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
Ellie did not know how to feel about this meeting. No, that would be a lie… She knew exactly how she felt, seeing Maddie again after all this time. Memories of her ‘sister’ taunting her, beating her, ordered all that humiliation she suffered through flowed back into her head like a river in a storm. And with each memory returned to her, adding to the scratch Maddie gave her when she stopped her from killing Steve… rage grew within her.Likewise, Maddie was just as enraged upon seeing the stray again. She was disgusted enough hearing about her being here. Seeing her, on the other hand… Words cannot express how she felt right then. Her hands clenched into tight fists, trembling as her blood started to boil the longer she stared at her. It most certainly did not help that she came rushing into the dungeon just in time to see Ellie coming close to killing off her beloved Beta.“I believe I asked you a question, you damn mutt… What the hell do you think you’re doing in my pack?” she asked
Steve was… shocked. Baffled. In denial with what he heard. This werewolf in front of them… He who has slaughtered several of their people and weakened him so… This bloodthirsty beast of a mutt… is supposed to be Maddie’s fated mate?! No… No, that couldn’t be possible!“You’re lying!” he shouted. “That murderer… Fated to be Maddie’s mate?! That is nothing more than a stupid joke! In fact, I can’t even take that as a joke! It’s not funny at all!”"Except for one- Well, two things, actually. One of them being that we are not joking about it; it is the complete truth. As for the other thing, we said she was supposed to be my mate. If your feelings for her are still as strong as they were before you accidentally rejected her, you don't need to worry about us getting together," William told him.Steve didn’t know if he should be relieved by that or still be in disbelief by it. Maybe both for all he knew. As for Maddie, she was still at a loss.“Wait… What is he saying? What is the meaning o
“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
“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