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
With William and Raymond, the pair were in Maddie’s house, packing away anything and everything of Maddie and Aiden’s to be thrown away.“They have quite the abundance of personal items here, don’t they?” William said, dangling a bone necklace. “A bunch of junk, no less.”“Maddie has always been the spoiled child growing up. I think I remember my grandfather complaining about the number of times he told Aiden not to spoil her so much just because she was getting the easy way to being a ‘supposed great Alpha’. And of course, as you can see…” Raymond trailed off, not wanting to finish the obvious.Worm could only sigh at this. “How did someone like him become Alpha? Don’t tell me he has only been nothing more than a face of the pack. That the advisors and other higher-ups of this pack had been the ones doing all the work around here.”“Oh no. He has been a responsible Alpha. It's just… He was far too easy when it comes to his daughter. In which case kind of counteracts against his being
It was back when William was but a young werepup. Unlike the him now- ruthless beyond belief until recently- back then, William was a kind boy. Not all flowers and rainbows, but still respected enough by the people of his pack. So much so that…“Come on, William! Put some back into it!” an older werewolf instructed, defending himself bare from the young William’s hits, seemingly unaffected by them.William smirked at the little taunt. “You said it now, Dad!” William exclaimed, distancing himself from his father before rushing back in with a fist pulled back. He swung with all the strength he had in his child body, and landed a fierce punch at his father. Powerful enough to even send some wind blowing against him. As one would expect, though, it did nothing to really harm the older werewolf.The punch did, however, impress the many other werepups watching the spar.“No way… He actually managed to throw a punch that strong?”“Even if he is the Alpha’s son, at his age? That’s really impr
The Nex Pack… If one thought the Devorare Pack was a group to fear, they obviously have never met nor heard of the Nex Pack. A pack they may be, they do not fully operate as one. For one thing, as William had done during his time as Alpha, the Alpha of the Nex Pack is someone to fear. Rather… they are the true definition of fear. It matters not if one is friend or foe, young or old, strong or weak; get on their bad side in any way, and it was an instant death sentence for them. Some say the Alpha took joy in killing, while others say that the Alphas are voided of emotions. In fact, it was said that the whole New Pack was extremely cold towards others. More than the Devorare Pack would be. And that their pack name was called that way to indicate that there is always a target for them to sink their claws into. An outsider would have to be extremely lucky or cunning enough to be on their good side, as Sheera must have done back then. ‘And now I am being told that one of their members i
Ellie was fuming as she walked out of the Hermit Pack. She may have planned to rest up for the night and say her final goodbyes, but after what happened back there with William? She refused to stay any longer. Especially not if it meant seeing his face any longer. ‘God dammit, what the hell was that back there?!’ she wondered. ‘He didn’t have to get all touchy with me! If he wanted me gone that badly, he should’ve just said so! Why give me all that sweet talk earlier?! And he even said that I would be welcomed back into his pack, too! God, was I fated to be mates with lying, arrogant mutts?! I can’t believe this at all!’place No matter how she would ask him.Okay, you know what? Fine. Don’t tell me anything about the pack. I’ll find out about it myself,” she decided. “And since you find my real people so displeasing, I’ll just take my stuff and go.”Just as she reached out to one of her belongings- a baby blanket- William tore it apart., much to her shock And that of the two Hermit w