Chapter 583
They would be arriving in a few hours because they got a later start than we did.
Taylor was scheduled to return to the pack in a couple of days so he could keep watch of the company while I remained in Levi’s territory for the rest of the week with my gammas.
We walked to the waiting car and got into the back seat. Once Spencer had our things stored in the trunk, he slid into the driver’s seat.
“Sorry, it’s kind of a mess back there,” he said, glancing at some of the trash on the ground. I frowned at it, not saying anything. “I wasn’t expecting company in my car. This was kind of last minute as I got this assignment and was running late this morning. The one who was supposed to be here got caught in the explosion last night. She’ll be okay… but she’s being kept in the hospital for a few days for observation.”
I nodded, not bothering to reply because I wasn’t sure how to reply to that. I didn’t really care about their warriors or their people… I cared about mine, and I wanted to make sure this threat didn’t make its way to my territory. I wanted to figure out what was going on now before it truly became my problem.
Thankfully, the Redcliff pack was a pack that Levi didn’t come to often. Unlike me, he didn’t go to each of his packs monthly to check on things. Levi’s home pack was over an hour away from here, and he mainly focused on that pack and some of the surrounding packs. The ones that were out of his way, he hardly bothered with. Though I expected to see his Beta Ron at any point.
I was surprised that Levi actually granted permission for another Lycan to occupy his land for a week, but because I have the best trackers and, admittedly, better resources than he does, apparently, he found himself desperate for some outside help. And because I was curious about this rogue problem and wanted to nip it in the bud early on before it became a problem on my territory, I agreed. Plus, I needed a distraction… not to mention it gave me an excuse to go onto someone else’s territory and continue my search for Judy. I hated that I couldn’t find her, and I hated it even more thinking that she could be on another Lycan’s territory.
My wolf growled at the thought, bringing me unwanted attention in the car.
I cleared my throat and looked out the window the window without addressing why I was pissed off. Taylor didn’t press me for information, probably already guessing why I was upset. Spencer, on the other hand, looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here.
Once we arrived in the pack, my wolf grew tense. He was sensing something, but I couldn’t tell what it was.
Spencer parked in front of the large packhouse and stepped out of the car to open our doors and grab our luggage. Taylor and I stepped out of the car and I took in the warm air; this was a warm climate environment, and I wasn’t used to the odd temperature.
“Alpha Landry,” Sampson, the Alpha of the Redcliff pack, said as he walked down
the front steps. “It’s an honor to meet you, Sir. I’m the Alpha of this pack.”
“Sampson, right?” I asked as I shook his hand.
I could still smell the burning from the explosion yesterday.
“Yes, sir,” Sampson replied. “Thank you for coming here on such short notice. None of us anticipated the recent attack. It kind of shook us. It could have been a lot worse…. е thankfully, it wasn’t. Thoughtlost a few gammas, one of them was injured. Thankfully, she’ll be okay.”
“My gammas should be arriving in a couple of hours. They’ll start their investigation right away, but I’d like to speak to the survivors and find out what they know.”
Sampson nodded as he said, “I hadn’t had a chance to go around yet. I was going
to go yesterday after the first attack, but then the second one happened.”
I started to walk past him and into the packhouse, though my wolf was more wanting to go in a different direction. I ignored him and continued forward.
“Most of the survivors are in the
er
hospital. Including the Gamma from last night. She’s stable now and scheduled to be released tomorrow afternoon once everything is checked out. I think she should be the first you talk to.”
“Okay, yeah,” I said without looking at him. “I’ll talk to her tomorrow.”