Chapter 26
Ch 26 Rogue
A rogue was chasing Thea.
She was alone in the woods.
This wasn’t good. The way the rogue was leering at her, she knew it had bad intentions, and it was
gaining on her. He wasn’t far from tackling her. She faced forward and ran faster, as fast as she could.
There should be patrols around the border and throughout the woods. With their werewolf hearing,
someone should hear her scream.
“Rogue!” she yelled at the top of her lungs.
She heard howls in the distance acknowledging her, and the wolf behind her hesitated then took off in
the opposite direction. Within moments she was surrounded by patrol members and part of the Delta
team, all in wolf form. She stopped running. Liam shifted to his human form to talk to Thea.
“Where?” Liam said. He waspletely focused on Thea, not caring he was naked.
Thea pointed in the direction the wolf ran. The rest of Delta team took off in wolf form.
“What did you see?” Liam said. A few patrol members shifted and handed Liam a pair of basketball
shorts they had stashed around. He put them on, and they did the same.
“I was jogging from the gates towards the pack house, heard something, saw a brown wolf chasing me.
I didn’t recognize him, and he didn’t have a scent. When he heard your howls, he took off.”
Liam’s eyes zed over as he mind linked the Delta team, rying the information.
“If he masked his scent and knew our patrol schedules, that would exin how he got past the
borders,” one of the patrolmen said.
Liam nodded. “I’m going to escort the Luna back to the pack house,” he said.
“We’ll talkter when my mene back with a report. In the meanwhile, get everyone out to do a
sweep of the entire packnds. There could be others lying in wait.”
The patrolmen nodded, mind linked, shifted, and took off back to their posts.
Liam and Thea started walking toward the pack house.
“How were you here so quickly? Or at all?” Thea said.
“We were driving down the road to escort you. We heard your scream.”
“How would someone know our patrol schedules?” Thea said.
“That is the question I don’t like the answers to,” Liam said.
“From spies, traitors, to organized surveince, this is going to be a tricky investigation.” ‘
“We have to investigate our own.”
It wasn’t a question.
“Could it have been simple luck? A dumb rogue stumbled into our territory at the right moment?” She
didn’t like thinking any of her pack members would want to hurt the pack.
“One that had the forethought to mask his scent? One that knew who you are? Waited for you.”
“We don’t know that he did.”Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org.
Liam side-eyed her.
Thea sighed.
“Why can’t I just be shifted already? I hate being a liability.”
‘If I may say so, Luna, you’re an asset, even unshifted. Let the pack take care of you for once.” She
looked at him. Just then, his eyes zed over, receiving a message in mind link.
“All active patrol members and warriors are sweeping thend,” he said. “And the Alpha ising for
you.”
Uh oh. Thea worried the Alpha would be angry with her. She didn’t ask or even tell him she was leaving
the packnds. Of course, she’d never had to before, but he just lectured her about being unshifted
and vulnerable since everyone thought she was the future Luna. She never wanted the Alpha or
anyone mad at her. She hated disappointing people.
A few minutester, a giant ck wolf came bounding up, sliding to a stop in front of Thea. Liam bowed
his head and stepped to the side. The wolf sniffed around Thea then nuzzled her neck. Thea scratched
behind his ears.
“I''m okay, Alpha,” she said. He licked her face andid down.
“He wants you to get on,” Liam said. “He’s going to get you out of here. He’ll take you back to the pack
house.”
“Thanks, Liam.”
“My pleasure, Luna.”
Thea climbed up on the wolf’s back, grabbed hold of his fur. He stood up and took off. Thea leaned
close to him to avoid tree branches. She was surprised at his speed and grace. He gave her and the
triplets rides when they were kids, but it was never this fast. She realized he never went at his full
speed back then. Too cautious, he didn’t want them to fall off and get hurt or scare them.
This was exhrating. She couldn’t wait until she had her wolf and could run like this.
Before she knew it, they wereing up on the pack house. The triplets were nervously waiting
outside. They wouldn’t be part of sweeping thend until they could mind link.
When they saw the big ck wolf, they started running toward it. They met in the middle, and the wolf
laid down. Conri reached for her, and she slid into his arms. The wolf trotted off to the trees. The triplets
surrounded her instantly.
“Are you okay?”
They all looked her body over, making sure there were no injuries.
“I’m fine. Really. Nothing happened.”
“Goddess, you’re not allowed to go anywhere without at least one of us from now on,” Kai said.
“I’m assigning a security detail, sons,” Alpha Ulric said. He walked up to them in a pair of basketball
shorts. He didn’t sound angry, just concerned and solemn.
“Someone from Delta team will be with her round the clock. They’re making a schedule. Alright, let me
hear it from you, Thea. What happened?”
She told him. He closed his eyes and sighed. “Dad,” ric said. “If they’re going to be responsible for
Thea—”
“We need to start the investigation with the Delta team,” Alpha Ulric finished. “I’ll handle that before
anyone starts their shift. Sons, I want you i non the interviews. You’ll have to do this someday. It’s time
you see this part of being Alpha.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Thea, since the investigation is centered around you, it willplicate things if you’re involved,” Alpha
Ulric said.
She nodded. “Sir? Why do you think that rogue was after me specifically? It wasn’t a nned outing.
There’s no way he could’ve known I would be there.”
His eyes zed over as he mind linked someone. “ Follow me. It’s time to tell you about the report from
yesterday.”