His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 79

Lucian

The Alphas of the 30 packs sat around the long table, flanked by their enforcers who stood by the walls. The conference room was brimming with testosterone.

Tension resounded inside the room, as everyone digested what the aftermath of the horrendous crime would do to the fragile peace among the werewolf communities. Not to mention the risk of getting discovered.

One thing was apparent to everyone in the room, though; It was crucial they find the were or weres responsible, or the relative peace they had for the past 15 years would start breaking down.

Every eye zoomed in on me. Since I was the one who called the meeting, they wanted to hear me answer questions that most of them thought of but hesitated to ask. I had just narrated the discovery of anonymous bodies near the pack lands.

"It's quite bold them to dump the bodies on my land," I nodded towards Rick, "and Rick's pack territory. It sends a clear message to us."

"I arrived at the same conclusion, my friend."

Rick agreed. "They are not very subtle with their ploy to make us believe that it's just human murders." He looked at each alpha present at the table. Each Stoic face showed strained alertness.

"How can we ensure that this is not a personal vendetta meant to strike at you?" asked the alpha Kaiser.

I stared at him.

"What exactly do you mean?

Kaiser had always irked me. True, he had the right to question, but disregarding the threat to werewolves generally represented incompetence and arrogance. Not to mention dragging my mate into it was necessary.

" Maybe someone is targeting your pack, because of what happened a year ago. Your mate...."

"What about my mate?" I growled in anger.

"Well, maybe it's some new group targeting her."

I seethed in anger, Rick, and his team growled at Kaiser.

"We don't know that yet. For all we know, these women were genetically tampered with, they were not turned in a normal way. As alphas, it's our job to secure, protect, and help our people to prosper and live in this modern world without fear of being hunted and killed senselessly. If these bodies get in the hands of humans, our identity would be at stake. So, I would request the Alpha council to take this threat seriously." I said.

"What do we know about these women? Who were they?" Michelson asked.

"I requested my sources in the FBI to run a query on them. All three lived alone, with no families. One of them was a stripper. These women were dregs of the society, with barely any family or attachment, they have not even been reported missing yet! Though some of their acquaintances last saw them months ago. Whoever is this person, he is choosing his victims carefully."

"But, I still don't see a direct threat to our packs," Kaiser said.

"Are you willing to pay the price if and when they attack your people?" Rick queried, "Will you do nothing and wait for them to take it as weakness and strike at you?" Rick's voice rang with vehemence. He was infuriated.

He had almost lost his daughter, some alphas were regarding each other already with suspicion and distrust. Everyone was on edge.