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"Grass is always greener..."
He smiled at her. "Exactly."
"Okay, so what do you want me to do about it?"
Lykos sighed and leaned back in his chair with his hands clasped on his lap. "Our neighbors are some of the packs that are unhappy with what they have and want some of our territory. I am hoping you will tag along while I pay visits to each of the alphas. The neighbors and I need to discuss what exactly they want so I know if I am willing to give it. I personally do not want to give up our territory to anyone. Our ancestors brought harm to others for the land we rule, and we have done incredible things with it. However, I know we are much better off than other packs, which has created jealousy in our area."
"You didn't answer my question."
"I want you to come along to see how to handle these situations. If it is a problem for me while I am reigning over this territory, it will most likely become your problem whenever you choose to take over. I'd rather you see how to handle this now instead of having many discussions with your top people to come to a solution."
It wasn't much to ask for her to do this with him. Lykos had a point, too. This was a great opportunity to witness how to discuss issues with neighboring packs so it did not need to descend into a war. Lycans were quite known for their ability to use fighting to settle their disagreements. That was something that Remy did not want to continue.
"Okay, when do we leave?"
Chapter seven
Remy
Sitting inside the car, Remy wished she were back on the island for at least the tenth time since she returned home. She had forgotten how much her stomach hated being inside of a car. On the island, they didn't exist. From what she understood, this was one of three kingdoms with cars; other kingdoms had fancier ones than the Lycans. Remy preferred running on four feet, which was still a luxury to everyone else in the kingdom. Lycans rarely ran on all four paws because of their wolf's structure. Lycans mostly stood on two feet and used their front paws to run only when absolutely necessary. Front paws were used in battle instead.
It turned out that her father wanted to leave immediately, and they jumped into their car soon after discussing their plan, including which packs they needed to visit and the best course of action to make their trip easy. The first pack on the list was the Silver Ridge pack. That did not help Remy's stomach settle in the least. On one hand, she couldn't wait to see Chase again and to know if he could follow through with the stipulations she gave him about their bond. On the other hand, she did not want to test the waters this soon, and in front of her father no less.
Thinking about Chase reminded her of how he pleasured her to seal their deal. Remy had to banish the thought away so her father wouldn't smell arousal coming from her and ask her about what she was thinking. That led to her mind bringing up the image of the three gold bonds attached to her, and Remy remembered how she wanted to ask her father which Alphas were present last night.
"There were other pack members outside our own at my party last night, right?"
Lykos seemed to be taken aback by her random question but kept his eyes on the road. "Yes. Why?"
"During the ceremony, I noticed some people I didn't recognize in the crowd. They were still out of place after feeling everyone connected to me again. Who were they?"
Lykos nodded, telling her she had chosen the right approach. "Chase Monroe, now the Alpha of Silver Ridge, brought his Beta along, too. Draken, I believe his name was. I'm not too familiar with his Beta."
That made sense to Remy, too, since she didn't know who Chase was or how he became Alpha. The Alpha she knew who ran the Silver Ridge pack was not nice. The last thing she heard about the Silver Ridge pack was that it was falling apart. Many Lycans wanted to leave the pack and go elsewhere. She still didn't recall him being higher up in the hierarchy before she went to the island. Lykos mentioned that there were a lot of change-overs right before she left. It could have been that the spell that kept the memory of her ex-mate locked in a box could have spilled into other memories before that day, too. It was not like she had an iron-clad memory and could recall every detail of her life the moment she needed it.
"Then there was Myles Damascus and his Beta Asher. He may have brought his Gamma, too. He isn't the most trusting Alpha and is known for bringing his top five everywhere because he expects bloodshed wherever he goes."
Remy looked at her father, "Does he cause it?"
"Not usually. Several Alphas have gone a little crazy since you've been gone. A lot of packs have had to start over and move around. As I said earlier, there have been a lot of disputes. Some have turned into small war zones."
"The Dark Dimension."
Remy thought the only answer to that riddle was that the Dark Dimension had been opened somewhere inside her kingdom. If the Lycans couldn't control themselves, it had to be them going berserk from the dimension leaking into the kingdom.
Lykos was silent for a moment. "Maybe; though I still believe people are also unhappy with what they have."
Remy clicked her tongue at him, "I saw it a lot on the island, Dad. All within the last few weeks. It hurt the dragons the most, but there were still cases of others, too. We aren't immune to it."
"I haven't heard about anything like that to fit the bill. It is something we can look into, though."
"Were there any others?"
"I'm pretty sure I saw two others, but they didn't stay long. Bryan mentioned that Jake and Myles showed up, ate some food, and then left. I hate to say it, but that sounds like them. Those two are pushing us to hand over a piece of our land, ten acres, to each of them."
Remy snorted. "Seriously? That's a lot of our land to give away. If we gave away that much to each person who asked, we wouldn't have any left."
"Try explaining that to two hard-headed Alphas."
