Chapter Thirty-One: Daerius

I wake up to a loud knocking at my bedroom door. I sit up with a groan.

“Come in,” I say. I look up and see one of my guards.

“Alpha, the messenger from the Mountains is back,” he informs me. The urgency in his voice makes me hurriedly follow him through the house.

He leads me to my office where he stands guard outside the door. I walk in to see my Beta beside a ragged-looking wolf.

His hair is sticking up in multiple directions, there are dark circles under his eyes, and he is covered in dirt. His shoulders are slumped, and he looks exhausted.

“I apologize Alpha for my condition, I could not stop and what I have to tell you is too important to wait until morning,” he says, his voice hoarse.

“Get him some water,” my Beta tells the guard outside.