The Shadow Alpha
CHAPTER NINE

As time went on, we grew closer as a family. Their sudden arrival was a huge shock to the wholepack, but nevertheless they trusted me and welcomed my family with open arms.

Ana or Princess- as I refer to Tatiana, is a little mini me. She was over the moon with excitementwhen our parents introduced me as her sister and while she may not have understood the situation,she was never hesitant in showing me all her love.

As of late, other packs around us have been reporting increased rogue activity. We have sinceincreased the guard around the borders and made training compulsory for every male and femalewolf between the ages of fifteen and forty.

My appointed board which consisted of Papa Jamie, Jacob, Dristan and recently, my father and Ihave come up with a functional action plan if a rogue attack were to occur. We are hoping that itdoesn’t come to that, but should it ever, we want to be ready.

We were trying to pinpoint the rogue settlement to be able to assess which surrounding packswould be most at risk, we have a hunch that there is more than one rogue settlement and so far wehave only found one possible location. The plan is to pinpoint all the possible areas and stake themout at once, we will plan our next move once we are able to track them. All of us were hunched overthe large map of the surrounding packs within a seven hundred mile radius; the reported rogueactivity came primarily from packs within this area and a few outside.

We were discussing a common area just outside California when my office phone rang. Jake beingthe closest, answered and put it on the loud speaker.

"Good Morning, is this the Alpha of Blue Moon Pack?” a voice echoed as it bounced off thesoundproof walls of my office.

I froze, my thoughts came to a halt in my mind as I stared at the phone like it would suddenly comealive.

Noticing my frozen state, Jake cleared his throat and spoke up, “No, you're speaking to Jacob- Betaof the Blue Moon Pack. What can I do for you?” his voice was stern, I could feel the unease rollingoff him, no doubt due to my own frozen state.

“This is Alpha Devin Summers of the Full Moon Pack; I have called to ask for your assistance.”Everyone in the room's face turned dangerous and Jake made to cut off the call, but I grabbed hishand, snapping from my trance.

“Ask him for what." I mind linked him using my Alpha tone knowing full well that if I didn’t he wouldargue or fight. His eyes narrowed, but he didn't dare question my authority.

"What kind of assistance?” there was a brief pause which was probably out of confusion at Jake'stone.

"Our pack was attacked last night by a large group of rogues, there were few fatalities but manywolves were badly injured. During the attack our pack house and many if not all surrounding housesof pack members were destroyed. My pack is in shambles and our borders have been leftunguarded, I fear another attack. The 130 pack members that survived need shelter and safetyurgently.” By the identical looks on their faces I could that they were not even considering the ideaof helping him.

They might have been the worst pack to me and made a lot of my life difficult but as The Shadowwolf, it is my duty to serve and protect my fellow wolves.

I stepped closer and put the call hold and looked at the guy's furious faces.

“NO! Absolutely not, Allison!” Papa Jamie warned, shaking his head; I looked into their eyes and sawfear and anger for me.

I sighed loudly, “Guys... Mother Selene bestowed me with the honour of being the Shadow Wolf; itis my duty to assist and protect any and all werewolves.” They sighed in annoyance,

“I am stronger now, I have all of you helping me and supporting me. I am no longer that littlevulnerable girl, I am the strongest alpha in the world and I have the best family a girl could ask for. Ihave forgiven them and moved on; I need you guys to do the same.” I saw their defeated looks andknew they saw it from my perspective.

“Good. It should take them five hours to travel and reach our borders, tell them that we will meetthem at the south border at 4pm this afternoon. That gives them nine hours to round up the packand the rest of their belongings and reach here.” I said leaving no room for argument, Jake noddedand unmuted the phone.

"We have discussed it with the Alpha and come to a decision. You will have nine hours to get yourpack to the south border of the Blue Moon territory, we will meet you there at 4pm this afternoon,understand?” his voice held authority and although he was a Beta, he was a strong one.

Devin agreed immediately and the call was cut.

“Well it looks like we have 130 new guests arriving soon, put away the map and gather in thebackyard for a pack meeting.” They all nodded and dispersed.

