Battle of the Roses [Book 2]

Chapter 11

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Chapter Quote:
"All I am is less than I was. And I can't ever be more."
~Bloodrose
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Chapter 11

Josilyn 

When Arya and Ren announced a pack meeting, I was even more worried about what was going on than when Hunter had told me what he had in the garden.  I wanted to panic when I was told that the meeting was mandatory for everyone.  I didn't attend pack meetings.  Most of it had to do with hunting, and I was not that type of Guardian.  I couldn't kill an animal, I just couldn't.  Everyone else could though; it was times like those that made me feel weak, that made me feel below them.  Oh I'd tried.  I'd tried to do what they did but I couldn't kill an animal, and my heart failed me in endurance.  I could barely go on one short patrol without getting winded in the first fifteen minutes.

I sat next to Elsa on the couch along with Ember and Noah.  Riley and Thea shared the love seat.  Dmitri sat in the plush chair with Gracie and Akira sitting on the arms, flanking him.  Sebastian, Barry, Laurel, Diana, Jake, and Oliver sat on the floor.  The adults stood behind us all.  Hunter leaned against the fireplace, arms crossed.  Shadows danced across his face which resulted from the light of the fire.  I could see how worried he was earlier, but the shadows amplified that for some reason.

"There's no way to sugarcoat what I'm about to tell you so I'm going to come out and say it: we're being hunted.  Again.  We don't know where the Hunters are, who they are, when they're going to strike, but we know they're back.  Earlier, Loren and Shiloh discovered the scent of a new wolf pack.  A little while later, a girl from that pack called telling us what I'm telling you.  She said they'd killed some of her pack and that the remainder of her pack had tracked them here.  The Hunters are biding their time and waiting for a time to strike against us.  They never do the same thing twice.  They switch it up so we never know what to expect.  Therefore we don't need to worry about our houses exploding or them breaking into our house.  On the other hand, starting today, no one leaves this compound without a partner.  If you go somewhere, you tell an adult where you're going and you take someone with you," Ren ordered.

"Dad, what about dance?  I'm not going to force Thea and Riley to wait for three hours at dance for me to be done with my lessons," Elsa argued. "The Hunters like to make a statement but they're not stupid.  They don't want to be caught by police which is why they won't attack any of us when we're in public."

"We don't know that so unless someone else joins you in your later dance class, they're going to stay with you," my father growled.

"Or maybe I can have my dance partner drive me back up here.  I trust him."

"I don't, so no more arguments." My friend's nostrils flared but she stayed quiet.  I knew that she wasn't going to listen.  She had that look in her eyes.

"Furthermore, we'll be going on more hunts.  All of us, including you Josilyn," Ren continued.

"W-what?" I stammered.

"We have patrols scheduled for each and every one of you.  There's no way out of these either.  Each patrol will have someone as the alpha of that pack.  Whatever they say, you listen to them.  There's no arguments with these.  Arya and I put them like this for a reason.  Any questions?"

"When are we going to go after them?" Elsa queried.

"After who?"

"The Hunters."