by Malisa Nedd
' I tried to get to be calm.
""˜They aren't touching him.
' She sounded pissed.
""˜They won't.
Lets talk to Axel when we get home.
'""What else does it say?' The girls asked.
""Um.
"" I looked for where I was.
""Yes, we know that you are pregnant.
I'm not going to tell you when or where, or what we are gonna do.
But I'm pretty sure you can figure out what we want.
I mean, a baby is a joy to have in life.
Am I right""¦.
Luna? Better keep it safe, we don't want it to fall into the wrong hands now do we?"" I crumbled up the note and shoved it in my pocket.
""He's gonna die.
"" I said out in rage.
""Come on, we need to get home.
"" Jaz suggested.
""Wait.
"" Elyse pulled out her phone and took pictures of the car.
""We can show these to the guys.
I'll have someone pick the car up later.
"" We nodded and started walking down Main Street.
""How do you think they found out?"" Jaz asked worried.
""I don't know.
"" I said thinking.
""They had to have gotten on the territory somehow.
"" ""Maybe they were hiding at the ceremony when we announced it.
"" Elyse said.
""It's possible.
"" We heard a honk and saw Ryan, Turner, and Stephan in a car.
""Do you lovely ladies need a ride?"" He asked.
""Please.
"" We said laughing.
""Did you guys not take a car?"" Turner asked us in a curious tone.
""Oh we did.
"" Elyse said grabbing her phone.
""Well where is it?"" ""In the parking lot.
Here's a picture for ya.
"" Elyse gave him the phone.
""Holy shit!"" Turner said swiping through the pictures.
""Let me see.
"" Stephan grabbed the phone and growled when he say the pictures.
""What happened?"" Turner asked us in disbelief.
""Tyler's pack.
"" I said handing him the note.
All 3 of the guys growled.
Turner read the note out loud and I was starting to cry.
""How did they find out?"" Ryan asked us.
""We are thinking that they maybe snuck into the territory and were hiding when we announced that Skylar was pregnant.
"" Jaz spoke up.
""That's possible.
"" Stephan said looking at her.
""What are we gonna do.
"" I asked, my head in my hands.
""We are gonna have Axel call a pack meeting.
"" Elyse said rubbing my back.
"
"Chapter 44: Meetings
Skylar
""Where is Axel?"" I asked a guard.
""He should be in the center building.
"" He replied shrugging.
""Okay thanks.
"" I said as Jaz, Elyse, Stephan, and the twins followed and we walked in that direction.
""Wait Luna!"" He called after us.
He caught up to me.
""He's in the middle of a meeting.
I'm sorry but you can't go in there.
"" I growled in frustration.
He's right, but I need him now.
""Well this is urgent.
I need more patrols out.
"" His body stiffened and he growled.
""What happened Luna?"" He asked dead serious.
""Tyler's pack is back.
"" His eyes darkened with anger and nodded.
""Come on guys.
"" I said and they nodded.
""Lets go crash us a meeting!"" Ryan said and high fives Turner.
""Men""¦ Just let us girls do the talking.
"" Jaz suggested smirking.
""Women""¦"" Ryan said laughing.
""You're just jealous because we are cooler.
"" Elyse said smiling.
""Whatever.
"" Turner mumbled.
""Lets go.
"" I said laughing at the little children.
We walked over to the buildings and opened the doors.
I heard someone talking behind another set of doors.
""So alpha, how many pack members do we have right now?"" ""We currently have over 2,000.
"" That was Axel.
I opened the doors and about about 50 pairs of eyes landed on us.
So.
Many.
People.
""Skylar.
What are you doing here?"" Axel asked worried but a little upset.
""I needed to speak with you.
"" I said quickly walking over to him.
""Can't it wait till after the meeting when we are home.
You can't just come in here while I'm doing a meeting you know.
"" He said irritated.
""Well sorry for wanting to tell you something important.
"" ""Luna.
You know you can't come in here while a meeting is underway.
"" An elder spoke up.
Everyone else mumbling in agreement.
""Tyler's pack was here.
"" Right as I said those words everyone shut up.
""Where?"" Axel growled his eyes going darker and he held onto my waist protectively.
""In town.
"" I replied back shakily.
""What happened?"" The same elder came running up to me and put a hand on my shoulder.
""Elyse show him the pictures.
"" I said.
Elyse nodded and handed her phone to the elder.
""You guys didn't get hurt did you?"" Mark asked wrapping his hands around Jaz.
""No.
But our car did.
"" Elyse said.
""What do you mean the car did?"" Axel asked in anger.
""Uh alpha.
You might want to take a look at this.
"" The elder said handing him the phone.
