Becky soon learned truly how annoying the elders of the pack could be. While she was trying to help other women of the pack, settle the pups down so they would be more comfortable and less scared. The elders were moving through the crowded room, warning various pack members that she was trying to gain favour so she could continue to sleep with the alpha. No human could understand and lead a pack of wolf shifters effectively. They couldn’t understand their ways. It was a great smear campaign they had gone on. It was tiring to watch so many faces with a mixture of fear, hate, and loathing on them before they rejected her offer of help. “Well, Jane Ann? What do I do now?” Becky looked at Grace and Barbie in case either of them might have an idea or suggestion for her. “Anyone? How do I combat these men and what they are saying? I am human and I don’t know your culture or traditions. How do I change the narrative? Is it even possible?” “Becky, stop it. We’re w
Rob listened through the radio to Bart’s conversation with Ivan and his father. Which distracted him from the next stage of the conflict. As he listened, Rob missed the first report of the fifth invasion from a fifth entry point. This time, he needed to lead the group to defend their territory. Rob grabbed his equipment bag, shoved the radio into it, and picked up his gun. This wasn’t the end. What did this human want from this? “Move out. They’re too close to the packhouse and the noncombatant shelter. Let’s get them away from here. I want this over and done. You know the rule. No killing them and don’t let them kill us. We want to send them home and give a clear message.” “We lost them somewhere between the entry point and a half mile in.” “Your wolves. They’re human, find them.” Enforcers scattered in organised groups, heading out to do exactly what Rob ordered. The pack wouldn’t run and they wouldn’t win this round. “Make sure a
It wasn’t easy. It took far too long to end the conflict. They’d achieved securing both alive and dead creatures. Though several were still being hunted. Wolfsbane didn’t work on these things. They’d not left them very many ways to secure these creatures short of killing them. The ones that were alive were only alive because they didn’t have a death wish and they didn’t have any loyalty to Hectric or the mercenaries. Or that was the story they gave Rob, along with several of his people didn’t believe their noses. It sounded and smelt like the truth, but if wolfsbane and shifter silver didn’t contain them, what would? This is why the Ruling Council wanted them. It wasn’t a shining moment for them, but it was necessary for the future. Laws did not control these things on either human or the ruling council’s courts. Though, he’d hedge his bets that there were some loopholes that stretched the ruling council’s powers to cover the discovery of a new supernatura
Rob didn’t have a clue if his presence ability would work on these creatures. This was presence was a tell that a wolf shifter was strong enough to be an alpha or luna. The creatures were ready to fight before Rob demanded they stop and shift. They shifted and appeared as confused as everyone else who witnessed the confrontation. “How…? How did you do that?” One male asked, clearly confused about what was happening. He looked genuinely confused and angry until he saw the shifters in their fur and skin. Pretty much Rob’s command forced everyone into their skin. These were the first of these creatures to shift back. Before this, no one was sure if they could shift back. All the others were still in whatever form it captured them in. Unless they were killed, and they returned to their human form. “You were human, weren’t you?” Rob asked. Hedging his bets that his reaction was a mixture of confusion and lack of education. “Yeah, this is all so weir
Someone invaded his territory a third time in one day. The only difference was these were friendly, and they were here to deal with the mess they ignored too long. Rob grant his people permission to leave the shelter and listened to the mixed reactions about Becky. “Wait, what are you talking about? Start from the beginning and explain step by step. Then tell me who you have your beef with.” “The new humans that were in the shelter with us. They were doing many things. From researching laws and how they might affect us, to if we’re considered persons, animals or other. Then the elders stepped and within minutes, they were arguing. Someone called for the humans to be put out of the shelter. I can’t be sure, but I think it was an Elder. But I’m not sure which one. Then the human named Becky got in the Elders’ faces and pointed out how they were failing to help their pack in their time of need. They then helped settle the pups, among others. My question is, who
Rob was more annoyed with each Lycan. They were a mixed bag of once human and once shifted. The poor humans were confused and angry because they didn’t know what was truly happening to them. It would take time. They needed to know what triggered their shifts to help them fear their situation less. The security information was surprisingly easy to obtain along the way. But it would take longer to get any real understanding of them because Rob could tell these people were kept in the dark about what they could do. Which made everyone present wonder how little these human scientists understood about this entire endeavour. Were the scientists just splicing genes together and hoping for a good outcome? Or did they know what they wanted but got unforeseen complications? Either way, they would know soon enough. With the information about the security and layout of the lab, the Ruling Council would go in and clean out the lab. Rob finally made it back to th
Rob watched his enforcers assemble. It wouldn’t be long before they literally stormed the gates of the lab. The founders knew nothing of magic or any of the other supernatural creatures that were called upon by the Ruling Council, as they too were members of NARC. Mages would portal them in, the vampires would command obedience of those they could, shifters of all ilks were to go in, remove the guards, druids would clear the way to and from the portals. They’d use their abilities with nature to remove as many of the traps as they could find. This was a group effort, but the greatest fear because this was so high profile an attack, that the Hectric founders would paint themselves as the victims to the human world and start a genocide against shifters. They had the creatures. The results of their experiments. They called themselves Lycans and the Ruling Council was going with that. If they couldn’t hide the evidence of this from the human world, then they’d have to f
Sure enough, the mage portals allowed most of their people and those no longer human victims to leave peacefully. They left those who could clearly reintegrate into the human world easily because everyone know it would be awhile before it would no longer be a disaster or nightmare for those involved. Rob watched the fool he assumed was Becky’s ex-father-in-law pull a handgun on one wolf. Speed, surprise, and fear all worked against him. A single swipe of an extremely large paw knocked the handgun behind a heavy row of filing cabinets. His claws left several gashed on his forearm as well. He then folded in on himself from the pain and fear. Rob’s interest in the threats that spewed from Becky’s ex-husband was of no interest to him. There was no reason to care about him until later when some fool human stupidly took his excuses and accusations seriously. Rob hoped he sprinkled in enough threats to trigger the red flags that these two were criminally insane. The vam