A Winters Memory

Chapter Five

Dinner was served, and all the members had just finished their meal when Paul, the alpha's commandant pulled him aside for a private talk between the two of them.

Alec took notice and arched his brow but thinking nothing of it as it was a usual thing every now and again. He stood up from his seat, excusing himself from the table and walking to his bedroom to lay down for a while before he would go out for his bath.

"What have you got to report?"

The alpha looked to his commandant and friend with curiosity. The large male ran a hand through his hair as he began to recall all that he had learned about Alec's daily outings.

"At first, he just ran for a bit, and then he went to some lake with a waterfall and laid there for another while. After some time had passed, a wolf came through one of the clearings; this was no ordinary wolf, Michael."

The alpha's brows furrowed as he listened to Paul.

"It was a white wolf, it had blue eyes as well, it isn't something I have ever seen in all my time. No one has ever heard of such a thing..."

The alpha nodded his head ushering Paul to continue. Paul licked his dry lips as he continued his reporting.

"I thought it was just an ordinary wolf until Alec turned back into himself, I thought maybe he was going to move away from the wolf, but he didn't and then when I thought I had seen it all, the wolf transformed as well into a maiden."

The alpha's hands balled into tight fists as he listened to Paul, he knew there was something out in those woods keeping his son away and of course, it was a woman.

He couldn't help the look of disgust forming over his hard features.

"What else, Paul?"

He asked in more of a statement rather than a question. Paul nodded his head growing a bit nervous even for a man of Paul's size. He was over six feet tall, weighing at almost two-hundred and fifty pounds though it was pure muscle.

He was a very large and intimidating man but even he coward at the sight of the alpha knowing all too well what he was capable of.

Clearing his throat, he continued once more.

"She was beautiful, Michael. Unlike any other woman I have ever laid my eyes on, if not handled she will be trouble... They exchanged pleasantries before starting their run together. I thought they would never stop until finally they both came back to the lake and went for a swim, once they were done they laid out on the ground and waited to dry and then Alec left promising that he would meet her again tomorrow at dawn."

The alpha's fists closed even tighter as his knuckles turned white, his grip continuing to tighten with anger.

"Did you find where the girl lives?"

He looked to Paul with dark clouded eyes, swallowing Paul nodded his head.

"I did, she left just as he did. I followed her to a wolf den. She's a rogue; she has no pack other than a family of wolves. From what I saw none are shape-shifters, they're just a bunch of timbers."

The alpha nodded and looked towards the direction of Alec's room before turning back to Paul.

"We shall take care of the issue immediately. Grab some men and let us go find this white wolf."