Chapter 13: Echoes of the Past

Ramsey

After the drama with Lyla earlier at the gates this morning, I was seething with anger.

I didn’t even know if I was angry at myself for letting her just go or if I was angry with her for not sticking to the plan I had explained to her last night.

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Was she trying to test my patience? To see how far I could go? How dare she disobey me? We were mates but I was still her Lycan Leader.

I sat at the head of the round table in the situation room drumming my finger impatiently on the vinyl table.

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The room was filled with the quiet murmurings of the elders, warriors and members of the council deliberating over the sudden Feral attack last night but I couldn’t be bothered by whatever they were saying.

My mind was still fixed on Lyla.

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Not just that, I wanted her so much.

I couldn’t stop thinking about our garden encounter.

Even though it had been short and brief.

But I was also angry at her.

She had defied me again.

Lax was still angry at me for denying her but did he expect me to announce to the whole world that a mutt was my mate? Not only was she stubborn and reckless, she – No, I have to stop thinking about her.

There were bigger issues, real problems bigger than Lyla.

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“Alpha, are you listening?” My Beta, Lenny suddenly mindlinked me snapping me out of my thoughts, his eyes narrowing at me from across the table.

“You need to focus; else they would know you weren’t even listening from the beginning.

I nodded, straightening in my seat as I forced my attention back to the room.

An emergency meeting had to be held today following the attack of Feral Wolves at the lower village last night.

They had killed nearly 50 Omegas and injured about 100, hence the emergency meeting.

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“It doesn’t make sense!” Elder Vitalis muttered drumming on the table, copying my previous movement as he gestured wildly with frustration on his face.

“There was no warning! Feral attacks always come with some sort of sign – an omen or even the arrival of the Moonsinger.

But this one, nothing! They just appeared!”

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“My thoughts exactly,” Elder Mira, a silver-haired woman sighed leaning forward.

“How is it even possible?” she continued “The last recorded Feral attack was nearly 10,000 years ago.

Didn’t they say that the last Moonsinger wiped out the Dark One and his Feral armies? How could they still exist? How could we have been so wrong?”

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The room erupted with worried voices as everyone tried to speak at the same time.

beginning of

even prepared for them? I

peering at the map laid out

didn’t

White Mountain Territory… right near the White

in the room gasped with shock but I could understand

wasn’t just any territory; it was our seat of power, the heart of our

on us was a direct challenge, like a warning

eyes wide with fear “If the Ferals are coming back… after all these years, it can only mean one thing…

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the concerns everyone was raising, to be the leader my people needed but somehow my thoughts kept

Had she arrived home? I had

was on a piece of

a call?

Eldric, cleared his throat from

and had preferred instead to lodge

firmly “The

this room, I know what it means to fight a

already, details of

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continued “And do not fear death neither do they retreat until

out but it’s not surprising that they have

sure it is the dark one leading them this time around… the Last Moonsinger had died side by side with the dark

a slight possibility that…” he paused

need to

and the people of this

be ready

same rank as my grandfather spoke, “Some of these packs barely

pack where my

get any aid from the White Moon Throne?”

was first

we send our warriors to these smaller packs, and the White Moon Throne falls, what will become of

bigger packs until the threat is over?” I

good suggestion, Alpha,” They all

supposed to fight them?”

survived the last

not even survive an

mean

“But they could still be an infant, a pup,

they take

Moonsinger, there’s not much

years, we’ve protected our world with the best of our resources and abilities and unless anyone in the room knows where and who the Moonsinger is… then it’s

looked at each other in despair, with

that, Eldric,”

deceive ourselves into thinking we can defend our territories

it’s time we start searching for

until the next attack but we must

cross that bridge when we come

now, we must focus on gathering all our

we cannot sit

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Alpha,” my grandfather turned to me, “It’s time for you to pick a

glaring

“Really? Now?” I queried.

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