ALFRED POV

“Your sword.”

I turned back to see Marcus holding my blade out to me, but I shook my head and pushed it back to him, for I don’t need it now as we are not in war, just a tiny raid.

“I won’t be needing it” I replied as I extracted my long claws, “this will be enough for me.”

“Ok Alpha” he replied and waved a soldier to come get the sword immediately. “So what’s the plan now?”

“Any word from Andre yet?” I asked as I fixed my eyes on the rising sun.

“No Alpha, but any moment from now” he replied hushedly as he moved...