Alpha Jones walked into the Mage's compartment slowly. He could overhear him talking with a young lady, judging by the voice."Excuse me" Alpha Jones announced his presence. "I am Alpha Jones" he introduced himself to the lady."Of course. I recognize you, though you have grown big" the young lady smirked."Alpha Jones, I'm not sure you know her but you must have heard about her sometimes. This is Alyssa, my first love" the Mage said sadlyAlpha Jones sighed."Nice to meet you, Alyssa" he nodded awkwardly."What am I doing here? I thought I'm dead" Alyssa asked in confusion."Yes, you are. But it seems you found a door opened to you on the other side" Alpha Jones trying relating what he learnt from Lance."Yes, you are right. A door opened and light flooded in and woke me up from my slumber" she acknowledged. "But why am I the only one?" she asked again."Actually, we won't want more of you to be swarming in this place" Alpha Jones said quickly."We are unwanted, I get it" Alyssa chuc
"This is very dangerous. You can get trapped in there. The mind of a dead man is dead" the Mage warned strongly.Sophie took a deep breath. She thought the Mage would be easily convinced to help her but he had proved otherwise.She held him and pulled him to a corner out of the hallway."If he really help us by hiding the stone, we will be free from all this demon coming all the time. I'm ready to take the risk" Sophie insisted."You really don't understand. If you get trapped, it simply means you are dead" the Mage retorted."I understand very much. But it is either we give him the stone or we start seeing more dead people. According to you, Alyssa is a badass. I'm very sure there are more badasses like her on the other side. How will you feel if we have ten people like Alyssa roaming around?" Sophie nodded as she had known what the Mage would say in response."Did Alpha Jones know about this?" the Mage inhaled sharply. It seemed he only wanted to discourage Sophie by that."I don't
"What have you decided? You are not here to scold me, are you?" Sophie was surprised to see the Mage rushing down to Lance's cell."This has gotten beyond the issue of stone" the Mage said hastily without looking at Sophie. He was mainly focused on Lance. "How did you die?" he asked sternly."And who are you?" Lance tightened his face."He is the Mage of the Manor!" Sophie wouldn't let him disrespect the Mage."He must be Anthony" Lance broke out laughing."How did you die?" the Mage repeated, slamming the bars."I died in my sleep" Lance opened his arms wide.The Mage kept staring at him like he didn't believe what he said."Why are you asking about his death? Is anything wrong?" Sophie asked him quietly."He is not who he claims to be. He just pick a name at random and came down here telling us that he opened some doors" the Mage delivered."If he didn't really open any door, then how did Alyssa end up in your compartment?" Sophie wondered."Alyssa vowed to come back. And I don't kn
Sophie opened her eyes and alas!She was back in the cell room. Lance was sitting in front of her unconscious.It seemed he was still in his own mind."Why are you back?" the Mage seemed confused."He locked me up in some deserted building. And contrary to what you said, he can control everything" Sophie heaved a sigh of relief. She felt better she was not trapped or in a worse situation."So he sent you out?" the Mage asked."No. I jumped into a cliff. And thankful to my gut, I am back here, not trapped as I thought" she nodded with a smile."That is just like a passage to where I sent you" the Mage scoffed. "You could have found the way to the other part of his mind" he sighed."You are probably not listening to me. All that is there are building and cliff. Jumping into that cliff brought me back here" Sophie retorted."I'm sure he wasn't in the building with you and he is not here either. He must have gotten to the destination I sent you" the Mage seemed very certain."Actually, we
The Mage could hear someone coming into the basement. He quickly rushed out to divert whoever it was to avoid seeing Sophie and Lance in their state of transition."You are already here?" Alpha Jones boomed as he came down. "It seems we are having the same thoughts" he scoffed."If you are thinking about coming to sleep in one of the cells. I will like to tell you that our thoughts are completely different" the Mage tried to joke but it sounded weird. "That.. that was meant to be a joke" he stuttered."I catch it, old man" Alpha Jones moved to his front and held one of his shoulders. He pressed him hard with his hand. "You have really grown old, Mage. Old enough to appear shaky and tensed every minute" he teased him.The Mage tried to compose himself. He wouldn't want Alpha Jones finding out about what he was doing with Sophie and Lance."Nature is to be blamed for that" he chuckled softly and quickly stopped before it would become awkward."What are you doing in here?" Alpha Jones as
"Tell me something, Mage" Alpha Jones noticed the Mage was anxious as they both walked to Lance's cell."Something!" the Mage replied nervously."Your sense of humor really moved up great when you are nervous. What's wrong? Your body keeps telling me a lot of things" Alpha Jones was certain the Mage was hiding something."I am nervous, my body will surely tell you a lot of things" the Mage panted."Why are you nervous? That went well back there with the former and foremost love of your life" he poked him to get him spilling his mind."I don't trust her" the Mage snapped. "She just forgave me like that, unbelievable" he groaned."Unexpected, it's unexpected, not unbelievable" he corrected him."Whatever, I think she is tricking us" the Mage proclaimed like he was sure about it."That is very convincing, but we are going to face the major trickster right now. I advise you get yourself together before we get to him" Alpha Jones stopped the Mage.He wanted him to catch his breath and be i
