Outsmart

Max POV

Ben looked at me with worry in his eyes. ‘Father, I want to be with you.’

‘Ben, your father is old, but not weak. Go!’ I assured him I would be fine.

Ben was a warrior in the White Fang pack and obviously more trained and fitter than me. He could easily take over Alex, but this was my fight. Ben obeyed me reluctantly and padded his way to the left while I slowly started walking to the right, checking every room on the way. When I reached the fifth room on the left, I heard a faint voice. It was as if a needle of an old record player was scratching over a vinyl record that was still turning over the platter after the music was over.

Acting on instinct, I barged into the room, my gun thrust forward, ready to confront any threat. My eyes landed at the little night lamp beside a mattress where sheets were crumpled. A silhouette of a man came into view. Anger exploded in my chest. “Alex!” I shouted.

The man didn’t move. With Alex's reputation as a drunkard, I assumed he was pa