Chapter 138


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    I can’t sleep any longer. I’ve beenying here, with my arms wrapped around the woman I love for the


    last three hours, and I haven’t been able to get a wink of sleep. I’m worried that we are wrong and that


    she isn’t my mate, even though Duke keeps telling me to shut the f*ck up. It’s not like we have had a lot


    of luck these past few years.


    ‘Alpha..’ one of my warriors working on patrol tonight links me.


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    ‘Yes, I’m awake?’


    ‘Sorry to disturb you, but there is something that I think you shoulde and take a look at.’


    ‘Okay, I’ll be there shortly.”


    I sink my nose into Quinn’s neck and inhale deeply before reluctantly climbing from the bed. I must


    have really tired her out because she doesn’t stir at all. I grin at the thought; my c*ckiness showing


    through, so it’s a good thing nobody is here to witness it. She wanted me to show her that I could be


    just as dominate as my wolf, and I surpassed even him, wearing her out so much that she doesn’t


    wake with my movement.


    ‘Don’t be a c*cky a*s. Had I had her in the bedroom, I guarantee I would have not only knocked her out


    for the count, but she wouldn’t have been able to walk for a few days!’ Duke snickers.


    ‘Yeah, okay. Just admit that I’m the better lover for our mate.’


    ‘Psh, when pigs fly!’


    I roll my eyes at my wolf and grin, ‘How about you shut up about our mate like that and help me figure


    out what’s going on that we are pulled away from her at this early hour.’


    ‘All I know is that there is talk among our warriors that are working patrol that there is a strange scent


    lingering around the borders.’ Duke exins.


    Unlike me, as the alpha wolf, he hears every conversation that goes on within our pack members, or at


    least their wolves. When the wolves talk amongst themselves, the Alpha wolf can hear them. Of


    course, he can turn it off, but as soon as my warrior linked me, he turned on his own link to the wolves.


    “S*it!” I have a feeling I know exactly what the scent is, not that I can say that I will recognize it, but if it


    does happen to be the Shikari, then we are going to be in trouble much sooner than I had originally


    thought, I let Duke take over, and we shift.


    When I get over to the western border, the border that connects both Dark Moon and Storm River


    together, there are four warriors waiting for me. One is holding onto a pair of shorts for me, so I shift


    back and take them, “Okay, so where is this scent that you are talking about?”


    My own warrior walks the border until wee to where the western and southern borders meet,


    which isn’t far from where I met the group. The scent hits me right away, and I was right, it isn’t one that


    I know, but I do scent a mix of human in with it.


    “Can you smell the underlining scent?” One of Quinn’s men asks.


    “Yeah, it’s human.” They all nod in agreement.


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    “But what is the other scent? I have never scented it before.” It’s my warrior who asks this.


    “I have a feeling that what we are smelling is the scent of the Shikari. I believe they have found us. The


    question is, why haven’t they tried attacking?”


    “The Shikari?” Another warrior asks a bit confused.


    “It’s another name for hunter. Theye from Europe, and they hunt our kind. They are looking for the


    Dire wolf, I believe.”


    One of the warriors chuckles, “Well they are looking in the wrong spot.”


    I don’t correct him just yet, but I do go on to inform them of what these hunters can do, and I give them


    the descriptions of the three that were spotted in the human town a few nights ago.


    “Hunters hunting werewolves?” Another warrior questions me, “What have we ever done to them?


    They are just like us if they have powers too! They aren’t normal. We have human in us just as much


    as they do!” He’s sounds offended and hurt, and I really can’t me him. We don’t hurt anyone, and we


    keep to ourselves for the most part.


    “Yeah, well, some people are just ignorant, but that doesn’t mean that we have to stoop to their level.


    We will continue going on with our lives as normal, and we will protect each other the best way we


    know how. Change ising and you all will know soon enough, but just keep doing what you are


    doing because as your alpha, I am proud of all that you do, and I can say the same for Luna Quinn and


    her warriors.”


    “We will always protect our way of life, Alpha.” All four of them m their fists against their bare chests,


    as do I.


    “Let me know if anything else urs over the next few hours. I’ll be in Luna Quinn’s office if you need


    me.” I pull off the shorts and toss them to the side as I shift back into Duke and make my way back to


    the pack house.


    ‘I’m not sure how to handle this one, Duke.’ I say to my wolf.


    ‘This one is a new one for me too, but all I know is that it’s another challenge put forth through the


    legend. It’s not just our kind that will try ande for Quinn and T, the Shikari must be part of it too.’


    ‘Let them try,’ I growl, ‘I will kill everything and every person that tries to take her from us!’


    ‘I agree with you one hundred percent, human!’


    It’s only five in the morning by the time I get back to the pack house, and so I hold myself up in Quinn’s


    office until the time nears for the change to take ce. After talking, Quinn and I have decided to go to


    the training field for when it’s supposed to happen. Without knowing what to expect, we don’t want


    anybody around that could possibly get hurt. We informed the pack that training will be canceled due to


    it being their Luna’s birthday, and so there shouldn’t be anybody around, especially at that time, since


    they have been given the chance to sleep in.


    Quinn actually surprises me when shees in the office an hourter. She looks refreshed after the


    sleep she got and not the ‘I’ve just been f*cked look’ that she was sportingst night. She’s showered,


    which tells me that she’s been up for a while, which only makes me frown.


    “Well, that’s not the response I was expecting when I saw you this morning.” She chuckles.


    I push the chair out and hold my arm out for her toe to me, “I’ m frowning because I wanted you to


    sleep in this morning. I gave you a good workoutst night.”


    “Oh, are we feeling as though we didn’t do a good enough job?” She teases and I yfully re at her,


    “If you must know, I woke up and saw that you were gone, and I couldn’t go back to sleep afterwards.”


    She then pouts herself.


    I ce her on the desk in front of me and lean my head against her lower belly, still smelling myself in


    her even though she has


    showered. I pull back, “I can’t wait until I nt my seed in here and you grow nice and fat with my pup.”


    I spread my big hand across her t stomach, and she ces hers over mine.


    “Neither can I, but I think we need to wait until all of this chaos passes; I don’t know if I’ll need to shift to


    protect anyone, and thest thing I want to do is hurt your pup.”


    “So, you do want to have pups with me?” I grin, making her roll her eyes at me.


    “Of course, I want to have your pups! Why would you think that I wouldn’t?”


    “I didn’t, but I like hearing you say it.” I smile deviously.


    “Oh, you’re such an ass!” Sheughs and tries pushing me away, but I don’t let her.


    Instead, I pull her onto myp and hold her close, “Are you ready for today, birthday girl?”


    “As ready as I’ll ever be…”