6. Pack Warrior

After Ullric finished speaking with Stefan, the man quickly exited the alpha's room. Near the door, Ullric could see that someone was waiting for him outside the room. It was the same person who had stopped him at the front door. Esben, the Beta of the Silver Pack, had been waiting for Ullric since earlier to show him around.

Seeing that the new pack member had finished talking to Stefan, the beta immediately approached Ullric. Esben smiled kindly, as he extended his hand to shake Ullric's.

"Nice to meet you, Ullric. My name is Esben, a beta in this pack. If Alpha is busy, you can come to see me to discuss anything," Esben told him.

"Alpha has explained the situation to us. Please forgive us for being wary of you before."

Ullric was speechless because, in the past, no one had been brave enough to ask him to shake hands. But, in this new pack, Ullric's position was not part of the pack's core. Ullric slowly accepted the handshake, then introduced himself properly this time.

"Ullric Yardar. I apologize for the commotion I caused earlier."

Esben's feelings improved slightly when he saw that Ullric was willing to apologize sincerely for the wrong he had done. The man nodded with a smile, then began to speak in a friendly tone.

"Alright. For starters, how about we talk about what our pack does to survive?" Esben said to begin. Ullric immediately nodded in response to the question. To be honest, Ullric was also a little confused that a group as large as the Silver Pack could live among humans. To Ullric, humans were greedy creatures who did not hesitate to hurt other creatures for their curiosity. Living among humans was not a good choice. This pack, however, seemed to be able to survive without suffering any serious attacks from humans or other supernatural creatures.

"Actually, our pack was also still living the old way a dozen years ago. However, after a witch attacked and killed the previous alpha and luna, Mr. Stefan, who was still a teenager at the time, decided to invite us all to move to human territory. He guided us to unite with humans and live like humans without fear of being hunted anymore."

Ullric furrowed his brow slightly when he heard that explanation. To be honest, Ullric didn't really like the idea of mingling with humans. For Ullric, who had felt the betrayal of humans, humans were greedy creatures who had no gratitude. They are troublemakers and enjoy destroying nature. Nothing good can come from pretending to live as humans.

But Ullric remained silent because he wanted to hear the reason for his new alpha's decision.

"At first, many of us didn't agree with the decision either. After all, weren't humans the same creatures as those witches from the beginning? We hated them, but our alpha tried to convince us that not all humans were as evil as we thought."

"Then, because our luna was a human, we finally realized that what the alpha said was true. Just like the previous luna, who was a good witch, our current luna is also an extraordinary woman. We finally began to accept our destiny and lived peacefully in this city from then on."

"This Luna pack ... Is a human?" repeated Ullric in disbelief. It seemed unbelievable that two generations of alphas in one pack got a luna of a different race than them. One was a witch who was their sworn enemy. While the other had a human mate who was never aware of the existence of supernatural creatures like them.

Esben calmly nodded in response to Ullric's question. "I will take you to meet her later. But right now, our luna is away visiting her good friend," Esben informed. Esben remembered that he still had something to say to Ullric, so he quickly continued his explanation again.

"Now, our alpha has managed to build a business that allows us to live without having to worry about food or shelter. Most of us work in that company, so the humans just think of this apartment complex as an apartment complex for the workers in Mr. Stefan's company."

Ullric was truly amazed to hear that an alpha as young as Stefan had managed to protect his pack to this extent. In fact, he had never thought of mingling with humans. But Stefan's decision had led his pack to live comfortably. Ullric's admiration for Stefan increased when he heard of his new alpha's prowess in leading a large pack.

"Oh, yes. Since humans think of us as mere mortals, I hope you can hide the color of your eyes when you go outside. Those golden pupils are not a common color for humans. To avoid suspicion, it would be best if you hid your true eye color like the others."

Ullric again nodded obediently to accept Esben's advice. The man closed his eyes for a moment. And when Ullric opened his eyes again, the others could only see that the man's eyes had turned brown.

Brown was the same color as his mate's eyes. For some reason, Ullric felt that he should have the same eye color as the dead man.

"Alright. Now, let me explain about this building," Esben continued after he was satisfied with Ullric's actions. The two began to walk hand in hand to begin their little tour.

"First of all, this floor is reserved exclusively for the alpha and luna in this pack. From the study to the bedroom, everything is reserved for these two. For security reasons, only those who have business with either of them that can be on this floor. Therefore, there are very few people who can be on this floor."

When Ullric took a closer look, he finally realized that the floor he was currently on did not have as many people as the first floor. Ullric nodded to show that he understood the gist of Esben's explanation. The two continued on their way, then slowly descended to visit each facility.

From a gym to a supermarket and a daycare center, everything was available in the large building. Ullric was taken around to get acquainted with the pack members who happened to have free time. Their journey went smoothly until Esben finally took Ullric to visit a secret underground training room.

As soon as Ullric entered the room, the sound of blows and the smell of sweat spread everywhere. In a room that's as big as a football field, werewolves were practicing fighting each other. Some of them even used their werewolf form and attacked each other seriously.

Probably because they knew that their wounds would heal quickly, the werewolves did not hold back when they injured the bodies of their fighting opponents. The werewolves fought seriously as if the person in front of them was their real enemy.

"This place is where we train our werewolf skills. Although all werewolves are required to occasionally attend the fighting classes Jorgen provides, most who train here are part of the pack's warriors. They are the protectors of this pack and the reason why it has been safe from threats all these years."

Realizing that Ullric might not know who Jorgen was, Esben quickly emphasized his words.

"Ah, Jorgen is the gamma of this pack. Since you are assigned as a pack warrior, then you will also be under his command."

While they were talking, Ullric's gaze suddenly shifted to another direction. His stern brows furrowed clearly when he saw a familiar figure in that place.

Despite her status as a half-werewolf, Lulla was apparently part of a warrior pack filled with powerful werewolves. The girl was fighting with her bare hands and was fighting against a man with a large body.

At first glance, one could tell that Lulla had no chance against the big man. But the girl didn't seem to want to give up, even though her body had hit the floor several times.

Unable to bear seeing his mate being hurt right before his eyes, Ullric quickly left Esben to approach Lulla. The frown on his brow did not disappear as he finally managed to restrain Lulla's hand before the girl came forward again to attack her fighting opponent.

Although Ullric had promised himself not to offend his mate, the ancient werewolf seemed to tend to lose control when dealing with his mate. His grip on Lulla's hand involuntarily tightened as he smelled the blood from Lulla's mouth.

"You're hurt."

Ullric's tone sounded grim when he finally spoke. If only the others could see inside Ullric's heart, they would probably see the great storm raging in the ancient werewolf's heart. The only thing that could make Ullric restrain himself was his mate's stare. Ullric knew he could not act as he pleased if he did not want Lulla to hate him even more in the future.

Though, in the end, Ullric's actions were again misunderstood by his own eyes. Lulla roughly removed Ullric's hand that was holding hers before speaking in an annoyed tone.

"I was practicing fighting, so of course, I got hurt to some extent! What's your problem exactly here!?"

Because of the commotion, the werewolves who were practicing began to stop fighting and watch the dispute. The man who was Lulla's fighting opponent also came over to Ullric before looking at the man with a seemingly cold gaze.

"You must be a new werewolf entering this pack," he said in a tone that sounded unfriendly.