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"Let me know how I can help. My pack and I are at your service. Pull on our bond if you ever need me."
Remy nodded at him. She didn't trust herself to speak. Chase was healing parts of herself she didn't know were wounded. He did his best to make her trust him and feel safe within their bond. That was something she didn't have last time. She felt that in her soul.
Chase kissed her forehead, making Remy sigh. She bit her tongue before she asked for more. She needed to get back to the pack and settle some people as she had been asked.
"Stay safe, Sweet cheeks. I'll wait for your call."
With that, Chase walked back through the woods, and she heard a car door open and shut. The rumble of the engine told her he had pulled away. She whined at his absence, but she chose for this to be a strained conversation. That didn't mean she had to like her choice.
I need to see him again. But first... I need to figure out who attacked us.
Chapter eleven
Remy
Remy got inside the car for the second time with Lykos in the driver's seat as their plan to talk to other packs continued, despite having been attacked the last time. This needed to be done so they could get answers. They needed to establish allies if the packs around the kingdom were resorting to the Old Ways and things got bloody. Lykos hesitated to discuss the territory lines without his pack, so Bryan joined the fun. This resulted in Remy having to sit in the back after Bryan yelled shotgun.
She was not happy about that.
"Let’s go, Rem. He called it first."
Remy growled as she crammed herself into the back seat and shut the door. "I don't care. I feel like a child back here. Why the hell do I need to be in the back?"
"I called shotgun. Them’s the rules, kid." The men closed their doors. Lykos started the engine, and he pulled away from the pack house.
Another growl. "I'm not a kid."
Bryan chuckled. "I've lived many decades in this world longer than you. You are a kid to me and will always be a kid to me. Believe me, you'll feel the same way once you are in my shoes."
Remy rolled her eyes and looked out the window. She wasn’t going to make the same mistake she made last time. Her eyes were fixated beyond the tree line for any movement that shouldn't be there. Bryan seemed to be doing the same so Lykos could focus on the road. They had a decent drive ahead of them today, and suitcases were in the trunk since they planned to do more packs than one this time.
The Redwood Forest pack was first on the list to visit. They were known for the trees inside their territory, which they slowly cut down for lumber. It was not something they could easily replace, so sections of the territory would be cut down, replanted for regrowth, and then moved on to a new section. It was a slow process that worked for them to supply jobs to their members and money toward their pack. It was a two-hour drive away, and they started at the crack of dawn. Remy fought the urge to sleep the entire way there so she could stare out the window to prevent another surprise attack.
The Alpha of the Redwood Forest pack was not exactly a nice man. He wasn't mated so there was no Luna to balance him out. Remy remembered her mother explaining that Alphas with no mate would most likely go feral if they did not take on a mate after so many years. There were rumors that he would have chosen mates to bear him children every so many years but would break the bond after a child or two were born. The rumors were proven true after other visiting Alphas came to discuss things with him. It wasn't against Pack Law, so there was nothing to be done about it. A True Mate would balance him out more, but he had not found her yet.
Remy wasn't sure if she liked this visit plan for these reasons, but Lykos insisted on it. This was one of the packs that had tried to bully her father into giving some of their land to him. Remy inquired about this pack being one of the two that attacked their own, but Lykos believed it wasn't. Remy wasn't so sure. If he were the asshole that people believed him to be, why wouldn't he be someone that attacked them? If he wanted more territory, this would be one of the people who would fight for it. If it was clear to her, why wasn't it clear to her father?
Maybe he is getting soft. That would mean I would have to take over for the better of the pack.
I think he is just weighing the issues before jumping to conclusions. There is no reason to draw hard lines hastily.
I just want to know if there is going to be another fight. I'm out of practice.
We did well the last time—no reason to think otherwise.
Remy sighed. Since coming home, her life had been nothing but hasty decisions.
Maybe I should return to the island and live my days there as planned.
~*~*~*~*~*~
As they pulled up to the Redwood Forest's pack house, Remy lifted her lip in disgust. It was right on the edge of the territory line, making it an easy target for ambushes or attacks. If this Alpha didn't have a reputation for being an asshole, that was what Remy would think he was just for this alone. An Alpha was to ensure the safety of the people under him. Building a packhouse on the edge of the territory line was not keeping them safe. That was the exact opposite.
"Why would he allow the house to be where it can be easily attacked? That's a stupid decision if you ask me."
Bryan laughed. "It wasn't his plan. Dimitri isn't the original Alpha."
"He could move it. This is the lumber pack."
