Chapter 2

Kal finally agreed and as he slowly stretched out his huge hands to her she quickly grabbed them and both gasped as she was taken into his past briefly but was suddenly cut short by Raul who forcefully slapped Kal’s hands away from hers.

“What are you doing?” Raul roared in ager at Hayley. “You can’t be doing this here in the open. We could be amidst enemies.”

Hayley wasn’t listening. She gazed around at the crowd but before she could turn back, both Raul and Kal were gone.

Her friends gathered around her curious to know what had happened.

“What was that about?” Jaya was trying to be nosy.

“I don’t understand why Raul would be so mad at me for doing something he knew was normal amongst us,” Hayley complained.

“But what did you see when you held the Alpha’s hands?” Mira cut in.

“His eyes were so frightening. I’ve never seen him that upset before.” Hayley still complained, ignoring her friend’s questions.

“But…” she sighed and continued, “What scared me, even more, was what I saw. I think I saw Raul too but I-I... just can’t remember.

The party continued and it was now the time to decide the fate of certain werewolves. They all gathered around as the moon goddess suddenly appeared and started the process of match-making alphas with their lunas.

Lucas is matched with a friend of the family. So, they both connected easily and started out immediately away from the others. Other alphas from other packs got matched and they all connected instantly. Then the Moon goddess suddenly spotted Hayley from the crowd and points her out.

“You!” The Moon goddess pointed at Hayley slowly and approached her.

Hayley was scared and froze as the crowd turned their gaze towards her.

“Me?” she quickly fell to her knees, her head bent low as she transformed.

The crowd gasped in awe, watching the scenario. The Moon goddess went down on her knees and pats Hayley softly.

“You are the special one.”

Hayley made a sound in agreement and laid low.

The Moon goddess continued. “You have a great destiny to bear. But you are not alone; you are one in a million females to be paired with a mate and he is here somewhere. You already met.”

Hayley turned to gaze around the room in search of her supposed mate.

It is odd for a female werewolf to be the subject of a pair except in very rare cases which happens like once in every one thousand years. At first, she thought it was Kal, or at least someone she used to like from the past. But then something happens that cuts the whole scene short. She immediately returns to her human form to discover that the Moon goddess had disappeared. She is shocked at the sight she saw; masked males and females transforming in their tens, the twenties. She took a deep breath.

There is panic in the hall as werewolves began transforming all around. Hayley who was now back to her human form was scared. She wondered what was going on. She headed to find her brother in his bedroom but was halted by a loud roar.

“Don’t you dare take a step further!” he roared at her.

She was frightened and turned to gaze at the voice she thought she recognized. It was Kal. He took off his mask as he approached her with a smirk on his face.

“You!?” she said with irritation in her voice.

“You surprised to see me?” he replied.

The hall is now silent as guests were taken hostage, surrounded by hostile werewolves all around the hall. Hayley is forced to her knees as flashes of what she had seen when she touched Kal came back to her. Kal was now right in front of her. She wondered why Raul is nowhere to be found and how the hostiles got a hold of their territory while he is supposed to be in charge.

“Hayley, Hayley, Hayley… the beauty in the main lands. That’s all we hear about in the outlands.” Kal sniffed as he raised her chin slowly to gaze into her green eyes. He could feel her anger as she panted.

“What did you see when you held my hands earlier?”

“I wish I had seen enough; you wouldn’t be talking to me right now.”

“Oh yeah?” he threw his hands in front of her and commanded. “Here; look again.”

She hesitated and gazed at him.

“Do it. It’s an order.”

She gazed around the room at the expectant and anxious crowd and then takes his hands and gasps as she sees into his past.

Kal had a dark experience. She watched him die in a battle as a young werewolf but he was rescued by another during clean-up. It turned out to be Raul. She swallowed hard in disappointment and continued. Raul was a little older than Kal was. They bonded so well and called their pack the Night’s clan but they lived in the outlands. Kal became a part of their pack and since he still had friends in the main lands, he was able to blend in to source for food and the information needed to survive and draft attacks plans on mainlanders all for survival.

Or greed?

The Night’s clan rolled in and out often, attacking other clans, and eventually succeeded in overthrowing a nearby pack in the main lands. They finally settled in the Northern aisles and developed a small community there. Their pack soon became the most feared amongst the other neighboring packs but they wanted more power to overthrow the Western aisles which was led by Lucas. They knew they could not defeat Lucas alone so they devised a plan which was to gain his trust and then infiltrate his territory.

Raul was the actual head of the pack, not Kal and he always had the support of his followers. He was never mated by the Moon goddess as it was rumored that he was cursed; which wasn’t the case. So, he found his way into the battle that was organized by Lucas and a neighboring clan against the outlanders Raul had organized himself to gain entrance into the heart of her brother, who was their only challenge.

Hayley gasped in awe releasing Kal’s hands.

“Wow!” Kal lamented in astonishment. “You really are amazing.”

Hayley still panting and now in tears replied in a harsh voice, “I will crush you if it’s the last thing I’d do.”

“Save it!” Raul roared from the main entrance.

The crowd gasped in fear as they turn to gaze at him. Raul walked towards her slowly. “Now you know everything, you must understand that it’s just business. We have nothing against you. Our world is for the fittest and the law states that no two alphas can rule a pack.” He paused at Hayley’s laughter and threw her a stern look.

“You coward. You can’t lead a pack. You don’t even know the first thing about leadership.” She laughed between sobs.

Raul pulled her by the hair to look into her eyes and boasted. “I am born to rule and I don’t plan on ruling a small pack. You, as a matter of fact, are going to help me destroy your home because I plan to rule all Western aisles and there’s just one person in my way.”

“You’ll never rule the Western aisles. Over my dead body will that happen.” Hayley smacked as she made to transform.

“So be it,” Raul responded and transformed too.

The crowd panicked and there was running and fighting everywhere. The other members of the Western aisles took form and joined in the fight while Hayley and Raul face each other.

Hayley was not exactly a fighter, so Raul beat her hands down but then Lucas showed up from within to rescue his sister and took up the fight with Raul.

“Hi there, Chief. How was the honeymoon?” Raul roared sarcastically.

“I trusted you. How could you betray me?” Lucas replied equally angry as he circled Raul.

“I’m not afraid of you.”

“You should be,” Lucas warned.

“I am not alone in this, you know. I have my whole pack here with me.” Raul boasted as he pointed out his followers who have been waiting for the moment to join in the fight. They assemble, about fifteen of them altogether, and surrounded Lucas.

“No, Lucas… please.” Hayley’s voice was heard faintly from the corner where she laid, wounded in her human form.

“You think you can beat me in this territory?”

“Remember, I know everything about you, Lucas.”

“I will tear you to pieces and feast on your bones.” Lucas roars.

Immediately, the other members of his pack return from outside and slowly surrounded Raul and his team. Raul realized that he was outnumbered and tried to pull a fast one. He quickly grabbed the dying Hayley with his super-speed and super strength and landed at the top of the building outside.

“Nooo!” Lucas roars and tried to follow.