The Lycan King novel Chapter 18

"I thought I told you not to do anything until your hands heal completely." I told Ava as I entered the kitchen and saw her cooking.

"I thought you told me I can do anything I want." She said quietly, not looking at me.

Her answer pissed me off, I wanted to protect her, take care of her and here she was, either demanding punishments or hurting herself like this. I didn't reply to her. I decided to leave, I was not going to sit back and watch this shit.

"Nikolai, please have your breakfast." I heard her soft voice call out.

"I'm not hungry." I gritted and went to my office.

The words 'they all are coming for you' were floating in my mind. It was just Emilio González, who was all? Maybe the Red moon Pack and the Montaña Pack planned a joint attack but then both Emilio and Alfredo had big egos to go to each other for help and they hated each other too.

It suddenly clicked, up-till now only the heads or the warriors have come to spy, non of the high rankers of the Montaña Pack.

He has announced rewards for the those who get information!

The rewards would either be monetary or giving them higher ranks. That is why the low ranks have come and not the ones who already have those advantages.

I called my men to the office. All of them were here in two minutes.

"Did you figure out what he meant?" Mikhail asked once he saw my tense form.

I forced myself to relax and gave a sharp nod.

"He has not made it into a full out war as we thought. He has not even involved the high rankers. Yet." I smirked. This was about to get interesting.

"Yet?" Dimitri cocked his head.

"He has set all of his low rankers to get information on us first. And if my assumption is correct, he wants to find a weak spot or a crucial information that he can target to make the Rogue Pack fall." I finished as I looked at each of my men and relaxed back in my chair.

Dimitri took a glass and started pouring himself some bourbon. He looked at my unamused expression and shrugged. I rolled my eyes.

"We can plant fake information." Andrei suggested.

"But we cannot let them get too close to sniff out informing. A warning should be given." Dimitri smirked as he gulped the last part of his drink. I nodded at that.

"Sofiya and Luna need more protection. We are only as strong as our weakest links. And if anyone comes to know they mean something to us- that Avalyn is the Luna, she will have a target on her back." Vladimir said.

I narrowed my eyes at him. Our women were not weak but it was fucking true. They will hurt Ava to hurt me. And she was my Achilles heel.

"I want information on the Montaña pack heads, warriors, Deltas and the clubs." I gritted.

"Here." Natalia threw the file on my desk as she strutted in.

"You are late, get out." I growled. I do not tolerate attitude when it is work.

"But I want to help Nikolai." She pouted and stomped her heels.

"Alpha Nikolai. And I have a different mission for you." I corrected and gave her a wicked smile. She gulped.

"I want you in office number six at five pm sharp. Now get the fuck out of here." I hissed. She bowed her head and backed out. Every time she came back from her mission, it was like her ego inflated a thousand times more. She needed a mate who will get her in line.

I opened the file and saw the list of everything I had just asked about the Montaña Pack and some other details. I took out my marker and circled the ones that were moderately important, it was enough to warn them but not enough to declare war. If I have to win, I have to play the game with the devil.

"I want these wolves dead and their eyes scooped out of their head. Let this be a message for all of them- whatever reward they will receive from Alpha González for spying is not worth their lives. Our men will leave at one am and I want everything done by four am. I want this to be a very discreet mission, send our best and trusted men. I want it quick and efficient. They won't mess with us for a long time after this." I ordered them.

"Yes Alpha." Vladimir nodded. "I will go with the men."

"I will too." Andrei said and I nodded.

We then made detailed plan about what to do and how to execute it. There was no room for mistakes.

"The false information?" Dimitri asked.

"That will be after we deal with these assholes. It will keep them on edge about what to do." I said. Dimitri smiled gleefully at the thought.

"Brief Natalia on the situation and make sure she loses that attitude of hers or else she can leave." I told Mikhail and he nodded.

"Start preparing the men for tonight. I will not tolerate mistakes. We are done here." I said in a dismissive tone.

Avalyn

I felt so guilty, he got angry because of me and missed his breakfast and lunch. Sofiya was constantly telling me that I shouldn't care so much, it's his stomach and he will eat when he is hungry and not to give in just because he 'has his panties in a notch'. But I still left bad, he cared that’s why he told me to not cook and I talked back to him because I was angry at him, I was being a brat.

"Sofiya!" I heard a girl call her.

"Oh my god!" Sofiya saw her and ran to hug her.

"I swear to god, no one tells me anything these days. When did you come? How long are you here for? Are you all well? How did the last mission go?" Sofiya asked in one breath, looking very happy to see that girl. She was very pretty.

"Let me meet Luna first." She smiled at her and came towards me. I grew nervous, I always was when I met new people.

"Hey, I'm Natalia." She smiled and rubbed her cheeks against mine.

"I'm Avalyn." I smiled shyly and she nodded. She was even leaner than Sofiya.

"So I'm here for a month and then I have to go on another mission and I'm good and my last mission went well." She answered all of Sofiya's question.