Chapter 22
There had been several rogue attacks lately. Pups have gone missing and no one knows it’s it is. Greg tells me not to worry and that they have it under control but my first friend here John has now gone missing.
Greg tells me every night they are searching everywhere for him and the other pups. We have gotten word from several packs close by that rogues have to be more than they could handle.
These messengers arrive sometimes alone and sometimes with what’s left of the packs shortly after. Greg had been a goddess sent to make room for them all. The only problem I have is walking up all these stairs now that I have an alpha growing inside me. I begged for us to move closer or even to the ground floor until this huge boy is born.
It took pouting and crying but the cherry was when I had not made it to dinner so he came looking for me. I was three flights of stairs down sitting caring my breath. I wish I wasn’t so small then I would be able to handle the stairs like the other she-wolves.
“Okay you win my love we will find a room closer to the first floor.” Smiling “I didn’t sit here to win but if it helps then good my plan worked.” Shaking his head he holds his hand out to me. Taking his hand and pulling me up a whisper goes through my mind “safer for all of the alphas on top”
After he picks me up I decide to see if what the whisper said has weight. “so you know the pack could be safer if the alpha is on top of the pack and you could make it to the ground floor faster maybe?” “How did you get so smart little one?” shrugging “watching you I guess” I smile. “ill bring it up at dinner and see what the pack thinks.”
“We made steak, roast chicken, and potatoes for supper and peach cobbler. The peach trees are finally producing fruit.” “and this big boy will help increase that production.” He looks at my big round belly.
Paul and Sarah had Finn a month ago and I got to see the pack honor the land and an offering back to the land. It was beautiful and I can’t wait to do the same with this bundle of love. He will be a strong alpha he already leaves bruises when he kicks.
Thunder boomed startling me. Looking around well I try but my head won’t turn another thunder boom and I jump this time falling from the bed hitting my head as the door flies open. “Athena I think I have an idea where to look for the boy but you're not gonna like it.” My father says as I try and untangle myself from the sheets. “where?” I huff. “the black rose” “why there?” “that I don’t know but a few of the guards remember Loki ordering a team to search there. They don’t remember if they came back or not.” “great. Well, I can send an email saying we are looking to update the files and see a few with some missing information and was wondering if any of I don’t know twenty names if they know where they are so we can update.”
“it could work. You should send that to a few packs as well just in case he didn’t go to the black rose.” “What makes you think he would have stayed close?” “he left on foot with only one small bag of clothes. So even if he didn’t go there he had to stop somewhere.”
“Hey, will you do me a favor? The black rose pack had a Luna named Easter opal and Nelly will you see if we have anything on them?” “Were they born in the black rose and how do you know that?” “seen it somewhere. And no they weren’t I'm pretty sure one of them was a rogue and Nelly was from an alpha Theodore’s pack.” “sweetheart how do you know all this stuff.” “files dad I've been going through files remember.” He rolls his eyes and turns around. “get dressed we have a lot to do” throwing my pillow towards the door as my dad shuts the door.
I figure I have enough time to shower and grab my favorite breakfast before they send Sally to look for me. I almost want to check in on Mr. cranky pants in the painting but I’ll leave him for later tonight. I want to talk to him alone.
My phone dings picking it up I click the screen to see the message.
-Unknown number
To find the answers you have to go back. The secrets in your blood hold all the answers.-
What the hell? I text back who is this to get the invalid number error message. Secrets in my blood I don’t think so. All my blood work has come back to normal. Probably some pup.
I barely made it to the office when my phone dings again looking at it to see an unknown number again. Shaking my head I stuff my phone in my pocket. Grabbing maps I lay them out on the desk. Marking the Winters castle then marking the black rose pack. Then I look for the packs close by. Then I have an idea it’s been years he could have gone anywhere. If I was running from whatever it was that he ran from I would want to go as far away as possible.
Pulling up my email I sent an email to the snowpack. Again telling them I’m looking to update files and if they know where bouts of these wolves are. I then pulled up a pack roster from twenty years ago and typed out several names including Gregory Williams. Making sure to send it to several packs and ccing father and myself. If anything I’ll have answers if any of those names have missing information too. The more I dig the less I know. Yesterday life was good, not perfect but close. Now it’s falling apart.
