Spirit Wolf - My Home (Book Two)

5. Trespasser

CALEN’S POV:

Rei was still sleeping in our bed when I had to wake up. ‘Alpha?’ I heard Rowan’s voice in my head. ‘What’s wrong?’ I asked him back. His voice was dark and sleepy, the same as mine and I knew that he rarely gets a full night of sleep. He is the kind of person to wake up several times and go check something by himself rather than turn on the other side and continue sleeping. I guess his mate will have it hard if he ever finds one. Not like he is giving it too many thoughts anyway or searching for one.

‘There is a foreigner scent at our border. It smells a little like a wolf but the wolf’s scent is very weak and vague. Either is a human who encounters werewolves or the wolf is dying.’ He informed me. First I didn’t realize exactly what he was saying or found it strange but then it hit me hard. ‘Wait. It is like minus fifteen outside and more than a meter of snow. The human would not survive in such weather or alone in the woods.’ I replied to him once my head fully processed everything he told me.

It was really strange especially if Rowan said the scent is really weak and vague. To be honest, there were not many cases when a werewolf lost his wolf and during my life, I didn’t hear about any new actually, all cases are from old ages. Rowan’s muzzle is the strongest one when it comes to recognition of the scents. ‘Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too, but it is very hard and difficult to lose the wolf. Last several years there was not even a single case when a werewolf lost his wolf.’ He told me the same thing I was thinking about. He was right. This was fishy and as I know him sure he will start to search and will not go back to sleep until he finds this person, especially if they were so close to our borders.

‘Any idea where he might be or where did he go?’ I asked him and I could feel the weight of his thinking. He was surely thinking and considering the weather, how old the traces might be, relief of the terrain around him, and also the possible thinking of this person. His mind was working at incredible speed, calculating every possible income and outcome to create possibilities for him where to go and where to start searching.

‘Let me give it a little bit more thoughts. I am not sure about the condition of the person and also I just found the scent, not the traces in the snow or anything. It might be brought here by the wind. I will scan the area and see if I can find some more traces.’ Rowan told me after a short break he took for thinking. ‘Alright, then but I will send you some warriors to make sure you are not alone in case there are rogues.’ I told him and I swear I could hear him laughing from the place he was standing now right inside my bedroom.

‘Sure as you wish Alpha. We already practiced how to use trees and everything around us to our advantage given the snow and weather conditions in this area so believe me I am not afraid even if dozens of rogues will try to attack me right now.’ He told me back with the visible amusement in his voice. He was right about this too. I made them training outside during the snow calamity just to make sure no matter how it looks outside they can do their duties. We are a pack of fighters and we can defend ourselves no matter where we fight.

I severed the link and turned to my sleeping mate. She was beautiful and angelic. I could stay like this till the end of the world and I would not even mind that the world is ending. Her softly pinkie white skin was shining as the tiny beams of light from the morning sun were sneakily falling on her cheeks and it looked like little diamonds. I assume it could be my own imagination given the circumstances that I was watching my mate which means she would be angelic and mesmerizing for me even with any other skin color but still, she was fairy sleeping calmly like this beside me. Her hands were locked around my waist as she was curling closer to me to search for warmth.

Not very pleased I gently lifted her hand and placed it under the blanket. I had to leave and deal with this little problem we have on our borders despite that they still didn’t cross the borders, well, maybe. When I was finally free and leaned down and kissed Rei’s forehead. She murmured something which I didn’t understand properly but it was still too cute.

I washed my face before I put on the black sweatpants, grey shirt, and black hoodie before I left the room. I looked at my lovely, cute, and sleeping mate for the last time before I closed the door and headed straight to the kitchen to grab something to eat. I already managed to contact both Trace and Edie, who were usually in the same group with Rowan and I knew they were friends and they both promised me to head to his location as soon as possible which actually in their language meant ‘I will just put the clothes and I am out.’

The kitchen was empty which I could understand since it is something around seven o’clock. Tamara and the others helping in the kitchen prepare the breakfast to be ready at eight and because we have a big kitchen with many women helping to cook it doesn’t take that long to prepare food plus already as I said before, the pack house is already almost empty. Most of the people live with their families or friends in the houses especially because of my Luna. It was very considerate of them to leave the house almost empty so it was easier for my lovely mate to get used to the crowds.

‘I found the track in the snow. Around two kilometers north from our borders. Whoever is out there can’t walk properly. I could see places where he probably fell into the snow. The person is really weak Alpha.’ Rowan informed and I could sense that there was more he knew but was not willing to share right now. ‘Edie and Trace should already be with you, did they arrive?’ I asked him to leave the information he gave just a second ago aside. ‘They are with me Alpha.’ Rowan informed me and I nodded now when I think about it actually for myself since I am alone in the room.

