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.

talk with

“The man is mad.

not answer

greedy and

he gets what

made up his mind about fighting

a peaceful meeting

“This is Kyle’s mess.

brought the bastard upon us; he should have a

life?”

anger, Alpha Ramzey, but this is beyond

brought him, but we all

warned that the Wolf Lord wasn’t bothering us, we still chose to Join forces

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

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

we

is as

and going to war with him will cripple the size and strength of his

not win, but we will do

him,” Max said, and I realised he, too,

several letters to Avery in the north but never got any

that Tamia wrote her letter under duress, but I had to

promise to my wife, I never maltreated

her and performed my duties as

laid down my life for her

take her

enjoying herself there and had moved

a tradition in the north to split Lunas among the top officers, she was probably with the Alpha, Beta, Gammal or Delta and having the

than what

I saw the silver scars on Mia’s white fur

ignored it because it

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

I could see was a desperate

Luna enough to

I looked at Kyle.

meeting with Bane for tomorrow evening, to take place

meeting me there,” I said and ended the

buzzed my phone throughout the meeting, so I decided

and found northern

did not seem like they came to fight me, I had to

took my wife away the last time they

composed myself and

and we had learned we were expecting

we will have a full house

the news was, my

life

would be taking this transition into parenthood without

to accept that I was the cause of my heartbreak,

keep my promise, and it will stay with

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

with the place; I prefered the way Tamia decorated it, but it was Amanda’s home now, and she could do

had served them some small bites and

hoped she wasn’t stupid enough to

I wanted was for both Bane and

me and

let her move

there, and her pictures

come to accept it, and it

owe this visit?”

“I am Jacob Mikhailov.

he looked more like a warrior to

not need to introduce myself; he knew who I

know if you are interested in working

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

his reign of terror,” He said, and I shook

with Devin did it

promised to give

do not believe in

by attacking us and

the north that

dealt the

have had peace talks about the alleged attack instigated by Brent

from the loss we incurred

gained allies because

some of us are willing to let go of our loved ones, however painful it may be, others have sworn