“Everyone gather in the backyard of the pack house in one hour, I expect everyone present with theonly exception being the patrol.’ I ordered through mind link and a chorus of “Yes Alphas’ wereheard.

I sat at my now clean table and began making a list of tasks that need to be carried out for theirarrival. After Connor and Bradley left the office the four guys sat down in front of me.

“Allison, we are not happy about this arrangement, but you were right we cannot allow our personalfeelings to cloud our judgement on what is right. I'm not saying we will welcome them with smilesand open arms but we will be civil. I will say however, a single bad word and I will deal with them,okay?” Papa Jamie demanded using his Alpha tone which only made me smile, I nodded much totheir satisfaction.

“I'm not planning on giving them a red carpet welcome myself; we will do what we have to do andthat is it.” They nodded and stood to leave my office.

I stood on the stage in front of the whole pack; everyone was present and whispering amongthemselves wondering why I called the sudden meeting

"Good morning everyone.” I waited a few seconds for complete silence before continuing.

"You are all aware of the increasing Rogue problem that packs around the continent are currentlyexperiencing. Last night a pack South of our border was attacked and as a result, their homes weredestroyed.

“They have called on us for assistance in providing shelter and safety for the remaining packmembers and we have accepted to help them. It is our duty as a pack wolves to protect ourfreedom and way of life.

For now however, we must prepare for their arrival. I have made a list of tasks that must becompleted that includes cleaning out the other pack house and any remaining rooms in the mainpack house. There should be more than enough space for everyone. We will also need more help inthe kitchen to prepare dinner tonight, both kitchens will be used to accommodate for the increasein population. Once they have arrived and settled in we will have another pack meeting in whicheveryone can meet the other pack and a new schedule of duties will be created once they havesettled in, I don't know how long they will be staying, but that is not off importance now. Ifeveryone could write their names down on a list and join the respective group, I have allocated aleader for each group, so look out. Any questions?”

I saw Joey's hand raise and I nodded for him to continue, “What pack are we expecting, Alpha?"There it is, the question I had been dreading. My whole pack is aware of my past so they wouldknow exactly who I'm talking about.

“Many of you will not like this, but if you have any issues or complaints I would like you to directthem to me personally. I have made up my mind and I expect full cooperation. We are expecting theFull Moon Pack.” The crowd erupted in growls and whispers. It warmed my heart to see their loveand fierce need to protect me, but this had to be done.

“Quiet down! Please do not fight me on this, I know it is not ideal, but please trust me. Now if youwill get on with the tasks. Thank you all.” I closed and stepped off the stage.

A group formed around me quickly, “Allison, we are going along with this, because it is the rightthing to do and because you have requested it as our friend and Alpha, but please don't expect usto be friendly towards them.” Taylor exclaimed.

She and I have become close in the past four years, she has since changed, she has taken the timeto mourn her mate properly and she is in a better space mentally, I am so proud of the progress shehas made. I know she still loves and misses him but she has been able to accept it in a mature way."Guys I don't expect that of you. All I ask is civility.” They shared a look, but nodded a confirmation.“Now go join a group and get to work!” they immediately dispersed to the different groups whereorders were already being given out. For the next seven hours the pack worked tirelessly preparingfor the arrival of the Full Moon Pack.

Many pack members came to me and voiced their concerns and I tried my best to set their minds atease and assured them that I would protect them and myself. Things were different now and Iwasn't insecure about their arrival.

Before we left to go meet them I took a quick shower and threw on a pair of tight black skinnyjeans, a white tank top, white four inch platform stilettos and my favourite black leather jacket.

I walked out of the pack house and joined the group I'd asked to accompany me to the border,which consisted of my Beta and Thetha, Papa Jamie and a few pack warriors.

They all stared at me as I walked out of the house just as all the other pack members that I passedhad. I knew for a fact that I looked sexy and it helped a lot to calm my inner turmoil, I needed theupper hand and this would definitely give it to me.

“You guys go ahead, I will follow shortly.” They nodded and climbed into their cars to make thedrive; some warriors shifted into wolf form and took off into the woods in the direction of the Southborder.

After checking that everything was in order for their arrival, I left for the place where my past andpresent were about to collide.