Chapter 722

CHAPTER 67 : THE MISSING PIECE

“Is that how you two ended up being slaves?” I asked, creasing my brow.

“No. Actually, it might not look like it, but we’re the lucky ones,” Frederic said scoffing.

I handed him some tissues and he dabbed at the worst cuts on Murray’s face. Murray was still a little groggy. He must have taken a hit to the head.

Soren helped him sit down and he motioned to Payne.

“Can you find us some medical supplies? Just the basics so we can patch them up?” he asked.

“Yes, Boss,” Payne agreed with a nod. He grabbed Ashley and the two headed off.

“Can you tell us what happened?” I asked Frederic.

He growled and made a fist, punching the air. “The whole thing could have been avoided!”

“Calm down,” Soren snapped, moving in front of me to protect me in case Frederic lost control.

I didn’t think he would but I knew how protective Soren could get.

“Long story short, Murray and I were on a border patrol and we spotted a group of suspicious shifters crossing our border through one of the more remote forests in our pack territory,” Frederic explained, his voice riddled with growls as he told us the story.

“We had to investigate. It was our duty,” Murray muttered, scoffing.

“We tracked them down and were about to give our warning when we saw someone we recognized. Murray and I hid to confirm we were looking at… our beta,” Frederic said.

“Don’t call him that!” Murray snarled.

Frederic shook his head. “We weren’t sure what we should do. At first, we thought our beta was there to send them away but… after we watched them for a while, we could tell he was working with them and they were looking for something.”

Looking for something? I swallowed and glanced at Soren. There was only one thing of value I could think of in Lethe.

“We followed them to a spot where they started digging. We heard our beta demanding payment first, then he’d let them dig,” Frederic added.

“Stop calling him that, Frederic! He’s a traitorous bastard,” Murray insisted.

Frederic rolled his eyes. “The others in the party argued about paying him. They told him he was too greedy and taunted him, asking ‘What would your Alpha say if he heard about this?'”

“So, your Alpha didn’t know about it?” I asked, feeling a moment of relief.

From the sounds of it, the Lethe beta was acting alone, just for a payday. Their Alpha might not have even known what he had on his land.

“We realized pretty quickly that our beta was doing something shady. He was not acting with our Alpha’s blessing. Murray and I tried to retreat so we could report to our Alpha, but we were caught…” Frederic said. He shook his head and scoffed at his own blunder.

easy for

we were outnumbered. We did try calling for reinforcements through the mindlink but Beta Arnold blocked the mindlink. Some of our pack members heard our

Murray

Ashley started treating the worst of their

the strangers in and there was no proof to convince them otherwise. He sentenced us to be exiled from

and Murray both snarled at the end of

nodded slowly. There was

“Soren…”

they were looking for,”

could be a whole group of people in Lethe territory already, looking for

down and helped Murray up once they were patched up. They

the two of you, we’d be slaves right now, sold like

pack,” Murray insisted. “We need to help them if there are any left to

tried to walk off but he stumbled and Frederic caught

aren’t in any condition to travel,” I said. I went up to Murray and helped

you is in good enough shape,” Soren insisted. “You need rest, and

have time to rest,”

know what urgency you feel. However, we are heading toward Lethe as well. Will you at least let us escort you and

Murray exchanged

would be honored for your accompaniment,”

we had up. Murray and Frederic didn’t have anything but the clothes on their back so it

Marno pack. It wasn’t a long walk but with Frederic and Murray, it was much

them water several times

got them some snacks to help build up their strength again. They were very grateful for

the end of the road before

the intersection here,” Murray pointed to the crossroads.

for coming to make sure we got home safely,” Frederic

guys leaving?” I

and see what we can do for our pack. You’ve given us our strength

I asked, biting my

our saviors involved if it is

your pack,” Soren said. He shook both

we should let them go off on their own. If there’s trouble in the pack, they aren’t

it could be seen as an insult if we barge in and help a pack without being invited,” Soren told

right… I forget that you know more about pack life than you

the last piece of

deflecting so he didn’t have to address what I said. I didn’t point it out at the

the crystal out of the necklace

before, the crystal warmed up when I pointed

I pointed, motioning to

going into another pack’s territory?” Payne asked. “Especially if the pack

it through all the other

elsewhere, no one will notice us,”

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