CONGRATULATIONS

“I…I didn’t see anything, Alpha King. It all happened so fast. I didn’t even hear or sense anything. One moment, I was racing through the woods. The next moment, I felt a dark presence against me, faster than I could blink. I’m so scared, Alpha King. What was that?”

King listened quietly, watching the boy with intense eyes. The boy trembled violently as tears poured out of his eyes.

King was livid, even more so than before. They had been flouting his orders and taking his warnings for granted.

What could Emilia possibly stand to gain by lying about an existential threat? And if they thought she was lying, did they think the same thing about him as well?

He wondered about the people the boy had spoken of. How widespread was the contempt for the order to avoid the forest? What could he do to put an end to such conversations within the pack?

He had been presented with a whole set of problems, starting with the young boy fighting for his life.All they had to do was follow instructions, da