Shadows of Destiny

Chapter 28

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.

with him,” I said, and they began

“The man is mad.

not answer us or

greedy and

he gets what he wants,”

made up his mind

and have a peaceful meeting with him,” I said, and

“This is Kyle’s mess.

us; he

life?” Ramzey said, and I

Ramzey, but this is

brought him,

we still chose

did not force us to accept the alliance; we did

that peace talk with Bane,” I said, owning

to you, we will go

is as simple

going to war with him will cripple

win, but we will

from him,” Max said, and I realised he, too, had it

letters to Avery in the north but never got any

wrote her letter under duress, but I had to point out the difference to

than breaking my promise to my wife, I never maltreated her for Amanda’s

on her and performed my duties as a husband

to give her up and would have laid down my life for her sake; he

should take her silence as moving

enjoying herself there and

in the north to split Lunas among the top officers, she was probably

what she and Mia

saw the

ignored it because

Although I had been pleading with Max to let go, he didn’t want to,

I could see was a desperate

his Luna

I looked at Kyle.

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

meeting me there,” I

my phone throughout the meeting, so I decided to rush home to see what

northern warriors at

seem like they came to fight me, I had to be on my

away the last

myself and walked

showing, and we had learned we

we will have a full

as the news was, my joy wasn’t

the life I wanted for

that I would be taking this transition

began to accept that I was the cause of

keep my promise, and it

Leo, the Council of the North sends us,” The man leading the envoy said to me, and I nodded and sat down on the couch in

prefered the way Tamia decorated it, but it

had served them some small bites

hoped she wasn’t stupid enough to slip them

I wanted was for both Bane and

smiled at me and went

yet to let her move into the master

there, and

accept it, and

this visit?”

“I am Jacob Mikhailov.

I nodded, he looked more like a warrior to me,

to introduce myself; he

you

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

his reign

The part that joined with Devin did it willingly; I do not want

give them

do not

by attacking

north

dealt the

had peace talks about the

never recover from the loss we incurred

allies because

of us are willing to let go of our loved

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