One day later...

Wait for it...... waiiiiiiit...... NOW'!

I fainted to my left then sharply moved to my right and delivered the greatest uppercut of all time. His head whipped back and he came at me again only this time I was wasn't quick enough. He grabbed my hair and flung me like a rag doll. I went flying through the air and my back hit a tree. I slid all the way down to the floor and spat out some blood from my cut lip that was split from my sparring earlier this morning. My good old friend Trevor here really meant it when he said he wouldn't go easy on me because I was a woman. The feminist in me appreciated the sentiment at the times that was until the pain kicked in.

This was almost the beginning of my second week of training and the sadist in me LOVED it!... I was finally given a chance to fight and Trevor here who was almost the size of the tree trunk I just hit was more than happy to use me as his personal punching bag. Me being the idiot i am offered myself to him like some sacrificial lamb at 8am this morning and now my spine was paying the price for it at 7.45 this evening because I obviously don't know when I'm beaten. Which was around 8.30am.

Trevor, who I didn't introduce to you before is a guard in Alpha Liam's personal guard. It was comprised of 40 male fighters and they were all bad ass. Not bad ass like my old pack but close enough. I was small and fast so most of the time they had difficulty catching me. Problem was, I got way too excited when I started winning and would usually loose concentration and then get the tar ripped out of me. I'm surprised i have any teeth in my head if I was honest with you.

' layla started to engage more during our fighting sessions lately and whilst I loved her to bits, this wolf and her anger management issues were gonna get me killed.

Nevertheless I took a sisters advice. I interlinked my fingers behind Trevor's neck and swiftly pulled his head down onto my knee. When he stumbled back obviously disorientated I roundhouse kicked him in the nether regions and dayyuuummmm... it felt good.

Trevor slowly went down to the ground and cradled his jewels.

Clap.. clap... clap.

I turned around and spotted Alec behind me. How long had he been standing there? The longer I looked at him the more his smile seemed to widen before he glanced behind me......

Within seconds I knew.

'Trevor the Turd' which is my new nickname for him took advantage of my moment of weakness as usual by swiping my legs out from under me. I went down like a sack of potatoes whilst Alec let out a laugh whilst bending over to hold his knees from laughing.

SHUT UP LAYLA'!

I lost. Again. And I was not a happy bunny. Alec outstretched his arm and pulled me up off the grass we were using to 'play fight'. Those were the actual words Trevor the Turd used. Whilst the 'Turd' slunk off back to his brethren with a look of pure satisfaction Alec walked me back to the pack house.

'We missed you at lunch today' he said.

'Well if you haven't noticed I have been training all day with Trevor and after that little session back there I doubt I'll have any teeth to chew anyways'.

Alec giggled to himself but said no more. As we entered the house I found Liam and Anya huddled together talking in the kitchen. I decided it was a lovers tiff no doubt. Liam had been gone for a few days for a council meeting and Anya was mopping around the house like a lost puppy. One couldn't be long without the other. It was cute. But I had no place for cute anymore. Just training and fighting.

Suddenly, Liam sniffed the air and looked over at me. He gave me a friendly smile and waved. Anya turned around and I could see she looked upset but I didn't say anything.

'Hi Violet, I hear you have been training this week, how are you finding it'? Questioned Liam.

'Not too bad Alpha, you got some really good fighters in the pack and I think I can learn a lot from them'. I replied.

He smiled and looked over my shoulder toward Alec standing behind me. They communicated through their Alpha and Beta mind link. Alpha Liam then excused himself and asked Alec to join him in his study. Alec nodded and smiled at me before following. I could really use a shower right now but I thought that this would be a good opportunity to see if Anya was alright. She had turn her body to face the kitchen counter with her back to me.

Yep. Somethings wrong.

I sighed and walked over to her and

I sat on the kitchen stool and put my head in my hands.

'What's wrong Anya'? I whispered.

Her head was lowered and her eyes were closed ..She sighed ....

'Liam went to the council yesterday and it's not good news Vi. Four packs from our eastern borders have been attacked. Everyone is dead and no one fought back before they died. Liam is looking into it but the perpetrators are still out there Vi. This Rogue king is killing us slowly. It's only a matter of time before he challenges the other packs, ours included.'

'Woah.. wait a minute.. this guy calls himself the Rogue King'?

'Yes Vi and he's dangerous. He has wiped out 300 werewolves in two days. This is unheard of. Even the great war didnt have that many casualties. Liam wants to start creating contingency plans incase we are attacked. He is drafting all males from the age of 17 to start learning how to fight.'

I was speechless. This was very bad news for their pack. Liam's pack had some good fighters but they didn't have the number that Redfang had. We also didn't know how many rogues there were. The women and children were at risk and none of them were trained to be able to protect themselves. Because our councils laws prohibited any female who wasn't a Luna to fight. That left more than three quarters of a pack completely defenseless.

'Luna... Serena's baby has just been born'. We were interrupted by one of Alpha Liam's guards. Mikey I think his name was.

Anya turned to the Alphas guard or Mikey and thanked him. She turned to me and mentioned that she had to go visit the shewolf who recently gave birth, some of her many duties as Luna and told me not to worry. She hugged me and left the pack house and leaving me to my thoughts.

Whoever this Rogue King was, he was dangerous and unpredictable. But how on earth did he ensure that all of those packs didn't fight him or his men? How could he bring down all four Alpha's and their entire packs without so much as lifting a finger? There were loads of questions in my mind and none of it made sense. What could they possibly want?

Layla bristled in my mind

This upset her that our kind were being slaughtered and she wanted to stand up and help those who couldn't help themselves. I laughed at her way of thinking. What could one she wolf do against an Alpha Rogue King?

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Mountforge - Eastern pack territory

One day before the attack..

Are they aware yet that their packs have been infiltrated and our spies are informing us of their every move?

I grinned. Everything was going according to my plan and my years of waiting were finally coming to an end.

Bring the Luna's to me and if they strike, kill the children first.

My minions smiled and nodded their heads in agreement.

My time of the Rogue King has come and every king needs a queen.