"Send me in, now!" Alpha Jones insisted.The Mage didn't move. He didn't want to do it."That's alright" Lance walked out of the circle again. "The stone of Kitana has been delivered. Good news, your sweet lady is coming home" he announced.Sophie sneezed, she opened her eyes and looked around in surprise."You told him?" she questioned the Mage."Thank goodness, you're back" the Mage heaved a sigh of relief.Alpha Jones only stared at Sophie. He was full of anger but a part of him also felt better that Sophie was back."You think, I am not coming back?" Sophie questioned again. She was obviously clueless about their awkward faces which loosely translated that something was wrong."Seems like you have no idea that you were stuck in there" the Mage moved close to her, examining her."I was not stuck. I was searching for his secrets about the stone" she clarified. "Is that why you both look worried?" she faced Alpha Jones."I told you she was preoccupied, not stuck" Lance moaned."I to
Alpha Nolan was in the woods waiting patiently. Lance had already passed due time to show up. Lance finally appeared in the woods. He turned around and found Alpha Nolan and some of his young soldiers waiting for him."My friend, I'm sorry. I would have arrived earlier but I need to give some farewell speeches to your Nemesis" he laughed hysterically."First, I'm not your friend. Secondly, it doesn't look like you have the stone on you. So, it will be better if you let me know if I have been waiting here for nothing" Alpha Nolan didn't show him any courtesy."Alpha Nolan, you have to take it easy. I can't come here empty handed. Why would you think that? I need to bring the stone to get my own talisman from you. An important family heirloom" Lance said slowly and moved towards Alpha Nolan."So where is the stone?" Alpha Nolan asked sternly."Behind you!" Lance pointed forward.Alpha Nolan shook his head, he didn't bother to turn back. He believed Lance was just being too teasy. He ha
Present day.Sophie rushed to CassandraCassandra had fallen down and was groaning hard after pulling the dolls apart."Do not let him escape" Cassandra gargled. "Go after him" she pointed forward.Alpha Nolan started moving away slowly.The Mage held him down with all his strength but Alpha Nolan continued his movement dragging the Mage along.Sophie stared around searching for Crookdove. He was nowhere to be found.Alpha Jones ran out from nowhere with David. They both jumped on Alpha Nolan.Alpha Nolan threw both of them away with a punch. Both of them groaned as they landed on the ground.The Mage was still holding him tight.Sophie ran into him and kicked him to the ground. She looked around but she still couldn't catch a glimpse of Crookdove."Where's Crookdove?" Alpha Jones asked anxiously."I can't find him" Sophie was angry.Alpha Nolan got up again to start running away. He pushed Sophie off her body and continued running to a cornerSophie ran after him. She got to his side
"I'm sure this will seem strange to you. But I'm happy to tell you that after a lot of years, this Manor had been taken back from the imposter" Alpha Nolan addressed the gathering in the yard.The gathering muttered indinstinctly. It was clear that they were not welcoming him."You address them, now" Alpha Nolan snarled at the Mage."This is the new Alpha of the Manor" the Mage endorsed him. "The announcement will be made properly tomorrow. This is just to let you know we now have a new Alpha. He is the Lord of all guards, maids and servants in this Manor" he said conclusively.The gathering kept chattering as they moved away. They were obviously confused and with the Mage endorsement, they had no choice than to murmur."I'm taking a tour round the Manor" Alpha Nolan said loudly after the gathering had dispersed. He waved at Sophie to join him.The three of them went outside. Alpha Nolan kept checking around. He couldn't get satisfied.Sophie was surprised to see Cassandra coming tow
Present day.Sophie and Alpha Jones were still very confused about what to do. Alpha Nolan had become unkillable. He wouldn't also leave the Manor. "Should we just accept the fact that I have won and hand over to me what's mine?" Alpha Nolan asked teasingly."You have lost woefully. We won't stop until you meet your end" Alpha Jones retorted. "I'm fighting you to death" he proclaimed."I think you know only Crookdove can kill me now and I wonder how you are going to do that" he made jest of them."Take her away" Alpha Jones said to David and attacked Alpha Nolan.Sophie pushed David away. She rushed towards Alpha Nolan too.Alpha Nolan hit both of them together and they fell on their backs."I will kill you if you do not stop" he asserted.The Mage came to him. "What do you want?" he asked calmly."You must be the Mage, I want you to announce me as the Alpha of these Manor. Accept defeat and I will spare all of you" Alpha Nolan affirmed."You can not be the Alpha of this Manor. Your
