Ellie stretched her arms as she walked down the roat. Not to say she was content with her new situation, but she was happy enough to be out and about. No longer stuck in a cage, and no longer being held down by any pack 'laws'. 'Banishment is actually a lot nicer than I thought,' she thought. A couple of days passed since her 'exile' from the Devorare Pack. To her relief, the act was taken quite well amongst the Devorare wolves. 'Well' as in they completely bought the little act. She didn't know if it was because of how strong the aura both William and Jengo possessed or if their acting was truly that convincing, but no one went against their decision to have her abandoned into the woods. If anything, they happily chased her out, as any werewolf pack would when exiling their own. Even now as she think back on it, Ellie couldn't believe the plan worked so well on them. While a bit tired out from her escape, to Ellie, the exhausiton was worth it, for she was now a free wolf. 'As much
In the Devorare Pack, things had been normal as can be since Ellie's exile. The werewolves had been continuing with their respective training, lookouts for witches, and for Samantha, caring for the one still-comatose Nelson. As far as the healer could see, there was no improvement in the guy's condition at all. While he was not 'dead', she wasn't sure if he was truly okay per say. Still, she was the healer of the pack; it was her job to ensure the guy wakes soon.While things were as usual for most werewolves, for two..."What do you mean you didn't reject her again?!" Jengo questioned William.The Alpha and Beta werewolves were in the former's office, trying to get some paperwork done. 'Trying' to, for Jengo noticed how distracted his boyfriend seemed for the past couple of days. When he asked him why he was so distracted... he couldn't believe his ears."I mean it as I said it. These past couple of days, my mind has been filled with her, even though I clearly don't want anything to
Elsewhere in the woods, a large pack of wolves rushed on past the trees. Some fairly exhausted as they pushed themselves to keep moving, others far too tired... they were getting far behind their group or tripping on their feet. All in all, they seemed to be suffering as they ran."Keep moving, all of you! Do not dare stop until we find that stray!" Steve ordered his men, rushing on ahead of the grand majority with a couple others. They who looked back and were worried about their people, as opposed to their Beta."Beta Steve, I know how much you want to find Ellie, but you really need to-""To what? Slow down?" Steve interrupted with a snarl. "Never, Raymond! Not when the werewolf I love is suffering because of her!""But look at the state of our people! You know how horrible it's been these days for them. If you keep pushing them like this, they will collapse, and that will not be good for both our group's morale and for what will remain of our pack. Much less for the Alpha."Steve
It had been a couple of days since Albus began to stay over in the Hermit Pack. In these past couple of days, the gypsy had been checking up on Maddie, asking questions about her condition, as well as asked her parents details about both the Wolf Swap Rite and if either Maddie or Ellie had seemed off during the process in any way. Why that guy asked about how they were doing the rite- when they clearly did it as instructed- was beyond Steve's reasoning. However, he did not like how close that man had been acting towards Maddie.Not to say he had been getting jealous of Albus, but these days, seeing the guy spend so much time with Maddie really irked Steve. Even more so with Maddie had clearly been enjoying the outsider's company even more than she did with Steve! More than when they were together before this whole mess began! Almost as though she was mated with- not her assigned Beta- but with this... This highly suspicious non-wolf creature!Steve knew Albus was the reason why Maddie
Ellie was dashing along in the woods, jumping over logs and boulders in her regained wolf form. Words could never begin to describe how happy she was to run on all fours at high speed, feeling the wind blow against her fur, especially as she jumped the long distance. She knew she would've been happier to run in this form again after so long, but to actually experience it? Ellie was ecstatic.'I'm tempted to take a nice, long detour, if it means enjoying this feeling a little longer,' she thought.'That happy to run as a wolf again, aren't we?' Eliza spoke.'Like you wouldn't believe. I missed this so much. I can't wait for lunch to come. I hope I can find some nice squirrels around these parts.'She could hear her wolf hold back a chuckle at her words, almost as though agreeing with her. ‘Still, as much as I don’t want to bring down this happy mood of yours, you still need to remember our priority mission. Finding our way home.’‘I know, Eliza,’ Ellie thought, jumping over another log
William glared at Ellie when she asked that question. When she practically dared to have the guts to question him. After all that time of being the meek coward back in the pack, how dare she decide to speak to him like an equal now."I don't remember being obligated to answer to a stray like you," he retorted instead."Sure. Maybe you're not obligated to answer to any normal strays. But considering this stray is still your mate, and one who was extremely glad to be banished from the pack if it meant never getting in contact with you again, I believe I have every right to know why you've been following me," Ellie challenged still.William was honestly taken aback by the further argument. Did this wolf suddenly grow a backbone in her short time away from the pack or was she only pretending to be tough? If it was the case of the latter, she was quite the actress.'If she thinks she can scare me away by acting tough, she has no idea what I'm capable of,' he thought with a low growl.'Will
