A few days back, elsewhere in the woods, Albus knelt before a very intimidating figure, trying hard not to tremble in their presence, as he gave news of what happened in the Hermit Pack."So, in other words, Anus... You failed to do your part in that pack as you did to previous ones?" the figure questioned coldly.'It's 'Albus', actually...' Albus thought, wanting to correct the figure, but was far too frightened to do so."T-That's... Uh... So to say... Yes..." he instead reluctantly answered with a light stutter. "B-But hey! It's okay! It's just one pack; there are plenty of others I am acquainted with! If I can just go to those packs, get closer to them like I did to the Liberal Pack, I can get you the sight of their suffering faces! Just as you and your pack enjoyed seeing!"Despite the promise, the figure seemed unamused by it. Not just him, but many other werewolves present around them. All staring at the one outsider in the center. The silence was leaving a lot of pressure on A
With the orders received, many of the Nex Pack's juvenile werewolves rushed on ahead in search for their target. One teen in particular was most especially ecstatic with the mission given.'Finally~! After all this time, we can finally do some actual killing~' the young teen thought in glee.'Well, someone is looking rather happy,' her wolf said.'How can I not, Lyksis? We get to do some real killing outside of hunts~ I know this is still a test, but you know how much I have been craving to shed some blood! All of that hunting we did, and watching the suffering of the other werewolves... All of those had been making my fur tremble in excitement~! Making me want to kill others even more~!''Yes, I understand that, Lyra. However, you should know you are not the only one who has been getting tempted to do such things. Surely you haven't forgotten how often our people has been getting into fights these days. In fact, you were also involved in a few.'Lyra licked her lips at her wolf's wor
Ellie was seething with everything that occurred in her life. All she wanted to do was to find her way back to the pack she was born in, and know exactly what kind of pack they are. She did not ask for any lies to be told to her, nor did she ask to have such a difficult life. All she wanted... All she has ever asked for, was to just live a peaceful life. Was such a thing truly too much for her to ask for? Was she just not allowed to ask for anything good to happen for just her? Just what in the world does the Moon Goddess want with her?So many questions filled her head, so little answers were given. Somehow, it feels as though her life is so full of questions that are not meant to be answered. Was this really how her life was to be like? If it was... she wanted none of it any longer.Ellie was so tempted to have Jengo kill her in some way, to do them both and William the favor of freeing them from her. At least with her dead, William's wolf would not be so negatively affected by the
Neither Ellie nor Jengo could believe the predicament they found themselves in. When did all of these werewolves get behind them?! Were they friends of that ‘Lyra’ wolf? Just what pack are they from?! They couldn’t really be from the Nex Pack, could they?“Lyra, you’re taking quite a while in getting the mission done,” one of them spoke. “Since you were here first, many of us had thought of letting you kill the girl while one of us goes for the guy, as well as the other werewolves back in the Hermit Pack area. Yet here you are, fooling around? What the Alpha say when he sees this.”Lyra turned to the werewolf with a pout. “Can you blame me, Hayden? Unlike you guys, I have a close relationship to the target, even if she doesn’t remember us. Besides, this is our first kill target in years~! You can’t possibly tell me you know how to act in this sort of situation.”“Our instructors explicitly told us what to do when in contact with our target, regardless if they are our first or not. As
Meanwhile, with Jengo and his group of Nex Werewolves, the Beta was getting dragged quite far away from Ellie and Lyra. He struggled with all his might against his captor, Hayden’s, grip, however the young werewolf kept his claws punctured in Jengo’s arm, making it impossible for him to even get loose.“Why you…! Let me go!” Jengo shouted, managing to swing his free arm and his captor’s, clawing him and causing him to release his hold with a whimper. In the process, however, Jengo skidded to a halt on the ground, and found himself surrounded by the other Nex Wolves.“Still got some fight in ya, don’t ya?” Jayden said. “Here I thought with how pathetic those other werewolves were, all mutts outside the Nex Pack would be so disgustingly weak. Then again, I suppose your pack has quite a strong reputation, compared to those dead ones.”Jengo’s eyes narrowed at those words. “What do you mean?”“Exactly as I say it. All that time watching those mutts suffer from their own gullibility or the
Ellie couldn’t believe the difficulty she was facing… Even if she did hear of how dangerous the Nex Pack was just recently, in most normal cases, juveniles wouldn’t be as strong or skilled in combat as adult werewolves would. But this werewolf she was fighting?! Lyra may as well be a slow-aging werewolf, or an adult acting as a child! Try as Ellie might, all she could do was defend herself to the best of her ability, ending up with a series of cuts all over her body, especially on her arms, which also have some bruises from blocking some unavoidable attacks. And throughout it all?“So yeah, for these past ten plus years, no one in the Nex Pack has ever gone on another Kill Hunt. We may be cold-blooded killers who think less of everyone else, but as werewolves, we still honor promises. Sadly, though normal hunts don’t count in the promise, killing off preys to eat are not as satisfactory as killing off preys for sheer excitement. For one thing, preys can’t fight back. And even if they
It was silent in the woods as Lyra continued to stare at Ellie. After revealing what she knew about the older werewolf’s past, the latter became quiet, to the younger werewolf’s wonder. It was not as though she was worried about her, as it was more that she did not want the ‘fun’ they were having to be ruined over what she believed was a trivial matter.“Hm? Hey, yoo-hoo~ Are you awake in there?” she called. “Don’t tell my that punch knocked you out in addition to making you vomit.”Almost as soon as she asked that, a fist suddenly came to her face. Though taken by surprise by the action, the younger werewolf raised a hand up and blocked the strike, only to be left wide open for another fist to hit her in the stomach, and sent her skidding back. Unlike with Ellie, she didn’t get sent far, and she didn’t feel much pain from the punch. It had some force in them, but not enough for Lyra to feel any pain. It did, however, intrigue her.“Ah hah… So you have been holding back. And you just
With William, he ran as fast as he could in the woods in his wolf form. Ever since he got that bad feeling earlier, he became worried about the source behind it. The Alpha couldn’t really explain why he thought so, but something told him something was happening to Jen, and he had to be there to help him.‘I know this feeling you’re getting is not from our mate, but are you sure it’s Jengo on the other end of it?’ Liam questioned his werewolf.‘It has to be! Don’t question how I know; I just do!’ William answered. ‘And if I don’t pick up the pace… Something tells me something terrible will happen to Jengo.’Liam wanted to say something, but going by how worried William was for his Beta boyfriend, he decided to say nothing. It would not do him any good to start up an argument with his werewolf. Not at the risk of worsening his mental state in any way.“Alpha William! Just to be sure, you’re sure something is happening to Beta Jengo?!” Raymond asked. He who was also in his Wolf Form, and
“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