Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
A warrior I don’t recognize says somewhere to my left.
“This one is still breathing, but barely.”
Mina’s dad says.
“Oscar and Skylar’s rogues are still alive, take them back to the holding cells. Give them just enough treatment to keep them alive. Have Doc Sylvia force their shift then collar them.”
Warrior Osiston comes up from behind us.
All the other warriors have shifted and started with their assignments, Xnader and I remain in wolf form, I refuse to shift without something to change into, I don’t know any of these guys really and I don’t like being naked in front of Sierra on a good day.
As if he can read my mind, Warrior Osiston looks at me. “I have a shirt for you Little One, Xander is blocking you, shift so we can talk.
I don’t hesitate, I want to tell them what happened so I can get information in return. What the hell just happened? And why are hostile rogues so far into the King’s territory? I shift and grab the shirt pulling it on quickly, then Xander shifts next to me and it’s then that I realize all of the warriors were fully clothed when they shifted back.
“How do you do that? Shift without destroying clothes? That could be useful information.”
I look up at Xander then to Osiston expectantly.
“It is something we will teach you how to do in Elite training, don’t worry. Now tell us what happened. How far out did you guys go to train? Mina and Oscar know not to leave the territory with so few people, especially this side.”
Osiston looks like he’s trying to hold back anger.
“What are you talking about? We didn’t go anywhere outside the territory Sir.”
I add as an afterthought with my slight attitude. I wasn’t going to let my friends get punished for a perceived lack of following the rules. “We came right here to train and this is where they attacked us.
Xander looked from me to Osiston and back. “That’s not possible, there’s no way they got this far undetected.
“As you can see it’s completely possible, they did just that.”
I gesture around me. “We were here training when three attacked us. Two were waiting over there by the tree line.”
I pointed to where the rogue I was fighting waited until he thought I wasn’t paying attention about twenty yards away from where we are standing now. “The two extra seemed to be waiting for some kind of signal to join in. We didn’t hear or smell them until they were attacking. What’s going on and how did they get so close to the castle? Are Mina and Oscar okay?”
I can’t see them among the other warriors cleaning up, but some have set out to run quick patrols to make sure there aren’t any other rogues here.
They both share a look which is starting to piss me off. Something is clearly going on and I am being left out. To keep from yelling at them, I start to shift on my leg testing it out and mentally checking for any other injuries. I am covered in blood, some my own, some the rogues. I need to scrub this nasty smelling sh*t off, but I really want answers first.
Xander notices my fidgeting and seems to take me in fully now. “Are you hurt? I noticed your limping before.
“I’m okay now, I think. That rogue got a good bite into my flank, but I think it’s healed completely, I’m just sore, not a big deal. Are you guys going to tell me what’s going on, or am I not high enough to be given information?
“None of that, Little One. If we have information to share we will share it. You were injured, you need to be seen by the docs.”
He tilts his head past me to a group in line. They all seem to be fine, but waiting to get checked anyway.
“I’m fine. Everything already healed so I can’t have been that bad.”
I shrug it off hoping they will just talk to me, let me in. But, that was too much to ask.
“Not an option Little One. Anyone involved in a fight gets checked out thoroughly. We don’t know what kind of sh*t they might be carrying and you were bit and it looks like you bit one of your opponents, we need to make sure we take precautions.
I closed my eyes to keep from rolling them like the teenager that I am and take a deep breath then let it out slowly. The line isn’t going anywhere fast so I feel like I can push a bit more.
“Is Oscar and Mina in line? I didn’t see them when everything stopped.
“Oscar has been checked and is out on patrol, Mina has been taken back to the pack hospital, she broke her leg and it needed to be reset. She should be fine in a couple of hours. The two of them combined gave us less trouble than you are now. Go get checked then you can ask all the questions you want.”
Osiston physically turned me and pushed me towards the queue of warriors.
“Will you actually answer them though?”
I throw over my shoulder. Not really needing an answer, but I decided acting like a child towards him is a good distraction for what just happened.
I could hear a low huff, but he didn’t respond otherwise.
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