“Here! It’s this way! They’re all in here!” Ellie and William both did not know what to think when they heard that shout, followed by the sound of footprints approaching. From the sound of it, it was not one or two, or even three werewolves heading their way, but a pack full of them. Ellie was especially surprised by this, for when she rushed to the dungeons, all the werewolves she passed by were in no shape to fight. Unless if...'Is this Aiden's doing? Did he round up all the remaining active werewolves to be rid of us?! To force me to submit?!' she wondered. 'Even though I showed him mercy... I should've just killed him!'William narrowed his eyes in a grimace as he heard the footsteps trailing closer. It was not that he feared of the numbers approaching, as it was more that he was cursing himself for being in his weakened state. If he were at his full strength, he would have slaughtered them all the moment they they stepped into the room. Rather, he would rush out the door and do
To say they were shocked would be an understatement. Neither Ellie nor William thought Jengo would make it here. Well, they had this feeling that he would, and they hoped he did, but they didn't think the Beta would truly arrive here. Much less with some help. Moreover, it seemed he already took more than enough action to deal with the Hermit Pack in a peaceful manner.That is... 'Peaceful' to most with the exception of two."Hold it, what is going on here? What is the meaning of this?!" Maddie demanded. "What do you mean the advisors have agreed to this? To what are they agreeing to?! And what could they possibly be speaking to some nobodies about?!"The moment she asked that last part, Raymond smacked her harshly across the face, increasing the shock of the certain few werewolves."How dare you be so disrespectful to Sir Jengo?! What is done is done. And you, Maddie, have long since lost your right and position as our Alpha!" he shouted, baffling the girl."'Lost my right'? You make
With Maddie and Steve now imprisoned, Ellie, William, and Jengo met back with the Hermit Pack’s advisors, to speak about these ‘changes’ that will be made.“On behalf of the advisors and our people, I thank you for agreeing to this meet. And helping us lock up our now-former Alpha and Beta,” Raymond spoke, bowing to the trio with the other advisors following suite."I don't know about these two, but I'm not looking for thanks," Ellie answered. "What I am looking for is an explanation. On everything.""What is there to explain to a stray like you?" a female elder advisor questioned. "You were never a part of the pack.""And yet you people still treated me like one. Or at least your people did. They could've just push away my hand whenever I offered my help with whatever problem they had, force me to plug my ears so I don't have to hear whatever problems they had, keep their distance from me so I don't feel close to any of them. Then again, if it was all a ruse to keep me thinking that
"Won't you become our new Alpha?"It was silent when Raymond made that request. Ellie? Back in the Hermit Pack? As they Alpha?! Granted, the roll may be only temporary, but it was still quite the offer. Not only does it give her a place to stay again, but since this was an offer made by the advisors, even if the other people of the pack had something against it, they can’t overrule that, no matter how much they are against it.As good as a chance as this was, though…“I understand your reason for reaching out to me. As such, I would be happy if you understand my reason when I say ‘no’,” Ellie responded.The advisors, William, and Jengo were taken aback by the response.“‘No’? Is it because of what we did to you? I’ll have you know, there are some werewolves who actually do feel guilty for going along with the order,” Raymond told her. “If not that, then could it be that you’re concerned with what people will say? Knowing you, it isn’t really ‘you’ you’re concerned about, but us. You d
Now that the meeting has concluded to Raymond being the new Alpha, arrangements were being made. Not only for him to step up to his new role, but also for the Hermit Pack to be accepted into the Devorare Pack. The latter pack especially needed arrangements to be made, for it will be the first time they have another pack be merged with theirs. In fact, this will be the first time in a long time the Devorare werewolves will be interacting with another pack in a peaceful manner. With how tense things were with the war against the Liberal Pack- Heck, even before then, they were just as tense around other werewolves- it would be too much to expect the Devorare wolves to accept wolves from another pack so easily. Ellie was one thing, as she was but a lone werewolf who was also their Alpha's fated mate. But a whole pack of strangers? That was a different story entirely. It was going to take more than just words to convince them all to accept them. Even William and Jengo's words combined may
It was night in the Hermit Pack, with the half moon shining down on the pack. All around in the plaza, many Hermit werewolves gathered with glares in their eyes, as they stared at a certain pair of unfortunate souls bound with their hands behind their backs and forced down on their knees by two werewolves each. “Unhand me! Unhand me at once! Do you have any idea who I am?!” Maddie demanded, trying hard to get herself out of the grip of two werewolves.“That’s enough, Maddie. Just… stop,” Steve could only say, having lost the will to fight, unlike his ‘fated’ mate.“I refuse! These dogs think they can treat their Alpha this way and get away with it?!” Maddie demanded.“Except I believe it was already told to you,” Raymond spoke, approaching the pair. “You, Maddie… are no longer the Alpha. After everything you have done to us- the people you were supposed to lead, protect, support, and care for… No one here sees you as the Alpha. You don’t even have a single supporter following you any
Maddie's eyes widened when she saw Ellie here, slowly realizing what the next part of her punishment was to be.“Hold it right there… You’re not telling me to give up my wolf to her, are you?!” she demanded.“We’re not telling you to give up your wolf. Not when you’ve already tossed it aside yourself,” Raymond corrected. “We’re telling you to return what you took. That is, the wolf you forcibly forced out of the original owner. Sure, perhaps it was your parents who initiated this, but it changes nothing. Stealing another werewolf’s wolf is nothing more than a crime. A crime you wholeheartedly agreed to doing.”Maddie couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She was getting punished for this?!“Then what about Ellie?! Look at her acting all high and mighty! You’re punishing me for taking her wolf, but what about her?! She has my wolf!”“Except I didn’t take it from you,” Ellie argued. “You forced it into me. Turned me into a weakling that you were. A weakling you didn’t want to remain as
Ellie lied on the grass a bit away from the Hermit Pack, a content smile on her face. The Reversal Rite has long since ended, and with its end was the return of her wolf in full. ‘You know, all this time, even after you’ve awakened, I always did feel something off about me. Like a piece of me was literally missing,’ she thought to Eliza. ‘Well, of course. For after all, most of me was taken away, remember?’ Eliza said, a hint of amusement in her tone. Ellie chuckled a bit at the point made. ‘Yeah… Yeah, I guess that is true. I’m really glad to have you back, Eliza. All of you, this time.’ ‘Good to be back… Still, if I may dare say, I do feel a little bad for Maddie.’ A small frown formed on Ellie’s face when her wolf said that. Not because of the pity Eliza felt towards the former Alpha, as it was more about what happened after that. *FLASHBACK* Right after the rite has ended, and Eliza completely returned to her rightful owner, neither of the wolves found it necessary to keep M
“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