"Why should I kill her?!" Alpha Nolan retorted"Sophie is going to be your downfall, your death, a lot of bad things in your life. You will keep getting near but you won't reach" the Diviner was very certain."That's simple. I can just change her name to Dana. Dana won't be my death, right?" he solved straightaway."You are joking. Changing her name changes not her destiny" the Diviner proclaimed. He got up and left."I think we should obey the Diviner and kill the little girl" Matt whispered to Alpha Nolan."Do you know how many soldiers I lose weekly and do you know how that is affecting my progress?" Alpha Nolan asked trivially.Matt was dumbfounded. He couldn't say anything."So remain quiet like that" Alpha Nolan shunned him.*********************"It still feels like a dream to me, I was nothing few days ago. Now you've made me a Luna. Just like that" Cassandra was all smiling on the bed. She was clearly waiting for Alpha Nolan's arrival into the bedroomAlpha Nolan couldn't get
Sophie rushed at Alpha Nolan. She was not ready to hear anything from him."Didn't you hear what I'm saying? Don't do anything stupid" Alpha Nolan insisted. He didn't run from Sophie or fight back."Crookdove!!" Sophie called him out.Crookdove stood behind Alpha Nolan with his hand stiffened. He was waiting for Sophie to give Alpha Nolan a push."Come on. I warned you" Alpha Nolan's confidence was not diminishing.Sophie pushed him effortlessly. Alpha Nolan made it very easy. The knife went into him. He groaned and exhaled to contain the pain."You have all meet your end" David hummed.Sophie started groaning. Blood was streaming out of her body without being cut."We are going to die together. Tell him to heal and cauterize my wound" Alpha Nolan breathed heavily. He was in great pain.Sophie could feel everything he felt. They were both losing their breath."Tell him to heal me now or we will both.... die.... Tell him" Alpha Jones could no longer held himself up."Crookdove, heal h
"Let's get him the beasts quickly" Sophie yelled hastily and she took off immediately.The giant soldiers flooded in and blocked them."I thought you said you have defeated them mentally?"'Alpha Jones asked the Mage."I just managed to escape. They are still alive and well as you can see" the Mage replied awkwardly.The soldiers started attacking them immediately."We need to fight them" David pulled his sword and engaged them."I think they won't attack us again after Rhine had died" Sophie was confused."Rhine is not the one controlling them. It was Martell" the Mage deduced."Stop! Stop!! Martell doesn't want this" Sophie said loudly but the soldiers didn't bother to listen to her.In no time, David and Alpha Jones had been grounded. They were now fighting for their lives."I need to find Martell" the Mage wanted to steer away."If you will get us anything. Get rats or any living animal for Crookdove" Sophie instructed him.She believed if Crookdove is revived. He would help them f
"I'm going to enjoy this, the Alpha fighting the Luna" Alpha Nolan reacted happily and focused on them.Sophie looked up at Alpha Jones. "Yes. Come and get me then" she stood straight waiting for him."Thank you" Alpha Jones said excitedly. He drew his sword while moving swiftly towards her.Sophie weaved aside to dodge his sword. She hit him on his nose.Alpha Jones staggered back and held his nose. It took some times before he recovered."I didn't know you are going to fight back" Alpha Jones shook his head. "You are welcome" he prepared to attack her again."This is how it should be. He is your enemy. But you are blind by the good side and the bad side. There is no good or bad. We are all trying to do what we have to do" Alpha Nolan encouraged Sophie."Just keep quiet" she yelled at him."You have picked the wrong side, Sophie. But it isn't too late. You have me here. I'm ready to accept you and overlook all your past mistakes" Alpha Nolan didn't stop.Sophie had her mind already
One of the giant soldiers finally got to her. He pulled one of her legs. "I'm one of your commanders!" she cried out. "I'm the Fourth" she breathed heavily.The giant soldiers didn't seem to understand a word she was spitting. They converged around her. With the staunch look on their faces, they definitely wanted to tear her into pieces."Stop!" a voice said suddenly. "Martell didn't want you to hurt her" the Mage walked through them and lent Sophie a hand to get up.The giant soldiers buzzed and moved away from her. They seemed clueless."They stopped?" Sophie was shocked."Only Martell controls them, if he is not around. They are useless" he helped her and they went into one of the chambers."What about David?" Sophie recollected how David had nearly took his life out of him."He's out" the Mage scoffed."Dead?" Sophie wouldn't want that."No. He's only knocked out" he shook his head."That's better. I didn't know you have so much fight in you" Sophie expressed her surprise."Alre
Sophie panted. This was an experience she never expected. Having to fight someone she didn't want to fight.She could have tried to subdue Alpha Jones and got him tied up in some ways. There was no way she could do that with David supporting him.She locked herself up in the throne room but Alpha Jones and David were relentlessly hitting the door to break it down.They were very engrossed in it and the door had started showing them some cooperation.They would be in the throne room with her within few minutes.She started crying. She wouldn't wish to die this way. Being killed by the only man she was in love with "That will be better" she mustered up courage. She decided to kill herself before they would make it in.She searched around for what can be used to commit suicide. All the sharp objects she could get were not promising. None of them could give a fast painless death.She remembered a dagger that was hidden in Alpha Jones throne. She skimmed over and brought it out.She went