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The roar of laughter echoed through the room, but it did not reach the man’s eyes as he sat on a black leather sofa surrounded by bodyguards dressed in black.

A woman sat beside him, her eyes blurred with irritation as she felt that their long-term strategy had failed equally.

Starting over was not an option, but where to begin?

"You must be stupid to think that Alpha Denzel can be defeated just because he lost his pup," the man beside her suddenly stopped laughing and said. Her gaze grew darker, and the man standing in front of them with his head lowered was confused as the explanation poured out.

"He has always remained undefeated. You suggested that we produce more of those underground rogues and send them all at once. Twenty giant rogues were taken down by just three people, and you claim you can defeat Alpha Denzel?"

They were amazed when they saw videos of how Denver shushed the warriors away to face the danger alone and how his father and mother faced it with him.

They only saw up to when Alpha Denzel had given up, declaring Denver dead, so the man who was behind the creation of the monsters was perplexed.

"Please give me a second chance. How about we produce worse ones and send them to their ally packs like the Litha Moon pack?"

The woman who sat beside the man who spoke before panicked. She was young by then, watching a lot unfold. She was defenseless when Alpha Denzel killed her father.

At first, she hated her father for lacking the boldness to flaunt her around, but after seeing videos of how he died, she was grateful for not being exposed and having the same ambition as her mate who wanted the Evergreen pack for themselves. They would stop at nothing to get it.

However, the man standing before them suggested something she feared greatly. There would be more mercy in going against the Evergreen pack than its sister packs.

"Attacking those packs is just like attacking the Evergreen pack. Alpha Denzel would always help them. Did you forget where this started from?"

Everyone in the room recalled it very well because it began from the Litha Moon Pack. Alpha Denzel and his Luna had stood for the pack as if it were theirs, daring the underground rogues to bring the battle to their doorsteps.

"Look, I promise that the Evergreen pack will be yours. The next batch would be undefeatable, but it will take years to be ready."

He had to go back to the lab to develop something stronger and undefeatable. Making these ones immune to powers, he never suspected them to be defeated through combat skills.

"I can’t believe that we lost all the ones we produced. Now I have to wait for how many years to become Alpha?" The woman’s mate asked. The man standing before them answered.

"About six years, but for now, let’s make do with the Wendigos. Perhaps we could turn the pack members they defeat into one," he smiled sinisterly. The couple agreed with him as the man elaborated.

"Yeah, the wendigos can feed on the blood of their pack members and turn them into the likes of them, and that would make it easy for you to take over the pack. Imagine their own pack members killing and changing each other into Wendigos?"

The couple smiled, ready to take this to the next level. "How long will it take to get them ready?"

"Just a few weeks," the man said, glad to have escaped their punishment and determined to not fail them again.

"Okay, let’s get to it, but don’t forget about the underground rogues, just in case Alpha Denzel defeats them again," the woman’s mate said.

Every pack they tried to form an alliance with refused as soon as they heard about the Evergreen pack. After all the bloodbath some of them witnessed and others saw on video, no one was stupid enough to go against the Evergreen pack or its members.

Therefore, the couple had to resort to this means, capitalizing on the challenge Alpha Denzel put before the underground rogues.

They were their only hope in bringing down Alpha Denzel and his Luna, but who knew that a teenage son would be stronger than his parents?

"Yeah, even Luna Valerie has an Alpha wolf and special powers. She is very hard to contend with, but I will make these Wendigos very dangerous," the man standing in front of them assured seriously.

"Well, if you fail again, you know your punishment," the woman’s mate warned seriously.

At the Evergreen pack, Alpha Denzel was taking care of the roll call after walking Luna Raven and Alpha Ludwig to their car with Valerie.

Burke was there to protect Denver with some warriors as Alice and Moonlight were there to take care of him.

Monterey was making something for everyone to eat after the saddening events. No one had eaten since it happened, not even Raven and Ludwig.

In such an atmosphere, hunger seemed to have run and left them alone, only returning with the hope that Denver would be fine.

"How many people did we lose?" Alpha Denzel asked the warriors gathered around. Gandolf responded.

"Eight, Alpha."

They were just a few, but it ached his heart that he failed to protect them. Now he was beginning to agree with Denver’s style and thinking of a different responsibility to assign the warriors in such situations like this.

"It’s unfortunate that they can’t be mourned, but Gandolf, ensure to compensate their families accordingly. All the pits for cremating those cursed creatures should be well covered after, and what about the one in the valley?"

"We already fed him to the vultures," Gandolf replied. Alpha Denzel nodded. His expression and that of his Luna were so hard.

"You all should have a good rest. Training begins tomorrow."

"Yes, Alpha, but what about Denver?" Dorothy asked. All the warriors nodded, equally interested in knowing the status of the heir.

However, Alpha Denzel was hesitant since Denver was still not out of a coma. It would be wrong to give them hope and later take it back, right?

He was about to respond when Valerie beat him to it, but it was as if she read his mind and stole his words. "Denver is..."