50. Rumor

Dominic's point of view:

I quickly arrived at the shadow moon pack with Liam and Kyle. We met Vanessa and Alpha Jerald, the Alpha of shadow moon pack. They both look tense and there are patrols everywhere, like a little commotion. Some injured warriors are being taken away. It shows that a fight broke out here.

“Alpha Jerald, what happened?" I asked as we all marched into Jerald's office. We took our seats waiting for the middle aged man to speak. Jerald found his mate late and so their son is still young to take the Alpha title from him. His son hasn't even had his first shift. Well, Jerald is still strong enough to rule the pack until his son comes of age.

“It was a sudden rogue attack. We thought we couldn't handle them ourselves and that was why I asked Vanessa to mind-link you. Luckily, our warriors were able to take them down and they have retreated." Jerald replied.

“Rogue attack, again? What's going on? First it was the moon Dawn pack, second it was our pack and now yours. This is becoming suspicious. For years, rogues have never invaded our region. We have tight security, I mean our region is mostly feared among all the regions in North America. It feels very suspicious to attack three packs in our region in a very small range of time," Liam said.

“Are you trying to say that we have a traitor among us?" Kyle cut in and every eye turned to Liam.

“Maybe." Liam mused. “For them to get past the tight security, someone must have helped them."

“I think Liam is right. Someone among us must have been helping them. We must find the traitor who dares to betray our region," I chip in.

“Other packs in our region must be informed. The elders had already held a meeting. Moon Dawn pack had given their statement of the rogue attack, yours have too and we will do ours later. We must tackle this rogue issue before it gets out of hand. The safety of our pack members is at stake here if nothing is done," Jerald said.

I stare at Vanessa and she looks like she has something to say but restraining herself. Vanessa is never the kind to hold back from speaking. I was about to ask her if she had something to say but she spoke up.

“Don't you think that these rogues are looking for something in our region?" Every other attention in the room was given to her. “I heard a rumor a few days ago before the first attack by the rogues, which was the attack on the moon Dawn pack."

“What rumor?" Jerald was curious. Not just him but everyone in the office room. Rogues usually don't have reasons to attack a pack. They attack packs because they are always agitated. They hate the fact that they don't have a pack when some people have a pack they call their own and live happily. They also attack a pack because they want to conquer the pack and take over their lands as theirs.

“I don't know how true the rumor is. It didn't make sense to me when I heard it. Well, the rumor states that the vampires are the ones using the rogues and that they are looking for a human girl living among the werewolves. The vampires are using the rogues to find the human girl."

“Human girl?" I didn't know why my mind quickly rushed to little bunny. She's the only human living in our region. Or could there be another human girl, maybe living in the packs other than mine. Liam and Kyle looked at me. I think they are thinking the same way as me.

“Human girl? But there's no human girl in our region," Jerald said but quickly looked at me as if he remembered something. “Except the human girl in your pack. Dominic, has the human girl in your pack left already or she's still there? I can only think of her because every other human that comes to our pack leaves that same day."

I didn't reply to him. I just turned to Vanessa. I want to understand her words, why would the vampires be looking for a human girl, I mean what will they use her for. I know vampires drink human blood but they don't make any special selection for that. They drink the blood of any human they come across. Little bunny is just like every other human except she is special because that's the only thing that will explain the fact that the Vampires went as far as using rogues just to find the so-called human girl I'd assumed is little bunny. But little bunny doesn't look like she's special…. I'm getting confused.

“Vanessa, why are the vampires looking for the human girl?" I'd presumed that Vanessa does not know the answer to my question but I'd asked anyway. I'm just curious. This is my litt bunny we are talking about here. I want to understand every detail of the rumor Vanessa is talking about.

“I don't know, it's just a rumor and it might not be true." Vanessa replied just as I'd expected.

“Vanessa is right, it might just be a rumor. Why would the vampires go to the extent of using rogues to find a human girl? It doesn't make sense. Besides, humans are not known to be born with any special powers. Let me say, that could be the reason the vampires want the so-called human girl because there's something good they will get from her but unfortunately, humans don't have anything that can benefit an immortal," Jerald said.

“So what then will explain the sudden rogue attack?" Liam asked.

“Maybe it's their normal perspective of attacking a pack without a good reason. You know they are vicious wolves, always looking for blood to suck," Kyle said.

“They made a mistake to put our region in their list," Jerald said and turned to me. “The elders are setting up the meeting. They will let everyone know once the date is set."

I nodded without saying anything. My mind is wandering through a lot right now. I do not feel at ease even though what Vanessa said could be a rumor. I'm trying to put it in a way where it is not a rumor and then it could be a possible danger to little bunny. Also, if it is true, it means that little bunny is special and she may not know about it. Whether this is a rumor or not, I still need to be careful in case it turns out to be true.

From now on, I will never let her out of my sight even for a second. I'm sure my father must have asked Phoebe to return to Mystic pack so she's not a problem even though she was never a problem because the warriors I assigned to always move around with little bunny are capable of protecting her from Phoebe but I'm not sure if they can protect her from the vampires. Vampires are one of the strongest creatures and they are cunning too. If they actually want little bunny, they will definitely do everything in their power to get her. That is why I will make sure that little bunny is always by my side, I must protect her no matter what.

“Dominic, I do not know why you chose to keep a human by your side but if what Vanessa said is true. It means it could be a danger allowing the human girl to stay in our region. I'm sure the council will say the same thing. We know that the vampires are powerful. Even though we are powerful ourselves, we won't ignore the fact that a lot of lives will be lost if we somehow go into a war with the vampires," Jerald spoke up after a few seconds of silence.

“But if the rumor is true. How did the vampires know that the human girl is living among us? I mean, it is only the council that knows about Vera or could it be…"

“Could it be that the traitor is among the council? Kyle cut Liam off.

I mused over what he said, it could be right. Nothing is impossible these days.

“I doubt that. Apart from the council, werewolves in Dominic's pack also know about the human girl living in his pack house. Maybe the traitor is from your pack, Dominic," Vanessa said.

“I don't think so, members of my pack are fully royal to me." I cut in.

“Don't underestimate some people, Dominic. Those you trust are capable of betraying you in the future," Vanessa chips in.

“Vanessa is right, that's why we shouldn't trust anyone. Whoever the traitor is, we will definitely fish him or her out," Jerald said.