Chloe made her way gingerly across the woods. She walked, ran, hopped, anything at all to increase her speed and her chances of completing the assignment that Ghost had given to her before the clock struck twelve. That, as Ghost had agreed with her was the only condition in which he was going to allow her friend live. He had refused to follow her on the mission and Ghost was pissed to death. He had already sent his guards to behead him in the dungeons but Chloe had pleaded for his life. Ghost had told her that the only thing that was going to make Syke live was her. She had to bring in the daughter of Alpha Ferran from the custody of Xavier before the clock struck twelve and her friend would live.Chloe had agreed to the deal immediately and set off, with her knife and dagger stashed in a leather pouch hanging around her waist. Chloe would have never believed that she would spend an extra second thinking about Syke but their brief relationship after getting booted out by the Black Wol

Sebastian turned around, confused. Never in his life had he seen a crowd as much as that all running towards the same place and he knew immediately that a stampede was imminent. He got out of the way before they ran into him and screamed at the top of his voice.“What in heaven’s name is going on here!”They all stopped and began to murmur amongst themselves while a few of them who were at the back struggled to come forward.“Yes?” Sebastian stared at them waiting for an explanation that could give him some more insight on why they were running around like mad people.“Would any of you here care to explain to me why you’re running around?”The guard that Chloe had spoken to walked forward to meet Sebastian. He watched as she made her way to the front still panting and once she had gotten to where he was, she spoke up.“We got your message from the guard,” she said amidst heavy breathing. “You said that the Alpha wanted to have an emergency meeting with all of us and if we came late, o

Layla’s body hit the ground with a loud thud and Sebastian jumped back in shock. He turned around to look at everyone’s face but they didn’t seem to be surprised one bit to see her.“Am I the only one who noticed that she just fell from the sky?” Sebastian asked. Xavier shrugged and stretched out his hand to help her to her feet. She ignored his hand and stood up herself, dusting the sand and grass offher jeans.“One of the many perks of working for the moon goddess,” Layla smiled at him. “By the way I’m pretty sure you all can recognize him.”She pushed Syke forward and Xavier stared at him for a moment.“I don’t think so,” Xavier gave up. “Who’s he?”“One of Ghost’s spies,” Jimin smiled. “I remember him very well. I’m sure he would remember me too.”Syke frowned at Jimin. “Just because you beat me once in an unfair match doesn’t mean it can happen again.”“If you want a rematch you don’t have to go through the corners,” Jimin sighed. “Just say it and your wish would be granted. It’

Xavier had been skeptical about the whole plan. All the way to the North, he had tried to calm down and focus on what he had to do to win the war but as soon as he saw the huge ice plated gates that separated the Northern Ice Wolves pack from the rest of the world, he lost it. His heart had started beating faster and Jimin who had quickly noticed it, relieved him of the tension by coming up with a plan. He had offered to go talk to Alpha Ferran first, alone. Xavier was not happy about the prospects of his Beta and arguably the strongest warrior he had waking unarmed and unprotected into Ferran’s territory but Jimin’s mind was pretty much made up already. He believed his plan was the only way they were going to successfully make an alliance with, or defeat the North, if it came to a battle. It was always best to have a quick diplomatic meeting to see if bloodshed could be avoided. He knew thousands of innocent wolves were going to die, fighting for what they thought was right, fighting

Xavier turned around, staring at the faces of the Northern wolves and to his surprise, someone among the crowd started a chant.“Long liveXavier Damon!”It caught on pretty fast and in a matter of minutes, every single wolf in the pack was chanting his name at the top of their voice. For a pack that boasted in their extreme level of loyalty, they had quickly abandoned their dead Alpha. Xavier knew immediately that none of them actually liked him. They had just been forced into tolerating him.“You’re the king now,” Jimin smiled at Xavier patting his head. “Told you that my plan would work.”“Yeah your plan almost got me killed,” Xavier muttered to him. “I had to send my father away or Ferran would have killed me.”Jimin shrugged. “Doesn’t matter how you did it as long as you did. Come on, address your people.”“I don’t want to be the Alpha of the North,” Xavier grunted. “Our pack is more than enough work for me already. I don’t want to laden myself with duty and eventually fall short.