Chapter 65: Pale Moon

When we found the bunkers, we found the missing girls, hundreds of them. We also discovered there were no other women or children in the pack. I had Savannah and her team of female doctors get the girls’ information. We would log all their injuries, get their names, and the pack they were taken from. Then we would call their Alphas to come get them. A few of the girls were pregnant and would need special care. All the remaining wolves of Dark Moon had been arrested and I had figured out their punishment.

Aside from them being in prison for the rest of their lives, they would receive the same care and attention they paid to all those girls. For every injury the girls suffered, their captures would suffer. They say an eye for an eye would make the whole world blind, but I think that is justice. Only those who break the law will suffer the consequences, don’t break the law and you won’t suffer that fate.

After cleaning up and getting the girls on their way, we split the prisoners up into groups and loaded them into the vans. We left Coldwater and headed back to Addison. The prisoners would initially be taken for trial by the council before being sent to other packs for their sentences. I am hoping that there is at least one among them that only did what he did under his Alpha’s command. An alpha command is hard to refuse, you don’t get the choice. After the vans were loaded we headed back to Moonrise to make sure they were alright.

Upon arrival, we discovered Pale Moon waiting. They were holding the Moonrise wolves hostage.

“Release Dark Moon, and we’ll let Moonrise go.” Someone said, I couldn’t tell which of the wolves dared to address us.

“No, they will not be released. And you will join them.” I stated.

“Then we will kill what remains of Moonrise,” the voice said.

“Show yourself and speak to me as a man,” I replied. Then a boy about my age came forward. He must be Alpha Carter St. Tremaine, son of the last alpha who died last year.

“I said we will kill Moonrise if you don’t release Dark Moon.” Carter said.

“And I said you will be joining them.”

“I don’t think so,” he said as he raised his hand to kill the child in front of him. I leaped toward him, knocking the child to the ground and ripped out Carter’s heart.

Unlike Dark Moon, the pack did not bow to me in submission. Instead a younger boy came forward.

“If my brother wanted Dark Moon released, then so do I,” the new Alpha St. Tremaine stated.

“Kid, you’re not going to win. If you persist, your fate will be the same as your brother’s.”

“Men, attack.” The little boy commanded.

I ordered mine to stop them, arrest anyone who submits, and kill the others. It was the second bloodbath on Moonrise land in as many days. The boy lay dead at my feet. If only he had surrendered. This time the pack stopped fighting and bowed in submission, without an alpha to lead them, they now looked to me for guidance but all they would find was disdain. I was now technically the Alpha of two packs. Dark Moon and Pale Moon, what was left of them, would spend the rest of their lives in prison, if they were lucky.

We helped Moonrise cleanup and make repairs. Their Alpha was killed in the first attack. I needed to help them find a suitable replacement until the Alpha’s son was old enough. I asked my father to call his Beta for some reinforcements and more vehicles.

Once the vehicles arrived from Hyacintho Lunar, we loaded the vans with the Pale Moon prisoners. Half of our guardians and warriors would stay behind and help Moonrise get back on their feet. The other half would help with transporting the prisoners. With the exception of the few guardians and doctors waiting with the girls for their alphas to pick them up.

I declared that Dark Moon and Pale Moon no longer existed and that anyone who claimed to be from either would be considered an enemy. No packs were to take in any males who claimed to be from either pack and were to report to the council any who did. Any females or children would receive treatment. Even after we visited the Pale Moon territory near Devil Lake, we didn’t find any females and the only children appear to have been the alpha’s sons.

After checking to make sure there were no stragglers, we headed back to Boston. We had the doctors sedate the prisoners for safer transport. We had too many to deal with and I didn’t want anyone trying to escape.

The drive back to Boston seemed longer. I kept getting lost in thoughts I didn’t particularly like. My mind was a very dark place right now. I felt really bad for those girls and everything they had to endure. I wanted to severely punish all involved. But I would leave it to the council. I was new to all of this so I would let the council decide punishments. But I won’t let them be lenient. This was a serious crime, even in the human communities. I would have the council send a message. This kind of thing will not be tolerated. But I’m likely to just kill them all, so I will let the council handle it.

When we arrived in Boston, my mother suggested we keep the prisoners in the underground cells the Fairchild Clan had once kept her. I was surprised by her suggestion, but it was a great idea. We didn’t have room in the pack cells for all of them.

We unloaded the prisoners one van at a time. Each van load transferred to a different cell. The only good thing to come out of this place was this place. I decided that instead of putting their sentences on other packs, this would be their prison. Hyacintho Lunar would be in charge.

We held the trials nearby. I watched as many pleaded they had no choice. But their facial expressions gave them away. They enjoyed what they did. I felt sick to my stomach. I couldn’t listen anymore. I left. I ran outside of the makeshift building we held the trials in and threw up in a bush. One of the guards saw me. He came over and said he had gotten sick, too. And not to worry those evil men would pay soon enough. I felt a little better knowing I wasn’t the only one to get sick like that. After the trials, Iwould be heading back to Moonrise to help them establish a new chain of command and to help with training. I wouldn’t be back until finals week.