#Chapter 178: A Few Days At A Time

Alaric’s POV “This isn’t up for debate,” I told the elder council as they all sat around the long meeting table giving me varying kinds of glares – from annoyance to frustration to worry to pity. “I will be working remotely from the BloodyMoon pack lands as I continue my pursuit of Cara.” “And she can’t stay here?” asked one of the elders. “No.” A pair of elders looked at each other. Gently, the new leader of the group, a man by the name of Wallace, spoke up, “Are you positive, Alpha, that this is what she wants? This pursuit has been long and arduous for you. We’d all hate if… perhaps… she is wasting your time…” “She asked me to go,” I said. His doubt annoyed me, though I did appreciate, I supposed, his looking out for me. I couldn’t properly explain to all of them how I knew that Cara was being genuine. I didn’t want to tell them my suspicions about her medical issue that made my presence so urgent. Or how even I was starting to feel a strain between us, something I was