Forgetting The Painful Effort

Chapter 32

Lewis' POV

"Where are we going?" Ashton asks me curiously, while I lead him and Rodney out of the pack house.

I asked them if they want to hang out with Darrick and me again, and they happily agreed.

"To the Alpha's house. Darrick has no idea that you will come with me, so I'm sure that he will be very happy when he will see you there." I say, and he smiles while Rodney looks a bit stressed.

He doesn't talk much, at least that's what his babysitter told me, although he still responds to every question that Darrick or I ask him.

"Why are you stressed?" I ask him, and he shrugs.

"Won't the Alpha be angry that we will be in his house?" Rodney asks me, and I shake my head with a smile.

"I'm sure that he will be alright with it, he even told me that I can bring you there, so you can play with his kids." I say.

To be honest, we were supposed to bring the kids to Devonte's house every time that we take them with us.

But we managed to convince Devonte to allow us to take one of the guards instead of staying in his house, so that's why the were there only once before.

"But they're mean." Rodney says, and I frown.

"Which one is mean?" I ask him curiously.

"Landen." He responds, and Ashton nods.

"Wylder and Sven are annoying too when they're together, but Landen is the worst." Ashton explains.

"Has he done anything to you?" I ask with worry clear in my voice.

I know that Wylder and Sven are definitely annoying, so I'm not surprised that they're making trouble.

But I'm a bit surprised that they think that Landen is the worse.

I have talked with him a lot of times, and I thought that he was one of the calmest of Darrick's siblings.

I guess that the kids have something else to say about him.

"He was at the pack house not long ago, and he hit Rodney, because he was talking to Landen's friends." Ashton tells me.

"And he's mean to everyone, just not to his friends." Rodney says, and Ashton nods in agreement.

"I will tell the Alpha about this." I say  but the kids shake their heads right away.

"Don't tell him, because Landen will be even more mean, if he will find out that we someone told the Alpha about it." Ashton says.

I sigh tiredly, but I nod anyway.

"I won't tell him." I say, although I will definitely talk to Tareek, and I hope that he will make sure that someone will watch Landen closely.

I'm not sure if he will believe me, because Landen is a very nice kid when he's near the adults.

But I will try my best to make sure that he won't keep bullying other kids.

It doesn't take us long to reach the house, and it seems that most of the family is in the living room, so I lead the kids there.

Most of them greet me, while the others look at the kids curiously.

"I hope that they can stay for a while." I say, and Devonte nods.

"Of course." Wren says, and I smile at him.

I look around the living room, and I quickly find Darrick, so I lead the kids towards him.

I sit next to him, while the kids give him a hug to greet him.