~James POV~
"We already had our suspicions about that." I told Natasha when we were all seated.
"Yes, but I'm telling you, I'm absolutely certain that she is innocent. It's not a suspicion."
Everyone looked at Natasha and then at me. Waiting for a reply.
Natasha had told Sofia that she needed to stay in the dungeons so that the real traitor would believe they'd succeeded.
"Do you know who it is?" I asked Natasha. She shook her head and straightened her back.
"No, I'm afraid I don't, but I do have a way for us to figure it out." She said with a determined voice. But I somehow got the feeling that whatever her plan was, I wasn't going to like it.
"Continue." Jackson said impatiently. Natasha took a moment before she spoke. She didn't look too certain about her own plan.
"The war. When it begins, we will know. Crow would take any and all opportunities to show his power. Having a spy within a pack like this certainly fits the criteria." She wanted us to wait until the war broke out? Was she fucking insane?
"And risk what in the meantime? What if this fucking traitor tries something else and we have no idea who its!" Lisa screamed. Clearly not too happy about the idea.
"It's the only way to go about this I'm afraid." They all turned to me, except for Amber who held her gaze at Natasha. I pondered the idea of waiting. However much I despised the thought of having a traitor in my pack I also knew that this was our most compelling shot. I needed to think about my pack and not my pride. He or she would not dare to make another move now that Sofia was in the dungeons.
The only problem was them outing our packs business to outsiders. Something that could hit us hard in the end.
"Then that's what we will do." I said.
"James!" My sister yelled, looking at me like I was being an idiot. Maybe I was.
"We can't just let a traitor roam the pack grounds. They know how we fight, they know our strategies, what we're good at and what we're not. Doing this could be suicidal once the war starts," Amber said, stating some valid facts. However,
"I'm the Alpha, I would never make a decision that would harm my pack!" I said. It didn't have much effect on my sister who was still frowning at me.
"And I'm your big sister, telling you not to be an idiot about this!" I and Amber were now standing, facing each other. The others sat there and enjoyed the scene that was unfolding.
This reminded me of an incident when we were kids.
Flashback...
"James wait! Don't go!" Jackson yelled behind me as I ran towards the forest. I had overheard the warriors running to fight rogues that had trespassed onto our territory.
As the future Alpha of this pack, I should help them. I took off towards the eastern border where the rogues were said to be. I may only be fifteen and not have a wolf but I'm an Alpha by blood which means I'm stronger than most kids my age.
When I got closer to where the fight was I could hear the snarling and growling of the werewolves. There they were. Bones were cracking and blood was spurting everywhere.
'I'm ready' I told myself and joined the fight. When the warriors saw me they started circling me so that the rogues couldn't attack.
"Hey move! I want to fight!" I was about to crawl out of the circle and out onto the field when an even larger wolf jumped in front of me. The wolf was facing me and baring its teeth, snarling at me so I would back up. Which I did. From behind the wolf someone walked out and glared at me. Bloddied and hurt from the ongoing fight she walked toward me.
It was my sister.
"Oh shit." I knew I was screwed.
"Stand back James!" She growled at me.
"I'm the future Alpha and I want to fight!" I yelled. I was going to fight, and she wasn't going to stop me. I should help my pack.
"I'M YOUR OLDER SISTER AND I'M TELLING YOU TO STAND BACK!" She growled in her alpha tone, making me jump back as far as possible. I crawled back and hid behind a tree for the rest of the fight.
When my sister wanted to, she could be one scary-ass werewolf.
I heard as the fight died down and they were shifting back, getting dressed. Footsteps came from behind the tree and I stood to my feet.
"Are you insane? You could've gotten yourself killed!" Amber scolded me.
"I just wanted to help. I felt like I should protect the pack too." I said.
"James, the best way for you to help this pack is to stay alive until the day you're ready to take over. It will do no good to the pack if their future Alpha is killed in a battle before he even has his wolf. With that said. If you ever pull a stunt like that again, I'll kill you. You not only endangered yourself but the warriors as well when they had to shift their focus to protect you. You're my baby brother, James. Don't ever do that again. I was scared shitless." Amber pulled me into a hug and held on tightly.
"I won't, I'm sorry, sis." I said as I hugged her back.
End of flashback...