LIAM'S POV

I entered the training room surprised to see Aurora's friends seated in a circle. It was noon and early this morning Neil had linked me that they needed to see me for something urgent.

Seeing them still with their backpacks, I'm guessing they left school for whatever it is they needed me for.

And the reason they want to meet up is still unknown to us. Xavier grumbled.

On seeing me they all stood, I strolled to where they were observing that the training room was empty.

Noticing my wandering gaze Neil shrugged "it's always empty at this time till school closes for the day. I figured it would be the best place for us to use".

"Use for what?" I asked confused. "Training" Mary clapped excitedly.

I glanced at them and from their emotions I could tell they were dead serious.

"Why do you guys want to train?", I asked still confused.

Mary tilted her head "Incase you don't know, we're not fully stable in the art of fighting and all".

Dave shrugged "we know it's sudden and there's probably little time to get used to it all but Aurora is our friend"

"And she needs our help, we need to be prepared for anything and everything that will come our way" Kate continued.

"So we need you to train us, from what you said last night it's obvious there's gonna be a war or at least a huge fight. We need to be able to stand by your side and fight for our friend" Neil finished.

Well that was heartwarming. Xavier snickered.

I glanced at each of them "did you guys practice this?".

Mary let out a laugh and Dave scratched his neck trying to hide his pink cheeks.

"Yeah we did, Dave had us practice it for two hours till we memorized it" Kate chuckled. "Hey at least it made us sound cool" he defended.

I nodded with a smile "I know you guys see Aurora as your friend and a member of your clique..." "Team, we're a team not a clique" Mary piqued.

I raised my brows chuckling "okay, I understand that she's a member of your team but this isn't just a little misunderstanding that can be settled amicably. This is different and much more serious than it seems. You would be at war with half the pack".

They glanced at each other with a matching smirk on their faces  before chorusing "we're in".

"Wanna tell me why you guys are on this, apart from Aurora being a member of your team?".

Neil shrugged "I've had it with this pack, we need to be reformed and I can tell that this is going to be the gateway to the Reformation".

I nodded in understanding, they might not know all that was going on but it's obvious they're not dumb enough to overlook some things.

Are you gonna comply or not. Xavier groaned.

I looked back at her friends who were goofing around with some weapons.

I certainly am but I don't know how Aurora is gonna react to this or what she's gonna think about it.

Why don't you let her decide that for herself.

Smiling I walked to them, plucking a sword from Mary, "let's start with the basics before weapons".

"So what are the basic things we need to know?" Kate asked looking round.

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I stood with my hands on my hip but a smile on my face. Training was interesting and I'll give it to them, they're quite good.

I thought they would be hopeless and difficult to train but I was shocked. Even Mary held longer than I expected considering she's the most fragile of them.

"So we'll meet up same time tomorrow right?" Dave asked picking up his phone.

I tilted my head "won't you guys be missing out on school work?".

Mary shrugged "nah, we can do most of our works online so they won't miss us much in class. Plus we gave them sick notes".

"The four of you gave them sick notes?". Neil shook his head, "Dave and Kate did, but Mary and I will stay to watch our mates".

Well they're smart. Xavier nodded.

"That was smart and yeah we'll meet same time tomorrow, I would like to make it earlier but I've got duties".

They nodded, packed up their stuffs, bid me goodbye and left.

Well that went well. Xavier grunted.

I nodded still skeptical about the whole thing.

You should give them a chance, from what I can see and sense, they're game for whatever is set to happen.

You're right, I guess I should stop doubting them. But how am I gonna tell Aurora about corrupting her friends.

Xavier howled in laughter. Corrupting is sure the right word. And about that, let her find out on her own.

She's gonna kill me. I grumbled.

No she won't, if you tell her now, she's gonna look for means to take them off the game, so let her see them in action and decide if she still needs their help or not.

I shrugged. Well that's quite a good plan.

Xavier snorted. I'm smart and we both know it.

Rolling my eyes at him I headed to my room ready for a good sleep.

But someone just had to ruin it.

"Maxwell what are you doing here?"

Damn why isn't he in the room, that way we can ruffle him up for disobeying us. Xavier grumbled.

Maxwell who was leaning by my door stood straight "where have you been, do you know how long I've been waiting for you?".

Standing before him I snorted "why are you here? And don't make me repeat the question again".

He shrugged "It's been long we spoke about non pack matters, I was thinking we could catch up".

I stared at him for a while before nodding "sure but that will be in two hours time. I'm beat and I need to sleep".

His eyes widened in surprise before he concealed it, "well I'll meet you at the creek".

Nodding I brushed past him into my room.

Why the hell did you agree to meet up with him?. Xavier growled.

I chuckled. I need to know more about the external guards he's planning on getting.

He rolled his eyes. He better be worth the discomfort to my nose.

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When I got to the creek, Maxwell was already there. He was seated on the floor with some cans of beers and I could see he already drank two.

"So why did you want to see me?" I asked settling on the ground beside him.

He gestured to the beers "why don't you have one and relax, and them we can discuss like family".

Family my ass. I can't stand him, why are we here again. Xavier grunted out.

Shaking my head I rejected the drinks "am good, I'll be driving out later so I need a clear head".

He frowned at me "but werewolves don't get drunk". I shrugged "still wanna be on a safe side"

He nodded "okay then. So why are you driving out and where are you going to?".

