The Royal Triumvirate

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Reina

Reina woke up the next morning to her stomach growling. Dana was still asleep, a sad frown on her face. With a sigh, Reina sat up and looked around the room.

"I can't believe yesterday happened," Dido spoke up in her mind.

"Me neither," Reina agreed. "I'm also concerned about what Alex said about rogues not going to the outreach programs that Mama set up." Dido let out a hum of agreement. Reina frowned in determination, "I'm going to look into it!" She mentally declared. Standing up, she quickly and quietly got dressed.

A half an hour later, she came back into the room with a folder and a tray laden with pancakes, bacon, and eggs. Dana awoke at the smell of the food.

"Oh! I love you," Dana exclaimed grabbing a piece of bacon.

"Me or the bacon?" Reina asked with a smile.

"Debating. Did you bring me tea?"

"It wasn't ready yet. Someone will bring it up in a minute along with my coffee."

"Then I was talking to the bacon," Dana declared grabbing another piece. "It would bring me tea." She started laughing though it died off into a sad sigh. "What are we going to do about Alex? I don't know how to get through to her...What are you doing?"

Reina had grabbed her laptop and sat leaning against the headboard. She rolled a pancake like a burrito and started munching on it. After swallowing, she answered Dana's question.

"I'm looking into what Alex said about the rogues not going to the outreach programs."

They each looked at their phones and sighed. Still no word from Alex. Once they finished breakfast, the two mates digging through the records sent in from the programs.

Reina frowned, "according to these. Most of the programs have a high success rate. Albeit these numbers on only a fraction of the total rogue population. The program has only been around for a few years so it's still growing. I don't see why rogues would be distrustful of them."

"Hey, Reina. How many of the outreach centers are there?" Dana asked frowning at the papers in front of her.

"Twenty. Why?"

"We only have reports from 19 of them. One of the reports was sent twice, making it look like we got twenty."

"Where's the missing one located?" Reina asked.

Dana typed some keys on her own laptop, "according to this. It's not far from where the Silver Claw pack used to be. Wasn't that pack completely wiped out years ago?"

"Yeah, it was completely wiped out. Men, women, children. No survivors. No one's quite sure what happened to it. The prevailing theory is that a pack of rogues did it, but no one's been able to figure out if that's true or not. If it is true, then there is a dangerous and large group of rogue wolves out there that no one has been able to find."

Dana frowned, "how could a group that large hide? Someone would've heard about them."

"I don't know," Reina murmured thoughtfully.