Dawn of Hope - Folician Chronicles 7

Chapter 14 - Pack Zorg Trial begins

Hands walked out of the office and to the small section his pack had been given. When he walked in he found his pack getting ready to leave. Spicy came over and gave him a good hug, *Love you Hands.* She kept holding him, "I am glad we are going back to the temple. I need to go back." She had fun playing with the pups but she was so ready to go back.

Hands wrapped his arms around her and held her close, *Wuvs you to Spicy. I am beyond ready to go back.* He lightly nuzzled one of her ears, *I want my life back and screw this crap. I want to just be Hands the Pack Father and another teen.* With a sigh he let her go and moved towards his bed and started packing. There wasn't any reason for his pack to do that for him.

Spicy gave him a good hug before she went to check on the younger girls. As she was taking care of that she was keeping an eye on Salty and Rain. By now most of the pack knew that Rain was somewhat different than Dreamer. It wasn't the 'he came from a damaged pack' but Rain had a different feel to him.

Rain had been told he was going with them for the time being. Not much else had been said though he had tried to read between the lines. As hard as he had tried to figure out what was going on he hadn't been able to. His life had been too circumscribed to really understand. Salty was holding him at the moment to try and keep him calm.

Hands finally had to stop, *Savory can you please take care of this for me? I need to... I need to talk to Rain.* He could feel his hands starting to tense and the claws on his new hands starting to dig into the robe he was holding. Damn those frigging stupid females. What the... he couldn't think of what to either think or say about them.

Savory came over and gave him a good hug and nuzzled one ear since she knew it would distract him. It wasn't anything like an adult but he did tend to react somewhat, *I will take care of it Hands, go and comfort them.* She urged him away before she took the robe from him.

Hands walked over and pulled Salty and Rain into a good hug, *Rain please do me a favor and trust me that we are doing our best for you. I can't say why we want you to go with us. It has been decided at a level above me. Just trust me please.*

Rain, and even Salty, instinctively reacted to a more mature male and both leaned into his hug, *Yes Pack Father we will do so. Please tell me why as soon as possible.* Rain was scared to tears since his life had been so screwed up in the last few weeks. He didn't realize his entire life had been screwed up.

He had to close his eyes and felt his jaw tense and his ears fold back in anger, *I will do my best though it might take some time. There are reasons I can't go into other than for the moment it involves a Goddess order. I just can't tell you at the moment.* Hands released the hug and moved back, "Go and finish packing. We are going to be leaving soon."

When the transport finally landed at the temple Hands and the others had to frown. They landed at a gate they had never seen before. Since it was at the temple he was pretty sure they were where they were supposed to be. That and Dancer and Golden was there waiting. Hands walked off the transport with Savory next to him, "Do I want to know why we are in a different section of the temple? Did you decide we were causing too many problems and we have been relegated to some dusty rooms?" He was trying to make a joke.

Dancer reached over and lightly bopped him for that joke even as Golden grinned, "Not amusing insolent pup. Just for that I might send you back to your old section and not show you around your new section." There was a slight hint of amusement in her voice.

"New what?" Savory was sounding as stumped as Hands was looking. It was rather obvious nobody in his pack even considered their pack property being completed.