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« By rogues ? » Liv’s voice was drenched in curiosity with a hint of fear.

« Oh, we wish. But it appears to be much worse than a rouge attack. »

« What can be worse than a rogue attack ? » I ask.

« How about Alpha Hunter Rivers coming to take your territory and your pack ? Forcing an entire pack to join him or be killed by him. »

My whole body froze at that thought.

Alpha Hunter- one of the strictest, sinful Alphas out there. He kills for joy ; takes territories he doesn’t even need and destroys packs just for the hell of it. He is one scary man, and even if I am lucky to have never seen him in person, if he attacked Alpha Sam’s Pack then he must be nearby.

« You’ve got to be joking. He will destroy anyone and everyone ! If Alpha Sam’s pack was targeted then we are next, » Liv began to shake as fear consumed her thoughts.

« He is going to kill us all ; I won’t be any use to them. I suck at fighting, » she whispered, her eyes wide like a deer caught in headlights.

« Liv, calm down. That is not true, and there’s more. » We waited for Liv to control her breathing a little before the boys continued.

« He gave Alpha Sam and Alpha Jake a proposition ; He wants all our territory and for the two packs to join his, with Hunter being the Alpha of course. Everyone else will just be an average pack member. »

« That doesn’t seem fair. All the Betas, Alphas, and warriors worked hard for their positions. It’s not right for them to be downgraded just at the whim of a monster, » Liv shared her distraught feelings and once again began to shake, this time due to anger.

« Well, what are you going to do about it ? Make a petition to overrule Alpha Hunter ? Ha ! Good luck with that. The guy’s a bastard. He will kill you without a second thought, » Tom spoke truthfully.

« So, I’m guessing both Alphas accepted, » I state.

The boys both nodded unhappily.

« Well on the bright side if we stay out of his way, we will still be alive. » Jason tried to cheer the table up, but the mood was already too low to fix now.

« Yeah, alive but prisoners. I bet he would kill us just for breathing his air. Who knows how he treats his own pack members, I bet they get whipped for looking at him a second too long, » Liv spoke with her face in her hands, groaning in discomfort.

The bell then rang, signaling that classes were about to start. All this worrying had drained our appetites, our lunches remained uneaten.

« Just forget about this and go back to class. You shouldn’t even know any of this, » Jason says.

Liv gave him a look that meant ‘are you freaking kidding me’.

« There’s no way I’m going back to class with all this crap going on, » Liv says sternly, crossing her arms. She was breathing deeply, attempting to calm down her nerves.

« Well, you can’t-« Suddenly Jason’s features went blank. He must be talking through mind link.

« Never mind. The whole pack needs to meet outside of the packhouse. Now. »

I couldn’t help but feel concerned at the urgency in his tone. It was the middle of the day, people were at school and work, the request of dropping everything to meet right away was a big one.

« What happened ? » I question.

Jason’s eyes met mine. They were cold, his ocean orbs glazed with anger. However, for a moment, just one millisecond, I saw something else. For just a moment, I saw a glimmer of fear flash in the warrior’s eyes before going back to the solid icy look he had.

« Come on. » Jason urges.

They all began walking out towards the exit. I could see everyone else in the school hurriedly extracting themselves from the building as well.

« Wait, I need to pick up my little sister. » The trio look back at me.

« She is 12 so she should be at Thornton Middle School. »

« We’ll pick her up on the way. » Jason turned back towards the parking lot, his pace quickening.

It was then I realized how very lucky I was to have met the three, without them I would have no ride and no information. Funny how life is sometimes.

We reached the middle school and I saw all the kids outside, teachers attempting to control the crowd.

« Sophia ! » I screamed seeing her brown waves. « Sophia, come over here ! » She finally noticed and came running towards me.

« What’s going on ? » my sister looked terrified. Her breaths were deep and short, her hands gripped tightly into fists.

« It’s okay Soph. Come on, there’s an important pack meeting right now. » I moved over in the back seat, giving her enough room to sit.

« But we’re not even officially a part of the pack yet and who are they ? » She directed her last question towards Tom, Jason, and Liv.

« They’re my new friends. Don’t worry about that right now, everything will be okay. » I tried my best to sound calm, the last thing I needed was to have Soph going into a panic.

« What’s going on ? Are we in danger ? Should I have brought my taser ? » Her questions were starting to annoy me. I was already on edge with my own unanswered questions, I couldn’t even begin to answer hers.

« Stop with all the questions Soph. We will see when we get there. » She immediately shut up, looking away.

Feeling somewhat guilty, I ask in a softer tone, « Did you make any friends ? »

10 minutes that felt like hours later, we finally reached the packhouse. People were packed everywhere. The Silver Heart Pack had about 100 people, of all ages and ranks. From the looks of the crowds standing by the front steps of the house, it looked like every member was there.

The house was a fair-sized mansion but I doubted it could fit all one hundred residents inside. It was more of a meeting ground than a residency.

« Gather around please. » The loud voice came from Alpha Jake. « There’s something very important that needs to be announced. » As the Alpha began explaining, I suddenly remembered my mother.

Where is she ? Is she safe ? There was no way I could contact her now. I scanned the rows of people standing around and couldn’t find my mother who I last remembered wearing a red blazer and her brown hair into a ponytail.

Focusing back onto Alpha Jake, I see a pained expression form on his face, « I am very sorry, but there was nothing I could do. »

The sadness appeared all around. People began to shout and yell, not liking the situation. The screams became louder and louder, making me cower back to cover my ears. Some people were even crying.

« Enough ! » An unfamiliar booming voice screamed. The deep voice affected everyone, as they all hushed until the silence was all that was left. His voice was stern and ran shivers down my spine.

I was afraid to look. The power that came through with the voice was unbearable.

Only one person was that powerful.

Glancing up for just a second, there stood the most powerful, strong, and terrifying Alpha. Alpha Hunter.

He stood tall and mighty with about 20 of his pack members guarding behind him.