Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 1741

“But I want to stay here. I wanna wait for Daddy and Mommy.”

“They might be with Sole Wolf now,” Ares said.

“Really?” The news delighted her. “Alrighty then. I'll go with you, Grandpa. Let's meet up with Mr. Sole Wolf. Oh, give me a second, Grandpa.”

She went into the cave she and Lacey stayed in and came back out a short while later, holding a big handful of candies.

Missy gave Ares one candy and packed the others up.

Ares teased her, “Oh, is this all I get, Missy? You have a mountain of it.”

Missy answered, “Grandpa, these are for Mr. Sole Wolf, Mr. Killer Wolf, Master Collins, Master Nameless, and Mr. Graham.”

“But you're still left with a ton even after you give them all,” Ares argued.

Missy smiled sheepishly. “I'm giving the rest to Kitty. Do you think he'll like these, Grandpa?”

Ares burst into laughter. God, she's probably the only one in the whole wide world besides Sole Wolf who dares call Tiger Lord a cat.

They had no time to lose, so Ares took Missy and set off for the North right after that. He wanted to find out what Zeke had gone through in the North that made him change so much. And the only people who knew were Sole Wolf and the other northern generals.

No, to be precise, he wanted to know if that person who called himself Great Marshal was the same person he knew.

North Zone.

Sole Wolf and the other generals had no clue about the storm Warren had stirred up at Summerbank.

They were still searching for Quasar. Even though Zeke had told them to stop the search, they couldn't go with it. Quasar was too much of a threat to Eurasia, so they could never let him go free.

The search had gone on for days, but still, they found no signs of Quasar. There weren't any clues for them either. Because of that, they wondered if Quasar was hiding in the valley.

Even so, none of them ventured into Bloodshot Valley, as Zeke had forbidden them from doing that.

Sole Wolf called Killer Wolf, Tyler, Nameless, and Alfred over to hold a meeting among the top brass.

And Sole Wolf was also the first one to talk. “We've scoured the whole northern lands, but Quasar is still nowhere to be found. I suspect that he's hiding in Bloodshot Valley. We should take a look down there.”

Alfred disagreed, “But Mr. Williams told us not to go in there. If we disobey him, he might kill us all.”

Nameless piped up, “I'm not his soldier, so his command doesn't work on me. I think we should check out the valley as well.”

Tyler gave it some thought before answering, “Insubordination isn't the point here. The point is, we might ruin the Great Marshal's plan if we go into the valley. He must have his reasons to keep us from checking out the valley. That might be a part of his plan. If we ruin that, the consequences will be dire.”

Everyone started calming down after that.

Sole Wolf sighed. “I see. Very well then. We'll stay out of the valley for the time being. Let's wait until Zeke comes back. Meeting adjourned.”

The moment everyone left, Sole Wolf sneaked out of the camp and made a beeline toward Bloodshot Valley. On his way there, he mumbled, “Bunch of cowards. Insubordination? Ruining his plans? Excuses, that's what I call that. You guys are just too chicken to check out the place.”