-RYLAND-
I looked out at what must've been a hundred men, they were a brutish horde of bulky mass that made me think of ancient Vikings and these men all shared the same ruthless demeanor.
"War Dogs!" Royce sounded calm yet his authority seeped through, and every single man here was awaiting his next words.
"Allow me to introduce you to your new General."
My fucking heart was racing as I stepped forward, I tried to look as unfazed as possible as I now stood next to Royce. Royce was always a little shorter than me but we matched each other in muscle...unlike him I'm known for having somewhat of a temper though.
"You all here are the first to be introduced to not only my best friend, and brother in arms, but our new pack Beta Ryland Barbarossa ."
They all started barking like absolute animals and I smirked and held my hand up to settle them down.
"War Dogs, as your general all I ask is that you trust me as you would trust our Alpha, help me to protect our pack and our people...I want to strike fear into the hearts of anyone who even dreams of fucking with us."
They began barking again and Royce laughed a little and shook his head.
"What?" I asked.
"I feel like I just handed a psychopath the keys to the Insane Asylum."
I smirked and shrugged, "Well I mean...you're not wrong."
After that we got less formal and Royce and I moved to talk to the guys personally. Various guys stepped forward to introduce themselves to me, I got to chop it up with a few of them breifey as well.
"Beta Ryland." Another of the men sounded as he walked up to me, He was about Charles' Age clearly a red head, with a thick red beard and a thick scottish accent to match.
By looking at us we could've been cousins.
I held my hand out to him to shake and he smiled and shook it, "Nolan Fletcher."
'Nolan.' The name was familair. It took me a moment.
"Nolan...yes." I said and smiled before looking at Royce. "If You'll excuse us."
My friend looked at me, he knew something was up but he nodded and I walked away from him, Nolan following me.
"Charles hadn't mentioned you were a War Dog."
He shrugged, "One of my many titles...so he had me draw up the title transfer for the building and also mentioned a possible business venture?"
I nodded. "Yeah I was thinking of opening a business here but I don't know what legally I am allowed to do being a new citizen here."
He sighed, "Well it's true being gifted a property is one thing, but having to by out land or a building would take a little more hoops to jump through...here's my card, we can talk a little more at length in a more quiet space." He said looking at Royce who was walking over to us.
I took his card and put it in my wallet.
"It was good meeting you Beta Ryland, I look forward to working with you." Nolan said before leaving.
"Everything good?" Royce asked.
I nodded and decided to let him know about my possible business venture.
"Yeah, I had mentioned to Charles that I want to open up a shop here, work on cars and stuff...gotta make my own money ya know." I said.
He nodded.
"Anyways he told me about Nolan, he's an attorney and he could help with the legal side of things so that it's possible for me to open up a mechanic garage here."
"Hey man that's great...you had me worried there for a minute."
"You're too paranoid." I said and he clapped my back.
"Why don't we go into business together, we both know cars, and I think it'd be fun."
"Look man, I'd love for you to work with me, but as for the shop no offense but I want it to be my thing, My business, my workers, my headaches and stress if there are any... so if you want to be a partner so be it i'd love to have you but I'm really going to commit myself to this as it's going to be my main income to support me and one day Ray."
He nodded.
"So again, you ready to fully commit to this?"
"Maybe I could be a silent investor of sorts because now that you mention it I don't know how active i'm going to be able to be with being the Alpha and all of that."
I nodded my understanding.
"You sure you're gonna be able to do it all by yourself though?"
I shrugged, "I don't have a choice but to get it done...don't worry My Beta duties will always come first but for Raven I have to at least try."
"I respect that...and again, I want to help where I can bro, you know I'm always here for you and Ray not as your Alpha but as family."
I smiled, "Thanks man...now how about we get this shit done here and we can grab lunch or something?"
"Can't, gotta have lunch with my dad and grandparents...which means Ray should be free."
I shook my head, "She's planning with Nat...guess I could do some work on the apartment."
He nodded, "We'll all meet for dinner at the pack house."
I agreed and after that we moved through the guard and talked some more.
After we finished up with the guard Royce excused himself to join his family for what would more than likely be one awkward as hell Lunch and I made my way into the city to do some shopping for the apartment.
I knew Raven wouldn't care too much about various things so I decided to get those things now.
Hours had passed and I had done so much fucking shopping I was surprised my bank didn't put a hold on the damn card thinking it was stolen.
I got back to the apartment and was so grateful for the sofa in the living room. Put down the bags I had carefully. Those were filled with the cookware, cutlery, glassware, a dining set of plates and bowls, and a set of linens for the new bed.
I had already purchased a little groceries and toiletries so I was good on that end, and the big items I got today would be delivered throughout the day if not tomorrow.
I let my body flop down onto the sofa and pulled out my phone to text the address of the apartment to Raven, alongside the pictures of all the shit I had purchased.
[Raven: I love everything you picked...and saved the address in my phone.]
[Ryland: Your brother said he wants to have dinner at the packhouse tonight]
[Ryland: I Plan on going but I have to wait for these deliveries so I'm gonna try and grab a nap, maybe make something to eat real quick.]
[Raven: Perfect, Nat and I just wrapped up the planning and everything is set in motion so your presention is offically underway.]
[Raven: Wish I was with you.]
I smirked and went for it I mean why couldn't she come over?
[Ryland: Ask Nat to drop you off and let yourself in, i'm gonna be here anyways.]
She took a moment to text back but My wolf and I were more than excited when she finally did.
[Raven: On my way.]
