Chapter Seventy-One

My father coughed. “Okay.” He called out, and we all turned back to the room.

"Anyway, I have a few thoughts.” Ronnie’s face fell into neutral lines. “Greyson and Cass take over as the lead Gamma pair, and if Lynn is okay with it, she travels back with Amy under the guise of finding her mate!”

The room grew silent. I could tell Lynn was thinking about it. “Would I be able to come back with my mate?” Her question caught me off guard.

“Would you want to come back?” My father’s voice was measured.

She turned to look at Greyson and Cass. “I don’t want to insult you two. You both are amazing, and you have grown so much since we started training. But you two aren’t strong enough to be the main Gamma pair.” Cass smiled and looked up at Greyson.

“We aren’t insulted. We know. We are both still very young, and Cass just became ranked. We lead the warriors, as second gammas should. We don’t think we would be strong enough to protect the luna.” Cass’s voice was matter-of-fact, and Greyson nodded, agreeing.

Lynn turned back to my father. “I know you don’t have a luna right now, as she is in the Oakenfang pack that Amy is returning to.” She turned to me. “If you would have me, I would come with you, to protect not only you, the true luna of our pack, but once the mission is over, I would like to return to take my place, mate or not, still protecting the luna.”

My father considered her words before looking at Ronnie. Tina and Ronnie both nodded, and as his eyes skipped the room, I did too. Lynn was the Gamma female for this pack, and with her brief speech, she had declared her loyalty. I knew I could protect myself and my mother if she betrayed us. Finally, my father turned back to Lynn. “You have shown where your loyalties lie in the attack and now. Mate or not, you may return to our pack.”

Lynn smiled briefly before she turned back to me. “And you?”

I nodded. “Of course you can come.” I grinned as I watched her shoulders sag in relief. “Were you worried?” She cleared her throat. “I have been a little lost here, to be honest. Without a Luna, I was a little out of place. But when you came here and started training the females, I finally felt like I had a mission. With you leaving, I was worried I was going to be cut adrift again. But with this, now I have a new mission, and I feel relieved.”

I grabbed her shoulder. “I get it. And I am a little relieved that I will have someone I can trust, and someone I can talk to about everything.” Cass made a noise, but I laughed. “I won’t be able to call or write anything in my letters; someone can listen in or read it.”

“I know.” Her voice was sulky, and I couldn’t hold in my laugh.

“No sulking. You are still my best friend. But it will be nice to have a friend in my other pack.”

“Fine.” Cass turned to Lynn. “You better take care of our girl.”

Lynn just smirked. “I will.”

“Fine.” Cass turned back to my father. “What do you need from us, Alpha?”

“Nothing for now. Keep up the training once Amy leaves, and you will be great.” My dad smiled and patted her on the head. He pushed through the crowd and headed out of the room. “Now let’s get back to the pack house and finish what we have to. I want Amy headed back to her mom tomorrow, if possible.”

“Wait.” I called out and waited for my dad to turn. “I want to check on the families I saved.”

He waved his hand toward me, and we headed next door. He knocked, and we waited for a weak answer. “Come in.”

We both walked into the room, and the kids screamed my name and ran over, hugging me. I dropped to my knee and hugged them both. “Amy. You’re okay.” The little boy, Ry, cried.

“Of course I am, sweet boy.” I checked them both over and wiped at their tears.

“I listened to you. I ran with May.” His tears kept coming, and I hugged him to my chest.

“You did, perfect buddy. You saved May. You should be so proud of yourself. You are the best big brother a girl could have.”

The two kids pulled me over to their parents, where I sat down in between the two beds. “You saved our pups.” The mom grabbed my hand.

“You saved us,” the dad croaked. “Thank you.”

“It was my pleasure.” I sat with them a little while longer, then I checked on the second family.

“It’s time to go, pup.” My dad came over when he saw me yawn for the third time. I nodded, then said my goodbyes.