Chapter 83

THEO

Jackson and I were head back from a meeting with a neighboring pack. They were hoping to gain our support with trade negotiations with their pack. They would supply us with propriety shifter medicine, formulated for every part of a shifter’s life while we would supply their warriors with specialized training.

Mike and Tris definitely fell back into their routine as if they had continued training alongside each other all of these years. I supposed it was like falling off a bike. Many pack members were so fucking excited about the rigorous training protocols that were very serious.

My phone started ringing. Why was my mother calling me?

“Hey, Mom. What’s up?” I asked her.

“Do you know when you’re going to be back here?” Her voice was controlled, but I could still hear some strain in it as well.

I looked around where we currently were to determine that. We were not too far from the border.

“Twenty minutes or so. Is everything okay?”

There was noise in the background that I co