Town Protector

He was about to enter the tunnel when his phone rang. “Hold it everyone. I must get this. It’s the town hall’s office number. I must take this. It’s probably something wrong with the paperwork.” It would be just his luck that they rejected his application for some obscure reason in the bit to be the town protector. “Hello?”

“Alpha Randell. I’m so happy to have reached you. It’s Kelly Long over at town hall.” Ty knew exactly who she was. Kelly was a member of the Blue Dalia Pack, and they knew each other growing up. She worked as a clerk in the town hall’s office. Her job was to manage all the official paperwork for the town.

“Hey, Kelly, what’s wrong? Do I need to put out a fire or two?”

“Well, that’s what I’m calling you about. There’s no fire at all. Well, except that the time’s passed for submissions for the position of town protector and there were only two applicants. You and Jack were the only two.” Kelly’s voice hinted at what everyone knew already.