Fated Enemies

Chapter 34 - Special Unit

The throne room was barely lit, everyone was waiting for Flora and Patricia to reach with the men that stole the horses, they should've been there by that time. Elia looked to Andrew, who was pacing on the room, almost making a hole on the ground, "Could you stop that?"

Andrew stopped and stared at Elia, with a pensive expression, "I should've gone with them, what if something went wrong? What if they were caught by the vampires or the other wolves?"

"Flora knows how to handle herself, and I observe Patricia earlier with Truman, she also can hold her own in a fight. Everything will be fine, you'll see, any minute now, they'll be crossing the doors of  this room and we will know everything that happened!"

As if saying some magical words, the doors of the throne room opened to present Flora with sparks of blood all over her body, Patricia went last but didn't have as much blood on her than Flora and the three men that camera in between them, but what sent everyone in alert, was the bruised and cut man that came with Patricia, his harm around her shoulders, as if he needed the support she was having him, it was his scent that marked him as a wolf that sent everyone in the throne room in high alert, many hands found the hilts of their swords, but they didn't unsheathe the swords, waiting for an explanation from Flora.

"Don't get started with those faces! And don't even think about attacking, they are harmless, at least to us! Please, feel free to greet Schirouca to our family, he and Patricia are a couple, and we don't condemn love, right?" Asked Flora, looking to Andrew who opened his mouth to protest, but quickly shut it, looking behind to Elia, Charles, and Andrew. "I thought so! So we have a little problem here, these men where from my unit, but they demonstrated that they can't follow orders but they also have shown they are capable of holding their own, they were able to ambush a patrol of vampires, it could have gotten very wrong, but they were able to find them and fight them, with a little help, from us. They also have taken responsibility for their actions, and that should be rewarded. What I'm thinking, if you agree, is to form a special unit, with Michel, here as a leader, they would be going out every night, looking for patrols and ambushed them, reducing that way the number of enemies that could attack us in the end, what do you think?"

"I think that is a wonderful idea, but Queen Alexa should have a word on this matter!" Commented Arya, her face hidden behind a cloak.

"I thought so, but we don't know when she'll arrive and even if she will be here before the war begins!" Snapped Flora.

"You're right, but there isn't a wolf that could go with them!" Stated Truman, thinking hard on the practical aspects of the unit.

"I can go!" Offered Patricia.

"If she goes, I go to!" Schirouca commented, letting his voice be heard for the first time, y the rest of the pack.

"That's solved!" Flora screamed excitedly.

"Wait a minute, don't wanting to diminish anyone, but they weren't part of the pack, they still aren't, we can't trust them blindly!" Snaped Andrew, killing the joy.

"That's why the leader of this unit will be Michel and not one of the wolves!" Flora explained. 

"All right, did you ask the man, if he wants this?" Asked Charles.

Flora turned her back to the pack and looked into Michel's brown eyes. "Do you accept this unit and the responsibility that is inherent to the job?"

"I do accept it, but I have one condition!" Spoke the man, holding a posture of attention, whit his head high.

"I think they are funny! A request, after all, they have done!" Flora commented, laughing. "What it is?"

"My wife, she is the best tracker that I know, and she could really help us on our mission, she just didn't join any team, because she was small in height, but we shouldn't judge a person by her traits," Michel spoke, without stopping.