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MACKIE: “So what happened with the alpha?” I ask Keska “Alpha Camron, came up behind me and picked me up off my feet, when I was helping with set up.” She says. “Oh no! I can guess what happened.” I said “Yes, and it did, I just let my training take over, it was lucky for him, he had quick reflexes, or he would have had a broken nose.” She says, “So how did you give him a black eye?” I asked her. “He raised me up just a bit higher and dropped his head to the side, but I think I also might have given him some bruised ribs.” She tells me. “Ouch, and an alpha, wow.”

KESKA: I tell Mackie all about alpha Camron, and that I even met his wolf, and the blood promise because of the scar he felt at the base of my thumb when we were dancing. “You told him?” she asked, a little bit shocked that I did. “Yes, it would not have been right to lie to an alpha, don’t worry he isn’t going to tell, and if we play our cards right you might get to meet him.” I tell her. “How?” she asked. “He is coming for a meeting with father and James on Wednesday.” I tell her. “You actually met his wolf? That isn’t normal.” She says. “I know, but it was because I would not look him in the eye, I was not going to take a chance and get in trouble for disrespecting an alpha.” I tell her. “Wow, again, only you Keska, only you.” She chuckles. As I promised her yesterday before we left, we spent the day hitting the mats practicing our aikido and then we hit the archery field.

MACKIE: “Kes, why are you so pissed at Seth?” I asked her, she has been a little on the cold side towards him. She hesitates to answer me. She sighs, “Remember about a month ago now? We were trying out for our green stripe?” she asks “Yeah, he said he would come and watch, and then take us home.” I said, “He never showed that night and left us hanging and it was snowing when we got done, and then he gave some bull shit story about having to help his dad.” I replied “Well when I was getting ready to leave, I saw his truck at the house, so I thought that since he was already there, he could just drive me to the dojo. I went looking for him, I passed by Jessie’s room, and her door was slightly ajar. I heard some noises coming from her room, so I peaked in, and saw him buried balls deep in her and she was bagging him (harder)” she tells me. “Why didn’t you say anything before now!” I semi scolded her. “Because I didn’t want to influence anything between the two of you if you really had a friendship.” She says. “Well, if we did, he runed it yesterday by the way he treated me.” I tell her. “Sorry about that.” “Not your fault.” I tell her.

KESKA: Now you know why I said he was my second X best friend. We park and lock up our bikes and head into the archery building. There was a counter on the short side of the rectangle shaped building, and different weapons hanging on the walls. “Hey Kent, how are things going?” I asked him. “Just fine Kes, how are you doing today?” I’m well, thank you. Umm, Kent do you think that Mackie and I could hit the outdoor range today?” “Sure thing, do you need to barrow bows or do you have your own?” he asked. “We brought our own, we just need the arrows.” I tell him. “There are a couple of families out there with their pups, so be careful when shooting” he tells me. “We will.” I tell him. Kent grabs us two quivers full of arrows and we head out to the firing range. We each take four shots a piece, and then go and check our accuracy and retrieve the arrows, then we do it again. As we are walking to the targets the second time I catch movement in the tree line about 30 yards from the targets. “Mackie did you catch that?” “Yeah, I did.” We link to each other. “Time to go practice that Gamma charm of yours and get those families inside and tell Kent to give us the good ammo.” “On it.” Mackie goes and starts chatting with the families and convinces them that the indoor range would be safer for the pups to practice on. I keep my eye on the tree line for any more movement. I sniff the air and catch a slight order of rotten meat. “Rouges!” I link to Mackie.

MACKIE: I get the families inside and then go tell Kent that we need the good arrows. “Kent” I call out to him. Then link him so as not to cause a panic with the families. “Kes and I need the silver tipped wolves bane arrows NOW!! We have a rouge problem.” Without hesitation he grabs two quivers of the silver arrows, and I see his eyes glass over. “Help is on the way.” He says as I grab the quivers and head back out to Keska. I hear a howl of pain in the distance, even though the practice arrows aren’t silver they still hurt if you get hit with them.

KESKA: I climb on top of the practice target it’s like a scarecrow on a t pole and start shooting at the rouges, I know it won’t kill them, but it will slow them down. “Here.” Mackie hands me a quiver of silver hollow tipped arrows filled with wolves bane, then joins me on top of the next target over. “I got one, but there are about a dozen or more of them.” “Sight me in.” “Just about ten feet on the other side of the tree line.” “Got it.” We both take aim and let loose, the next thing we hear is two more roars of pain. We both sight in again and let loose, two more roars of pain. Then we hear fighting coming from the woods. We jump down, grab the quivers and head back to the building to take up a defensive position on the roof. I link Kent, “You have a safe bunker, right?” “Yeah, why?” “If the two families with pups are still here get them into now!” “On it, but shouldn’t you be getting in there too?” “Not when I can help pick some of them off from up here and take down as many as I can to help out our warriors.” I close the link and concentrate on where I hear the fighting coming from. I catch sight of another rouge sneaking up on one of our fighters, I take aim and take it out. (I felt a rush of air as an arrow whizzes by my ear, I look to my left flank and see a rouge with an arrow stuck in him. I look around quick to see where that arrow came from, I see two girls standing on top of the archery building, I give a howl of thanks in their direction and get back in the fight.) It doesn’t take too much longer, and the fight is over. I link one of our fighters, “Hey when you get to clean up be careful, we were using the heavy ammo so some of them have wolfsbane and silver, also I think I pinned one to a tree straight out from the second target, he was shot with a regular arrow.” “Thanks for the heads up I will inform the men.” 
A pack of their own
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