Dawn of Hope - Folician Chronicles 7

Chapter 5 - The Raid

Hands headed back to the pack house and walked in shortly before the interview was over, "I do apologize for the abrupt departure but Pack Business comes before all else. I have taken care of the problem and have some time now. If you would like and my Pack Father and Mother don't mind, I can introduce you to my pack before you leave." He settled down next to Nuzzle and Savory, *Singer and Thunder are pregnant and Toes asked Singer to become his mate eventually.* That was sent just to Ray, Gentle, and Savory, *Ray a deep cave back on earth is starting to sound better all the time.* His tone was wry.

Savory could only blink slightly but managed to control her expression, *Oh my...* "I think showing the pack to her would be nice. Just for a moment though since I am going to drag my Pack Father back to the hot spring and relax with him." She gave him a peck and managed not to grin when he blushed slightly.

Nose gave him a very pleased smile, "I do hope the pack business wasn't too serious but your offer is wonderful. As with last time I will have the interviews run past the Temple Mother for review. She might wish to hold off on that part of the interview." Her eyes started twinkling, "So what was your reaction to your new furnishings Hands?"

Hands looked at her, "Not serious as some of the other issues but important. Thank you for hoping it wasn't something major." He picked up his coffee and made a slight face since it was now cold.

Savory huffed at him, "I know what my reaction was and it was to growl at him. He got all excited, traded looks with Ray and ran for the buildings." Just for good measure she growled at his unsympathetic expression.

Hands expression became filled with amazement, "Back on earth an archeologist, upon opening a tomb of a Pack Father of an ancient country, was heard to say 'wonderful things' when asked what he could see."

Eventually the interview was over and Hands showed Nose to his pack house and he was doing this with a slight hint of malice. Dreamer was going to be there and he wanted to run Pack Zorg's nose in that fact. He was going to have to work hard not to make a point of why Dreamer was there. Hands simply wanted to thumb his nose at them. When they walked in all the girls were there in the living area, "Ladies this is Inquisitive Nose as I am sure you recognize her. I invited her over for a brief interview."

She walked in and had to stop, "Oh goodness I see what you mean. Wonderful things is a very good description. Gee, you accepting any new pack members?" She gave them a teasing smile, "Seriously though this is wonderful and thank you for allowing this." Nose settled down and gave both Hands and her assistant a nod.

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Dark Storm had received the message shortly after it had been sent. The following morning, she had woken up feeling somewhat the worse for wear from the drinking. The nanites would take care of most of that before she had to arrive. Due to the threat from the senior Matriarch of the pack she had carefully composed a message which he forwarded to Hunter, Morning, Ray, and Gentle. One thing she knew was she didn't want to face whoever that other pack father had been. That mental slap had terrified her more than she would ever say.

Once she had sent the message she took some time to shower and get dressed. Once she was done she had taken some time to carefully groom any signs of the binge drinking away. While she was doing that, she received an acknowledgement she checked the time and stepped out of the room. She took everything with her, not that she had much, and checked out of the hotel. This was going to be so bloody hard to do but she didn't have a choice. As much as the threat from the Matriarch scared her the threat from that Pack Father scared her even more. She had seen a few images of her grand pups and she really wanted to actually meet them.