Ryan's P.O.V

"Nice to meet you Beta Dominic Hale.", I greeted the man.

He looked taken aback before shaking his head.

"I'm not a Beta. I mean, I was, but I'm just a rogue.", Dominic said.

"If we're going to be a pack, then who is going to be my Beta? Why not the man who saved my life?", I asked.

"I will think about it.", Dominic said.

I glanced at the pack of rogues as they all smiled at me, excitement obvious in their eyes.

Assessing some of them, I realized we would have to start training before seeing the Council.

The Council won't let us become a pack if we're not strong enough.

"First, we need to clean this place up and build a few buildings to house wolves. We need a hospital, a gym, and proper training grounds.

Get a daycare set up also. I sense that there are children on these grounds.", Blake said in my head.

"Everybody take a seat please. I have some things I want to talk about.", I ordered.

Everybody shuffled to the seats in the living room, some sitting on the floor.

I stood in front of then and took a deep breath.

"I know the Council personally. I am the former Queen before my pack and my sperm donor betrayed me. Now, that cruel man is King and there is nothing we can do about it.

Yet.

Anyways, the Council will not let us become a pack if we have no warriors, no good buildings to house. We need a hospital, a gym, a proper train center set up.

I feel like there are also kids on the property so we're going to need a daycare.

I'm 99% sure that all the other buildings have collapsed. Am I right?", I said

They all nodded their heads with hesitation. That makes it a hell of a lot harder.

"We have to build all this stuff using our own hands. Nobody is going to help us because we are all rogue.

But first, we need to get areas cleaned up for all that stuff. I need people in here cleaning up the packhouse.

Does anybody know which pack lived here before? And are any of you ex-members of the pack that lived here?" I asked.

One man raised his hand. "It was the RedMoon Pack. There are 4 of us who were members before they up and left, leaving us behind. We too left soon after but then came back a few years later with Dominic.", he said with a scowl.

I nodded my head, sending him a look of sympathy. He just smiled and looked away.

I started pointing out people and they all stood up. "I need you guys in here cleaning up the packhouse. The floors and walls need to be scrubbed and the ceilings just do a quick wipedown.

The lights still work, surprisingly. Does anyone know why?", I asked perplexed.

"The RedMoon pack were on their own electrical supply type deal. I fixed it up.", the man from before said.

Damn was he a handyman.

"The rest of you who can work, I need you up and follow me. We're going to pick out areas for some buildings we need. The ones working in the packhouse, please get started."

I had roughly 60 with me and there were 50 in the packhouse cleaning. The rest of them were a little too old to be working like the younger ones were.

I looked at the ones still sitting on the couch as they looked around. I could tell that they wanted to do something, to seem useful.

They didn't want to be left behind again.

"The rest of you on the couch, why don't you go find some supplies for me? I need some axes, chainsaws, electrical cords.

I also need a few of you to go to Home Depot that is a few miles from here to get a table saw.", I said.

They all got up and walked to me, one older lady wringing her hands nervously.

"How are we going to do that? We have no scent maskers and we don't have a running vehicle.", she said.

I looked at the group that was supposed to be going outside and looking for good areas.

"You guys go ahead. Find some really nice areas and you can show them to me in a little bit. Also, is there a supply shed around here?", I asked.

"Yeah, there's a huge one out back.", one member informed me.

I nodded, waving my hand to dismiss them.

"Let's go to the garage. I want to see these vehicles."