Chapter 0405


    +15 BONDS


    Maia pushes forward, answering the question of the Alphas in the room. | hear a collective gasp and realize that Artemis has


    come forward as well.


    “All happily marked and mated.” Rik says, his voice a challenge as he stands. | realize he has


    passed Lily back to Cara. He’s ready for a fight.


    Eli’s arm goes around me possessively. When | look, | see Louis shining in his eyes. Rik’s and Liam’s eyes have their wolves


    shining in them as well. It''s a clear threat. Do not touch what is mine.


    One of the elders who is managing the tournament stands. “Alphas. No one will attempt to take your mates from you. This is a


    competition, but it is friendly. Your mates are marked, and everyone here can smell your scents on them. Anyone who is paying


    attention will have seen the three females that will battle on the Alpha Day. Perhaps they believed they were Alpha females. but


    now we all know, it’s the Guardians that are here to battle. Let us finish our lunch and getTêxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    back to thepetition.”


    With that, the tension dissipates. Liam guides Angel back to our table, but his eyes haven’t left the Alpha. When they sit, | hand


    Richie back to Angel. It’s almost like everyone in the room just realized that there are two babies at our table that belong to


    Guardians. It feels like it solidifies.


    the fact that we are taken.


    After lunch, the packs with warriors still in battle go back to the battlefield. Others choose to go watch while some take the


    afternoon to let their wolves run or rx. By 4pm, we have gotten to the final 100 warriors. All the warriors from our three packs


    are still in the running. By 6pm, that number has dropped to 50 and some of Rik’s and Liam’s warriors were eliminated by our


    warriors and a couple other warriors that are doing very well are still in the fight. By 8pm, we are down to the final 10. Eli and |


    have five warriors still fighting, Liam has three and Rik has two. All the other


    packs have been eliminated.


    By 10pm, the battles are over. Our warrior, Ezra, came in first, and Eli and | decide we will offer him the Lead Warrior position


    when we return home. Liam''s warrior took second and Rik’s took


    third ce, Liam’s warriors and ours both earned extra points for either taking out their opponent


    with one hit or fighting through their injuries.


    At the end of the day, the rankings sh up on the leader board:


    1st ce: Shadow Falls Pack 230 points


    2nd ce: Safe Haven Pack


    225 points


    3rd ce: Canyon Ridge Pack 140 points


    Throughout the day, | have spotted my father. The toddler | saw him with yesterday is definitely his son. I’ve also seen his mate.


    She’s younger than he is. Not quite as young as | am, but I''d guess in her early 20''s, closer to Angel’s age, meaning my father is


    old enough to be her father. It makes me wonder if she agreed to this mating or if her family forced her into it.


    As I''ve watched, I’ve picked up on certain things. When | was younger, | didn’t understand the dynamics of being a good Alpha.


    My father was strong, and he insisted on showing his strength and dominance to his pack. As a pup, | thought this was a good


    thing. Now, as a Luna and being mated to a strong Alpha, I’ve learned that when you are a powerful Alpha, and you are good to


    your pack, you don’t have to constantly prove yourself to them. When you earn their respect, they ept that you are their


    leader and trust that you will do what''s right for the pack. They don’t constantly challenge you, requiring you to continually prove


    your position. That is what | see when I watch my father. His pack doesn’t trust him, meaning, they don’t respect him.


    | don’t know if that is new, since my mother and | were banished, or if this is always how our pack dynamics were. You see things


    differently as a child than you do as an adult.


    As I''ve watched, I’ve also seen Jack, my father’s Gamma and the one that let my mother and | leave so long ago. | need to try to


    find a way to thank him. If he hadn’t let my mother go. | would most likely be dead.


    When we get back to our cabins, our warriors are celebrating, happy with our showing today. Eli and | check in on all of them to


    make sure they haven''t been harassed by their previous pack members. Some of them had been approached earlier in the day,


    but since everyone realized that there were three Guardians here, they have been left alone.