Chapter 1

Daciana POV

-Hours earlier-

"why aren't you really in support of this war?" I asked the pack beta that one big question that's been lingering on my lips.

I mean everyone of this pack is so excited about the damn upcoming war between we and the Lucan blood pack, except me off course.

"Well I've a lot of reason but I've one very major reason for that. It's not as if I'm scared of our pack losing or being enslaved cause definitely that it's impossible as no one has ever defeated us.

When I was of your age I use to pray and wish that I do experience any war before my passing especially since I already met my mate then.

I wanted a war to come in my time so I'll be among those legends who fought and won the battle but everything changed when the previous war came in my time.

I thought since I have a mate, I'll surely come out alive with my mate and my little family alive. As usual our park won the battle but all the happiness and excitement I've harbored for this war, went down the drain when I lost my mate and my first son.

maybe I could have lost Ava too if I hadn't taken her to my sister park before the war since she was still a toddler then"

"Wait...You had a son?" I was dumbfounded.

He nodded, his eyes emitting plangent. If I should have an eye of a eagle, I could swear he was trying so  hard  to fight back the tears building up in those Hazel eyes of his.   and I instantly regretted brining up this topic. It's the first time I'm seeing the beta  in such lugubrious state. The death of his wife and son must have really been tragic for him.

"I'm sorry about that." I mumbled.

"It's okay." He gave me a reassuring smile. "I've gotten over it I guess but please don't ever tell Ava about this okay?"

"Sure I won't" the beta really spent quality time with me this morning, I wouldn't have mind spending a whole day with him as I consider him more a father to me than my  biological father But when my father arrived I have to leave them and came here  to my favorite spot—the alyvia forest.

Right now, I'm sitting up high in a tree on one of the branches. My head rested against another branch my gaze fixed to the sky.

The songs of those birds playing around in the sky  filled me with a sense of tranquility. I wish to be like them_they are so free and happy with thier lives.

I stayed up here for a long time till the sky starts getting dark.

the birds began flying away and the cloud starts grumbling.

It took two thunder bolt and a drop of water on my body to realise that it's about to rain.

With that, I jumped down from the tree and started racing.

Now the rain start pouring down angressively making The ground slippery.

I wasn't careful enough so I slipped and fell down. My head came in contact with a stone and that's it.

I blacked out.

          ***

I was hearing crackling and popping noises of woods burning but I couldn't fathom where's coming from as I was grooming in darkness.

Suddenly my eyes flickered open and I was met with fainted light illumating the place I was. Trailing the reflection of the light, I look to my side to see woods burning which was offering  both light and tepidness. With the aim of founding out where exactly I am, my head spun around.

"We are in a cave." I heard a masculine voice confirmed as if reading my mind. My head kept spinning, this time around, searching for the owner of the voice but it seem I was the only one here.

My chest heaving as a sense of terror dominated me. who's that??

I rose up from the floor which I was lying on and I was going to say something when someone walked in. It was the figure of a man, he was clad in a long coat and he has long curly hair. I couldn't see his face until he walks in fully, the light reflected on his face.

his front hair was covering a part of his eye. the other eye that was exposed was pure red. He looks just like a beast seeking to devour someone. the only deference between him and a beast is that he isn't ugly and of course he's human. Yeah,Despite his dangerous Aura, he still manage to look—handsome.

Fear washed over me as he starts walking towards me.

I glumped and starts shifting back with my butt.

As if he notices it, he spoke.

"Don't be scared, I won't hurt you." His voice is as calm as the sea but his Aura is blazing with fire and so I found it hard to believe him but I just remained still anyway. He got to me and squatted down before me. I looked away from him.

"What happened to me, how did I end up here?" I also want to ask him who he is cause I'm certain he isn't one of this park members but let me take it one question at a time.

"I found you at the forest soaked under the rain and you were bleeding, uncoucious so I brought you here."

And my mind went back to when I slipped and past out on the ground. My hand flew up to touch my forehead but surprisingly, I couldn't feel any open wound or scar and I sure aren't feeling any sting.

"Don't worry, I healed you." He answered to my questioning look and sat down on the big stone close to the fire.

"What were you doing there at the forest?" He started and from there questions led to questions and I was getting a little bit comfortable with the stranger.

Yeah, he's still a stranger to me and the realization of that prompt me to ask.

"Who are you? I'm sure you aren't from this pack cause I've never seen you before."

"Yeah you are right. I'm an outsider. I came to visit my aunt in this pack and I happen to lost my way back home so while wandering around the forest, I happen to see you there, lying on the floor unconscious" he motioned to the ground.

"Oh I see." I muffled and smiled at him.

"Your pack seem to be waging war with other pack and as I heard it's few days from now so what were you doing in the forest at time? Weren't you suppose to be training?"

"I don't have a mate."

"Why does it matter.? Everyone fights for themselves. Right?" He shrugs.

"Well let's say your fate during that war depends on the power of your mate." I says and he  turn to look at me like it's the first time he's hearing something like that.

"Now I'm so interested about this war. tell me more about it." He gave me his full attention.

"There's nothing much about it. On that day, the men goes out to battle field and the women are save guarded in the hidey-hole Cabin at the battle ground then once they gets a signal from their mate, they goes out to attack." I explained.

"Hmm. How do you know all that? You seem to be very current with your park."

"Well my father is the Alpha so it's nearly impossible for me not to be familiar with all that." I replied.

"Wow... so you are the Alpha's daughter?" He arched his brow, amazed.

"Unfortunately." I shrugged.

"Like you are adolphus daughter for real??" He asked on a more serious note.  His facial expressions became so stern that it got me scared.

He stood up and broaden his stance.

"I'm sorry baby girl but you'll have to come with me.." he said already pulling me up by my wrist. He didn't even wait to hear my response before he started dragging me out.

Wait what the hell is wrong with him??

"Hey wait...where are you taking me??" I asks but he paid deaf ears as he continued pulling me alongside him. Honestly his height was enough to scare the shit out me, I felt like a mice running beside him.

He walked deep into the forest while pulling me alongside him and I was getting really scared, I tried pulling my hand off his but it was a wasted effort, rather the more I pull the more his grip gets stronger.

It was as if he wanted to hurt me on purpose that very moment I told him I'm Adulphos daughter.

"Let go off me, you are hurting me...." my voice shook in accordance with my beating heart.

"Wallace get ready, we are leaving for the pack right away." I heard him mumbled to someone who wasn't here. Was that mind linking??

Next, he hit me so hard on my shoulders and I felt so weak. He swept me off from the ground like dry leave and drew me across his shoulders. I couldn't struggle with him, I felt too weak to do that and slowly I dozed off.