Rendall was stopped in his tracks as he got to Alecto's door. The door was opened but Rendall was hesitant to go into the door."My door is wide open. Why don't you come in?" Rendall heard Alecto's voice from inside the house and he took a deep breath."I'm coming in," Rendall announced and with hesitant steps, he got into the house.Alecto sat on his heaps of back and like the first time he had walked into the house, his back faced him."This is the only place you can have peace of mind, right?" Alecto said flatly and Rendall nodded even if Alecto could not see him."You know why I'm here, don't you?" Rendall asked and Alecto chuckled."I know everything, don't I?" Alecto replied and Rendall smiled wryly."I don't want to do it," Rendall continued, "but I need to.""You've made up your mind. Why are you here?""Won't you try to stop me?" "Was that what you had expected of me? Do you want me to persuade you to not do it?"Rendall sighed in frustration. The answer to Alecto's question
"Alpha Leander." Alpha Leander shut his eyes in pain as he heard his name being called out again. It was the hundredth time he heard his name and it had been barely two hours since the sunset and since he had shifted to his human form."What?" He asked as the old werelioness who had called him knelt before him. He wondered why he kept on asking the question over and over again. It was probably the same news he had been hearing since sunset."Our food and water supply have run dry. Werelions are dying from hunger.""I know.""Since there's no food, werelions have begun to eat each other.""What?!" Alpha Leander's eyes snapped open. He was forced to stand up straight. This was the height of it. "They've been what?" Alpha Leander thought he had heard her wrongly. Perhaps, he had not heard her well."Werelions are eating each other," the old werelioness repeated herself and he dashed out of his throne room."Hunter!" He called out as he got out of the throne room and the burly man appeare
Alpha Janus had a smug smile on his face as Alpha Leander handed the signed contract over to him. "He-he! It's good to see you break," Alpha Janus cackled. "Where is the food you'd be giving to the werelions?" Alpha Leander droned. "Why are you faster than your shadow? Slow down.""I just want food for my people," Alpha Leander stated and Alpha Janus smirked."The day is over already. You all would have to wait till the next day," Alpha Janus laughed maniacally."You said you would give Khron food," Leander snarled. "We never agreed on the time I would give Khron food." Alpha Janus grinned and Leander snarled."You said you would give us food," Leander snarled. "I don't care if we had agreed on a time or not. All I know is that you had agreed on giving us food and the were-creatures of Khron are hungry now and need food to eat. Give us food now.""I said I'd give Khron food tomorrow. You don't have the right to object because I only agreed on giving Khron food. I did not agree wit
"What wedding? Wedding with who?" Helia laughed. "You never told us you had a love interest in Wulfe before you left. Who is it? Why am I asking? I haven't met many werewolves, so I wouldn't know.""Love." Danica turned to Rendall. "Is she crazy?" "Seems like it," Rendall answered and his heart squeezed in pain.‘You are going too far,’ his wolf growled.‘I know,’ he thought to himself. He was in so much sorrow and was trying his best to stop himself from showing it. "What's going on here?" Helia laughed nervously, hoping that it was not what she was thinking."My wedding with Rendall is around the corner." Danica looked up at Rendall and smiled at him and he smiled back at her."Do we now do April fool's day in the wereworld? I thought it was only a human thing, plus I don't think it's April fool's day. The month isn't even April, or is it?" Helia hit her head. "Gosh! I spent a lot of time in that dungeon and I've lost track of time.""It isn't April fool's day, stupid cat!" Danica
"No. I won't.""I'd make you—""I'm not interested. I'd never kill Leander. No matter what," Ariela interrupted Alpha Janus, amusing him. Alpha Janus began to laugh."Laugh all you want but the last thing I'd ever do is to kill Alpha Leander.""He is no longer an Alpha. I made sure of that and just like I had snatched Leander's Alpha title, I can give you a Luna title.""Alpha Leander is still the Alpha of the werelions because we still regard him as our Alpha. No Janus can stop us from seeing Leander as our Alpha.""Have you forgotten the contract he signed? If I am being insulted in any way by any werelion, every werelion would be punished," Alpha Janus threatened."What would you do? Give us food every five days or six or is it seven?" Ariela scoffed. "I'm sick of seeing your face. I want to leave."The warriors present drew out their swords and Alpha Janus gestured for them to stop. "Luna Ariela, you can leave."Ariela sneered at him. The door was opened for her to leave and she l
Rendall sat on his bed and watched Helia with rapt attention as she tidied up his room."I hate you for making our mate do such hard work," Conri said spitefully in his head but he tried to ignore him."Your head is a mess. I don't want to imagine how much messier your room is," his wolf said and Rendall shook his head. He was doing this because he loved Helia. Staying in Khron would have done her no good. The werelions there did too many laborious jobs. In the Alpha's court, on Rendall's watch, she only had to do the cleaning and without her knowledge, Rendall made sure she ate well."You missed a spot," Rendall called out to her hearing, feigning anger. He pointed to the spot under his feet. He raised his feet and placed them on the bed. "Clean it again.""But I've cleaned that place numerous times," Helia pouted."Do you want me to punish you?" Rendall snapped."You can't punish me," Helia smirked."And why can't I?" Rendall frowned."Because you love me too much," Helia beamed. Re
"Your Highness, someone is here to see you," the guard announced as soon as he got into Rendall's room."Tell whoever it is that I'm not interested in seeing anyone," Rendall said and the guard."I told that foolish, old lioness," the guard hissed and Rendall's interest in knowing who wanted to see him peaked."Wait!" Rendall ordered before the guard could leave. "A werelioness wants to see me?""Yes," the guard replied."Who is it?""Ariela." The guard mentioned the name like it belonged to a good-for-nothing personality."Is that not the former Luna of Khron? She is older than you and you deem it fit to just call her name without respect.""She is a slave," the guard said in his defense and Rendall scrutinized him."You were the guard that had beaten Helia till she passed out the other time, weren't you?" He asked, squinting his eyes."I did that on your command. She was being disrespectful to you so you ordered that she should be flogged to death. I flogged her hard and she passed
Alpha Janus watched his son, Rendall who held Ariela by her hair. He did not need a soothsayer to tell him what was happening"What's the meaning of this?" He asked, feigning ignorance."You promised me the protection of Alpha Leander and Helia if I keep a distance from my mate after you found out Helia was my mate.""Weren't you the one who killed Leander? I thought you went about announcing that you did," Alpha Janus said."I didn't do it." Rendall looked at Ariela. He gripped her hair tightly and she winced in pain. "She did it. She killed her mate.""Then why did you make an announcement of you killing Leander? Are you trying to play tricks on me?" Alpha Janus said while maintaining his poker face. "I have personal reasons for doing that. I just want the true murderer of Helia's father to be punished.""Oh! I see," Alpha Janus gasped as if he had just realized what was going on. "You're trying to protect that mate of yours. Part of the agreement was for you to reject her. You hav