Dowgar's pack"Marcus is dead," Rowan announced to Theodore and Theodore slowly turned away from the window and turned to him."Marcus is dead?! How the hell did that happen!" He asked."Different speculation has come up for the reason of his death, the real reason still remains confidential to the starlight pack," he explained and Theodore nodded slowly."Confidential hmm wow!" he murmured as he walked to a chair and took his seat there."Marcus was nice though, but at the same time I don't care so much about him being dead or alive!" He said."His death even makes our mission a lot more easier," "Plus I'd give anything to see that Lyra girl suffer!" He growled a glint of mischief in his voice "Come, have a seat we need to talk!" He said to Rowan."So actually, we'd ..." He started but got cut off by the entrance of a guard."What do you want?! He asked immediately."Sir Eli, is outside he needs to see you," the guard said and he rolled his eyes."I'm not Interested, have him leave
Day of the burial ....As the mourners gathered around the gravesite, the atmosphere was heavy with grief and solemnity. The grave had been prepared earlier, a rectangular hole dug into the earth, surrounded by fresh green grass. A beautiful royally carved, wooden casket rested beside the open grave, adorned with flowers and wreaths, signifying the final resting place of a loved one.The officiating Elder stood at the head of the grave, his voice resonating through the quiet air as they began the ceremony, he offered comforting words, reminding everyone of the significance of the moment and the enduring memories of the deceased. The mourners listened attentively, their heads bowed in reflection.Xander, Lyra, Killian and every other of their close friends, dressed in black attire, stood closest to the grave. Tears welled up in their eyes, especially Lyra her face was already a crying mess as they clung to each other for support, holding hands, seeking strength in their shared sorrow.
"What the hell are you doing here!" Killian asked immediately as he let go of what he was doing at the moment and stepped forward to Theodore immediately."Calm your nerves will you!, I'm just trying to pay last respect to a lost comrade!" He replied with an irritatingly calm smile."If you have any trick up your sleeves I suggest you drop it now! I'm in no mood for your silly antics Theodore""And who says you have to be in the mood!" Theodore replied curtly."Well anyways, I've forgiven you, you have nothing to worry about!" He added almost immediately as he tried to look ahead."Or oh, did I come late?!" He asked turning back to Killian"I demand that you leave this premises with immediate effect, I wouldn't like to create a scene here Theodore," Killian replied instead, his patience level gradually waning."I should leave?! Why?! I haven't even paid my respect, or pass along my condolences message to your human mate!" He replied."Oh Lyra, dear Lyra," he said as he walked towards
Mid night .....Killian and Lyra lay peacefully in each other's arms, entwined in a cocoon of warmth and affection. Their bodies molded together in a tender embrace, their legs intertwined, and their breaths synchronized in a rhythmic harmony. Lyra's head nestled on Killian's chest, her soft hair cascading over his shoulder, and his arms wrapped protectively around her slender framAs they slept, Killian's senses remained attuned to Lyra's presence, even in the depths of his sleepKillian's eyes fluttered open as he heard a sudden sound, breaking the peaceful silence of the room. His arm tightened around Lyra, who was sleeping peacefully in his embrace. He slowly extricated himself from her gentle hold, careful not to disturb her as he sat up, his senses alertListening intently, Killian tried to identify the source of the sound that had roused him from his sleep. Was it a creaking floorboard? A distant car alarm? He strained his ears, his heart pounding slightly in his chest. The roo
"Killian," she called out but her voice just hit the wall and bounced back to her."Holy shit!" She cussed as she tried to find her slippers without even looking at the floor.She picked her night robe from the night stand and rushed out of the room ."Killian!" She called again as she opened the door to his study and walked in but it was just as empty."Killian," she called again her heartbeat accelerating as she tried to find him.She asked all the guard there on duty but none of them had seen him step out of the room, she rushed back into the room her panic full blown already.Her gaze caught the window and then she realized the louvre was slightly open."Killian, Killian what have you done!" She mumbled as she pushed up the louvers, she tried to climb out but on a second thought she stepped back into the room took out her phone and texted Jada, she pushed open her drawer and emptied it's content in search for a red nail polish.Immediately she found it, she emptied the content in
Maximilian stumbled backward, his sinister grin vanishing in an instant. The sight before him was beyond anything he had anticipated. After the unleashing he was sure beyond reasonable doubt that Lyra was hundred percent human, but it seemed those facts were shattered in the face of this extraordinary display of power.He had planned to use a memory wiper for her and take her to a faraway place to live together as husband and wife, immediately his mission here was done but all that shattered just now in the face of her transformation.Lyra transformed into a white pearly hairy werewolf, the wolf's icy blue eyes locked onto Maximilian, filled with a fierce determination. A low growl rumbled from deep within her chest, resonating through the clearing. It was a warning, a signal that Lyra would protect Killian at any cost.Maximilian's confidence wavered, fear flickering across his face. He had never expected such an unexpected turn of events. He clutched the knife tightly, his mind rac
