How long has it been since he started torturing Ellie? How long has she been enduring the beating he was giving her? How much longer… is Ellie going to keep silent and be so stubborn?!“Come on, already!” Steve shouted, landing a punch to her gut. “Why don’t you just yield so we can get this over with?!”Ellie, slightly bruised from the thrashing Steve had been giving her, with a bit of blood trailed down from the corner of her lips. Blood in which she spat at Steve’s face.“Maybe it’s because I value my pride so much. Unlike a mere mutt like you,” she insulted. “You who threw away your pride the moment you decided to make use of another werewolf. I’m amazed you’re still made into a Beta despite that. Then again, this whole thing was Aiden’s idea. With an Alpha as scummy as him, it’d be no wonder why the rest of the pack is the same. And you blame me for what’s become of the people here? Guess you’ve never heard of karma. Now that’s really sad.”Enraged and disgusted by the blood spat
If the Hermit Pack wanted anything to do with her- if they wanted her to take part in that Wolf Swap Rite again, and take away the rest of her wolf- Ellie would never let that happen. Not again. She didn’t care if they do anything to hurt her, or even how far they go about in doing it. Yes, she wanted to see her blood family again, question them why she was left in the middle of the woods for these Hermit mutts to pick up and use, but if the price of seeing them again is to lose every last bit of herself as a werewolf, she refused to let that happen. Rather, she’d sooner die than lose what was left of herself.That was what she had resolved herself for… But William? He who has nothing to do with their conflict? While she did consider the possibility that they may use his life to force her into doing their bidding, given how Steve was solely focused on her, she quickly toss the idea out of the window, thinking that the Beta still had some pride left to not resort to such a tactic. Howe
Earlier that day, before he spoke to Aiden about his lack of progress with Ellie, Steve actually made a small visit to William. Before, he had actually already considered using the guy to make Ellie change her mind about her stance. He was already weakened, anyway, and he wanted to make the Alpha spill a whole lot more blood, tear him limb from limb! And also bring his head to the Devorare Pack and make them all bow to him as their new Alpha.A werewolf who slays a pack's Alpha will become their new Alpha. With the state the Hermit Pack is in, they will need new members who will do all the hunting for them to bring them back in their proud state. What better pack than the Devorare Pack?As he walked in, since it had been a few days since Steve brought William in, only ordering the slightest bit of care to be given- as the Beta just wanted the enemy Alpha to be alive and well enough for him to enjoy torturing the life out of him- Steve had expected to see the guy on the ground, starvin
Remembering his interaction with William was making Steve's blood boil. How dare that mutt act so high and mighty in his presence? When he is the one who is trapped in silver confinement! Yet, despite the fact that he is trapped inside of something that a werewolf should NOT safely touch, William dared slam his hand on the bars. Kept it there as though there was never any silver on them! Any other werewolf would've squirmed upon contact, no matter how tough they are! Yet he was fine?!'I am starting to question if that thing is even a werewolf! Notorious or not, being able to handle that is ridiculous!' he thought. 'Had I known if he was that dangerous, I would've taken the chance to do more damage to him. In fact, I should've done more before dragging him in that cell! Break his bones. Chain him in silver chains. Maybe even see if that gypsy has any wolfsbane to keep in him check.'"Steve. What happened between you two?" Aiden asked again. "You must've given him a visit at some point
In the dungeon, William sat in his cell, rubbing his burned hand.'Even if it is you, William, that was far too reckless. What were you thinking? Slamming your hand on the bars like that?' Liam scolded his werewolf.'Shut it, will ya? Just got in the moment. Besides, it's not like I'm the only one who got pissed off by what that one-armed wolf was saying. You would've done the same exact thing,' William retorted, wincing slightly as he continued his attempt to soothe the pain he had inflicted onto himself earlier from Steve's visit.As the Beta had suspected, William truly did pretend to be unfazed when he slammed his hand on the silver bars. Although it affected him just as much as it would any other werewolf, the Alpha refused to let it show on his face, for he wanted to impose some fear onto Steve. To teach him a valuable lesson that should be taught to any overconfident, foolish werewolf like him.To NEVER mess with a werewolf superior to you.William may be trapped inside a silve
William didn’t know how to feel when Ellie gave her reason for following Steve down to the dungeon. Specifically about not wanting to leave him behind. On one hand, it annoyed him to an extent, for she made it sound as though he was weak, when he was only taunting Steve, getting him all riled up into doing something that would later be his downfall. On the other...'Was she... worried about us?' Liam wondered, touched by their fated mate's action.'Don't flatter yourself. She's not worried of us as mates; she just doesn't want us to fall victim to what these mutts will do to us,' William told him, though also feeling something for the action.Steve, on the other hand, grew enraged by what Ellie said. Even more so after getting slammed face-first into the silver bars, a burning scar left on his face. "Return what I've given you? You mean beat me like I did to you? Who did nothing but succumb to your fate? Like hell you will! You think I will play the nice guy and be a gentleman to you?
In Maddie's house, the Alpha did not know why, but she was suddenly feeling a little restless. It was not only because she was bored, but for some reason, she couldn't feel calm at all. As far as she could tell, nothing was happening outside her house. No wolves rampaging on and getting into fights, no complaints of any sort was being made. Yet, she could not relax.'What is this funny feeling I've been getting...?' she wondered. 'Am I just bored because there is nothing else to do in this house?'Maddie highly doubted that was the case. A doubt that then made her wonder why she was feeling odd. She could try to sleep it off, but she didn't feel like wanting to sleep either. What was going on with her?'I suppose a little walk around the house won't hurt. I was told to not leave the house, but Albus didn't say I should stay in my room. Besides, he has the whole building protected under a spell,' she decided, leaving her bed.As she walked to the door, she was surprised to hear heavy,
Back in the dungeon, it became absolute hell for Steve. He thought with most of Maddie’s wolf in her and vice versa, Ellie would be as weak as his girlfriend initially was. How terribly wrong he was… Ellie being able to stand on her feet was not her acting tough at all. Likewise, the hits she got on him earlier were not just her being lucky as he had thought. No… He had sparred with her plenty of times before; this was basically Ellie back at full power!‘How… is this even possible?’ he wondered, getting relentlessly punched and kicked by his former mate. ‘She’s not supposed to be this strong anymore; her wolf is in Maddie! Either that or it’s supposed to be gone! Don’t tell me… Did she fake being weak this whole time?! No, that couldn’t be it. Back when we beat her, she had definitely gotten weak. And Maddie definitely got her strength from her wolf. So why the hell…? Why the hell is she this strong?!’Ellie landed a claw attack at Steve right in the face, knocking him back down, an
“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