Regretted Rejection : Wrath of the Moon

"Ken Forrester, you are unworthy of the Alpha title." Maya said, her voice hard and unforgiving. Then she wrenched the door open and stepped back inside to see that the Forrester pack members, who were on their knees, were glaring at her. The viciousness in their eyes help Maya to reach a decision.

Facing her team, she said loud and clear, "Team Wrath of the Moon this assignment will be completed within the next week. We are only to focus on the rogues attack. I am done with the insults and the arrogance.”

"Yes, Team Leader.” All of Maya's team gave an agreement to her words.

At the night time;

Maya made her way to her room. She and Marina were sharing a room while the guys were sharing another. She opened the door of her room and Marina entered behind her.

Switching on the light, both of them made their way to their suitcases which were just placed on bed in the morning. Marina went for a shower while Maya was looking through the bag she had haphazardly packed. Maya heard a small sound and froze. She sensed a third presence hiding in the cupboard. Her wolf perked up her ears but then laid down in her mind and gave a yawn.

Maya realised from her wolf's laid back attitude that it was not someone who can harm her and she walked towards the cupboard and pulled the door open. A child tumbled out with the linens placed in the cupboard.

"Hello, little monkey. May I know what you are doing here?" Maya asked the kid, bending down so she was at eye level with the child.

"I am not a monkey. I am a wolf" the child replied standing straight with his chest puffed out. Maya chuckled at his cute face and stance.

"Oh yes, I can see that. Definitely a little wolf cub. Now tell me what are you doing here? Didn't your daddy teach you that a young gentleman like you cannot visit a lady so late in the night?" Maya asked him in a cajoling voice.

"I just wanted to see my aunt.” the kid said twisting his tshirt in his hands.

In the meanwhile, Maya had already started matching the visitor log book to the dates on which rogues attacked and what she found surprised her.

Each time the rogues attacked, old man Quinn's wife had been out of pack territory. Maya double checked to ensure that it is true. This revelation confused Maya even more. "Why would someone who was helping rogues be killed by them? It makes no sense. Maya thought.

Maya walked out of the record room deep in her thoughts. As she neared the surveillance room, she heard an altercation taking place within. Pissed off by yesterday's argument and the continuous mistreatment of her pack, Maya slammed open the door of the surveillance room.

"Stand down.” Maya commanded in her Alpha voice. At once each and every member inside the room went still.

"Team Wrath of the Moon to the front." Maya's commanding voice made her team run to the front. They stood in a line awaiting her next instruction.

"Jeff, report what happened here." Maya said.

"Team Leader Wright..." Beta Mark began explaining but was cut off by Maya's glare. A shiver ran up his back but he ruthlessly suppressed it. His wolf was trying to communicate something with him buy he ignored it.

"Team Leader, we requested the post mortem reports from Beta Mark, however we were refused.” Jeff explained.

Maya shifted her attention to Beta Mark and raised an eyebrow questioningly. She asked, "I thought you would be keen for us to get off the pack lands by solving the situation as soon as possible. Am I wrong to assume so, Beta Mark?"

"Hey! I would be happy if you left the pack territory at this moment. You are just here to rob the title and position of the Luna from our rightful Luna.” Beta Mark thundered at them.

"And how is the post mortem report of old man Quinn related to the position of Luna Forrester?” Maya asked observing Mark keenly.

"That... that..." he stuttered. "It doesn't matter. You are just wasting your time here doing unnecessary things as you don't want to help us.”

Maya sighed and looked at her team, "Team Wrath of the Moon, apologize to the Forrester pack members."

As one, the entire team turned towards the Forrester pack members and apologized in perfect synchronisation. No questions or hesitation was displayed in their actions.

"Do you know why you apologized?" Maya asked her team.

"Permission to speak, Team Leader." Andy asked stepping out of the line.

"Permission granted.” Maya replied.

"We wasted time arguing with idiots instead of directly approaching Alpha Forrester when we hit a snag.” Andy replied.

"Exactly." Maya said and asked Andy, "How much time did you guys waste?"

"We wasted four minutes and fifteen seconds.” Andy reported.

"Excellent. The Forrester pack has a running track on which the warriors of the pack practice. They also keep extensive records of the timings of each warrior. Your punishment is to complete the entire track within the time required for wolves to clear warrior level minus the time you wasted, i.e., four minutes and fifteen seconds. Understand?" Maya asked.

"Yes, Team Leader." her team responded.

"Good. I will expect you at the track at 5:00 PM sharp.” Maya said and left the room after glancing at Beta Mark.