Dowgar's pack"I never want to see you again!" "Theodore please relax, I had no idea it was going to turn out this way or you were going to approach them like that!" Eli replied calmly."You had no idea?!" "What exactly were you expecting?!" "You knew I'd take any offer to disgrace Killian in public!""And you didn't confirm your facts right, I ended up being disgraced!""Do you know how embarrassing it was to kiss their asses?!" He growled."No you don't! Because you're just not smart!""Now I see why you are not Alpha! You don't deserve it at all!""Ethan is hundred percent smarter than you are!" He said and Eli squeezed his hands tightly."I never want to see you, you keep making everything difficult for me!""Ethan is a hundred percent smarter than me, huh?" Eli's voice grew steady and resolute, his calm demeanor slowly transforming into a quiet determination. He gazed directly into Theodore's eyes, his words dripping with disappointment and disbelief."But you know what, Theod
"Can you imagine this guy?!" Lyra scoffed turning to look at Killian."It's alright, people are really not what they pretend to be and that's alright" he said and she shook her head."I don't care if he's who he pretended to be, my problem is why did he have to drag my brother's life into all these?!" Lyra growled ."You accuse me of being selfish, yet you do the exact same thing!" "You're not any different from me!""Your brother wasn't the only person I killed, yet you keep mentioning him like he was the only victim!""You should kill this idiot!" Lyra spat out immediately."Yes, the same idiot you kissed while dating your mate and claimed to love!" Maximilian fired back and Lyra turned to face Killian immediately."That's a big lie, you coward!""How dare you bring back up what happened in the past now!" "I never claimed to love you Maximilian, you're just a dead brain attention seeker!" She growled and lunged forward at him to hit him again but Killian stopped her."That's enoug
Squid Arena...Night of the full moon...It was the night of the full moon and all important personalities from the neighboring packs were present in the Squid Arena, ready to witness the fight for the throne between two powerful Alphas. Alpha Killian of Starlight Pack and Alpha Theodore of Dowgar's pack. It was indeed going to be a tough battle, anyone seated there could easily sense the tension in the atmosphere.The full moon shone brightly on the Arena, as it flocked with people from different packs.Killian stood some distance away from the ring, with Lyra, Sebastian, Jada and Xander around him.His eyes stopped on Xander and they stared at each other for a while before he looked away. After he talked to Sebastian, they had decided to not confront him as Lyra had asked, and tonight was the night they were going to get him in the act, he had tried giving him a drink which contained a substance that was supposed to weaken him and make Theodore win instead but he didn't take it, eve
Same dayThe laptop made a beeping sound and Lyra immediately dropped the phone on the table as she ran her hands on the keyboard. Her fingers were shaking as she hoped and prayed it wasn't who she thought it was. He'd never do that to them.The flashdrive contained only one audio. She took a deep breath before playing the audio.---"When you killed Marcus did you consider it an act of maturity!""You know how important Marcus was in all of these, how dare you take his life that like that!" "What would you have me do?!""He saw my face, that was going to be doom for me and my job here isn't done yet!""Fuck! You should have left that to me!""Do you have an idea how many plans you've disrupted just by that singular stupid act?!""You shouldn't have touched his life!""Well I did, move on!""I should move on?!" "Are you crazy!! Do you know the implications of what you've just done?!""You don't seem to know the gravity of what you've done!" "It's the fact that you're not even remor
The next day...Lyra stirred slowly in her sleep and her eyes fluttered open. She sat upright as she took in her environment. She was in her room, a glass of water and a tablet of aspirin sat on the side table.She groaned as she felt a throbbing pain in her head. She felt a sneeze coming and she raised her elbow, sneezing into it. She quickly reached out for the medicine, tossed one into her mouth and gulped it down with the glass of water. She sniffed as she placed it on the table again. Bless whoever had thought to bring her that. Now the question was who brought her home? She had remembered being in the forest last night, crying her eyes out when the rain began falling and she finally blacked out. So how the hell was she in her house again?She made to stand up but her feet wobbled and she sat back on her bed. She was feeling so weak and tired in every part of her muscles and she could feel her body burning up already. How long had she stayed in the rain yesterday? She should hav
