Mateless and Home Bound

Chapter 60: Homefield Advantage

Author's Note: Hi guys! I'm up here again! Unfortunately, this isn't to warn you about anything sexual. But this is going to be a lot of fun. Welcome to the climax guys! After all that's happened, I'm happy to finally get this all written out, because it took me quite a while to get it done. I hope you all enjoy!

-Saturn

Everything happened so fast after that. Sage was trying to not be afraid, but it didn't help when all these people were preparing to leave. This large house had never been so empty before, and it was more than unnerving.

"We need as many warriors as we can get," he heard a familiar voice down the hallways.

"Alexa, you are not staying!" Tyler argued with her. He recognized that stern voice. He had met him in his second week. The man was quiet and calm. But it seemed like he was the opposite right now. He would be shocked, but no one really was themselves at the moment. There were too many things going on for them to.

"I'm their Beta, Dad!" Alexa argued. He stood by the door, too curious to stop himself from eavesdropping. "I'm strong enough and skilled enough to fight them!"

"No warrior under age has fought in this pack since Elder Martha's age," Tyler told her. "And that was because of a war."

"This is a war."

"Not one that we can't handle ourselves."

He wasn't really close to Alexa, as she was a pretty busy person when it came to school and training, but he still worried about her. He didn't exactly know if it was the best idea for her to stay, but he knew that she was pretty skilled. He had seen her rough house with her brothers before, and those guys were pretty big. She would always wind up winning against them. He just didn't know if it was enough for going against those hunters.

"I just want to help, Dad," Alexa's voice got smaller. "I've trained hard to be able to defend this pack since I was five. Doesn't that make me worthy of battle?"

There was some silence after that. Sage wasn't sure what was going on in there. There was no way that he was going to try and open the door to look, but he still stayed to see if he could put the pieces together.

All the kids were leaving to the Harvest Moon Pack, along with just about every person who wasn't a fighter. He didn't learn about there being other packs, or that they were friendly with them as well, until recently. There was a lot of things that he still had to learn about this new world.

Of course, there were some exceptions, like the doctors. Button and his family were staying in order to take care of the wounded. But the halls were becoming more and more baren with every passing minute. They were all traveling via car through the cities, so as to not alert the hunters of their plan. Sage was proud of Reggie and all that he had been able to do with being the leader of all of these people. He really brought back the strength.

A soft sigh interrupted his recollections.

"You can do this only if you promise me that you will stay in this building," Tyler said.

"I can stay?" Alexa sounded so excited.

"If the alphas approve of it, then you can stay in the pack house to help defend Charlie and Sage. But that's as far as I'm willing to go."

He was pretty sure that there was some hugging and thanking after that, but he made sure to get out of there fast so they wouldn't notice him outside their room. The last thing he wanted to do was cause drama for snooping around. He was honestly just trying to keep himself busy by helping as many people as he could before they left. Nick was so upset about going to the other pack. He told him that it was going to be the first time in ages that he left somewhere without Alistair. He had no idea how close they had been as a couple, but he liked them.