Chapter 46

Colt -

I need to discuss my takeover of the peace pack and changing its name, I have requested a meeting with the council. My adopted sister Rose/Akira, whatever her real name may be, could talk to me. I grew up with her; I protected her, and that doesn't change even when I find out that we are not genetically related.

Our closeness is why I confide in her and not my twin I recently found. That is who I have already discussed my plans for our pack is with my little sister Rose.

In fact, I had completely forgotten that Akira is a cross between a dragon and an elf. She was raised by an elf guardian who guided and taught her as dragon elves do.

There is no other way to describe the Elves as they are one with the natural world. They can literally feel the pain of a tree and the joy of a flower as it blossoms so freely. Despite their love of peace, they will fight with skill and logic to defend their own. Emerald dragons are part elf, which is why they have elf ears and make more logical decisions.

In retrospect, I should not have been surprised when my little sister suggested that maybe we should not change the pack's name, as the main objective should always be to guard peace in the pack.

I respond to my cute and intelligent six-year-old sister with a straight face. It looks like she is in deep thought as her finger rests on her chin.

"My darling wise sister, what about the pack? Do you think they will be pleased with the name peace pack considering they had experienced death, sorrow, anger, and maybe a desire for vengeance? Shouldn't we choose a name that brings back their self-esteem and gives them hope?"

My sister gave me a hug. She was such a cutie, pacing back and forth, contemplating the question I had just asked her. Her outfits comprise a shirt with the horse "Spirit" embroidered on it as an applique and leggings. As she stood so seriously, both of her hands were behind her back.

Akira walks over to her tea table, pulls out a chair and drags it behind her. She places the chair in front of me. She looks directly into my eyes as she sits on the chair. 'Brother, I agree with you.' She told me this as her hands were resting in her lap as she said, "I'll think about some names for the pack that would be more appropriate."

Akira stood up and took her chair back to the table and turned to me, "I want to make sure that the pack's needs are met." Akira slowly sat down in her chair at the tea table and enjoyed teatime with her imaginary friends. When I stand up, Akira says, "I know the name: it means protector and warrior." "I think (Paladin) is an excellent name for the pack."

As I smiled at my cute little sister who has an old soul, I nodded. “Paladin, it is.” I agreed. "The Paladin Pack." I laughed.

I'm headed for the castle where I'll meet with the council, the King, Prince Xander, and the other Alphas. The Alphas want to confirm that I can handle the pack.

My thoughts drift off to my beautiful mate who has been quite elusive. Perhaps I should reach out to my twin Clair to see if she can help me win over my mate.

As I kept replaying the speech in my head, I decided to just be confident in what I was asking for. It was my intention to win them over before I left today; I didn't want to accept anything less than their approval. "The Paladin Pack was my family I grew up with, and they need familiarity and a warrior to guide them. That is what I am to my pack, and they deserve a sense of repentance from my family for letting them down.

My genetic parents bought me an Aston Martin after I escaped the rogues; they want to compensate for the years we lost. My attempt at convincing them to reconsider failed. My attempt at convincing them to reconsider failed. Imagine my surprise when I saw my parents holding the car's keys up for me the next day. Both were beaming with joy. Shaking my head, I accepted the keys.

Pulling up to the Castle, the valets followed me, ready to park my car for me. After getting out of the car, I stop, wondering if I should allow these valets to drive my car. If they damage this car even in the tiniest way, I will kill them.

On the other side of the forest, the rogues are sitting in the middle of nowhere, skewing food over a fire they recently killed.

The girls stayed quiet as they slipped out of the area with their things. After a short distance, they shifted back into their wolf form. They sprinted as fast as they could to avoid being caught by the rogues.

The largest rogue while picking the carcass from his teeth sniffed in the air, he could smell royals. Standing up he walks around sniffing, the scent was strongest heading south.

A united and brutal war between packs brought down Lucas, the Rogue leader, who once had been a cruel alpha to the Killer Pack. After escaping, he gathered rogues and found allies like the Red Dragons, trolls, griffins, and ogres. It is his plan to take down the Werewolf King with the help of his allies and he will become the new Werewolf King.

The rogues travel by swinging from branch to branch, like how monkeys travel. It takes them no time to find the she wolves using this method of travel. In their packs, the Rogue kept syringes filled with knock-out drugs.

The girls had slowed down with a false narrative that they were out of the rogues reaches. They were busy biting each other’s tails’ and running in circles after their own tails. Rolling in the leaves and just having a good time.

Cora -

I had grown to hate Xantara, she lies to me and herself. She is always stating I am her best friend, and she pretends she doesn’t want me to clean her room or put away her laundry. If that were the case why had she never given me a different position in the pack? Why didn’t she take me with her to college? How about her bar hopping at night with all her other friends?

That is why when my mate asked me to be a spy of sorts in the castle, I am willing to be a spy My mate, the Rogue King, is close to me; I am sneaking away to find him. Xantara was away at college when I was running through the woods and fate was kind enough to allow my mate to be also in the woods at the same time as me.

Many Alphas destroyed my mates pack and left my mate to become a rogue. That will change soon, and he will get revenge. I will help him in this. I had grabbed several syringes full of knock-out drugs to be injected. I had been trying all week for Xantara to go on a run without all her bodyguards and luck has it, today her friend got Xantara to leave the bodyguards behind. Their time away from the castle is going to be more than they expected it to be.

While the girls were busy playing around, my mate came up and nuzzled his nose into my neck creating sparks up and down my spine. I turned and smashed my lips against his, he grabs my hair and reciprocates my gesture. Pulling a part reluctantly we needed to get on with our plan. We are going to kidnap the Princess and make some demands. What we are going to do with her friend, I am unsure. She is an Alpha just like Xantara, so we may keep her as hostage as well.