highly of the Wolf Lord, and that he has been treating our sisters and daughters well, we have made peace.

How many more do we have to lose?” Timothy said, sounding as frail as he was.

He was one of the Alphas that did not bother fighting.

He just handed his granddaughter over as tribute because his daughter was already mated.

I could understand his fear.

“I say we take the war to Bane and let him know he has his limits.

What he took from the East isn’t the best of the East; we can take him down,” Gaston said, and I shook my head.

“Luna Tamia was one of our best strategists, Luna Avery dealt with welfare, and Luna Linda dealt with shelter protection.

With those three aspects of our society unattended, we stand no chance.

The north crippled us already by taking the three most powerful Lunas of the east.

We have to rely on strength, and as my wife always said, smarts beats strength any day,” I said, remembering Tamia, and we were silent.

3 “We can still manage with what we have,” Gaston said, and I nodded.

“Of course, we can, but we do not want any more bloodshed.

suggest we have a peace talk with him,” I said, and

“The man is mad.

will not answer us or

greedy

until he gets what he wants,”

Alpha had made up his mind

and have a peaceful meeting with him,” I

“This is Kyle’s mess.

brought the bastard upon us; he should have a peaceful meeting with

your life?” Ramzey said,

Ramzey, but this is beyond

brought him, but

wasn’t bothering us, we still chose to

not force us to accept the alliance; we did it wholeheartedly; it can’t be his cross alone

the leader of the East, I am to have that peace talk with Bane,” I said, owning up to my responsibility, and

to you, we will go to war with

is as simple as

to war with him will cripple the

but we

and die than take orders from him,” Max said, and I

claimed he had written several letters to Avery in the north

insinuate that Tamia wrote her letter under duress, but I had to point out the

wife, I never maltreated her for

lay a finger on her and performed my duties as a husband

up and would have laid down my life for her sake; he did the

he should take

probably enjoying herself there

north to split Lunas among the top officers, she was probably with the Alpha, Beta, Gammal

would be better than what she and Mia had with

I saw the silver scars on

ignored it because it wasn’t

pleading with Max to let go, he didn’t want to, and now

see was a desperate

never loved his Luna enough

I looked at Kyle.

with Bane for tomorrow evening, to take place on Hill valley land, where it

me there,”

meeting, so I decided

and found northern

seem like they came to fight

the last

composed myself and walked

and we had

we will have a full house

happy as the news was,

the life I wanted

taking this transition into

slowly began to accept that I was the cause of my heartbreak, not

promise, and it

Leo, the Council of the North sends us,” The man leading the envoy said

Tamia decorated it, but

them some small bites and

just hoped she wasn’t stupid enough

for both Bane and the Wolf Lord to

smiled at me and went to her

let

still there, and her pictures graced the

to accept it, and it

what do I owe this visit?” I asked the

“I am Jacob Mikhailov.

he looked more like a warrior

not need to introduce myself; he knew who

to know if you

part of the East, and threatens to force your remaining region to come

end his reign of terror,” He

part that joined with Devin did it willingly; I

has promised to give them

do not

north has brought this hardship upon my people by attacking us and taking our wives,

north that has

the first

wanted peace, they would have had peace talks about the alleged attack instigated by Brent pack before

will never recover from the loss we incurred due

allies because of

of our loved ones, however painful it may be, others have sworn