
Theo receives a message from Lilian if a meeting between their herd representatives will take place tomorrow afternoon, at the shopping mall, where Grace and the Alpha sister of the herd first met.
"Say we can determine the cafe!" The guy looks excited when conveying that to the members who are in the room. They had just finished dinner when the message came in.
One of the twins patted her on the head until she complained.
Chloe sighed. "You're not coming."
"But there's a cafe just opened there...."
"How's training?" Grace chimed. "This is not the time for a walk."
"Yes, do you intend to escape Dave's training?" Jena looked at him suspiciously, while Jean imitated her twin sister beside her.
Theo seemed to be misbehaving, he refused to return the gaze of the two of them. "No, I just want to try the atmosphere of the newly opened cafe!"
Several other members tried to hold back the laughter of seeing the boy's gurgle that indirectly justified the twins' speech. It's common knowledge that the training given by his sister is indeed harder than the other members, coincidentally, tomorrow is the turn of Theo and the twins who will receive special training from Dave.
"The training wasn't that bad."
Hans nodded, adding the words of the junior member he had trained with. "Only regular basic exercises, but tighter."
In summary, Dave will watch each member who follows his training carefully, then justify the posture while telling them to repeat the wrong movement until it is completely perfect. It would not matter if the member in question did not make a mistake, but if he did, his training would last longer than it should.
The guy shuddered, already knowing what he was up against following the training of their Alpha partner. It'd be nice if Allison came along, too, but their Alpha will also be busy with other affairs, replacing Chloe's vacancy for a while.
"That's it."
"What"
"It." Chloe stopped her sister's speech before it got longer. "Because it's night, we'd better get some sleep. Emily, please wait until Allison and Dave are back."
"Okay, Clo."
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The morning came quickly. The rest of the herd members were already busy with their activities while Grace was still gathering lives in bed.
Today was Sunday, he had no special picket schedule so did not feel the need to rush down, Hans was also definitely busy training. He will not have any activities until noon, which will likely only be spent sitting and chatting before going to the herd.
Or maybe not.
"Grace, Chloe needs your fur for the protective necklace." Jean bows her head from behind the door. "That's a lot."
"okay."
"Quick as well."
"Yes...."
He took a deep breath and then immediately stood up from the bed, changing his clothes to a minimum so as not to bother and walked out of the house towards the shady trees. The girl changed her form smoothly and then did the most troublesome activities in the absence of a season of hair loss of wolves or animal fleas, rubbing the body into the rough trunk of a tree.
The protector Chloe was going to make was the same necklace she had given Emily when she left. Its purpose is to keep their strength from weakening as a result of being away from their herd or Alpha and prevent changing their status to omega. Allison and Dave must have gotten all the ingredients so that the girl also discussed the manufacturing process.
Grace returned to her original form and collected her fallen feathers, putting them together until they became thin and quite long strands.
"here."
Chloe immediately asked for a strand of her fur when she arrived at the girl's room. There were three other strands of fur, two of them from Allison, and several tools and materials on his desk. She looked serious when she started putting it all together to make a necklace. Alpha their flock and Theo are close enough to notice the manufacturing process, while Grace opts out to do something else. His stomach is hungry enough.
The other members were already busy with household activities so the girl prepared breakfast and enjoyed herself. Sandwiches and salads fit well with fairly sunny weather. While cooking, she thought about the meeting she was going to have with Chloe and ended up in the memory of the peaceful feeling she had felt when she was unconscious in the forest. As a result of being distracted by a new problem, he almost forgot about the important event.
Although short and not very clear, he recalled the sensation like knowing his own palm. Most likely, he would find that mysterious and damned figure in the same flock as Lilian later. He could not wait to beat her up for making her suffer, then hugged her tightly so that the figure could not escape anymore. A terrifying rarity involuntarily burst out from his mouth, making some members look at him strangely and dodgingly.
".... Are you okay?"
Grace looked at Hans who was in front of her, a little surprised, but her smile still automatically appeared. "Oh, Hans, are you done practicing?"
"Not yet, we were told to take a short break."
The boy younger than Hans nodded, his gaze slightly distracted by his almost finished cooking at the dinner table, looking tantalizing. "Is that your breakfast?"
The girl nodded. "You want? But I'll make a new one after breakfast."
"okay!" The boy sounded excited.
"Thank you, Grace."
"No problem. I'm having breakfast now."
Grace ate her meal while looking at some of the other members who were training. Theo's been outside with the twins and Dave. The twins underwent fairly smooth training with little improvement, while the man was seen to start sweating due to the movements he had to repeat many times. His sister was unforgiving.
Two stacks of sandwiches and a large bowl of fresh salad were neatly served at the dinner table. The other members who were supposed to accept the assignment thanked Grace and promised to take her place at a later time. Well, it turns out there is also a point to have a hobby of cooking.
For the record, he actually does not matter if the member does not replace his duties, but what's wrong if it has been offered so? He better accept it.
"Try it on."
Chloe handed him the necklace she immediately wore. There was no immediate effect, but the girl nodded in satisfaction when she saw the necklace between the top of her chest. Looks like this protective necklace worked.
"Let's get ready, the time is near."
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The bags containing their clothes and supplies were ready. Chloe and Grace received various cheers from the members and special hugs from Allison before their departure.
"Don't forget, the name of the cafe"
Grace accidentally closed the car door faster to keep Theo's voice from being heard. It had been a night full of the boy noisily explaining the cafe over and over again, he could not afford to listen to that name anymore now. Chloe says nothing, while Dave runs the car quietly towards the shopping mall.
Their journey is slow as usual, especially as a result of weekends that invite more and more road users. Still, they were up to a few minutes ahead of time, as planned. The two men receive a boost from Dave and leave him to Chloe to keep an eye on her older sister. Grace rolled her eyeballs, but snorted understandably as soon as she saw the look in her worried sister's eyes. His sister loved him too.
"I won't do anything, just relax."
"I'm not worried about you, but the herd will accept a slacker like you."
"What?!"
Chloe patted Grace's back pretty hard. "Not to worry, Dave. I put the herd on you and Allison, yeah."
"certain. Thank you, Clo."
Grace grunts loudly, but stares at Dave's departure until his car is nowhere to be seen. The girl had already sensed that she would miss them all while in a new place.
"Are you ready?"
"Of course." He looked at Chloe who was a little nervous, a meeting like this was a first for them. "Are you okay?"
"It's okay.” He took a breath, stood up. “Come."
"okay."