Chapter 138

I am the forefront. I will be the first one to stare Beckett in the eye, seeing as I am the rightful Alpha of the pack and after my signal, the rest will follow me into battle. My fingers weave themselves into my braid without my own voluntary permission, ripping away the band and discarding it to the side so that it hangs around my shoulders.  I check the time one final time as Liam jogs his way other to me and silently nudges his head in the direction to follow. "Don't stray from me," he whispers to me, his fingers clasping around my wrist and settling on my pulse. "Please." He pleads silently. I promise to do my best to keep in sight at all times, though I highly doubt it will be one I am able to keep.  A long with the rest, Liam shifts and the other's follow as I begin my march forward to the field. It's a twenty minute journey now, opposed to when I lived closer and it gives me plenty of time for my mind to conjure predicaments that I have no desire to en