A sharp pain struck his head, as William regained conscious. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself locked up in what seemed to be a cell.'Shit... What the hell happened...?' he wondered, his body feeling a bit groggy for some reason.He slowly sat up, only to wince and lie back down, hissing as he felt pain shot up from his shoulder blade. He reached out in an attempt to soothe the pain, only to then feel some loose bindings on his torso. Looking down, he realized the 'bindings' were nothing more than bandages poorly wrapped around him. Around his injury.'Okay... Either whoever brought me here has a poor excuse of a healer, or they were only trating me enough to keep me alive,' he thought. 'Question now is... why do that instead of killing me? No, more importantly...''William!' came Liam's voice, causing the werewolf to wince as he felt his head pound from the volume of his wolf's voice.'Do you mind toning down that volume?''Sorry. I'm just glad you're up,' Liam said, his v
Ellie couldn’t believe her eyes… Why in the world was Steve here? Shouldn’t he be in the Hermit Pack? Away from her?! She knew for certain she wasn’t anywhere near their territory yet! So why?!“What are you doing here, Steve?!” she demanded.Steve wasn’t fazed by her tone; only continued to stare at her with an amused expression on his face. “‘What am I doing here’? Nothing you should be concerned with, I’m sure. Not much at least,” he answered. “I mean, I was only out for a little scouting mission, letting my people take a little break nearby.”“Spare me the long details. You know what I mean!” Ellie exclaimed.Steve kept on a neutral expression for a while, until it turned into that of a scowl. “Let me rephrase my answer, then. Why do you think I’m here?”At his question, a horrible feeling grew in Ellie. One that told her she knew exactly what he was here for.“There shouldn’t be a reason for you to search for me any longer! You already have my wolf! You finished the Wolf Swap Ri
“So that’s what he’s decided…” Ellie could only say, after being told of the punishment William gave her by Raymond.“Unfortunately, yeah…” the Alpha weakly said. “B-But hey. Look on the bright side. You’ll still live. You’re not going to die.”“Not now, at least,” Ellie solemnly added. “William may not have decided to kill me, but making me into a slave? You know as well as I do that that’s even worse than being exiled. And here I thought I wouldn’t be used as a tool ever again…”Slavery amongst werewolves… While it was not something common amongst any werewolf pack, it was still a well-known punishment amongst many. Usually done to werewolves who committed an unspeakable crime as irredeemable mutts, or members of a fallen pack’s Alpha’s family as trophies. Either way, once branded as a slave, no longer would that werewolf be seen as an equal. No longer would they be treated as a person. Instead… they will be treated as a tool they aren’t.Since slavery was a practice that was rarely
Meanwhile, at the Hermit Pack, days had passed since the encounter with the Nex Pack. After getting the time to personally grieve, it was now the day when the Hermit Pack was to move out and merge with the Devorare Pack. With news of Jengo’s passing already well known to all the werewolves in the Hermit Pack, the Devorare Wolves- well aware of their Alpha’s full feelings towards their late Beta- did not want to bother their leader with the preparations, and thus managed to get everything done in time.Of course, the preparations made were not just for the Hermit Wolves’ relocating, as one certain werewolf had just found out.“Alpha William… Tell me you are not serious about this!” Raymond requested.“I believe I made myself clear plenty of times these past few days, Alpha Raymond,” William said, looking over some documents. “Especially when I requested you to make such arrangements. You who is the only other person present at the time of Jengo’s death, in addition to being a fellow Al
It was a cold night at the Nex Pack, as Lyra, Hayden, and the other juvenile werewolves knelt before their Alpha. Most of them were quite frightened being in his presence. Specifically since they gave in their reports about the mission.“Let me see if I got this right,” Drake spoke after taking in a breath. “Not only did you kids find your target and let her go free, you told her everything about herself. In the presence of two other nobodies, no less. Did I get that right?”“Nobodies they may be, Alpha, they are also someone close to the target,” Lyra corrected. She being the only one not fazed by the menacing aura he was emitting.Her casual response only served to increase Drake’s rage, as he personally rushed down to his stepdaughter and slammed her face down to the floor. “Do you really think this is supposed to be funny in any way at all?” he questioned. “You don’t seem to understand how severe the situation is here. In this pack, it is one thing if our target manages to escape