"Just gonna clear my head and have some steak".

Maxwell smirked at me wiggling his brows while winking.

He looks constipated. Xavier shuddered.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked, the look he was giving was certainly disgusting.

Maxwell laughed "it's the look that says I know what you're up to". "And what do you think am up to".

"You're off to get some good lay from some chick outside the pack" he winked again.

I frowned a little confused, before what he said actually made sense. He must have taken my few seconds of silence as affirmation because he began laughing real loud.

I know werewolves don't get drunk but do you think he's high or something?. Xavier asked confused.

Yeah I'm way more confused than you are. I agreed.

After Maxwell's bout of laughter died down I decided to not correct him. I still needed to get what I wanted which is the reason I'm sitting with the scumbag.

"So I'm right huh?" He asked wiping some tears off his eyes. I shrugged "well you sure know it, seems to me you do it often".

He nodded "of course I do, it's what helps clear my head, if you know what I mean" he winked again.

Seriously, let's pluck his eyes out and maybe tear his cheeks so he stops with the stupid looks. Xavier growled.

I chuckled. Nah, let's leave that to Aurora when she gets him. She's the one to kill him.

Turning my attention back to Maxwell I smirked, "well since you know your ways around, do you think you can give me pointers on places to go".

He nodded excitedly "and I could show you some shifters too".

"Nah, I only need humans, that way Xavier won't go ballistic". Maxwell chuckled "true true".

We stayed in silence before I asked "how's Luke doing, he wasn't in our last the meeting".

Maxwell burped loudly "he's good just traumatized but having his mate is helping". I frowned "he has a mate. Who is it?".

"Lisa, enforcer Michael's daughter".

Well that's new and unexpected. Xavier mumbled.

I gaped at Maxwell "but Luke is gay isn't he?". "He's Bi, so I'm guessing the Moon goddess wants him to be straight".

I nodded my head slowly, "If Lisa is Luke's mate how come she didn't tell anyone about it".

Maxwell shrugged "they both don't want each other and I can't blame either of them".

"So they're going to reject each other, What about the mate pull?".

Maxwell tilted his head "it's none of my business. Lisa wants Nathan and Luke is infatuated with Rex" he glanced at me with a smirk "but we both know Rex is onto Aurora".

I clenched my fist in an effort to calm myself and not punch him, "well I hope they sort themselves out. Don't want any trouble on Friday".

Maxwell frowned "what trouble are you talking about?".

I shrugged "if Lisa and Luke don't talk it out they may have a huge disagreement that would disrupt the ID process and it might even help the intruder camouflage easily".

"How I'll it cause a huge disagreement?".

"You do know that mates will have the same tattoo on them, so if the same tattoo is drawn on them when they don't want to be together, one might go ballistic. My money is on the Lisa brat, she's gonna throw a huge tantrum.".

"That is quiet true, I'll just make sure that the guards would be extra vigilant".

Glad that the conversation was going to my direction, I took a can of beer and opened it "how many extra guards do you plan on getting?".

Taking the can to my lip, my face scrunching up at the smell. I looked at Maxwell to find him deep in thought, after a while he turned to me, "fifty extra guards".

That's a lot, good thing we planned for seventy. Xavier snickered.

"But how do you want to fit in fifty extra guards with our guards and how many would they be in total" I asked pretending to be confused.

Maxwell grinned "the plan was to get as much guard as possible, so we have over a hundred and twenty guards for Friday".

I raised my brows in surprise, "so all this guards is to get just one intruder?".

He nodded "as much as I hate to say this, I must admit that the intruder is smart and am wary of him. He's always ahead of us and seems to know our every move".

He's scared. Your scumbag of an uncle is scared. Xavier howled in laughter.

Hiding my smile I shrugged, "am sure the intruder will give a good reason for terrorizing us".

"Well that's not the only reason I want us to get him at all cost". "So what other reason is there?".

He turned to me "do you remember when I told you that we have to be on the outlook for a very strong werewolf who's power wave is very dominating? And it's also this wolf that is responsible for the disappearance of 26 of our men at Tennessee". I nodded not sure what he was going about.

"Well I think this intruder is him. At the beginning of a new century, a unique alpha is born and from what I've calculated the person would be nineteen this year".

I grinned "so if you capture him what would you do?".

"Well I initially planned on using the both of you to lead a war but I don't think it will be necessary." The smirk on his face automatically wiped mine off, "I'm gonna have his blood injected in me till he runs out of blood and dies".

I clenched my fists, Xavier growled lowly and began pacing.

Let's kill. For even thinking about hurting our mate he doesn't even deserve to breath.

Taking calming breath I nodded at Maxwell, "so if you start taking his blood, over time you would eventually become the alpha and become as strong as he is". He nodded with a smile while I was seething inside "well that sure changes everything".

Throwing the still full can of beer into the river I stood, dusting off my clothes in an effort to calm myself, "well are you still gonna tell me where I'm gonna get some good chicks?"

He laughed excitedly and began listing names of some places going as far as giving me some Ladies name.

When he was done I thanked him and took another can of beer before leaving. The moment I got out of hearing range I clenched the beer in my hands imaging it to be his face.

The pop and spilling of the drink was a bit satisfying but I was still in need for more.

Mate. Need to be with mate now. Xavier growled pacing.

Am with you on that buddy.

Walking to the garage I took my my motorcycle out. Heading to the one person who would calm me.