Lance rushed into the open area and heaved a sigh of relief."We finally made it" he said happily.They had just gotten out of the woods after a lot of efforts, round journeys and all."So where is the pendant?" David wasted no time."The pendant, yeah. The pendant is right where I hid it" he chuckled.Sophie, Alpha Jones and David stared at each other in confusion."Hand the pendant over now" Alpha Jones said sternly."That's not possible, all I can give you is the exact place where I hid it. You can go back some other time and retrieve it" he replied confidently."You are always you, Lance. You breached the agreement" Alpha Jones scoffed and shook his head."No. The agreement is to give you the pendant and I will tell you where it is right now" he retorted."I know how to get what we need from him. Just give me some minutes with him" David pleaded with Alpha Jones."He's all yours" Alpha Jones nodded.David put on a smile and moved slowly towards Lance."You are not going to kill me
Alpha Nolan stared at his beta with disgust. He had expected him to fail but he didn't know he would come back to him alive without achieving his aim.He should know what was in wait for him to return home, a failure."In short, Carter, you lost them including Lance?" he asked and chuckled."I'm sorry, Alpha. I don't know how they made it out of the woods" Carter begged."And you know following them out of the woods won't be a good decision because they will be at advantage" Alpha Nolan wanted him to spill all he had within him."It isn't advisable, not even when they are planning to come here. I think the best will be to lie in wait for them here" Carter explained with confidence. He even put on a smile which he quickly quenched when he realized Alpha Nolan's unfriendly countenance."They are coming here to do what?" he asked hastily"For you. They want to kill you" he replied with a slight bow."You are going to benefit a lot from that, anyway" Alpha Nolan nodded."It is not going t
"We are being followed" Sophie whispered to Alpha Jones."I noticed too" he responded and signaled to David to hide himself. They stay out of the road hiding in the woods on the sides.About six men came, they were rushing to catch up with them, obviously.Alpha Jones jumped on to the road behind their assailants while Sophie walked slowly to their front."Who are..... ?" Sophie was about questioning them when she realized who they were. "Alpha Ric!" she called in amazement"Alpha Ric? Why are you following us?" Alpha Jones walked around to their front."I hope this has nothing to do with Lance" David stared at them closely one after the other."Lance told us where you are going. We should go together" Alpha Ric proclaimed."Lance must have lied to you. If he told you the truth, you won't be here" David giggled."You are going after Alpha Nolan, aren't you?" Alpha Ric seemed confident."Yes. We are going to flush him out and end his menace" Alpha Jones retorted boldly."Alpha Nolan h
Sophie had become clueless. They had reached the point where Alpha Nolan should be but all that was in front of them were trees."It is supposed to be here" she stopped and stared around."You mean Alpha Nolan is here or can someone make me understand?" Alpha Ric went off impatiently."What are you talking about?" Alpha Jones asked her softly."This is where he should be" Sophie muttered in confusion."You can also see there is nothing here" Alpha Ric retorted. "I was following you thinking you know where you are going. I always pass here and there has never been anything here" he raised up his hands in frustration."We might have missed our way, maybe we should re-trace our steps" David suggested casually."I'm sure we didn't" Sophie was certain about that, this place was the place in her instincts."So tell me why we are not seeing Alpha Nolan right now" Alpha Ric was not giving her a breathing space."If you say, we didn't miss the way, I agree. Now, we need to find where Alpha Nol
"This smells so bad" David sniffed his own body after rubbing the wax on."You shouldn't use it that much, only a touch is enough" Carter replied him. He walked around giving each of them the wax."Now we can go, or do we have any other thing to wear?" Alpha Ric asked sarcastically. He rubbed the wax reluctantly on his body."Off we go" Alpha Jones led them back to the latch. He pulled it up but it was stuck."It isn't opening?" Alpha Ric protested impatiently."Wait, wait" Carter rushed forward. "You are not just expecting it to pop up for you" he circled round it and knocked it thrice."You think someone is going to open it up for us?" David seemed confused."No, I think that is like a signal to the latch itself to pull down it's magic" Sophie muttered, she had also just realized that.Carter pulled the latch and it opened easily."Better late than never" Alpha Ric went in, followed by his men.Alpha Jones, David, Sophie and Carter also climbed down into the bunker."This is a dunge
Alpha Nolan heard someone coming from behind him. He turned around and found Alpha Ric running to catch up with him."What the heck? An insolence" he stopped and started laughing."Stop right there!" Alpha Ric screamed from afar. "I have stopped already, do you think I will be running if I know it's you coming after me" Alpha Nolan projected confidently."This is your end" Alpha Ric groaned after getting to him."No, it's yours" he fired back at him. "You know I have like about fifty compartment under here. Let's take one as the venue" Alpha Nolan veered off the hallway and entered into a room."There is nowhere for you to run to" Alpha Ric followed him slowly. He drew his sword on him and tried to cut him.Alpha Nolan grabbed the sword. He pulled it off his hands and threw it aside. He grabbed him by the neck and started hitting him in the face."You remind me of a story of the three brothers" Alpha Nolan held Ric's face up and smiled at him. "A bull killed the youngest brother when
Alpha Nolan walked through the woods checking all corners as he strolled on."I know you are here, I must find you" he muttered to himself.He was not ready to give up on his war with Alpha Jones. He was the only thing stopping him from gaining sovereign all over the town.Now he had destroyed his last stronghold, the bunker. He had also taken the stone. Alpha Nolan had lost all his men. His wife had also left him. He was not left with much choice.Cassandra's case didn't bother him so much. He believed he knew her switch. He would flip it on anytime he wanted.Right now he had to get back in the game. He had to find a powerful sorcerer with enough juice to take down Alpha Jones.And that would be no one except Mark.He remembered Mark's story. He was as reckless as Alpha Nolan himself. He believed they would make a good team. Though, Mark would need a little conviction.The most important thing was to find him first. He continued searching the woods frantically.*****************Ten
Two days later.Mark came back to Alpha Potter's Manor. He was stopped by a guard at the entrance."Are you going to say you don't know who I am?" Mark was baffled to be denied entry. He couldn't believe it."Of course, I know who you are. But you are no longer allowed in these premises" the guard replied and blocked his way."You can deliver a message for Potter for me then" he sighed."Alpha Potter!" the guard corrected him curtly."Whatever, tell him that I am here just to ask if he has changed his mind. Tell him I will forgive him. But if he has not, there will be consequences" he related to the guard.The guard bursted out laughing."What's funny?" Mark questioned."I thought you were working here as a sorcerer" the guard tried to curb his laughter. "I'm very sure you will still be in this Manor if you are working here as a clown because you won't have any competition" he started laughing again."Deliver my message!" he yelled at him angrily."I'm a security guard, not a messenge
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