Axel let me go and looked at the phone.
He swiped through the pictures and growled out loud.
He handed Elyse back her phone to show everyone else and he slammed his hands down on the podium.
""Oh.
And he left this.
"" I said handing him the note that was in my coat pocket.
He took the note and read it out loud so everyone in the room could hear.
""What are we going to do?"" Someone asked.
""I don't know.
I had the guards double up on patrol before I came here.
"" ""Good thinking.
"" Mark complimented me.
I nodded a thankyou and turned to Axel.
""This is their 2nd warning.
I'm guessing the 3rd one is gonna be an attack.
"" ""You only get 2.
The next one WILL be an attack.
That's how he always did it.
"" Jaz spoke up.
""Do you think you might know what's going to happen?"" Turner asked hopefully.
""He usually sends out 2 warnings, then attacks when they least expect it.
But since they want the baby, he will either wait until she is really close to give birth, or shortly after she gives birth.
I don't think they would be stupid enough to try and kidnap Skylar now.
Since they left their mark and a note, they are gonna think she's going to be under a lot of protection.
And he doesn't want to risk having you guys kill more of his men if they did kidnap her.
So they will probably wait and besides, it gives them more time to prepare for the attack in the future.
"" Jaz stated.
""Then that will give us plenty of time to train as well.
And I want Skylar under protection 24/7.
"" He said
to everyone.
Then he turned to me and pulled me into him.
""I can't risk losing you again.
And I can't risk losing our baby.
"" ""It's gonna be okay Axel.
"" I said giving him a reassuring smile.
But I don't it worked.
He looked at me sad and I kissed him to try and cheer him up.
He pulled back and nodded.
""I want you girls to always stick together.
"" He said to us.
""And Amber too.
All of you guys have gotten close.
"" He smiled at us while we laughed.
""But I want 2 guards for each girl.
"" He stated.
""We can't take this lightly.
They have made their threat and it's set in stone.
""We heard a bunch of yes alphas.
""We will continue this meeting tomorrow.
Everyone may leave.
"" After everyone left the building, we all made our way back to the house.
I don't understand why they can't just give us a break and leave us alone""¦"
"Chapter 45: Training
Axel
""So alpha.
What do you plan to do?"" An elder asked me.
""We need to keep patrols on the borders at all cost.
I even had some patrol through town and the city on my territory.
I don't know how they got in, or even found out about Skylar being pregnant.
"" ""I was talking to Jaz last night.
"" Mark spoke up all of the sudden.
""What did she say?"" I asked curiously.
""She told me when she was talking to Elyse and Skylar, that they were trying to think of the possibilities that they found out.
She said maybe they some how snuck in when we were at the ceremony; the day you guys announced it to both packs.
"" ""That's a good possibility.
But how would they have made it on the land.
I had patrols out?"" ""Well maybe he got on the same way as Tyler.
"" He suggested.
""What do you mean beta Mark?"" My dad asked.
""Remember the day that Skylar met Tyler out in the clearing that night?"" Everyone growled and nodded.
""Well the patrols didn't catch him and he even had over 20 men get on our land with him.
Maybe they got in the land just like he did.
He was sneaky and quiet.
And I also don't think that the new alpha brought over 20 men to destroy Skylar's car.
So it would have been easier for him.
"" ""You've got a point there.
"" I said thinking.
""Son.
Do you think they could have masked their scent somehow?"" ""It's possible.
Jaz said something about before she ran away from him, they would make some invention type things.
But she didn't stay around long enough to find out.
"" Mark said.
""Okay.
I'm gonna need to talk to Jaz more and she why she knows about her old pack.
"" Mark nodded, but you could tell he was still a little unsure about leaving his mate alone with a male.
I chucked at his protectiveness.
""Don't worry I'm gonna bring Skylar and Elyse when I talk to her.
I have a feeling that it might be a hard topic to talk about and the girls will be able to comfort her.
"" He smiled and relaxed.
""Sorry, my wolf was a little wary for a moment.
"" He apologized.
""Don't worry man.
I would have done the same thing.
"" He laughed and nodded.
""But for the time being, I want you and Caleb to train the fighters that are 18 and older.
I'm gonna get some of our best fighters to train the boys that are 15-17 years old.
"" Caleb and Mark nodded.
""Why train the young ones alpha?"" Someone asked me.
""Because if we happen to go to war again and the alpha decides to attack the village, I want the other men to learn how to fight.
But I'm not gonna have them get trained as hard.
I just want them to learn some basic moves and strategies in both their human and wolf form just incase.
"" Everyone nodded in understanding.
""Anymore questions?"" I asked.
