Attempted murder

Chapter 54

Hardin's POV

"You look like you could use some sleep." Alex said when I entered the boy's locker room to change for our evening practice and I merely grunted, too exhausted to answer.

My father had traveled out of the pack for a meeting that was going to last for one week and had automatically made me interim head, whether or not I was willing to accept the role.

I had almost been moved to ask him to make his Beta interim head instead but when he had spoken, I had known that this was a test. He wanted me to prove to him that I was capable of being a leader and a part of me wondered what would happen if I failed to keep things in order by the time he returned.

"Being Alpha looks like it sucks, bro." Sandro quipped and even though I agreed, I didn't answer. I was born to lead. There was never any doubt that I would one day come into power. And with the way the elders and my father were insistent on me finding a mate, I knew that I had to step up my game. It was now or neve