The next day, Ellie had regained consciousness and found herself in a very familiar room. One she could not believe she was in again. Only much worse than the last time.‘Again…? I’m in a cell again…’ she thought.She reached a hand out to the bars, hoping that the room she was in was not really what she thought it to be. Upon feeling her finger burn on contact, Ellie hastily recoiled and curled up in a ball.‘He… He really believed it all… He believed a bunch of strangers, who are also his enemies… over his own mate… Then again, when has he ever believed me in anything?’To say Ellie was in disbelief of her own situation- of the events that led to her current state now- would be an understatement. Regardless of how much William detests her, how could he easily believe in what other werewolves claim? More so when those very werewolves were part of the pack he insinuated to have a bad history with? She did not want to think what she went through last night was real, but here she was… S
Why was Sheera here…? Why does she have their son- her own boy- in her arms in that condition? Why was she even holding him in a way no mother would hold their child, but in a way a kidnapper or any sort of criminal would carry a kid?! More importantly… why was she standing with the Nex Pack like an ally rather than a hostage…?“Sheera… What’s going on here?” Killian dared ask.Sheera gave no answer, as she approached Clifford with the big werewolf behind her, and bowed to him loyally. “My many greetings, Sir Clifford,” she said.“You took a while to get here. I thought for sure you decided to back out at the last second,” Clifford said.“Nonsense. I just had a bit of difficulties trying to get this thing under control and Big here disposed of Private,” she simply said, tossing William on the ground, raising Killian and the other Devorares’ bafflement towards her and worries for the boy.“William!” the Alpha cried out, about to rush to his son, only to be knocked down to the ground by
With Sheera and William, the pair made it to the gorge, where one of the guards stood waiting for them."Beta Sheera, Master William!" he greeted with a salute."At ease, Private," she greeted in return. "Is it only just you? Where are Alpha William and the others?""They went on ahead down the gorge. We should catch up to them. Best shift into your wolf form; the slope is steep enough, but it's probably because of the rain we had, it also looks really slippery," Private warned."So we're almost at the meeting?" William asked."Yeah. And you can meet a new friend."Sheera smiled at those last words. Only... something was off about it. "Well... Not exactly," she said."What was that?" Just as soon as Private asked that, a heavy thud was heard from directly behind him.He turned to see who or what was behind him... Only to see black.******Killian and his group carefully descended down into the gorge in their wolf form. Thankfully, even with the new moon out and weakening them, they ca
With Raymond now gone with Ellie, William walked over to Jengo’s torn body. As he stared at it, images- memories- came flooding back into his head. All about a certain day in his childhood… when his mother betrayed their pack for the Nex Pack.*FLASHBACK*It was a peaceful night. One with clear skies and lots of stars shining down. The moon was in its New Moon Phase, a time when all werewolves would be at their weakest and most vulnerable. That said, it was also the perfect time for there to be a peaceful meeting between packs.“Alpha Killian, I really need to ask this again. But are you sure about this meeting?” Hugo asked his Alpha.“Hugo, be at ease. I understand well of your worries. But look up, will you? Tonight is the new moon. A time when our kind as werewolves are at their weakest. No matter how dangerous the Nex Pack are, even they cannot do us much harm at this time of the night,” Killian assured. “Their leader asked for this meeting at a time when neither side can do any s
William could not believe what he was seeing before him… He wanted to think he was seeing someone else who looks like Jen lying in the pool of blood, practically torn to pieces. But no matter how he looks at the corpse in Ellie’s hands… No matter how he smelled this scent… There was no doubting it… Lying dead in his fated mate’s arms was…“JENGO!”All heads turned to his direction at his shout. While one Ellie paled at the sight of seeing the Alpha here, the other werewolves around them looked at him with confused expressions.“Huh? Who’s the new guy?” Hayden questioned.“Someone connected to the dead, maybe? He did cry out that guy’s name, after all,” Lyra guessed. “That being said, if he has connection to that dead wolf…” She trailed off there and looked down at Ellie, taking notice of the frightened expression on her face. One look at the expression she had, and an idea came to the juvenile’s mind. One she would have to wait on, as she would like to have one thing confirmed about w
How could this have happened…? Where did he go wrong…? He tried his best to follow their movements, to defend himself against their attacks, and land a hit on them. And yet… They were too fast for him to follow, no matter what he did. Their strength broke past his defense easily. Worse off, not once did they give him a chance to do anything but defend. These juveniles did not even give him the chance to recover from any of their attacks.And now, because of the huge different in their strengths, there Jengo lied… In his own blood with an arm and leg missing from his person. His assailants all stood around him, looking down on him. Some had on mocking expressions, others were cleaning off his blood that got splattered on them during their attack fest.“Wow. Who’d have thought blood from a victim would taste so different compared to animal blood?”“Same with attacking a kill target. It really is different from doing hunts.”“And yet our superiors have been wasting our time away, making