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

Spring had finally come to the pack land and Finley had decided to celebrate it with a BBQ at his house. Invited was the

top tier, Matilda and Cadence family. Jake had trained the pups and adults in hiding and evading for almost a year. He

had become close to both me and Sam and the pack had a new appreciation for him. He was an amazing strategist and

was good at handling the pups, making the training into playtime. Finley stood on his deck and manned the BBQ. I kept

him company as the others were setting the table inside and cooked the side dishes.

“You look happy,” he said.

“I am. I got an invitation from CeCe today. You remember her, right?”

“Sure. The woman who was there when we picked you up.”

“Right. So, Jessie, the man who was there to see me off,” I clarified for him. Finlay nodded but didn’t look happy. “He

proposed to CeCe, it was about time if you ask me, so they sent me a save the date for their wedding. June twenty fifth,”

I told him. I didn’t expect him to get all giddy like I had been when I red the invite. But I hadn’t expected him to look like

he had bitten into a lemon either. “What?”

“Nothing,” he said. I gave him a look and he sighed.

“The gathering of packs is the same week,” he reminded me.

“Crap. I had totally forgotten. It’s okay, I’ll just tell them I can’t make it.”

“No, you should go. they are your friends and a wedding is a big deal,” Finlay insisted.

“It is. But the pack comes first. You need someone to go with you and then someone needs to stay with the pack.”

“I don’t need someone to go with me. I’m a big Alpha, I can manage on my own. Beside, most Alphas take their Lunas as

the plus one. I will be fine,” he insisted. I hesitated. We didn’t talk about it but his brother would be there and from what I

could tell, the previous years hadn’t been easy when the two met.

“Why do you both look like thunderclouds? It’s spring, we are having a BBQ and we are supposed to be happy,” Martin

said as he came walking with a beer each for us.

“Thank you,” I said, taking one.

“We were discussing that Amie has received a wedding invitation for her friends’ wedding the same weekend that I’m to

of

would go alone to the meeting and I would go with

didn’t like it?”

“What?” I said.

hadn’t got quite as

the only reasonable

Finlay is going into week long meeting with every other pack. Some

looked at Finlay

can look after

The two of you can have some fun and we will feel safe knowing you are

if trouble finds you, it will be unexpected,”

I will make

I told Martin. He laughed and looked

the opportunity to tease me or make a

had met other packs did he team up with

one. I’ll let the others know,” Martin said and walked inside. Finlay and I stood in

was looking out over

going with your garden, soon it will be too

as if he

the soil, cutting down the perennials, planning what to plant in the

the good stuff,”

read the complete version of

now

don’t

“You don’t do that?”

“No.”

what do you do with your

look on my face, because he continued. “When

mate, some pups, and then

But now. It’s nice to be able to come out

go to waste,” he explained. Mates were a topic we usually stayed clear of. Not like it was a forbidden topic, but with my past and Finlay

mate, it was a subject neither

You have such an amazing garden,” I

who designed it,” he

she isn’t happy with the state of it,” I told him with a

joined us. “I have told him he needs to take care of it. I didn’t plan it and

let it become

each summer to mow the

defended himself. Matilda

over next weekend and sort out your garden. I will give

We can give the crop to the pack

just looked at