Starlight PackLater that night...Lyra trudged tiredly into the house, her feet ached from walking around the town, her cheeks stained with tears. Immediately she pulled the door open and walked in, the cold evening air wafted the sensuous aroma of her favorite food into her nostrils and she sighed.On a normal day she'd be eager to go into the kitchen and devour the food, but today, things were different. She didn't even have the appetite to eat anything. Either ways, she dragged her feet into the kitchen to take a peek at who was cooking and get herself a glass of water."Lyra" she heard Xavier call her name once she stepped foot in. Hazel, turned in at that moment and smiled at her."Hey, " Hazel greeted and she just forced a smile at her."Want some?" Hazel pointed towards the food she was cooking."No thanks" she replied and that moment Xavier walked in."Where have you been all day?"She walked closer to him, standing only a few feet away."Did you or did you not know the real
Killian watched in frustration and Lyra stared back at him in something that resembled anger, hate and disappointment and that was all it took to bring everything in him crashing down.She turned back and walked out, slamming the door harder then necessary. "Great work dude, congratulations on getting our mate angry" Gerald snarled from inside."Just shut up Gerald" he snarled equally and when his wolf made to reply , he shut him out completely.He wasn't about to listen to Gerald blame him for all that happened, even if he knew quite well it was his fault.He sighed as he reached for the door, and walked out.However was he going to get to talk to Lyra? How the hell was he going to convince her? Was she even going to listen?!He remembered how angry she had gotten, when Eliza had pretended to be her, but now things were different, her mother died for him, he had no sensible explanation to give for that. Just as he made his way out of the house, Sebastian walked up to him."Killian"
Earlier....Lyra had finished breakfast thirty minutes ago, showered, changed into a comfortable dress and decided to talk a walk around the pack house, since Killian wasn't back from the meeting, somehow she found herself in the Dungeon.Moving past the bars where some rogues and offenders were kept, she stopped in front of the cell where Eliza was kept when she was still alive ."Luna" the guards bowed as soon as she stopped in front of the gate.She gave a small smile ."The keys?"She noticed their hesitation so she quickly added."It's fine, I already talked to Killian, and he's fine with it"The guard looked at his colleague in hesitation, but nodded anyways and opened the door of the small cell.She stared around the room and realization suddenly hit her. She had remembered placing tiny surveillance cameras at strategic positions in the packhouse, including her house and the school, just for security reasons and she had placed one of it right in Eliza's cell.She quickly reache
Killian walked into the bedroom, holding a tray with a plate of pancakes and a steaming cup of tea on it . He carefully set the tray on the side table and crouched on the floor.A small smile formed on his face as he stared at Lyra's sleeping figure. His hands left his sides as his fingers traced her cheeks.How was he even going to bring himself to tell her, that he was the main reason she couldn't have a happy life with her parents, that he was the reason behind her mother's death. Lyra was going to hate him for that, and he hated it, because he wouldn't be able to live without her. He needed to tell her before she finds out from someone else, but how was he going to bring himself to do that? Suddenly Lyra's eyes fluttered open and she groaned lowly, as she stirred in the bed. Killian shifted backwards as he watched her sit upright on the bed, resting on the bedhead."How long have you been sitting there, staring at me?" She asked softly, a small smile on her face."Not quite long"
Same DayEmpty. The house was empty and looked like a normal human house. There was nothing special. Maybe coming in herewas a bad idea, but still there had to be something, the police had ransacked his house, yes, but there could still be something there.The loud sound from her phone, pierced through the silent house causing her to abruptly stop her search. She fished out the phone from her pocket, her eyes widening once she saw the name flashing on the screen.Killian. She had been engrossed in her search she forgot they had plans.She quickly swiped across the screen, answering the call."Hey babe, where'd you go?""I went for a walk, I'd be in the pack house soon""Alright, stay safe"She clicked on the hang up button and the call ended. She shoved it back into her pocket and turned around to leave. Just as she did, her eyes caught a small black object peeking out from a flower vase on the center table. She walked briskly to it and reached for the vase, retrieving the object. A
Back at the service Apartment"How did this happen?!" Killian asked immediately he walked into the house."I have no idea also, I just got called by the police today to be informed about his death," "What killed him?!" Lyra asked."They said food poisoning" Xander replied and they both gasped."Food poisoning?!" They called together "How did his food get poisoned!" Killian asked."Didn't you guys say it's safe in there,""Are you sure this people aren't trying to pull a fast one on us ?!" Killian asked in a whisper."I don't think so, I saw his corpse,""I suspect something fishy also, but I don't think it's from the police end, they're as transparent as ever!""They are carrying out an investigation on it and they promise to contact us soon," Xander explained."I already dropped contact details,""We should go back to the pack now," he added."This doesn't seem right!" Lyra protested."I know, but what can we do, nothing!" Xander replied and they nodded slowly."You guys should pac