Chapter 11
Anthony pov
I had no clue as to where the shadow pack was but I had a feeling if I head in any direction and ask the first wolf I see they would be able to point me in the right direction. I pack up what I have with me in the cave and leave what I cant carry. In my father's pack I found a necklace with a full moon, two half-moons, and two crescent moon on it the stone in the full moon seems to shine on its own looking like liquid silver. The two half-moons twinkle like stars is inside of them. The crescent moons look stone but glow them. I feel this is important somehow and I need it I put it on. The whole thing feels warm as it touches my skin. There was also a book with a lock on it like a diary or something. It's old and weathered I can see the paper is very old but it's locked tight I couldn’t break the lock but like the necklace, I had a feeling I needed this with me so in my bag it goes. The last thing I took from my father's bag was an old photo album of us as I grew up. I left the rest of his things in the cave with a note to any rogue that finds it. “this was my father's. He is no longer with me and I can't carry it all so if you find this it's yours I hope it helps you get by for another day.”
Stepping out of the cave I start walking to the left when I feel a tug in my soul to head the other way. Shaking it off I take a few more steps when the tugging got stronger “okay okay I hear you” I say to know one and turn around. As I walked in the direction I feel the tug I start thinking of how long I might be walking and what I will need to make it to the shadow pack. I don’t have much left in the form of food so I will have to hunt as my wolf to find food along the way. I do have some savings from a human bank from all my summer jobs I did I had been saving to go to college but looks like if I get close to town I can at least have a good night's rest in a hotel and a hot meal once in a while. I will spend most of my time in the woods hiding along the way as my father wants and to save money who knows how long it will be before I find the shadow pack and can find a job to support myself.
I have no idea how I got so lucky been walking for three days and I have found running water a couple of warm caves with soft moss on the ground, and a few good size deer. I have not needed to wander in any direction to look for a town yet it's like my path is being blessed and I plan to keep thinking that. The goddess did want me to go to the shadow pack maybe she's making it an easy journey for me. I have stopped a few times at rogue camps looking for a warm fire and some company now and then. A few times I was in a camp some of them told me stories of the new royals and how they took down not just two bad packs but also a big cell of hunters. I never tell any of them where I am heading just say that I’m a rogue born looking for a nice place to call my own just haven't found my spot yet. Having grown up in rogue camps I knew what to say and not to say to draw attention.
A few camps were full of men very upset about being banished from the pack by a fairy. How could the new royals be a bunch of fudge packers? These are not the type of guys who argue the point of the goddess does everything for a reason. I was raised to believe in the ways of the goddess and never question her will. I mean I like girls but if I am mated to a male the goddess has her reasons. I do believe I will have a she-wolf as a mate just a gut feeling. The way these men talked though made me sick. They choose their mates for power not having their true mates, and if you are mated to the same sex you reject on the spot or risk death by the alpha. What is this crap are they for real. What got to me was how they talked about she-wolves like they were trash just something to be used. How can they feel that way about women and still say they worship the goddess? I couldn’t wait to get away from these men and fast but I couldn’t just up and leave I had to play the part of staying for the night and heading out at first light like I said when I came across them.
I didn’t sleep that night too afraid of what would happen. As I was packing up my stuff to leave I overheard a few of them talking about looking for the true alpha of the green lake pack. Normally not one for eavesdropping but I know the goddess said the green lake alpha needs to be in the room when I tell the queen about the split twins she needs to find. So maybe she wanted me to hear this too. So I listened to every word they said remembering it all so I can tell the green lake pack about the possible attack he could face. The more they talked to more I wanted to leave but I wanted to know about this hidden alpha they mentioned before but as the sun rose higher they talked less. I wouldn't make it as a spy if I only can get a nibble of what is said. I hear the others starting to wake when I feel a strong tug that I needed out of there now. I have grown to listen to these tugs and so with that I said my goodbyes and left. I left them with a large amount of what I had left of the deer I found days ago. I needed to be out of there fast and I don’t need the food and I so didn’t want to fight with them about the food I just gave it to them saying there is more of them than me. I could tell that a few were looking for a fight when they said I should leave it all. Knowing I am bigger than some of them and they are all still on edge from being banished they would be quick to anger. Without it looking like I was running I got out of the area as fast as I could.
I had been walking for another three days when I finally felt this need to sit down and wait so that is what I did I sat with my back against a tree.
