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.

we have a peace talk with him,” I

“The man is mad.

answer us or

greedy and

won’t stop until he gets what he wants,”

Alpha had made up

will try and have a peaceful meeting with him,”

“This is Kyle’s mess.

bastard upon us; he should have a peaceful meeting

you risk your life?”

anger, Alpha Ramzey, but this is beyond

him,

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

to accept the alliance; we did it wholeheartedly; it can’t be his cross

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

to you, we will go to war

as simple

to war

might not win, but

bastard and die than take orders from him,” Max

claimed he had written several letters to Avery in the north

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

my promise to my wife, I never maltreated

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

and would have laid down my life

should take her silence as moving

enjoying herself there

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

be better than what she and

the silver scars on

ignored it because it wasn’t

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

I could see was a desperate alpha looking

his Luna enough to treat

I looked at Kyle.

up a meeting with Bane for tomorrow evening, to take place

feel safe meeting me there,” I said

decided to rush home to

and found northern warriors at my

came to fight me, I had to

my wife away the last time they were

and

had learned we

we will have a full

as the news was, my joy

life I wanted

fact that I would be taking this transition into parenthood without Tamia was

slowly began to accept that I was the cause of

weak to keep my promise, and

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

the way Tamia decorated it, but it was

had served them some

just hoped she wasn’t stupid enough to slip them

thing I wanted was for both Bane and the

and went to

to let her move into the master

there, and her pictures graced

it, and

this visit?” I asked the man in

“I am Jacob Mikhailov.

he said, and I nodded, he looked

to introduce myself; he

to know if you are interested in working for

that Alpha Devin Corrigan has taken part of the East, and threatens

people and end his reign of terror,” He

joined with

has promised to give them what I

not

north has brought this hardship upon my people by attacking us

the north that has wronged

the

talks about the alleged attack

of us will never recover from the loss we

has gained allies because of

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