Chapter 429
“Marro!” His mother snapped bringing his attention back to the table.
Marro sulked as he pushed around his plate.
His mother shook her head.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with him.” She said aloud.
“If you don’t want to eat dork I’ll have your food.” Fabian said punching his arms.
“Leave me alone.” Marro hissed.
“You’re a baby.” Fabian teased meanly. “What do you need the food for? Only real wolves like me have to eat to work hard.”
“Fabian stop bullying your brother!” Their mother snapped. And then she turned to their father. “Would you believe that I caught Marro not so far from the forest again.”
Marro’s eyes went red with annoyance.
“You promised you wouldn’t tell.” Marro said unhappily.
“You did what?” His dad asked angrily. “You promised you weren’t going to go anywhere near the forest anymore.”
His mother sighed.
“I got lost trying to hunt a rabbit.” Marro lied.
“That’s not an excuse young man.” He said. “You had said that if you didn’t do anything naughty again you would finally be able to join the pack.”
Marrow’s eyes widened and his heart raced quickly.
“No dad.” Marrow said quickly. “I mean it.
I didn’t mean to get lost. I went after a rabbit to bring back home. You would have been proud of me.”
It was not technically a lie.
“No excuses Marro.” His father stopped him right in his tracks. “You’ve gotten away with so much for a very long time now. You need to learn.”
Marro could tell when his father had made up his mind and there was going to no turning back.
He looked back at his mother and was filled with rage.
His mother tried to avoid his gaze and looked down at her plate and said. “Marro
This is for the best.”
Marro got up from his dear and was about to run away from the table when his father
Stopped him ultimately.
“Don’t even try leaving this table!” He snapped at him. “You would seat down and eat your meal that your mother made like everyone else would and leave when you are done.”
Marro had no choice but to sit back down on the table as his entire being brewed with anger.
His father shook his head and turned back to his food.
“You don’t know what we protect you from. The lengths we go to, to protect this family and the dangers of what’s outside.” His father said and shook his head.
His mother looked worried at their father. “You look more disturbed than usual. What’s wrong?” She asked him.
He shook his head and took in a very deep breath.
Then he looked around the windows to see if they well shut before he began to speak.
“That wolf came with a new request.” His father stated.
And Marro instantly knew who his father was talking about.
It was alpha hunter.
His father despised him so much and refused to refer to him as his rank Alpha.
“Shhh. They mustn’t hear you.” His mother rebuked.
His father scoffed. “It’s the truth. He is not my Alpha and most of the men already agree. He just came and killed our own alpha and is imposing his rules on us. A rogue and lawless wolf like him.”
And then his father spat.
His mother touched his arm and said. “Maybe the children shouldn’t hear this.”
“They need to.” His father shook his head adamantly. “So that they know the consequences of their actions. Especially Marro.”
The table went quiet.
And then his father resumed speaking. “He said in the meeting this evening that he is looking for someone. Some wolf.”
“We don’t know who he is. But he insists that if any stranger wandered into this pack we need to submit him.”
Marro became tensed instantly.
He was now certain that it was his friend that he had found in the forest.
Now he also was certain that his friend was a good man.
Because an enemy of Alpha Hunter had to be a good man.
“What man?” His mother asked.
His father shrugged. “Who knows? Maybe the man is just being senile. But he warned that anyone who accommodates him will be severely punished.”
Marro swallowed.
He knew what the punishment was going to be.
Death.
He started to speak to tell his father that he knew this man but he decided against it.
His father would be furious and tell him that he had put the entire family in trouble.
He wouldn’t help the man.
Rather he might betray and take Alpha hunter to the man.
So Marro shut his mouth.
“But we haven’t heard of any stranger in the pack have we?” His mother asked helplessly.
His father shrugged. “We haven’t. But he is a mad man. He can kill the slightest person if he thinks he is being lied to. So for now we have to just go along with him.”
“That is why you have to stay indoors until this matter is resolved.” His father told marro.
Marro thought it was actually stupid that they had to obey whatever Alpha hunter said even though they hated him.
If he was the one who would oppose him and win.
Maybe this was the chance he now had.
He could save the entire small pack by helping his friend.
His friend looked like someone who was powerful and strong.
When everyone found out that he had saved them, they would respect him and no longer look down at him.
This was his opportunity.
“You boys can go to bed now.” His mother said waking Marro from his thoughts.
Marro took his plate from the table, went to wash it before heading for his room.
He shared a room with his brother but they slept on separate beds because of how much they fought.
Marro put his hands in his pockets and felt the hard leather of the wrist band his new found friend had given him.
He was going to be the one to save the pack.