My Silver Alpha
Chapter 38

A few days passed, and a group of wolves were preparing to leave for Eren’s old pack carrying supplies. For his people, apart from that another group of guards were going to replace the first group that days before left for those lands. As far as he knew his people had not suffered any attacks, something that reassured him, the castle had not been attacked either, so at least things were calm. But that did not mean that the enemy had retreated.

-My king, everything is ready to leave.

-Very well, I wish you a good journey.

Some guards went in their human form carrying the supplies and others in their wolf form guarding their safety. Eren watched them leave early that morning before the sun rose… he returns inside the castle meeting his father halfway.

-This morning you have homework to do, son.

-I know father!

-Eren, you are here but I sense that your heart and mind are not. You wish to return to your homeland don’t you?

-I practically grew up there, father, I can’t tear those feelings out of my heart overnight. But don’t worry, I know what my duties are.” The boy pats his father’s shoulder to continue on his way.

Valentina also woke up early that day and immediately went in search of a very naughty puppy. For several days she hadn’t had the opportunity to talk to the little one because she always ended up running away, but that morning it wouldn’t be like that… when she entered her bedroom Sofia was just getting up.

-You woke up very early this morning Valentina,” she squeezes her eyes lazily, “The alpha didn’t let you sleep.

-No, in fact I woke up a while ago. He went out earlier than usual. I got up earlier than usual because I need to talk to you about something very important.

-What is it? -He answers lazily.

-The other night I came into your room and saw that your feet were covered in mud, did you go out into the woods at night?

Sofia kept silent while looking seriously at Valentina who was waiting for a prompt answer. The girl could not say anything to her friend, but she had nothing to argue about either. In the end she was just a puppy who had nothing to do with the whole murderous wolf thing.

-I couldn’t sleep, so I went for a walk to make myself sleepy later.

-You’re sure that’s why?

-Yes.

-Sofia because I feel like you’re hiding something from me. I brought you here because I feel that you are not safe up there in the mountains.

-Why do you think that? -The girl frowns.

-Because I think you know more than most people here about this wolf they’re chasing, or am I wrong?

-I don’t know him.

Valentina bites her lips at the girl’s quick response, apparently she wasn’t going to get much information out of her, or it could be that she was really exaggerating things and imagining theories.

-Let’s eat, shall we?

-Of course! -She answers excitedly.

The silver moon people greeted the guards sent by their alpha with joy, the provisions were gratefully received by Deon and his wife who were in charge of the herd.

-Eren has sent us plenty of food Deon.

-Yes, we are very fortunate to have an alpha like him.

-I miss Sophia a lot, do you think she’ll want to come back at some point?

-I’d rather she was over there, those wild wolves are roaming these lands more often than I thought. They’ve left their scent everywhere. I would not be at ease if she were here while those savages came to attack us.

-You are right, I think the alpha must know we are being stalked by those wolves. You must tell him what happened days ago.

Deon’s wife reminded him of what he was trying to forget… two days ago a group of his wolves were attacked by those wolves, he was still surprised by how strong they were as they were 6 adult wolves and incidentally guards. All of them were seriously wounded, only 5 were saved while the body of the other one was lost. They left nothing of him. There were too many dangers to take lightly.

However, he did not want to worry the alpha about it. Knowing him for so many years, he knew he would leave his post behind just to be with them. And that was something Deon could not allow, he was a king his duty was to be there not in a small town. He was a strong beta, he had to protect his pack at all costs, even if it cost him his own life. For that reason he allowed his little daughter to leave the village, he believed she would be safe under the alpha’s protection.

-We’d better not tell him anything, it’s not good to worry him. We just have to be on our guard.

-But Deon…

-No Lili,” he said in a firm voice.

The beta stood up and walked out of the house, leaving his wife full of worries. Deon knew what he was doing, if he needed Eren he would let her know. For now they could sort it out for themselves.

-Deon is called by a wolf from the castle. “I’m the commander of this group, we are the replacement of the group that will be leaving tomorrow.

-Excellent! You may take up your positions at any time.

-My men have informed me about the incident of the wild wolf attack, I have given orders to my men to inform the king about the matter.

-There is no need to worry the king with this matter, we can take care of it ourselves.

-But the king must be aware, Beta.

-I am in charge of this herd, don’t worry commander,” he patted the man’s shoulder, “Take up your position at any time.

He followed the path to the area where the hunters were gathering, since they had plenty of supplies there was no need to endanger them by going out to hunt. By the time Deon got to where the group was gathered he noticed that there was some kind of commotion, someone who was not from the pack was among his boys.

-What’s going on here?

Beta! -This man is from one of the neighbouring mandas, he has just arrived asking for an audience with the alpha.

-The alpha is not here at the moment, but I can help him.

-It’s my wife, she has disappeared.

-How long ago? -What about your alpha? Have you notified him yet?

-They are looking for her, but they can’t replace her… that’s why I’m visiting herd after herd to see if I can replace her. I haven’t heard from her for several days, she went out for a run at night and hasn’t returned.

Deon observes the commander who denies at once as if reading his thoughts. He also thought the same, if the girl was still missing, it was most likely that she was dead.

-What’s your wife like? We haven’t had a lone wolf here for a long time.

-She is an albino, she belonged to Gino’s pack. She deserted those lands and joined my lands.

-Albino? I am sorry friend, but we have not seen any strange albino wolves in these lands.

The man grimaced mournfully. He could understand if he only lost Lili like that, his heart could not take it. He would do as this fellow did, search every last pack in existence for her.