Regretted Rejection : Wrath of the Moon novel Chapter 19

In the surveillance room;

"You guys are back already? Tell me what happened." Ryder asked. He had some sort of blueprints open all over his desk.

Marina and Maya gave a gist of their morning. Ryder immediately informed the pack warriors about the secret passage, "Please station a few guards near the Quinn couple's cottage. Also there's an abandoned pipeline near the old medical facility. Why don't you guys check that out and see if it is worthwhile to monitor?"

"Abandoned pipeline?" Jeff asked after the warriors in the surveillance room left.

"Yes, after talking with the pack historian, Mr. Sanders, I was quite bored and just thinking about the secret passage. I had an idea to check the pipeline structure of the pack. It turns out, they built a new medical facility some years ago that is near to the training grounds. So the old medical facility was abandoned due to lack of use. There used to be a drainage pipeline connecting the old facility to the outside of pack lands. I have a hunch that rogues might use that to enter the pack territory undetected." Ryder explained.

Before he could talk further, a commotion was heard outside and Maya went to check with her team. Xander and Beta Mark were detaining a rogue, who was continuously trashing around to free himself from their grasp. Ken soon arrived to check the scene.

"Alpha, we have caught this rogue near the abandoned medical facility. We were directed there by Mr. Ryder Wright.", Xander informed Ken.

"Put him in the interrogation room." Ken ordered. "Thank you Ryder. We will inform you what the rogue tells us." he said turning towards Maya's team.

Maya nodded and headed back to the surveillance room. "Good job, Ryder. Great thinking." she praised him and asked, "What happened when you talked with Mr. Sanders? Was he able to shed any light on Mr. Quinn?"

"Just the fact that old man Quinn was lazy and took long breaks. I couldn't get much out of him other than complaints." Ryder replied, "So, that's basically a dead end."

"I don't understand. Werewolves are basically a social animal. They thrive in packs. How come a couple detaches itself from the pack to this extent? Did this start three years ago or before that? And if it started three years ago the what happened that triggered this change?" Jeff asked trying to make sense of the things they know so far.

"I think... I mean I am not sure... But if you look at the time line of events, I think it started three years ago." Marina said

"Why makes you think like that?" Andy questioned.

"Let's see. The Forrester pack had some previous issues with rogues but they started facing hostile rogues three years ago. The women and kids started leaving the pack three years ago. The Quinn family started withdrawing from the social circle three years ago." Marina explained.

"There is one more thing that happened three years ago, Maya." she continued.

"What?" Maya asked curiously.

"You left the pack for good." Jeff interjected. Marina nodded at him.

"How would that connect in with the rogues? Even if Alpha Ken was facing natural dissolution, why would that motivate rogues to attack the Forrester pack?" Maya questioned.

"We are definitely missing something... like a vital link that will help us make sense of this. But what is it? What are we missing?" Ryder replied.

"Maybe the rogue will tell the pack something. Should we go down and watch the interrogation?" Andy suggested.

"Let's give Alpha Forrester some time to crack the rogue. In the meantime, let's report back to Dylan on what we have found so far." Maya said.

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Outside the interrogation room of the Forrester pack, Alpha Ken Forrester was pacing up and down the hallway. They had used multiple approaches to break the rogue however it had all proven useless.

"Good." Maya said and picked him up by the collar and deposited him on the chair where he was sitting previously.

"Now, tell me. Who all are in your little pack of rogues? Why are you targetting the Forrester pack?" Maya asked him harshly.

"We... We are..." the rogue stuttered.

"Quickly, I don't have all day." Maya said banging the table with her hand. The rogue flinched back scared.

"We are the descendants of the Desmond pack." he said. Maya froze for a moment before looking at the one way glass. Turning back to the rogue she motioned him to go on.

"We found out... that the Forrester pack is going through a natural dissolution process similar to ours. We figured that if we attack the current weak Alpha that we can win and start building a pack again." he said in a small voice.

"How did you know about the natural dissolution process that is affecting the Forrester pack? Did the Quinn couple told you?" Maya questioned him.

"Yes. They were a part of the Desmond pack but they were the fortunate ones who got a place in another pack. The less fortunate ones were left to fend for themselves as rogues." he replied.

"Less fortunate? You mean the traitors?" Maya scoffed.

"We... we never assumed that Moon Goddess will... When we disbanded, we still stayed together for the sake of convenience. Moving from town to town, living a life like the gypsies. Generations changed and we were getting antsy to settle down but no pack would accept us. Finally we met a witch, she told us that there's going to be another incident similar to ours. She told us about the twins born in the Forrester pack where one twin would betray the other for sake of the title. We told the Quinn couple about the prediction and asked for their help for old times sake. We laid in wait for the betrayal to happen. Then three years ago, your brother and your pack betrayed you, the true Alpha of the pack." he explained.

Maya was struck by his words, she couldn't think anything. Like a blank slate, she stared in the one way mirror. Ken her brother, her twin, was also having a same reaction. He couldn't believe the words of the rogue. He just kept staring at Maya.