Morgan and Auri had moved their conversation to inside the tent but somehow I got roped into the tent as well. Now, they were sitting at the table, coffee in front of both of them while I had a feast in front of me. Auri had made an entire breakfast spread for me.
“The boy may be a werewolf but I don’t think he can eat this much, princess.” Morgan chuckled as he took out a cigarette packet and hit it against his hand.
'He’s my son, Papa. I’ll treat him exactly how I treat all my children.' Auri smiled and took a sip of her coffee.
Her words made my face go red, her already accepting me as her son. I hadn’t felt this kind of warmth since I got my wolf. Once it was apparent that I was not going to be as strong of an Alpha as my brother, my parents focused their attention on my brother. Then to my nephew. I hadn’t actually spoken to my mother in years and I felt a pang of jealously before I stuffed it down.
My eyes widened as I watched Morgan pass a cigarette to Auri and light it for her before lighting himself one. I had never seen a she-wolf smoke before.
“What would you like first?” Morgan said, after blowing some smoke up into the air.
'Whatever. I feel like I’m going to be disappointed no matter what you start with.'
Morgan chuckled. “You’re right about that. “ He took another drag and exhaled. “Alright, so I confirmed they are the ones with Nova 2.0. It seems like they have runners and are distributing it to the majority of the packs on our list.”
'That’s the good news?'
“Yes. The okay news is that while they are holed up just outside of the forest, their built for attacking, not for defending. It will be an easy clean sweep if you want to go in alone.”
She nodded and I choked on some of the sausage. “Alone? You wouldn’t let her go alone, would you?”
Morgan chuckled and tapped his cigarette in the little ash tray he had pulled out of his pocket at the beginning of the conversation. “Son, we would only get in her way. You obviously don’t know who you are dealing with.”
'Oh, he’s been explained. Maybe a little too aggressively. I am sorry about that, by the way. I misjudged your height. I thought Vale was wrong with you being not quite 6ft.'
“I was always on the small side.”
“That just means you’re faster. I mean, look at my dear daughter. 5ft 6in and I bet you couldn’t even track her movements.” Morgan smiled, like a proud father as he ruffled her hair.
She swatted him away but it made me smile. 'Alright, enough! That’s not way to treat your Alpha. Now get to the bad news.'
“Bad news number one is that the drugs are dropped to them.”
Auri cursed and put the butt of her cigarette into the ashtray before grabbing another one.
“What does that mean?” I looked at Morgan, wondering why that was the bad news.
“Because it means that even if we tortured them, we would never get the people behind the curtain. We are looking for the ones making the drugs. To be able to stop it before it destroys the entire werewolf race.”
Auri sighed and rubbed her forehead as she leaned back in her chair. 'I mean it would be good to get a major distributor shut down. But I’m afraid that they will find another way to distribute it or we are going to lose our chance at the makers.'
Morgan nodded. “I did say it was bad news.”
'What’s the other bad news?'
“They look like, whatever they were planning with this pack, is happening soon. They look like they are gearing up for an assault in the next few days.”
'Fuck.'
I jumped, my spoon clanging against the side of the bowl with the leftover soup. I thought Morgan was right that I was never going to finish the amount of food in front of me but I was already on the last bowl Auri had made. She chuckled.
'Sorry, sweetheart. I’m not your typical Luna type. I’m sure your mom was much more poised and collected then I am.'
I chuckled hollowly. “She was there for my dad and my brother. I watched her be the perfect Luna and mother. When you have a wolf who doesn’t speak though, and you end up being on the small side, as a Silver it was more of an insult to them.”
'I would love to meet your mother before we leave.'
“Cub.” His tone was a warning and she put up her hands.
'What? He is my son now too. I would never raise my hand to someone who couldn’t fight back.'
I coughed and smiled. “I’ll need to say goodbye anyways. So she knows what’s going on, if Owen hasn’t already complained to her already.”
“Owen is your nephew?”
Nodding, I finished off the last bite of soup. “He’s been refusing to become Alpha for years. Even after he found his mate.”
“Sounds spoiled.” Morgan gasped as Auri elbowed him in the side.
“Maybe. He never wanted to talk about why he never wanted to be Alpha. I just thought since I have been doing it for so long, until the Elders finally just kicked me out, I would continue.”
There was a silence that filled the tent and I watched as Morgan and Auri finished their cigarettes. Morgan looked at his watch and sighed.
“I’m going to take a shower. I’ll catch up Bryan and Hector with what is going on. We’ll plan to strike…”
'Tomorrow, Papa. We will go tomorrow.'
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