The Lupa Alba

~Chapter 17~

{Chase's POV}
After school I dropped Briar off at the pack house before I sped off to a Alpha/Beta/Gamma meeting.

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" I asked. "I can always cancel the meeting and stay with you. Especially with everything going on-" she stopped me.

"Chase, I'll be fine. I promise. Evie is just down the road tutoring and Alex is somewhere on the territory." She assured me with her soft, blue eyes. She smiled at me as she stroked my cheek. I leaned into her touch, not wanting to leave her here by herself.

"I hate to say it but, Alex has to come with me. Since he's going to be a part of this war he has to be included. I'm sorry baby, I know you wanted to get to know him." I placed my hand over hers.

"Chase, it's fine. I know you mean well. I'll call you in an hour. I promise." I gave her a look. "You know i never break a promise." She kissed my nose. When she pulled away I pulled her back into a kiss on the lips. When the the moment ended, she blushed and pushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"I love you. I will be home in two hours on the dot." I promised.

"I know. Now go before you're late." She smirked at me as she pushed me out the door. I kissed her one last time and then sprinted off towards Alex's scent. I found him deep in our territory on the phone.

"I'll be back after this mess is over. Don't tell her the important stuff yet. I'd like to be there when you do tell her." I wanted him to finish but we really had to go.

"Hey, Alex?" He turned and faced me. "We really gotta go..." He nodded and held up one finger.

"I really gotta go. I'll call later. Bye." He hung up and walked with me back to the car.

"So. What do we have to do now?" He asked once in the car.

"We have to go sit down at a round table full of other Alphas, Betas and Gammas and listen to them talk about their problems with their packs for two hours." I claimed.

"Sounds like fun." He sarcastically answered.

"Haha yeah. Flynn is already there so he's just waiting for us."

"Alright, sweet."

We pulled into the parking lot of the meeting place and walked through the double doors with a carving of a full moon placed in the middle. Finding the rest of everyone, I greeted and gave them hand shakes.

The doors closed indicating the meeting will begin, 5:00 on the dot. I took my spot next to Flynn and Alex next to me. This time, the leader of the meeting was Alpha Stone, Briar's father.

"Rouges. They're everywhere and I don't think we are thinking much about them like we should." He started. "As you may know, rouges are ruthless, heartless and soulless wolves who have nose sure for help or a family. Our packs are threatened by them everyday," we all nodded and mumbled in agreement, "but my family, more importantly my youngest daughter, is being death threatened by those sons of bitches and no one can do anything to stop." He slammed his fist on the table in anger.

"Maybe it's a good thing they're taking a liking in Briar. They're leaving my pack alone. Makes it easier on us," an Alpha named Felix answered as he leaned back in his chair. "The only reason that they're here is because of your daughter. She's dangerous in full form and everyone knows it. Since when does a man in the moon determine who my rightful leader is? Maybe it's for the best if they hunt and kill her already." As those words left his mouth, I practically hopped the table to get to him but Flynn and Alex held me down. Alpha Stone dragged over to his smirking ass and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, maybe a clump of skin too.

"That is my daughter you are speaking about. The only reason why I haven't ripped your tongue out yet is because Briar would never forgive me for it. If it were up to me, I'd have you murdered on the spot but since I have more respect for myself, I'm going to let go of your shirt and finish my meeting. If you have anything else to say, you can wait until we are outside the meeting room to settle it. Do you understand?" Felix just sat there. Grabbing his collar he pulled him up and shoved him back in the seat. "Answer me god damnit!" Stone yelled.

"Yes sir." Whispered Felix who looked like he just shit his pants.

"Now that that's covered..." And he went on with his real reason for bringing us here: packs.
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About an hour exactly after we left the house, my phone rings while I'm on break.

"Hello?"

"Hey baby." I sighed at her lovely voice.

"Hello my angel. How are you doing?"

"If tired is good then I'm fantastic." I could hear her smile.

"That's good to hear. I'll be home in about another hour. When I get back we can watch a movie. Okay?"

"Okay. I'll see you soon, I love you."

"I love you too. Bye." I hung up and watched as the two separate huddles of werewolves converse over rouges.

The lunch bell rang and we all clustered back into the meeting room. Everything was going fine until I sensed that something wasn't right. The blood vessels in my head began to pump hard and I could hear my heart beat in my ears. I tried to shake it off but my head felt like it had just been whacked in the back with a bat. I tried to link with Briar but her link had been blocked. That's when I knew something wasn't right.

I looked at Flynn and motioned that I had to leave. He nodded and I slipped out of the meeting room, leaving the car, and sprinted back home.

I reached the house and the front door was still locked but something smelled weird.

"Is that...blood?" I ran upstairs calling Briar's name. I reached our room and there was a puddle of blood on the floor. Sniffing it I recognized it as Briar's.

I began to flip out when I couldn't smell her in the house. I looked at the window and saw at the bottom that someone had jumped out.

My anger built up and I began to destroy everything in my view.

"Chase?" I heard my 5 year old brother call me. I fixed my self and answered.

"Yeah Levi?"

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah buddy, I was just looking for something."

"Well did you find it?"

"No unfortunately not."

"Maybe you're not looking hard enough. You'll find it Chase."

He jumped down from my hip and ran away. My phone rang and I prayed it was Briar.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Chase. Is Sienna or Briar with you?" Cooper asked, furious and pissed.

"No. I can't find Briar anywhere and I just found a large puddle of Briar's blood on the floor of our room and honestly I'm really scared." I claimed as I ran my free hand through my hair.

"Well I think I know where she is..."

"Where?"

"With Sienna. She just called me and told me that she had Briar held captive and she was going to kill her. I'm furious right now but u felt like you should know. Jayden and I are on our way over now. Prepare for a blood bath."

I ended the call and linked Flynn, Liam and all of the other warriors. I told Evie to take the pack, pups and moms, to the bunker and keep them there.

I knew this day was coming, I was just hoping I was wrong.
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New chapter guys!! I was going to put two POVs in this one but it got longer than I expected.

So this is Chase's POV of after school.

What do you guys think of the new cover??

What do you guys think will happen in the next chapter? Comment below!

~Syd 😊