His Human Mate

The day was slowly getting dark as the clouds steadily drifted apart to reveal a dusky yet starry night. After Erick had dropped Amber off at her house, it was already nearly nighttime.

And instead of sending Hamish home, he drove straight for the pack house. Few minutes before Erick had offered to send Amber home, he and Hamish had actually received a mind-link from their Alpha to come to the pack house. It seems like it was an important order, hearing the serious tone in the Alpha's voice.

Parking the car just in front of the pack house, both Erick and Hamish got out of the car. They then walked side by side towards the house.

Passing by several offices along the way and nodding 'hello' to several pack mates that they met in the hallway, they finally arrived at the pack meeting room.

The pack meeting room was a large room, just a few doors away from the Alpha and the Beta's offices. It was only used for an important meeting or if there was a visit from the other packs.

In the middle of the room, there was a large and long rounded meeting table, that can seat at least sixteen people, several chairs, a huge projector screen with an overhead projector and a standing whiteboard at the side.

Inside the room, the atmosphere was thick with tension as the shifters inside kept quiet as they awaited for the meeting to start. Several elders such as Elder Reginald, Elder Ulanni and Elder Omorose had already sat at the table and their presences were already imposing as it was. Together with Paccia and Dewei, it was as if almost everyone important in the pack were attending the meeting. And what surprised Erick more was that Jeayan and Dex were also inside. They were on the other side of the room, together with the triplets who stood in front of them, with their hands behind their backs.

Jeayan saw the two of them walked in and gave them a wave and a smile, whereas Dex only gave them a scowl.

Erick and Hamish turned and walked towards them. They then stood beside Jeayan, ignoring Dex's scowl.

The Alpha was sitting at what seems to be the head of the table. And when he saw that Erick and Hamish had finally arrived, he cleared his throat. The Beta, Fergus, sat beside him on his right.

"Seems like everyone is here," the Alpha commented as he looked at each shifters in the room, including Paccia. Paccia was actually sitting a couple of seats away from Fergus, tapping her fingers on the table as sparkles appeared on the tips of her fingers.

"Lets begin," the Alpha said.

Shortly after, the room became dark and seconds later, the projector screen began to emit an image of what seems to be a map. To be specific, it was a geographical map of the town and its neighbouring towns.

"A couple of days ago, Erick, my son came up to me and told me about certain things that Dane has sensed. As you all know, Dane is my son's wolf counterpart. He told me of certain traces detected in a town up in the north. And this seems to be related to the reports of one of the pack intels," Lachlan began. "According to them, a few days ago, there was a sighting of rogues nearby. It was unsure what their plans were but it seems that they were planning something big. But I have also kept in touch with the other packs in regards to these rogue sightings. Apparently, they too had reports such as these. And so, we will be working together with some of them."

"And earlier before, we have captured one of the rogues and interrogated him. Unfortunately, he had committed suicide before we can get more information. It seems that there was a silver poison lodged in one of his canines. Seeing that he was willing to die rather than confess the truth shows that there is a more powerful force behind this."

He then turned to the four teenaged shifters and said, "The reason why I have included the four of you in this mission was because according to Latham, you four are the best new shifters of this year. So, this will be your chance to gain experience and at the same time, bond more with your wolves."

The four of them bowed their heads in respect, with their fist against their heart and said in unison, "Yes, Alpha."

Lachlan nodded and turned to the Beta. "Fergus, have you been in touch with Mr. Belamy?" he asked.

Mr. Belamy was the principal of Burkendall Highschool and was also one of the members in the education board in the country. Although he was a human, he knew that the Kendalls and the others were shifters. He was in support of them.

"Yes, Alpha," Fergus said as he bowed his head. "The school semester break is just around the corner. Once the semester break starts, we can start straight away."

Lachlan nodded. "Good. Although, this is important. Education is also important. We wouldn't want our pups to lack knowledge."

Erick inwardly rolled his eyes while Hamish nodded in agreement, his eyes twinkling with adoration and respect.

Lachlan then continued his talk. "As stated in the report, there are three places where traces of rogues were found. One is in a hidden village up north where a shifter pack lives. The second place is in the forest, near Port Robston Bay. And the last one is in the mountainous range, where the bear shifters live."

He turned to Noaz, who was standing beside his brothers. "Noaz, I am appointing you as the leader to investigate the hidden village. Cooperate with the people there and find out more about what's happening there. Get more information on the people there and at the same time, look for those traces."

"Yes, Alpha," Noaz bowed.

The reason as to why Noaz was chosen as the leader of the first team was because he was known as the people's person. He can literally talk to anyone, even those from the hidden village, who usually kept to themselves. In his team, Paccia, Elder Reginald, Dex and Erick will join him. Paccia was added to the team because according to one of the reports, they have found some presence of magic being used there. Hence, Paccia was needed to investigate the area.

Lachlan then turned to Elder Omorose. "Elder Omorose, I am appointing you as a leader to lead a team into the forest and work together with the shifters from the Port Robston Bay. There will be a representative from the Cesaro pack who will help you with this mission."

"Yes, Alpha," Omorose bowed.

Elder Omorose was chosen as the second leader because she used to be one of the shifters living there until she moved to Kendall pack to be with her late mate. Hence, she should be familiar with the people there. In her team, Dewei and Hamish will be there to support her. Though, Dewei requested to join Elder Omorose's team because he wanted to meet with one of Port Robston's weapon researchers.

Lastly, he turned to Roel. "Roel. In the mountainous range, you will be the leader of the team. You will go and try to make contact with the bear shifters. Although we have never worked with bear shifters, I need you to act as our spokesman and meet with the leader there."

"Yes, Alpha," Roel bowed.

For the third team, Roel was chosen as the leader because of his quiet demeanor that may proved to be useful, especially when it comes to talking with other shifters. Joining him will be Ulanni and Jeayan.

Once Lachlan was done with the team arrangements, they began to discuss their plans.