Chapter 5 - Mark's Truth

• Author POV -
• Brian and Mark departed from their home in Rival River pack and made their way on foot through the woods that separate them from Twin Lakes, they chat idly as they go, talking about the things they want to accomplish in their lives, they talk about anything that comes to mind except the mission they are currently heading towards. Brian dreads the topic coming up, hoping that as their opinions differ on the task at hand that they can just make it through the coming days without any accidents, injuries and more specifically without any fights between themselves. He feared their bond was too new for them to risk a fight no matter how much he disagreed with Mark’s plan, they had after all only been mates for a month and still needed some time to really strengthen their bond to one another.
• The bond, though accepted by them both was still delicate as they had not yet mated and marked one another, they had originally decided to wait a while and get to know each other better as individuals without the bond being completed, which was an unusual move as most wolves fight to complete the bond as quickly as possible and as the time came to a close they had discussed it again but then this mission had been given to them so they had agreed to wait until this mission was completed and Ace and his followers had been dealt with. Their thought process being, yes, being mated makes you stronger, but being mated also means that you are weakened when separated, and Brian knew enough about Ace to know he would try to use their bond against them if he felt threatened or cornered in anyway, which was likely to occur if they got too close to his hideaway. Mark had actually been the one to suggest holding off until Ace was apprehended and though Brian agreed with him, he still worried that Mark might have an ulterior motive to holding off. Brian was not an ambitious man, he was happy with his lot in life, he had no dreams of grandeur, no drive to lift himself higher in rank, he was happy as the Delta to Jack’s pack, he knew the importance of his role and enjoyed himself. Mark however, came across to Brian as a very ambitious person, always wanting to better himself, always dreaming of more… more power, more money, more notoriety, he simply wanted more. Mark was an excellent warrior and was happy to be mated to a ranked member of the pack, but he was disappointed when Brian confided in him that Jack had offered him the Beta position and that he had turned it down. He just didn’t seem to understand that Brian felt his role as Delta was an important one, and that he was happy and he was great at it.