Game of Destiny – A Thrilling Tale of Power, Love & Fate

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Game of Destiny

Chapter 22

I had been back from my travel for a week and I was finding my new routine. It was a lot easier than I had thought it would be. There was always something that needed to be done for the pack. Food to be cooked, questions to answer, and errands to run. I was ranks to discuss the bigger things and Finlay happy to step in were I was needed. Then we had the daily meeting with the other ton and Sam had put me in charge of planning and running the training or the pack. I had enlisted Medow’s help to plan the first hide and seek event. I was walking from one of the pack member’s houses to the pack house. Martin walked up to me and I smiled at him. He hesitated a moment and ran his hand through his dark hair. He took a deep breath and looked at me again.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“Do you have a couple of minutes?” he asked.

“Of course,” I said. “Do you want to come up to my room?”

“How about we take a walk along the creek?”

“That sounds good,” I agreed, it was a beautiful summer day. We walked in silence as we followed the creek. The soft grass on the bank muted our steps. The wildflowers filled the air with their fragrance. We walked away from the village and finally Martin sat down on the grass. I joined him and we both looked out over the trickling water.

“Has Finlay told you about how things were before we formed this pack?” he suddenly asked.

“No, we haven’t really talked about your old pack,” I said. I glanced over at him, but he stared out over the creek.

“My family wasn’t a part of the ranked families. We were run of the mill wolves. When Alpha Johannes ran the pack wolves like us had it good. We were respected as we contributed to the pack. Maybe not in the same ways as the tops or the warriors, but we worked hard,” he told me. I hummed, not wanting to interrupt him now he had got started. “But then he passed away and Ryan took

so we didn’t matter, over the pack, Finlay’s brother. All of a sudden my family wasn’t worth anything. We weren’t physically stron but then Finlay gave us the option to follow him instead.” There was a pause.

family isn’t here,” I said. I already knew it as I had been

with Medow.

My dad thought it would be dishonourable to abandon our pack My mother would never go if my father stayed and my sister mated with one of the warriors in the pack. But I knew I couldn’t stay. There was no future for

Do you keep in touch?” I

because I really don’t know what I’m doing. I have no clue why Finlay chose me to be his Beta, but I will do whatever I can to live up to the title. I need you, and I need you to tell me if I’m not doing what I should. I will step down rather than hurt the pack. This pack is my life and I will protect it, even from myself.”

you just told me, that is why Finlay made you his Beta. You love this pack just as much as he does. The relationship between the Alpha, Beta and Gamma, and as an extension, their families, are more important than one thinks. That was why I left my first pack. What was happening between me and the Alpha’s son was messing with that bond, I didn’t want that on my shoulders, so I left,” I told him. “As Beta you are the quality control. It’s your job to make sure the Alpha doesn’t go off the script. Alphas have a tendency to get tunnel vision. Your job is to make sure Finlay remembers the big picture. And to help take up the thing he thinks he has the bandwidth to do, but you know he doesn’t.” At that he huffed in amusement. I smiled. “You are doing fine. Better than fine. You are doing

said, and he gave

nudge back.

did you and the Alpha become friends?” I asked. Martin

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Chapter 22

he likes to remind me about, w

with it. But we bonded from the start. He’s the brother I never had and I’m the brother he wished he

never doubted that he would get the permission?” I asked.

he said

something, Finly will get it. If the first way doesn’t succeed, he will try another way until he finds one that works. That

question. I have been on the receiving end of that stubbornness,” I admitted. Martin joined in my laughter. It was nice sitting in the sun by

vision as you put it, it’s usually something important. I’ll be the first one to admit that I called him insane when he called to say he would

should do our best to make her join our pack. But… He was right. The pack is better off with you here. Thank you for accepting our offer,”

resting my head on his shoulder and he rested his head on top of mine. It was nice with some bonding time. It almost felt like when I used to hang out needled each other. We Iwith Elder. We eventually got up and made our

felt like we had got closer and the hesitation of a new friendship wasn’t there any longer. When we got close to the pack house/Finlay walked up to us.

you been?” he asked. He didn’t look annoyed, more