Chapter 13: Chapter 13

Clara and her friends boarded a taxi and set off to meet the people they were going hiking with.

The drive was longer than what Clara and her friends expected,

By the time they arrived, the people were carrying their backpacks and trekking poles in readiness to leave.

Quickly, they walked to where the group of people were standing. Between the men stood a girl in black shorts, a green tank top,with a pair of hiking boots, her dirty blonde hair dancing along with the wind.

Clara and the others stride forward to where they were standing.

"Good morning" Clara greeted.

"Morning" they replied, except for the blonde that held a look of sarcasm when her eyes met with Clara's,

"You are late," she scoffed, folding her arms around her chest, as if trying to intimidate Clara.

"Well, it's better to arrive late than ugly" Clara retorted,her lips curled into a smirk and Gina chuckled

Ahem! Ahem!

Someone from the group let out a fake cough to cover the blonde's embarrassment.

"Ladies over there are your hiking accessories" said the hiking group leader, pointing to room and nudging them to go grab the stuff they needed.

Clara gave the blond one last glance before all three walked into the accessories-filled room, the grabbed the stuff they needed and walked back to meet the rest of the group.

Clara glanced at her surroundings, she could see the hills from where they stood, The tall trees dancing along with the wind and birds chirping, the scenery could be described as enchanting.

The group leader which Clara had come to know as James signal for them to follow behind.

With her backpack and trekking poles, Clara followed the rest of the group as they walked on the path that lead to the hills.

Suddenly, Clara had that strange feeling of being watched. She snapped her head around, glancing at her surroundings but found nothing strange except for the raven that was standing a few distance away on one of the tree branches. Her eyes lingered on the bird for a few seconds before pulling her eyes and shrugging off the feeling to focus on the path they were walking on,

Clara frowned slightly, when she almost bumped into the annoying blonde.

"Giving up so soon?" She smirked, curling her blonde hair with her index finger making disgusting sounds with her chewing gum.

Clara glared at her before walking away to join the rest of the group, deciding to just ignore the blonde.

Clara and her friends continue to walk with the rest of the group in silence, enjoying the songs made by the birds and the swaying of tree branches. It all would have been described as perfect if the blonde which Clara had learnt her name to be Charlie wasn't present on the trip.

Since the beginning of the trip Charlie had practically glued herself to James, acting all flirty, while occasionally sending hard glares and unpleasant remarks at Clara who tried all her best not to get riled up by her.

Clara had never met anyone as shameless as the girl named Charlie.

Soon, Clara and the group stood at the base of the hill, taking in the height before proceeding to climb on it.

Clara Couldn't call her self a good climber but she was all bad at it. She tightened her grip on the trekking poles to support herself from falling down as she climbed higher to the hilltop.

By the time Clara reached the hilltop, only James and Gina were present, the others including Charlie were still struggling to reach the top.

Clara sighed, enjoying the beauty of nature. Clara wouldn't call herself a natural hiker or especially fit, but she had always loved nature and outdoor activities.

Clara paused, taking silent pictures in her mind as well as her cell phone camera, hoping she would always feel the way she felt at that moment. But her thought was disrupted by the other hikers who arrived at the hilltop.

Clara giggled when she saw Raya panting heavily with her hand on her knees like she was going to faint any minute.

Clara's eyes reached Charlie who wasn't doing any better than Gina. Clara had the urge to mock her, but preferred to let it go, she wasn't going to stoop as low as the blonde.

After resting for a few minutes, the hiker continued on their walk down the hill.

Meanwhile, Lucas has assembled about thirty of the most trusted and loyal werewolves of the mystic shadow pack, informing them of the new development.

He stared from one person to the others before he spoke "I'm here to inform you all that we have Skyler's location and he is held captive by the rogues",

A gasp of breath and Low growls could be heard among the pack members who were angered and ready to go to battle with the rogues just to rescue their next alpha.

"What are we waiting for, let's go rip those filthy rogues apart" someone suggested, and the others growled approvingly. But Lucas had other plans and he knows they couldn't rush into attacking the rogues

Lucas raised his hand to silence them, Lucas was born into the beta family, making him the next beta of the mystic shadow park after his father.

"No, we are not rushing into a fight with the nightwalkers" he stated, we need a good strategy and that's the reason I called you here.

The nightwalkers are a pack of rogues ruled by Emmet and it's known to be the Most deadly rogue pack in this part of the country.

All thirty of them including Lucas sat around a large table to discuss strategy on how to free Skyler.

"This is the Freeland, and here is where the underground dungeon is located," Lucas explained, pointing at the map he placed at the table.

According to my sources, exchange of patrol duty takes place three times in a day, first by 5 am, second by 5 pm and lastly by 12 midnight" He informed,.

"I suggested we attack by 12 midnight" one of the pack warriors suggested, and Lucas nodded approvingly.

"We should send scouts to the area to monitor their movement," said another pack member.

"Good point" praised Lucas picking out two guys from the pack to do the job,

"Landon and Liam, you are in charge of watching the rogues and I want reports by the end of everyday," he instructed.

Landon and Liam are the only werewolves without a scent in the pack, making it easy to enter and leave a place undetected.

They sat for hours around the table, discussing the most effective way to free Skyler and after making all the necessary plans, the group was ready to leave when Lucas spoke.

"Let this remain between us, we can't risk anyone knowing our plans not even Alpha Pius"

They frowned slightly as it wasn't in the nature of werewolves to hide things from their Alpha, after all, it's his son they were planning to rescue.

"Trust me on this," Lucas pleaded.

They stared at him for a few minutes before they nodded, then turned around and left the cabin discreetly.

Lucas sighed after seeing how they all agreed to keep the plan a secret. Telling the Alpha was equal to telling Xander.

"That stupid fuck'" Lucas gritted his teeth at the thought of Xander, he wanted nothing more than to beat the shit out of the traitor but now was not the time, as there were many opportunities in the future.