Part two- Chapter 37

"I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect." ― Tupac Shakur

TEMPLAR P.O.V

ALLAN DAVID HARRIS and TERESA MARIA HARRIS. They were both buried together next to my parents.

Kneeling down, Terence and I kept the flowers on their grave.

Everett explained everything to me. I never Randall had killed Teresa. For their revenge, they targeted Teresa too. Allan was mad in grief after her death. It's not the first time that happens to the surviving mates. I have heard many such cases, where after the death of the partner the surviving mate loses control over their wolf and starts attacking other people.

The same happened to Allan and he has attacked and killed two girls from GreenRock. To stop him Rett had to kill him.

It is sad. I cannot blame Rett because had I been in his situation, I probably would have done the same... I never know! It's important to consider the safety of the pack first. Because of Allan, two innocent girls were killed. What must go through their family?

Taking a deep breath, I stood up and started walking towards Rett, who was standing near his car along with Jan and Sam.

"You okay?" Rett asked me and I nodded with a jerk of my head. "Let's go."

Since we were already very exhausted from the journey, we decided to stay for the night in GreenRock Pack. However, since Sorority building is in SilverStar Pack, which was the next to GreenRock, we later decided to stay in the pack till Saturday, which is one more night in GreenRock.

I also informed Keith about the change of plans and asked him to directly meet me in the Sorority building on Saturday.

After leaving GreenRock with Rett, this was the first time I was returning to the pack and so first, I visited the pack temple and then talked to my former pack wolves.

The second day was a complete blur to me because I was busy the whole day. At morning, I was reading the information of all the eighteen packs of the country and learned their history. Then late in the afternoon, Jan decided that I must have a mock trail to make myself confident enough to face the Sorority.

"I am not nervous of facing the Sorority" I argued.

"Maybe not of Sorority, but you are nervous in finally revealing your true self to the Alphas'" she argued and I rolled my eyes, however I did not defend myself against it because it was true!

"So, how is this mock trail going to help me?"

"It will... I will ask stupid questions like Louis and Rhino will be the one accusing you of false things like Reece"

"I am not going to pretend to be Reece" Rett growled.

"Urgh... fine! Terence will pretend to be Reece" Jan breathed out in exasperation and I shrugged.

"What do I have to do as Reece?" Terence demanded.

"You have to accuse her of every accusation present under the sun" Jan said in a duh tone and I giggled because it was true. Reece accused me of almost everything.

"Let's start?" she asked. I nodded and then she asked Terence to accuse me of my mistakes.

"You trespassed into my territory, you attacked me, kicked me where I deserve-" at this I burst out laughing and so did Jan, "-thrashed my car, drugged me and now you have the audacity to flaunt your pearly whites" Terence said faking a angry tone and I quickly pursed my lips to hide my grin.

"Yes. Two more Alphas' have said so too. So what do you have to tell to defend yourself?" Jan asked in a voice that was supposed to sound like Louis Gibb.

"Oops" I said and stuck my tongue out to which they all started laughing.

"Be serious" Jan said after sometime and I took a deep breath. "You know what exactly Reece is going to blame you with. How will you defend yourself?"

"Yeah well... I did trespass, I did kill rogues and attack you, but I did not kill any wolf from your pack and hence I think you should not wage a war against my pack. For any losses incurred by you and your pack wolves, I am ready to pay a hefty amount, but I am not ready to pay the price with the lives of my pack wolves"

"Do you think money will be enough?" Jan as Louis asked me.

"No. It will never be enough but it will compensate the damages and in this case, even settle the issue without shedding blood" I said and Jan nodded, before flashing a huge smile.

"If you do it this way, then surely wolves will be able to understand things from your point of view" Jan said and I smiled as Rett threw an arm casually over my shoulder.

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That night after dinner, I was standing near the window and staring at the moon in the sky, while Rett was talking to Keith and discussing who else should accompany him to the Sorority Building.

It's been days since I last talked to the Goddess. I desperately wanted to talk to her, seek her help but I had sworn that I would do this without her help and I knew I had to do it that way. Be the leader she wants me to be. I knew in my heart that my mother, The Moon Goddess would be with me every step of the way and hence I had nothing to fear about.

Rett lightly placed his hands on either side of my hips and pressed a chaste kiss to the back of my head. Unwarily, I leaned closer to his body, rejoicing the warmth that he and only he could provide me.

"Who is coming from GreenRock?" I asked him.

"Egan, Viola, James along with few others. We have Egan's loyalty. If there will be a war, we will have GreenRock wolves fighting for us" Rett said and I shook my head.

"I do not want a war"

"You can stop the war. By hook or by crook"

"By crook?" I grinned, "That's not the right way. A leader would never choose that way" I said my grin fading away.

"No. But when many lives are to be considered and when talking doesn't settle the issue, you have to think of something to make them see your point" Rett reasoned.

"Let's hope, it does not come down to crook" I said turning to face him. By crook, means the way in which I could forcefully make Reece submit to me and refuse to fight against me.

Tucking a strand of my dark hair behind my ears, Rett smiled at me. Placing my hands over his shoulders, I stood on my toes and leaning closer, I smashed my lips to his. The contact had my senses reeling giddily. My wolf hummed in happiness and started wagging her tail in bliss.

The kiss which was supposed to be purely chaste turned completely opposite every passing minute. I felt Rett's tongue probing into mine as he pressed me closer to his body. My hands fisted his dark hair as he pushed me against the wall. Very soon, we were undressing each other.