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,”

“The man is mad.

will not answer

is greedy and

until he gets what

had made up his mind about

have a peaceful meeting with him,” I

“This is Kyle’s mess.

brought the bastard upon us; he

you risk your life?” Ramzey said,

anger, Alpha Ramzey,

brought him,

us, we still chose to

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

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

anything happens to you, we will go to war with

as simple as

us for the army he is building, and going to war with him will cripple the size and strength of

but we will

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

claimed he had written several letters to Avery in

her letter under duress, but I had to point

breaking my promise to my wife, I never maltreated her

on her and performed

refused to give her up and would have laid down my life for her

he should take her silence

enjoying herself

the top officers, she was probably with the Alpha, Beta, Gammal or Delta and having the time of her

life would be better than what she and

community full moon walks, I saw the silver scars

it because it

to let go, he didn’t want to, and

could see was a desperate alpha looking

loved his Luna enough to

I looked at Kyle.

Bane for tomorrow evening, to take place on Hill

there,” I

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

arrived and found northern

like they came to fight me, I had to

wife away the last time they

and

was showing, and we had learned we

will have a full

as the news was, my

life I wanted for

I would be taking this transition into parenthood without

to accept that I was the

my promise, and

man leading the envoy said to me, and I nodded and sat down on the couch in my

what Amanda did with the place; I prefered the way Tamia decorated it, but it was Amanda’s

noticed she had served them some small

stupid enough

wanted was for both Bane and the Wolf

smiled at me and

still yet to let her move

were still there, and her pictures graced

it, and it didn’t

visit?” I asked the man

“I am Jacob Mikhailov.

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

need to introduce myself; he knew who I

if you are

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

liberate your people and end his reign of terror,” He said, and I shook

with Devin did it willingly; I

has promised to give them

do not

upon my people by attacking us and taking our wives, daughters, and

the north that

the

about the alleged attack

never recover from the loss we incurred due to that

allies because of

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

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