The Wolf In Me novel Chapter 21

Two days have passed since the day we were going to be attacked. I kept wondering if I should inform the other alphas and ask them to join me with the rest of their packs. The only problem was that the place needed to be bigger to let more join us. This place could only hold a few hundreds.

Dad pushed the door open and stood at the entrance looking at me as he waited.

"May I?" He asked.

I motioned for him to come in. He closed the door behind him and sat down. I was on my office chair writing down some statements and organising papers.

"Do you think we should start preparing for when the time comes?" He asked.

"What do you mean dad? Aren't we?" I looked at him frowning.

"We are preparing the pack, that's right. But how about preparing for when they return sooner than expected?"

I looked at him silently for a while.

"I was just wondering if I should tell the other packs to join us soon. The only problem is that we do not have enough space for everyone here," I showed him my concern.

"Well. I know of a larger place than here not so far. It has been abandoned for a long while since my childhood to be exact. My father used it last when we were in danger. It is wonderful and spacious enough for all the wolf packs to join us. I am sure that it holds thousands of wolfs. If we send some people to clean it and freshen it up, it will be as good as new."

My eyes stared at my dad's.

"How about showing you where it is?" He smiled, showing me the key.

I was stunned by the beauty of the place in front of me. A huge area filled with a lot of buildings, only one stood above the rest. It was wide and high. It must have over a thousand rooms for sure. A large wall was closing the area, keeping it safe from any enemy with just one large gate for entrance.

As you go in you see an open space full of plants and trees that needed to be taken care of as they grew over the pathways, closing off some of the doors of the smaller houses that stood in random locations. My lungs were filled with the scent of fresh flowers and leaves. I could also inhale the smell of the ocean that was a few meters away.

"Isn't it beautiful?" My dad asked, looking up and around.

"It's perfect," I said smiling.

He took out the key and placed it in the rusty door lock. It clicked open after a couple of tries as it has jammed by time.

Behind the huge door was a massive hallway that had an infinitely high ceiling that was being supported by a couple of large columns that stated power and pride.

"Breathtaking!" I said in a low voice. Dad smiled and started to walk further in.

We entered a huge room that had a big sofa, a black piano that was at the centre of the room and a few other furniture that was all covered in plastic.

"This is perfect. We can let the other packs know and they can come here. We can move here too, maybe so that we will all be together, reducing the risk of losing anyone should there be another attempt of attack."

I looked at dad that was walking towards the piano. He uncovered it exposing its beauty and opened the keys. He sat down and started playing. It has been a long time since I heard him play so I stood in silence and just listened to the sweet melody.

He motioned for me to join him and we played it together for a while. The sound of the piano filled the emptiness in this lonely mansion and with my eyes closed, I could imagine a whole lot of wolves back in my grandfather's good old days, dancing along and women singing to the melody.

Back at the packhouse, I called for Mei and Jake to give them the news. They were excited to know that we were able to ask the other packs to move closer. I asked Jake to gather a good number of wolfs to go clean up the new building and prepare for the guests.