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.

talk with him,” I said, and they began to

“The man is mad.

not answer

is greedy

until he gets what

had made up his mind about

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

“This is Kyle’s mess.

us; he should have a peaceful

life?”

understand your anger, Alpha Ramzey, but this

him, but

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

we did it wholeheartedly; it can’t be his cross alone

to have that peace talk with Bane,” I said, owning up to

to you, we will

is as simple

he is building, and going to war with him will cripple the size and

but we

hurt the bastard and die than take orders from him,”

letters to Avery in the north but never

that Tamia wrote her letter under duress, but

breaking my promise to my wife, I never

and performed my duties as

laid

anything, he should take

herself there and

north to split Lunas among the top officers, she

better than what she and Mia

full moon walks, I saw the silver scars on

it because it wasn’t my

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

a desperate

Luna enough to

I looked at Kyle.

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

there,” I said and ended

meeting, so I decided to rush home to see

and found northern warriors at

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

last time they

and walked into the

was showing, and we had learned we

have

the news was, my

life I

this transition into parenthood without

I was

too weak to keep my promise, and it will

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

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

served them some small bites and

hoped she wasn’t stupid enough

both Bane and the Wolf Lord to come

and

to let

clothes were still there, and her pictures graced

to accept it,

visit?” I

“I am Jacob Mikhailov.

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

did not need to introduce myself; he knew who

you

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

willing to help liberate your people and end his reign of terror,”

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

promised to give them

not

people by attacking us

north that has wronged

the

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

recover from the loss

allies because

us are willing to let go of our loved ones, however painful

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