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
Ellie perked up at the voice, not really expecting any sort of company to be around. Her surprise grew when she saw William approach her.“William… This is a surprise. I didn’t think you would want to come see me,” she stated.“I may have been at odds against you, but that’s in the past now,” he admitted, to her confusion.“So you’re not going to try to kill me like you did before?”“Not after what we went through in this twisted pack.” At that response, William sat next to her on the grass, looking up at the night sky. “Your people were ecstatic with the outcome.”Ellie did not need to ask which outcome he referred to, for the memory of the joyful expressions the Hermit wolves had after their surprise feast still remained in her head. Though… “I thought it was made clear. I’m not even a part of this pack any more,” she reminded William.“Even after all of that?” the Alpha questioned. “I may be getting ahead of myself here, but considering how they seemed fine being around you, I thin
It felt like a day of surprises for Ellie. It was one thing to get a visit from William, whom she still has a mate bond with, but Jengo? He who used to be her mate? Why was he here?"You want to speak to me? About what?" she asked.Jengo pressed his lips together at the questions asked. As a Beta, he knew better than to approach her for this particular matter. Especially not when she had proven herself to be of great help to his Alpha. As a simple werewolf who still has feelings for the man he loves, who is also the fated mate of the werewolf before him... He could not help feeling obligated to do this. Even more so when...For these past several days of helping the Hermit Werewolves recover and preparing Maddie and Steve's trial, Jengo had noticed how close Ellie and William had suddenly gotten. Even though they were fated mates, forced to separate due to a rejection done between them, rather than show any sort of hostility towards one another, they seemed to be more on friendly grou