Chapter 351
I didn’t sleep well in the few hours that I did try. I am restless and if I am being honest with myself, I
am eager. We have been at this for months now, almost a year, and we finally have information to
move on and take action. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t excited that we were finally going to
move tomorrow. I could feel it in the house last night as the team was making plans and gearing up,
many of them have been at this for years, they want to wrap this up, find this rogue king and either
kill him or take a step towards killing him. He’s enslaving people, kidnapping women, forcefully
taking over packs and all for the small gain of becoming the King of our territory.
There are so many Alpha Kings, because the world is too big to have just one. There are wolves
everywhere and by nature need a strong leader and to be part of a pack. We naturally gravitate
towards a hierarchy and as long as everyone does their part we live well. But there is always
someone who sees being a leader as being in power or having ultimate power. Those are the
people that are never chosen to be a leader, because they miss the point completely. Leaders are
subject to making hard decisions that benefit the many, not just what they want personally. It’s not
about having slaves or people to order around. It’s about keeping everyone safe and happy and
healthy, putting the whole pack and our race above your own needs. Not all people who want to be
leaders should lead, because they don’t understand this.
If Alpha Reggie is right and this rogue king is a descendant of the royal line who has been taught to
be bitter about the birth order and whatever privileges he thinks he’s missing out on he is going to
be hard to defeat. His bloodline alone will make it difficult to fight him if we meet up with him, but
also a lifetime of hatred and vengeance can make people do crazy things. That’s something that
warrior training really focused on. Many of the people we will fight believe with every fiber of their
being that they are right and that what they are fighting for is right and the rest of the world at large
is out to get them. It’s almost like a disorder and as much as you can’t get sucked into their bullsh*t,
you also have to understand where they are coming from to find a crack in their armor that will bring
them down.
Mina and I got up slowly. She doesn’t seem to have slept any better than me.
“I still hate your schedule. Do any of your friends enjoy this part?”
“Nope,” I laugh at her, getting ready like I do every morning. She’s just following me around looking
like a zombie. I’m tired, but my adrenaline is already going in anticipation. “No one likes it and
everyone complains. Sometimes, I think that’s how I know I am doing something right.” She shakes
her head and laughs with me.
“I need coffee and carbs, bring me something back from the diner.” She says as I get to the door
and open it up. I turn around to give her a hug and then step out onto the porch. “Hi Tyler. You don’t
have to hide, you know. We don’t hate you, you know.” She almost shouts into the yard.
“Well, you don’t know me very well then.” He steps out from the same spot he did yesterday.
“That’s too bad. I’m kind of over all the guessing games.” She replies with a good amount of sass.
“Is that why you stopped hanging out with Mike?” He moves closer, hands in his pockets like he’s
trying to keep them to himself.