BETA ROBERT’S POV It has been a hectic season around the Packs with all alphas doing all they can to ensure the safety of all Packs members even in the new regime of the Pixies. The foremost duty of the alphas is to ensure the safety of their members, and the three alphas of the three brother Packs are well aware of this fact and they don’t intend to renege on such duty. They have been busy since the return of alpha Fred from Pixolands, leaving the administration of the two Packs to me and Miller. This is the situation of things around the Packs at the moment until Miller came over to Black Moon Pack this morning with disturbing news. I am already aware of the event but I never thought twice about it. After all, beta Tim is the head beta. So many things have gone wrong in Black Moon Pack since the disappearance of the luna. Black Moon Pack has suffered the main blow in this season of disaster. From the disappearance of our luna to the brutal intrusion of Dark Age Pack and now this. All the efforts put in place to locate the luna were all abortive and since then, life has never meant much to our alpha and even to us. The Pack was already in shackles before the defeat by the Pixies. I listened to Miller with a heavy heart. There is very little that could be done. The Packs are in precarious times and even though beta Tim of Diamond Cut Pack has started to act weirdly, there is no way that he will do anything that will be prejudicial to any of the Packs. “This is disheartening, Miller, but then what can we do? Something like this has never happened in our land before” I said sorrowfully. “How do we explain the sudden shortage of food? If there is such, the first thing he should have done is to contact us as betas of the Packs and not to send words around the members of the Packs” Miller replied. I know he is right, at least to a great extent. But then we are all aware of the happenings around the three brother Packs. It has not been easy for anyone. “But then we have to consider the situation of things. Beta Tim has been in charge of food all these years and there have been no complaints. I think we should give him the benefit of doubt. Maybe things are not in his control right now. He is obviously doing all he can to salvage the situation” I replied. “I would have thought the same too if this was to have happened before the arrival of that witch. Since then, I don’t trust that beta Tim” he said. “Even me too. I don’t trust him anymore. And come to think of it, it is strange that there would be a food shortage all of a sudden. In just one day. How did he allow that to happen, or was the storehouse robbed? I think there is more than meets the eye in this situation” I finally admitted my thought. “In a situation as serious as this, the first point of call should have been to us. He should have sat with us and we all decide about how the remaining foodstuff would be equally distributed among the three packs and also the next move. What will happen after now, how does he intend to get enough food for everyone?” he asked. “I have always known beta Tim to be a man of steel. He is a diligent fellow and that was why alpha Fred left almost everything to him. Nothing has ever gone wrong except with the Pixies. Maybe his decision to handle the situation alone might be a result of the defeat suffered at the hands of the Pixies. He might be trying to make up for it” I stopped and sighed. “This would have been my honest opinion of that witch is not by his side” I added. “Yes, I would have said the same too. So many things have been happening in Diamond Cut since the advent of the witch. My worry is why beta Tim allowed them to go on under his watch. The battle is over already, and the witch should be gone” he lamented. “That is exactly my thought. I pray we pull through this safely” I responded. What else can I say? The defeat is a terrible blow to us all. All we can do is leave everything to the alphas. Hopefully, they would arrive at a better agreement with the Pixies. My spirit is already very low. It has been so since the luna left. “We will go over to Diamond Cut right away. We have to see what beta Tim is up to and stopped him” he said. I chuckled. “What he is up to? Sharing food, that is what he is doing” I responded. “You don’t have to take this lightly, you know,” he said. “No, I don’t. But we all have our place. Who are we to question beta Tim?” I asked. “And not questioning him is what brought us all into this. I admit Diamond Cut Pack is greater than all of us, but still, beta Tim is only but a beta” he replied. I admit that he is right. Our unified silence brought this upon all of us but then, what can we do? “And what do you have us do, we are still nothing but betas remember?” I asked. “I say we go over to Diamond Cut right away and stop beta Tim. If there is food to be shared with our Packs, then he must go through us. That is the right thing. I know he doesn’t go through us for distribution of food, but then desperate times call for desperate measures. He should carry us along, and most importantly, I don’t trust him” he replied. “Even I have lost my trust in him. But we can't go to Diamond Cut Pack. We already have our alphas over there and so we have to remain in our Packs and watch over them. Leaving it at such a time is not advisable” I said. “I know, but this just doesn’t feel right” he protested. “Then, I will communicate with alpha Jake and keep him abreast with the new development. Since he is in Diamond Cut at the moment, he should be in the best position to know the right approach to take” I replied. “Oh yes, that will be just great” he concurred. *Alpha Jake* I called through the mind link. *What is the problem, Robert? I told you not to contact me unless it is very important* he replied. *I am sorry but I think this is important* I replied. *We have a lot of things going on here, and I don’t want to be disturbed. So be quick with whatever you want to say* he ordered. *Thanks, alpha. It is about food distribution. Beta Tim sent words around the three Packs this morning and ordered that whosoever wants food supply should come over to Diamond Cut. He asserted that there is a food shortage presently* I replied. *Food shortage? I never heard of such. A thing like that should have been discussed by alpha Fred* he said. *That exactly is our worry, alpha. The announcement is so impromptu. We even think that he should have contacted us to know the way forward* I replied. *Not to worry, he has been the one in charge of food supply for years now and there have been no issues. Just focus on other things as I believe he must have his way around this. But if there is any other development in this regard don’t hesitate to let me know. For now, you can send out food from our Packhouse until this situation is adequately taken care of by beta Tim. I don’t want my members coming all the way here for a handful of food* he ordered. *I will do just that, alpha* I replied and turned off the mind link. “He ordered that I take out food from the Packhouse for our people” I revealed to Miller. “That seems better, I will do the same too until the situation is taken care of” he replied. “Now I will have to return to Crystal Realms immediately and commence distribution” “I think I will have to start immediately too,” I said.