“What about the prisoners?”
Taylor’s eyes widened.Clearly, he’d forgotten about them, too, even though he’d been locked in a cell next to them.All around the room, the reactions were pretty much similar.Harmon didn’t blame these people for not thinking about the prisoners.After all, they’d left the pack, and it hadn’t been amicable.
Kieran nodded.“That’s also something to think of.We can’t leave them with the dragons, but I’m not sure I want them back with the pack.”
“That’s understandable considering what happened.I agree that you can’t leave them with the dragons, though, which means someone needs to speak up for them.It would probably be better to send someone there to ensure that they’re still alive and free them.They don’t have to come here, but they can’t stay in those cells.”
Kieran slowly nodded.“That might be a good idea.”
“What?”
“Sending someone there.That way, we can find out what’s going on.”
“They’re not going to welcome us with open arms, though.”
Kieran reached for something on his desk.Herman frowned when he saw it was a phone because he didn’t understand why Kieran would need one right now.He should have known that Kieran was way ahead of him and everyone else in the room.
“They might not want us there, but they won’t have a choice letting us in.”He unlocked the phone and scrolled for a bit.Eventually, he shrugged and tapped the screen a few times.
The sound of the phone ringing startled Harmon.Who was Kieran calling on speaker?
“Who is this?”a man answered.
“My name is Kieran, and I’m the alpha of the wolf pack your clan attacked a few days ago.”
The man was silent for so long that Harmon wondered if he’d put down the phone.Harmon might have in his place.Why would he want to talk to Kieran of all people?
“What do you want?”the man eventually asked.
“You have wolf shifters in your cells.I want them back.”
“Martin—”
“Is dead.He’s not coming back, and neither is your beta.Someone else will have to make decisions for them.”
The man snorted.“Yeah, it’s not going to be me.”
“I don’t care who it’ll be.You lost.If you don’t want us to destroy your clan, something has to change.You won’t be allowed to continue behaving the way you did when Martin was leading you.You hurt enough people, including my pack, but that’s over now.I want to talk to your current leader.”
“Not possible.We don’t have a current leader.It’s only been a few days.”
“Who’s making the decisions, then?”
“No one.Everyone’s fighting and threatening each other.”
That didn’t sound good.The clan was out of control, which could make it even more dangerous than it had been when Martin had led it.At least they’d known what to expect from Martin.They had no idea what to expect from the clan now that their leader was gone.
Rex leaned closer, temporarily distracting Harmon.“I’m not a leader, but that’s not good, right?”
“Well, it might cause the clan to self-implode.If enough people feel that they should be the next leader and start fighting, there might not be much for us to do except wait.Of course, the infighting might also make them dangerous to us and everyone else.They’re dragon shifters.They fight with wings, claws, and fangs.That’s not good for anyone they might involve.If they decide to take the fight to town, everyone will be in trouble.”
Rex nodded.“So we have to stop them.”
“Which might be just as dangerous, depending on how they react.Our luck right now is that they don’t have a leader.Their efforts will be scattered if they even manage to set up anything.It doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous, just not as dangerous as they would be if they had someone giving orders and directing them.”
“Well, I need to talk to someone,” Kieran declared.
“Yeah, you’re not the only one,” the man said.
