I was an alpha just like the rest of them, but they just seemed to be better at it than I was. Or it could be the fact that they’d just been doing it longer than I had and I still had a lot to learn.
“I’m trying to figure out what we do next,” I answered softly.
Blake let out a heavy sigh as his arms tightened around me.
“I’m not sure there is anything we can do,” he said, sounding very solemn.
There had to be something we could do. I couldn’t accept that a pack of rogues were going to attack us and possibly win. If they attacked one pack and took it over, the rest of the packs would fall like dominos. We couldn’t afford to lose one battle, and that meant there was no room for mistakes.
There was a knock at the door and Blake got up to answer it while I sat up in the bed, pulling the covers around me.
“Come in,” Blake said and stepped aside to let Curtis in. I was surprised to see a female follow him into my room. I recognized her. Her name was Crystal and she was about my age. She had fiery red hair that reached her shoulders and the most vibrant green eyes I’d ever seen. Nervously, she clasped her hands and looked to the floor shyly.
I looked to Curtis, trying to figure out why he’d brought her to me.
“I have a plan,” Curtis said. He sounded more confident than anyone else had about a possible plan to beat the rogues.
My eyes flickered to the timid girl standing beside him before I gave him my attention.
“Okay, let’s hear it,” I said.
“After our meeting earlier, I tried to think of a way to figure out where the pack of rogues was going to be or to find out which pack they were planning on attacking first,” he began to explain.
Blake came to stand beside the bed as we listened to Curtis.
“The key is in the people from our pack that joined the rogues,” he explained.
I gave him a confused look because I didn’t understand how that would help us at all.
“Three of the pack members that left our pack all had one person in common that stayed behind,” he revealed and my eyes shot to Crystal. I started to see where Curtis was headed.
“If we can infiltrate the rogue pack and get a spy in, then we can find out where they are and we’ll be able to formulate an attack on them before they have a chance to attack us,” he explained.
“You’re going to send her into a pack of rogues?” Blake asked with concern. He didn’t look happy with that action plan.
“I sat her down and told her everything. She believes she can infiltrate the rogues without anyone becoming suspicious.”
I studied her for a moment. She looked so shy and quiet that I was already shaking my head. The rogues would eat her up and spit her out.
“If they figure out she is there to spy on them, they’ll kill her,” I said. “And no offense, but she doesn’t look like she can defend herself. It would be like sending a sheep to slaughter.”
My eyes met Blake’s. He was thinking the same. There was no way I could send her in. If something happened to her, her death would be on my head.
“I can do it,” a soft voice said. I looked to Crystal.
“I have a question,” Blake said as he stood up and walked up to her. She lifted her gaze to his and held it. She was intimidated but she was trying her best not to show it.
“If three of your friends left to join the rogue pack, why did you stay? And how do we know we can trust you?” he asked, watching her closely.
She swallowed hard and dropped her gaze for a moment.
“They’re my friends, but that doesn’t mean that I agree with the decision that they made,” she answered softly, looking to me.
She looked like she was telling the truth, but I still found it hard to believe it.
“And I’ll do anything I can to keep this pack safe,” she stated. In that moment I knew she was telling me the truth, but I needed to understand why the safety of our pack meant more to her than the three friendships she’d developed.
“Why?” I asked, my eyes narrowed.
