"Achilles, Alpha Curtis of the Black Wood Pack is here." Tony reported through mindlink and Achilles, who was signing a few papers, immediately stopped and sat upright on hearing what he just said. After the instructions he got from grandma to accept Alpha Curtis' alliance, he had been expecting him to show up and now that he was there, he didn't know how to react.

　　"Bring him in and come along with Carter." Achilles instructed in a calm voice.

　　"Copy that."

　　Once he blocked the mindlink, he put aside the papers he was signing and leaned on the backrest with his fingers intertwined behind his neck as he tried to calm himself.

　　The Black Wood pack used to be the third most powerful pack in the werewolf world, but after the massacre, it became the second while the Crescent Moon Pack became the first. The pack had a great army of soldiers and great influence in neighboring packs.

　　If they had the Black Moon Pack on their side, then they stood a big chance to win the war against Alpha D'argan without losing too many soldiers and civilians of the pack.

　　A knock on the door snapped him out of his thoughts and he immediately knew it was Tony. After signaling for them to come in, the door creaked open and the three men, Tony, Alpha Curtis and Carter made a graceful entrance into the office with Tony closing the door behind him.

　　"Alpha Curtis." Achilles called respectfully as he rose from his seat.

　　Alpha Curtis, with a smile, walked over to him and stretched his hand forward for a handshake.

　　"It's nice to meet you again, Alpha Achilles." He said with a polite smile and Achilles shook his hand.

　　"The pleasure is mine."

　　"This way please." Said Tony, leading Alpha Curtis to the sitting area where he made himself comfortable on one of the sofas. Achilles joined him shortly while Carter served them wine.

　　"You must be curious to know why I'm here again even after we all ended up on a bad foot the last time I was here." Alpha Curtis broke the silence and Achilles looked from Tony to Carter before looking at him again.

　　"You are right. I was shocked when my Beta mindlinked me about your arrival." He lied smoothly. "I am, as you have said, curious to know what brings you to my pack again."

　　"Alpha Achilles." Alpha Curtis called as he set his glass of wine on the table and looked up at him. "I understand that for the past twenty years, your pack had been through a lot in the hands of the tyrant king and right now, it's hard for you to trust anyone."

　　"I think you are mistaken, Alpha Curtis." Achilles contradicted. "My lack of trust in any pack is not as a result of what my people and I have gone through in the hands of Alpha D'argan, it's as a result of how dedicated those packs are to serving him. Since the day he took over as Paramount Alpha, every other Alpha became his puppet. You all bend to his every will, you all are terrified of him, what makes you think I will believe you genuinely want to be allies with me when you have pledged allegiance to my enemy?" Achilles asked firmly and both Tony and Carter exchanged confused looks.

　　His reaction was not what they expected and they were getting worried.

　　Alpha Curtis on the other hand cleared his throat to reply him.

　　"Allegiance is not a term I am familiar with. I have none and even if I did, I would not pledge it to that tyrant. For the first years, I tried to be recalcitrant, but that cost me a lot of pack members and soldiers, so I had no choice but to succumb to the orders of the tyrant, but even the moon goddess knows how much spite I have for him in my heart. I detest and I want to kill him myself, but I have come to understand that I cannot do that. If it were up to me, I would plan a massacre as well to finish up Alpha D'argan and his subjects, but I got to understand that the Wall Street pack is the only pack that has the ability to end the reign of the tyrant. Only you are able to defeat the tyrant, Alpha Achilles and that's why I am here to propose an alliance with you. Listen, this alliance is not going to be between just you and me."

　　"What do you mean by that?" Achilles asked in a serious tone.

　　"A few days ago, Alpha D'argan called me to his office, he told me he had been having dreams about him being defeated by your pack, he went ahead to instruct me to gather all the Alphas of the neighboring and tell them to join him in his fight against you. I did that, as in, I called the Alphas together, but I convinced them to join you in fighting against the Crescent Moon Pack and they accepted. Alpha Achilles, if you accept this Alliance, you will have seven Alphas including me, on your side. Alpha Atlas of the Blood Moon Pack, Alpha Kane of the Crystal Moon Pack, Alpha Elijah of the Royal Street Pack, Alpha Asher of the Six Street Pack, Alpha Damon of the Delton Pack, Alpha Kai of the Royal Bloody Pack and lastly, me, Alpha Curtis of the Black Wood Pack. Do you know what that means? It means Seven Strong Alphas, Seven resilient Betas and Seven well trained army of soldiers on your side. Alpha D'argan will stand no chance against you." Alpha Curtis expatiated and Achilles was stunned to the core.

　　He couldn't believe what his ears had just heard. All those Alphas were willing to take his side. If his grandma had not instructed him to accept the alliance, he would have refused because it seemed too good to be true. Everyone rebelling against Alpha D'argan seemed too good to be true.

　　"I… I… I " he stammered as he rubbed his forehead with his fingers. "I don't even know what to say."

　　"All you have to say is yes to my proposal, great Alpha. We have all been living in bondage for twenty years and that's more than enough time for us to understand that the only pack worthy of being the Paramount Pack, is your Pack, the Wall Street Pack. The other Alphas and I are ready to fight with you so you can win this war and take back your position as Paramount Alpha. You are the one we want seated on that high throne."

　　"Thank you very much Alpha Curtis.'

　　"Is that a yes?" Alpha Curtis asked excited and Achilles gently nodded his head. "We promise not to fail you, Alpha." He promised with a slight bow and Achilles was overwhelmed with the respect he was showing him.

　　"Tell the others I accept their alliance, but we have to keep this a secret from Alpha D'argan. Pay him a visit and make him understand that you have succeeded in getting the other Alphas on his side. You will have to pretend to be on his side so you can bring information about his moves to us, that way, we can easily end thing without much blood shed."

　　"I will do just that Alpha."

　　"Thank you once more." Achilles thanked him sincerely and looked up at Tony and Carter. The three men smiled at each other in satisfaction.

　　Things were going according to plan and that was a good sign.