Destiny's Tethers

Chapter 33 - Preparation

A/N: I shall address this here since the story has been growing a lot faster than I expected (and damn thanks for that ahaha)

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The afternoon after they returned back from the human town, the response from Alpha Aaron arrived.

To Alpha Landon,

I accept your challenge. As agreed upon in the attached contract, the Alphas of the Silver Arrow and Moon River Pack will meet up on neutral grounds two weeks from now, accompanied by only our Betas and pack doctors. The victor will receive the honour of becoming the strongest Alpha and leader of the most powerful pack of the Evergreen Wilds. No cheating or assistance will be allowed.

Regards,

Alpha Aaron Young

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Luna Olwen took over most duties for the Moon River Pack as her mate prepared for the challenge. Alpha Landon was already rather strong on his own, and Olwen for one knew that he was more than a match for Aaron. But given Alpha Aaron would definitely not give up the prestigious strongest pack in the forest title so easily, they could not let their guard down.

It did mean that Alpha Landon was usually either in the forests patrolling or training at the gym, and that Olwen only at most saw him at night - but she didn't mind. Especially given that they were only going to plan to start a family once this hurdle was overcome, it was imperative that they both devote all their effort to preparing for it.

Josh and Cael made the decision to officially mark each other, the latter having become the pack's de-facto head of security by now. His new system, including the abolishing of a number of blind spots some of the cameras previously had, had helped some of the Moon River Pack patrols identify and deal with possible disturbances, such as rogues that strayed too close to the borders. Josh had witnessed his beloved mate progress from a shy, quiet man who didn't know his place at all in a pack, to...well, a shy quiet man that absolutely knew and owned his place.

Elise had been discharged from the clinic and was still living with Josh and Cael; but Doctor Enzo had become a frequent visitor to their home as well. As part of her recovery and strengthening her connection with her wolf, Enzo had insisted on her bringing Ember on daily runs - whether this was to truly benefit her health or allow him to spend more time with her was unclear. Regardless of how Enzo and Elise felt about each other, their wolves had been drawn to each other from day one. If not for the Doctor's impressive self control, his wolf Eston might have marked Elise while she was still recuperating in his bed, or even after the two humans had locked eyes during Olwen's Luna Ceremony.

During the course of it all, several families from the Silver Arrow Pack arrived at the vicinity. Luna Olwen was able to vouch for them as their former pack member, especially after an unexpected reunion with Jessie.

Of course, they'd heard of the strong showing of the Moon River Pack at the function, and had willingly undertaken the long journey here. The pack suddenly needed to host a lot more new members, with Gamma Josh having his hands full with observing and screening each of them, even with the new programmes Cael had come up with.

It was here that Alpha Landon and Luna Olwen decided to implement something they had been considering for a few weeks now - considering the Moon River Pack was slowly but surely going to grow in size, they would need to appoint more authority figures than just the three.