The Wannabe Warrior
Chapter 176

Madison POV

First I could not believe we had two traitors, then when Zeek broke their necks, I wondered if it was over anger at having traitors in his pack or if he was concerned they would reveal his involvement. I had not smelt Gladys on anyone else, so I was hoping it was over anger, but I had been too trusting in the past, and found I was now doubting everyone I did not know. I am sure Zane feels the same, as I could feel his anger rolling off of him.

Zeek apologised for his men’s behaviour and he would show us somewhere to stay the night, and tomorrow, once we have all had some sleep, we could discuss what had happened and what we would like to do moving forward. Alex and Zakary would be staying the night too, and that made me feel a little better. I was still uncomfortable around Zeek and I did not know why, he kept staring at me, and after my time with Jacob and being watched, I did not like him staring. It maybe something innocent, and I guess I would have to wait to replace out why I was of interest to him.

Glad to be safe and away from Jacob, Zane and I were taken to a room. Well, a hole dug out of the cave wall, the bed was a sort of animal skin lying on the floor, and the blankets were also animal, but more like rabbit sewn together, though we did not need too many of them as inside was nice a cosy inside the cave system, compared to outside, the room was clean and tidy, though only the bed in it, but we did not need anything else but that, we were snuggled up and being safe in his arms at last, I fell sleep fast.

Soft whispering voices woke me up.

At first I wondered where I was, then when I tried to move, the tingles of my mate’s arm around my waist pulling me back to him, brought me back to where I was and that I was safe. I wiggled my bottom on Zane’s morning hardness, before pulling away, with the need for the bathroom and fast.

‘Tease.’ Zane whispered in a low g***n.

‘Need the bathroom, any idea where it is?’ I asked softly.

‘Nope, we did not get a tour when we arrived, we were fed and then all shuffled into a room with skins on the floor and told to get some rest until it was time to go rescue you, I guess if I had waited a little longer, you would have made your way here anyway.’ Zane sounded a little disappointed that he did not do the rescue, but that was just silly, getting out was more important than who got me out.

I climbed out of the comfortable arms of my mate and pulled on some trousers and shirt that were Zane’s as I did not have any clothes and headed out of the room, in hunt for the bathroom.

I found Alex and Zakary chatting by a fire, eating something that looked like stew.

‘Morning, can you point me in the direction of the bathroom?’ I asked them, while trying hard not to shuffle and squirm with my need to pee.

‘Morning.’ The two responded cheerfully.

Chuckling, Alex stood up and guided me to the bathroom, heading though a small tunnel, which led to an opening with five chambers that had what looked like the same bath style that I had used in Alex’s pack and five cubicles that had a foothold over a hole in the ground. Sighing at the sight, I pulled down my trousers and placed my feet on the special hold, and squatted over the hole. I may not like the idea, but my needs outweigh the style of bathroom needs. I was not sure if I was hesitant about the hole in the ground, or that there were no doors for privacy. What little I have seen so far, there is no privacy at all in this pack, at least in Alex’s there were doors and a little better place to pee.

Having done the best I could for my morning routine, I headed back to Alex and Zakary, who now had Zane with them. Zane handed me a bowl of stew and some bread, with a shrug of his shoulders, as if to say, this was it, or I could go hungry.

The stew was tasty, though I would have preferred maybe more spices. It was a little bland, maybe they did not have spices in their meals. This was a very old-style living life and not what I would have expected for a large pack like this one. Even Alex’s home was not this far back in time, from the open plan to the clothes and simple meals. It was as if it was all staged somehow, as if this was what they wanted strangers to see, and not how they really lived. The more I thought about it the more I was of this opinion, there were many more tunnels, and from what I gathered when I was talking with Alex when we first met and we discussed his pack and the other packs, this one should have about ten thousand pack members, but in this area we were lucky to count more than a thousand, if that.

I wanted to ask Alex, but did not want to offend anyone, so for now I kept my thoughts to myself and would wait and see what transpired with the meeting we were to have shortly.