‘It is stupid to ask you if you can track this person down since no is not an option for you in this matter but take care. We still don’t know who it is or why they are so close to our borders especially during the winter with the weather like this and honestly, I have a bad feeling about this. It might be a trap.’ I told him with worries in my voice. His job is to track down everything and anybody that we need to find but I am Alpha, my job is to take care of my people. I guess that was the reason no one ever complained when I was asking them to take care or be safe and so on.

‘Roger Alpha.’ Rowan answered me which made me smile a little bit. ‘I will contact you when I get more information Alpha.’ Rowan told me before he closed our link again. This whole situation was really fishy. I would understand werewolves or rogues around our border to sneak around and gather intelligence before the attack or anything but a weak love wolf is strange. We are far from any pack, any big city, or routes. We are still not even in the middle of the winter which means the weather is really cold, snowy, and windy. I am a werewolf myself and I can feel the cold biting into my skin despite my hot blood.

I don’t know how long it took before Rowan contacted me again since I was deeply in my thoughts trying to figure out what this might mean or who this person might be.

‘We found a small cave on the other side of the mountain. The person is probably inside. I see the tracks going there but there are no tracks of anybody else coming out. We will go inside and search for Alpha.’ Rowan informed me. I didn’t like this idea and since the last episode with my mate, I didn’t like caves at all. I was already thinking to maybe cover the entrances to every single cave in this damn mountain. ‘Be sure to report anything you find. You find out anything more about the person?’ I asked him before he managed to sever the connection again.

‘She is a woman. Young wolf but for some reason weak. The tracks are fresh, from the night which means she was probably searching for shelter or something to hide from the cold but I have no idea why the werewolf’s scent is so weak. Her wolf either woke up not so long ago or there is something wrong with her wolf. Physically she is not injured. I didn’t smell any blood.’ He swiftly summarized several pieces of information for me and now I was really curious. Another young woman out in the woods so far in the north is not a coincidence no matter how you look at it.

‘If you find her, bring her right into the hospital and we will see.’ I told him before I closed the link. “What’s wrong Alpha?” I heard the voice from behind me. “You finally woke up Zack. I was waiting for you for maybe like three hours already.” I joked and exaggerated while turning on my chair to face him. “Rowan found a foreigner scent on our borders and now they are on the other side of the mountain searching in the cave for the intruder. Seems it is a young werewolf or someone who is losing her wolf. Either way, he will bring her here the moment they find her.” I explained the whole situation to him shortly and the look he gave me was priceless. He went from not understanding to shock to fully understanding in a few seconds. It was actually funny.

“What the hell is wrong with you man. Why didn't you wake me up when we have an emergency?” He asked me with his face red as he was angry. “Maybe because there is no emergency?” I replied to him like nothing is happening. I know I was now lightening the situation but still, if what Rowan said is true and his words when it comes to the tracking are mostly true, we have only one person out there and on top of that woman. What could happen?

Zack hit the wall beside him with the fist before he started walking towards me. “You should wake me up anyway. Who is there with him?” Zack asked me and I could see that he calmed down. “Edie and Trace. I informed them the moment Rowan told me.” I replied to him.

“What was he doing out so early in this cold and especially so far from here?” Zack asked me and I realized that I would also like to know the answer to this question. I know Rowan was going out on his private patrols but as I heard he never went out of our territory.

“How long since he talked to you last time?” Zack asked me another question, taking a seat right beside me and taking the other sandwich I made for myself. I was looking as he took a bite from my ham and cheese sandwich, his gaze locked with my waiting for the answer. I sighed seeing him eating and just stood up to prepare another one for me and sure for him as well. I ate one already so I wasn’t that hungry which means It was easier for me to make the food.

“I guess like ten minutes ago he told me they are going inside the cave. Or maybe less. Just a few minutes before you came in.” I told him again the baguette from the cupboards and took out the butter, chicken ham, green salad, cheese from the fridge. To be honest this was the only cooking I was able to perform.

“I see,” Zack replied to me, taking another bite from my sandwich. “Did he tell you anything else?” Zack asked me to try to get more information about the current situation. I told him everything that Rowan told me and Zack looked surprised at first but as he was processing the information and thinking about the whole situation I saw on his face that he was jumping to the same conclusion.

“This is strange and fishy. I don’t like it.” Was everything he said a reaction to what I said. ‘Alpha, we found her. She is unconscious. She went deep into the cave. I guess she was searching for a warmer place. She is very cold but I still smell a werewolf from her. She is a werewolf but her wolf is not healing her nor helping her. They both will die like this. We are hurrying back to the pack.’ Rowan told me and I could sense distress in his voice. There was still something he was not telling me or more like hiding for me and now when he was speaking about this woman I could hear the fear and nervousness in his voice.

“Rowan just informed me that they found her and brought her back to pack. Her wolf is not healing her and both are dying.” I said to Zack with a cold and serious face. I was sure he was straight away contacting Emily. “Emily will be down in a hospital in a few minutes,” Zack told me and I nodded to him.