Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 160

Ethel pales. "You're right." Painstakingly slowly, he inches towards Brittany while eyeing Carson.

She glares at him, pointing a warning finger right as his head.

He hesitates. Then he moves behind her anyway.

She stays calm for half a second-which is as long as could be expected with her. Then she starts screaming. "Would you get the hell away from me?"

He stares wide eyed, jerking back a little like he's staring at a crazy person.

"This is serious." Her narrowed eyes scan the room, stopping on Coach Kenet. "You wanna know why the troops aren't unified? It's not because they're weak." She takes a step closer to me, jabbing her finger in my direction. "It's because half of them only know what Mia looks like through mindlink. Our top priority right now is to protect someone they don't even know. That's ridiculous." She looks at me. "It's too much to ask, even for werewolves."

"If they can't sympathize with her, they should at least be able to sympathize with the idea that without her, we'll surely fall to ruin," Coach Kenet says.

Brittany shakes her head. "That's just not enough anymore. A luna is supposed to be the pride and joy of every pack, but before that can happen..." She looks at me again. "You really need to try to get these people to want to die for you. Especially the labor and defense members."

I try to let that sink in. It takes a little longer than I'd care to admit. If I'm understanding this right, I need to try to get people to want to die for me? Die? I don't think that's something I want to ask for, especially knowing I probably wouldn't do the same for them.

Don't get me wrong, I'd die for my family. I might be a little risky for the alphas and betas. But some random werewolf on the side of the street? Um, no? Or at least, I'm not sure. And I wouldn't expect any more of them, especially given how they've been treating me.

I mean, come on. What ever happened to being selfish around here? At least a little bit. Self preservation isn't a bad thing. When did it become a crime to want to save yourself and live? Suddenly running away from this whole situation is looking like a good option. How far are the highways again? I don't suppose my family and I can take the alphas and betas with us? We could all leave the rest of this terrible pack behind (the teachers could come too, if there's enough room).

I turn to Brittany. I can't even look her in the eyes. "So what you're saying is, I need to get the pack to like me by exploring the Aiden and Axel's divisions?"

She nods.

I'm still thinking about the highway to be honest. Michael's car plus Mom's and Dad's equals a good seventeen seats if we squish. We could take Brittany's car too. Should we leave the country altogether though? Or just go to the next state? I rub my chin.

Axel sighs. "Look, any one of you traveling alone with Mia is too risky. Even for the sake of pack morale. And we don't have the time for it, so we'll just have to find another way."

Carson cuts in out of nowhere, looking between his brothers slowly. "It doesn't have to be any one of them though," I can literally see the cogs in his head working.

"Elaborate," Coach Kenet says.

He nods to himself before saying any more. "Look, the problem is that it's too risky to be alone with her, right?" Carson asks, looking around the room. "And there's no way in hell I'm letting either one of them take her away alone." He glares at the two, male betas. "So if we let two betas go instead of one, like we did with Brittany and Krys, it would save time and prevent the risk of either one of them having to defend her by themself."

"It would also reduce the amount of people we can actually trust around the pack territory," Coach Kenet says. "And someone would have to pick up the slack of two missing betas. I don't know if that's the best option."