Chapter 1


    "MAYA FORRESTER..." a scream echoed from downstairs. "Get your ass down here. We arete for


    the warrior meeting.", Maya''s twin brother Ken screamed.


    "Ken...nguage!", their father admonished.


    "But Dad... she always does this and then the pack will think I am azy Alpha." Ken replied whinning a


    little.


    "Just tell me who thinks so, O mighty Alpha!, and I will kick their a... rears." Maya hastily corrected


    noticing her father giving her a stern look. She started down the stairs taking two at a time.


    When Maya and Ken both became 19 year old, their father Justin had started their Alpha training so


    that he can hand over the reins of the Forrester pack to them both, with Ken as the Alpha and Maya as


    pseudo Luna. Though both were now in theirte twenties andpletely in charge of their pack, they


    still acted a little like kids when they were home. Their mother, Judy, had always ensured that the twins


    have a ce where they can let go of stress and weight of the responsibility that being a pack''s leader


    can bring; and hence, they rarely behaved their age when at home.


    "Careful Maya, or you will fall." Judy, their mother chided.


    Grinning from ear to ear, Maya hugged her mom and dropped a kiss on her father''s balding head.


    "Good Morning! my dear parents. Now we will be off to harass the pack warriors and give them a hard


    time.", saying so she almost dragged her brother out of the door and next to the car.


    Her father shook his head, a little smile ying on his lips.


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    At the warrior meeting:


    Ken was sitting at the head of a huge conference table with Maya to his right. All the yfulness was


    lost from their posture and they both looked every inch the Alphas they were.


    Ken''s forehead vein was twitching a little, signalling his irritation to his Betas. All of the warriors; Betas


    and the Omegas, were showing their nervousness. The atmosphere was so thick with tension that it


    could be cut with a knife.


    A young female Omega made the bold move and said, "We are sorry, Alpha. I know this is the third


    time this month that a rogue was able to get inside the pack borders. We have been doing our patrols


    as instructed and with diligence."


    At this Ken''s head snapped in her direction. "Are you trying to say that I am at fault? Or that I have


    made a mistake while nning patrols?", Ken thundered.


    "Well, it certainly is not her fault.", Maya interjected.


    Ken turned towards her, a little growl escaping his lips. cing a calming hand on her brother''s arm,


    Maya shoved a file towards Ken. He flicked a nce towards the file.


    "These are the number of warriors in the pack." Maya started, "Only a quarter of them are on patrol


    duty with the other three quarters being stationed in city and/or working as spies, etc. If we want the


    pack borders patrolled 24 hours we have to do it in three shifts, that is if we want the warriors to stay


    alert. With there being three shifts the number of warriors on patrol duty gets divided by three. And for a


    packnd as massive as ours, the number of warriors patrolling on 1 shift is not enough. There are


    bound to be loopholes. I think we muste up with an alternate n for patrols, or we would have to


    call back the warriors stationed out in the city."


    Maya''s words lightened Ken''s fury and he began thinking. The atmosphere also became considerably


    lighter.


    "If we call back the warriors stationed outside then the packnd will be protected but then we would


    lose our connection with government and influence over humans. We are in an ideal position to keep


    tabs withtest happenings in the nearby cities and towns." pointed out a middle aged Beta, Mark.


    "That is true..." murmured Maya. She bowed her head thoughtfully and let the rest of the warriors


    discuss various patrol ns. Maya nced around the room and the projector caught her attention.


    They used it during the meeting as and when required, otherwise it was in a corner, ignored by all.


    "That''s it.", Maya banged her fist on the desk making everyone jump.


    "We are idiots.", she dered. Ken threw her an inquiring nce with a raised eyebrow.


    "Hidden cameras.", she said as if it would exin everything. The Betas and the Omegas threw her a


    puzzled look.


    "Let''s install hidden wireless cameras surrounding our pack border. That way we wouldn''t need as


    many warriors and we would still be able to monitor the border in a better way." Maya rified.


    Ken nodded thoughtfully. "That sounds a better n than the rest of us came up with. Mark, is there


    anyone in the pack who is technologically sound and will be able to get this set up done as early as


    possible?"


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    "Yes actually, there are two of the young warriors or I should say warriors to be. You will be inspecting


    them at next pack run. If you find them trustworthy enough to be given the warrior rank, then we can


    ask them to work on pack security right away. They are also the wolves who joined us a couple of


    months back. So far they have proved loyal and none of them are seen contacting anyone outside the


    pack. We can test them for Theta levels as well."


    "All right then, meeting adjourned. Cassidy please send the minutes of meeting to everyone present


    here." Kenmanded to his secretary.