Chapter 21: Too Old

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Two weeks later....

"What?!", I heard Hayden yell from his office and I looked at Jayden questionably

"I don't know", she shrugged and I sped my way to the office "hey! You're supposed to stay in bed"

"I'm fine, hush", I replied continuing to walk until I was in the office. Everyone looked stressed, especially Hayden. He sat at his desk, head in his hands. Nate was sitting in the seat across from the desk with a stressed look

"What's wrong?", I asked walking more into the office and Hayden looked at me

"Ariel, what are doing out of bed?", he questioned worriedly and got up

"I'm fine", I told him and he sighed "what happened?"

"It's Xander, Valkon, and the other elders....", Nate mumbled then looked up at us "they were murdered"

"What?!", Jayden yelled and I groaned "Xander was the King! The most protected of all the werewolves!"

"Jay please", Hayden spoke placing a hand on her shoulder "calm down"

"What now?", I asked frowning and Hayden pulled me to him gently "how did this happen?"

"Someone is a traitor", Nate growled running his fingers through his hair "there are secret passage ways to the castle that no one knows about, except for the trustworthy helpers of the King and the elders"

"So one of those idiots are alive?!"

"Nope, it's been confirmed they're dead, but some from Dean's pack survived", Hayden explained sitting me down on the sofa "we assume that they sided with Trevor"

"Why?"

"Because you killed Dean". I nodded and sighed, he deserved to die. He was useless, negative, and troublesome. He annoyed Athena, but if I hadn't killed him......

"Ariel, this isn't your fault", Hayden whispered with a small smile "they didn't stay loyal to their king, so when the time come they'll die...."

"It's written down that if the King passes and has no pups to take his place then.....", he paused then looked at us before continuing "the highest ranking elder will take his place"

"So my father? He was an elder, but the rogues attacked and he went into hiding with the survivers of the pack for protection...," I said looking at Cathy  "We need to find him"

"He left me a number incase we needed to call him," she stated and I frowned

"What?! And you didn't tell me?"

"I knowwwwww," she whined with a pout "it was killing me! But Pops told me to make sure that Hayden or his pack weren't a threat"

"Are we? A threat?," Hayden questioned raising and brow and she scoffed

"Oh yeah, I called him a few days ago. Y'all don't need to worry," she replied and I groaned "what?"

"Did you find out where they are"

"I can call him now and find out"

"We have time to travel there, the funerals is a few days out," Hayden commented and Nate groaned

"This is shit show just never ends". After Cathy and I called him, we found out that he was two towns over, living on a farm with the pack. Turns out the old tunnel lead to a safe house. Essentially another pack house, that had a farm. The next day, Cathy, Luca, Hayden, Johnathan, and I set out their location. Nate stayed behind to be in charge, of course.

"Alpha!," the child cheered when I exit the truck

"Hey, guys," I chuckled kneeling down, only to be knocked down by the avalanche of kids

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