Abandoned by the Alpha, I Became the Lycan King's Mate-Chapter 251: Materials and weapons

[Donald’s POV]

It had been a very long time since I had spoken of these past events to anyone.

It was the matter involving Austin and Lillian that started the conversation today, and since Margaret was so eager to know about my past, I took the time to slowly tell her everything.

Margaret’s final words of comfort were quite effective for me. The gloom in my heart was somewhat dispersed, and I bent down to kiss Margaret on the forehead.

Looking at her gentle and tender expression, as she lay completely obedient in my arms, I couldn’t help but smile. Margaret was my ’Stabilizer’.

It had been nearly an hour since we set off from the Windstorm Pack, and Margaret seemed a bit tired. She leaned against me, closed her eyes, and fell asleep, while at this moment, a knock came from the door of our room. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Quietly closing the door in front of me, I turned my head to glance at Mark and whispered, "Speak in the front carriage."

Standing behind me, Mark respectfully nodded his head, uncertain if my careful actions were appropriate or not.

It was now 2 o’clock in the afternoon. I looked at the overcast sky outside the RV and asked the subordinates standing before me, "Two months ago, Austin began stockpiling supplies and weapons in secret. Have you found anything new about it?"

"Don’t tell me you still know nothing. Without Captain Christian around, do you all just not feel like working anymore?"

As I spoke, I turned my head, my gaze shifting between Mark and Louis and finally resting on Benjamin.

I knew that this matter wasn’t within his area of responsibility, and I had not intended to involve him, but the space in the RV was limited. He had been doing his research in a corner of the front carriage for the past few days, and the dark circles under his eyes were nearly as black as the bottom of a pot.

"We admit our mistake, Your Majesty! It’s just that Austin has been incredibly secretive, and we can’t investigate him openly, which is why progress has been so slow," Mark reported to me, his head bowed in sincere anxiety, his face filled with remorse.

At this time, Louis also spoke up. He first glanced at Mark and then said, "I’ve already communicated with Captain Christian who’s following us. He said he had found some clues, but the opponent’s vigilance is so high that we dare not spook them by acting rashly!"

"We now only know that Austin has stockpiled about 200 submachine guns in his pack’s warehouse! Whether they’re for his own use or for someone else, we still do not know."

"200 guns? That number is indeed ambiguous. He could say they were for his own use, and it wouldn’t be implausible. What about the batch of supplies we noticed before? Do we know where he transported them?" I asked Mark and Louis in a somewhat sarcastic tone before pressing on.

In the territory of the Wolf royal family, werewolf packs need to report in advance to the Palace if they want to stockpile weapons or supplies. Austin’s trip to purchase supplies two months ago should, according to custom, have been first known to me, but that was not the case.

Austin chose to conceal this from the Palace. I learned about it from the reports of the personal guard force, with Christian being the main person in charge at that time.

However, before Christian could figure out what was happening, there was a report of an unidentified attack on the Red Sun pack which was located outside Devil’s Valley, near Margaret’s pack.

According to the intel from the Alpha of the Red Sun pack, we suspected that some kind of rebel force was at work, which led to the series of events which followed.

Investigating Austin was temporarily handed over to others, and our unavoidable stay at the Windstorm Pack was actually to make contact with the investigation team.

I continued to be as ’familiar’ and ’intimate’ with Austin and Lillian as usual, all of it to avoid arousing Austin’s suspicion.

He likely still had no idea I was aware of these matters, perhaps thinking I was simply displeased with Lillian’s disrespect towards Margaret.

"The destination of the supplies is Lilo Sea. Our investigation team tried to follow for a while, but ultimately lost track of them. We only know that the supplies were delivered by a shipping company called ’Voyager,’ and the owner is a young werewolf named Karl," Louis said as he opened his file bag and handed me a photo with the shipping company’s name on it.

I took the photo from him and said gravely, "Find someone to make contact with this Karl. I want to know who he works for, who he’s dealing with!"

Pointing at the cargo ship in the photo, I thought for a moment and then continued, "Inform Eric, who’s still in the Silver Moon Pack, to go directly to Lilo Sea. Leave this matter to him."