Chapter 70
“He’s coming.” Lauren mumbled, snapping her head towards the entrance of the pack.
Yuan looked at her, wondering. “Who is
Lauren caught herself and turned back to the Bets who was looking at her
“L. I feel like Jasper has finally arrived.”
at her curiously.
Yuan tilted his head. “But he’s been staying in the West since the invasion happened two days ago.”
Lauren nodded. The commencement of the Choosing was cancelled altogether, Declan and the Council decided it was not worth the time right now. Especially that the vampires had been taking drastic actions to get to them.
The mere fact that they managed to get inside the center of the pack territory is a big red flag. It should warn them that the vampires are no longer playing around.
“Yeah, maybe I’m just-
An entry call suddenly rang g around the pack, signalling to everyone that someone was incoming. It has been like that since the invasion.
Yuan’s eyes immediately widened at her. “I’ll be there immediately.”
Lauren knew the Beta was no longer talking to her. “What? What happened?”
Yuan started walking away from the field. “A guard just reported that vampires were seen tailing a group coming our way”
Lauren gasped, and as if that was a code, she immediately felt that coldness she always got whenever she knew vampires were around
But it was very subtle. They shouldn’t be that near.
“I’m sorry, Lauren. We have to suspend your exercises for today. He let go of the weapon he had in hand and stopped to face her again.
“Just stay here. I’ll have someone look after you”
She quickly shook her head. “I’m okay. I’ll join the squad training
The Rets shifted on his feet, worried. “You know the Alpha specifically ordered for us to take care of
you, right?”
I’ll be fine. Yuan. You know I’m capable of fighting Give all the guards to the kids” She shrugged stubbornly. Lauren started walking squadron that had started their training exercises for the day
She glanced back at the Beta “111 be okay. Go
Yuan couldn’t do anything else, so he just sighed. “Okay. I’ll be right back.”
He turned around and went to the entrance gate of the pack. Still, he mindlinked the lead guard of the squadron to keep an eye on Lauren, just to secure her. Declan was going to kill him if something happens to her again
He saw how Declan almost lost control the other day when they found Lauren getting manipulated by the Stranger. Many of their soldiers have encountered the being and none of them were able to survive.
The first time they saw it happen was traumatizing enough. How their own had turned against them and how hollow their eyes had gotten. The worst part of getting manipulated by a Stranger is losing one’s wolf. The wolves are eitlier puished back to the back of the consciousness or just killed altogether to give room to the Stranger’s spot in the werewolf’s head.
He knew it was what scared Declan the most. It was his worst fear too. It was like losing one’s entire identity.
Lauren pushed her way towards the squadron and quickly lined together with them. It wasn’t her first time joining the group since she decided to join the guards‘ training after what happened two days ago
She decided she wasn’t going to just stay walking around and act all nostalgic and emotional over coming back in Black Ridges. Being conscious aliqut how some people knew her and most didn’t was the least of her concerns.
Lauren wanted to be stronger and get rid of the Stranger in her head.
he healer said she could.
She asked Glory whether she could still get the Stranger out of her head and the
“Taking control of your own head and knowing when the Stranger is taking over slowly pushes them out of your head. But you need to be stronger to do that. Only a creature with a strong will power could withstand a Stranger’s power.”
And Lauren was more than willing to withstand that evil creature’s power.
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Lauren. She times to her back and saw hey commanding squadron leader approaching them.
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