""What if they do happen to catch our Luna?"" One asked worried.
He was trying hard not to show it, but I could still feel it.
I gave him an evil smirk.
""Then they are gonna have a one way ticket to hell.
"" I said confidently.
He seemed to relax and gained his confidence back.
I'm glad I could help.
(Unedited at this part right now.
Going out to eat supper :) )
""How are they doing guys?"" I asked Caleb and Mark as I walked up to them.
""They are doing great.
They have been getting better the past couple of days.
They are improving a lot.
"" Caleb said proudly.
""That's good to hear.
"" I smiled at the fighters that were sparring.
""Ya.
They are learning things quickly.
"" Mark said complimenting them.
""Keep up the good work guys.
I'm gonna go check on the younger fighters.
"" I said patting them both on the back.
""Okay see ya Axel.
"" They both called continuing on the training.
I walked for a couple minutes to see the some of our best fighters training the younger guys.
""Hey Trey.
How's it going?"" I asked him standing by and watching the younger ones spar.
""Good.
They have learned a lot more.
"" He said to me.
""That's good to hear.
"" I said laughing.
""I know.
Some of these kids can kick major ass.
"" ""Really?"" I asked surprised.
""Ya.
You might even want to send some of these guys over to beta Mark, alpha.
"" He said chuckling.
""That good?"" I asked him looking at the kids.
""Totally.
His name Johnny.
I had him spar against one the fighters yesterday in wolf form, he almost beat them.
Then I had him spar another one in human form, and he almost beat them too.
"" ""Hmm.
"" I said thinking.
That's pretty impressive if I do say so myself.
""He has good speed and has good strategy.
He's pretty strong too, but not as strong as our fighters.
But, he can beat the 17 year olds.
"" Wow.
""How old is he?"" ""He just turned 16 last week.
"" ""That's impressive.
"" ""I agree.
"" He said.
We could use him.
""Keep your eye on him Trey.
We could use him.
If he gets any better, call me over.
I want to see him spar some of the fighters.
"" ""Sure thing alpha.
"" He said smiling proudly at the guys.
""Keep up the good work.
And keep training them in both forms.
"" ""Sure thing.
"" He said.
I watched a little more and then left shortly after.
If we keep training everyone like this, then I know 100% that we will win.
"
"Chapter 46: It's time
Skylar
Axel has been training everyone extremely hard for a couple of months.
But they are in really good shape.
Axel lets me out of the house a couple of times, but only when I have a lot of people with me.
And I can't go far from the pack house.
So far w
e haven't heard anything from Tyler's pack these couple of months.
No one knew what was going on.
They haven't sent any more warnings, and they haven't even sent us any form of an attack.
I was thinking they were gonna give up, but something is telling me that they haven't given up just yet.
That they might still be out there waiting for the right time to attack.
Like Jaz said, ""they might be waiting till she gives birth or when she's really close to it.
"" That was what worried me.
Deciding to shrug it off, I've been sitting down and watching the fighters spar while me, Elyse, Jaz, and Amber compliment them in their fighting skills.
I think it helps them because whenever we do compliment them, they get huge smiles and they fight twice as hard.
It's like motivation for them I guess you could say.
But when I say they were doing really good, I mean it.
They were absolutely doing an amazing job.
""I gotta learn how to do that kick!"" Jaz said smiling excitedly.
""I'm pretty sure you could learn that very quickly.
"" Elyse said.
Right now if you couldn't have guessed, we were watching the guys spar.
And this one kid really stuck out.
He was an amazing fighter.
He's only 16 and he has beaten some of the 18 year olds.
Not all of them, but pretty damn close.
""Maybe you can have Johnny teach you.
"" Amber teased.
Jaz scoffed and turned her attention back on the fighting guys.
I laughed and right as I did that, pain shot through my stomach.
But it quickly left.
I shrugged it off and focused on the guys.
""Hey ladies.
"" Ryan and Turner said walking up to us.
""Hey.
"" We said back.
""Oh my gosh! Skylar, you look fat!"" Turner yelled.
I stared at him in shock and he fell on the ground laughing.
The girls gasped dramatically.
Ryan muffled a laugh and it came out as a cough.
I spotted a rock and I picked it up smirking.
""You know.
When my child takes over as alpha, I ought to tell him how you were so mean to his mother.
"" I said tossing the rock up in down and catching it in my hand.
""That's mean.
"" Turner said standing up narrowing his eyes at me.
""No, this is.
"" With that said, I chucked the rock and it hit him in his gut.
He put his hand over his gut and glared playfully at me.
""That's what you get for calling me fat.
"" Ryan busted out laughing and same with the girls.