Undercover Wolf novel Chapter 22

It was the river that marked my pack boundary. I didn't even notice that I ran this far.

I whimpered softly and laid down beside the rushing water. It was nice being close to home. I missed it and everybody already.

So I just stayed there with my eyes closed, calming myself with the soothing sound of the river and creatures roaming by.

I was slowly drifting away, but the sound of ruffling made my ears perk up. It could've been some random animal, so I remained calm with my eyes closed.

"Aiden?"

I quickly jumped up, almost falling into the river as my eyes searched for whoever just called.

On the other side of the river I saw a very confused Jace. He smiled brightly at me and I got excited at the sight of him.

"Roxy! " He corrected, seeing clearly that Aiden would've been bigger. I barked at him and wagged my tail, pacing side to side in excitement. I missed them.

<"What are you doing here? Isn't it dangerous out here on your own?"> he asked through our mindlink. It was days like this that I was glad I had it.

<"I was upset about something so I went for a run. I didn't expect to get this far">

<"But is it safe though? Where's Aiden?"> I internally rolled my eyes. He was always such an over protector.

<"I can take care of myself Jace. I'm a fully trained wolf, remember?"> I saw him chuckle from the other side of the river and shook his head.

<"Okay I believe in your skills. Are you okay though?">

I huffed out loud, not knowing how to answer that. I was far from 'okay' but I guess I still kinda was.

<"I know the Alpha is your mate,"> he stated when I didn't respond, shocking me out of my skin.

<"What? Psh no he's not Jace, that's ridiculous,"> I knew he could feel the panic through the link, but it was worth a try.

<"Roxy, it's okay. I'm not upset or anything. Just don't talk to Jane while you're on speaker phone.">

Curse Jane and her hate of putting the phone against her ear like normal people.

<"Please don't-">

<"I won't tell anyone Roxy. I can see how important this is to you.">

<"It's hard Jace.">

"The fight was about our pack." He perked up at this. "I saw one of our pack members, and she just ran from me. I tried talking to him and he freaked. I don't like this Aiden. It's not right"

"I know Rox" He had a determined look on his face as he pulled me into a hug. "Don't worry, we'll get them back. I was actually planning on doing some searching today" He gave me a smirk which I returned smugly.

"Sounds good to me." A pang of guilt rushed me, knowing I'll be going behind Ace's back. But at this point, I had no alternative plan, I promised Aiden we would do it and I was still pumped from our fight earlier.

It would've been easier if Ace just listened to me, but I guess life never takes the easy route.

"Great meet me in the hallway by 6" He said as he turned to leave. "Oh and Rox, don't be suspicious "

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I waited in the hallway for Aiden as planned. We already came up with the plan through our mind link, so it was now for us to execute it.

Despite my protest, I was to keep Ace distracted downstairs. Aiden would sneak into his office to search for some files that would be beneficial to us.

Files on the amount of pack warriors and their level of training, weapon inventory, pack number, border information, training schedules, days of most leisure, map of the pack-grounds and a few more things that I already forgot.

That's why it was Aiden's job to find them.