Chapter Five

"Is he mad?", voice 1 uttered. Many people point their hands towards the same direction and they couldn't stop the laughter from coming. "He is definitely crazy," voice 2 uttered in a mocking tone. 

Daniel is fast asleep with his head laid on the ground perfectly. He rolls on the nude floor rightwards and leftwards due to the voice penetrating his ear. "It's past 12 pm already, why is he still sleeping?" voice 3 uttered with so much concern. Daniel couldn't hold more words in his ears, he opened his eye slightly. The sun is shining very bright in the sky. He yawned heavily, his face looks so dull. He barely had the strength to take a stance from his position. He feels so tired and weak due to the alcohol he took. Finally! He summoned some courage to stand. Daniel stands and balanced himself but he felt severe pain in his head "auch", he panicked softly. He raised his right hand to feel what may be wrong with his head but to his greatest surprise, nothing is wrong. "I think I rested too much on my neck, I am feeling a lot of pain," he retorted before getting to know people were looking at him.

"What are you staring at?", He voiced angrily. The people observing him laughed terribly before they take their leave. "I hate these people," he said disgustingly and leave quietly. He walked as fast as his legs could carry him. "What's happening there?" He asked and tries to look more clearly. "Is that a battle of some sort?" He muttered within himself and run towards the place. He paused, "oh! Some members of the pack want to mob someone", he retorted due to the stone he could see on their hands. "Who could it be?", He reasoned within himself and walked to a position where he could see the narrow path. "The queen?" He voiced out. His eye popped and immediately, his left hand moved leftwards.

Vivian's face becomes red and soiled, she realised this is the end and hated herself for having to fight Michael at first. She stared at them and heard a sound behind her. It was quick and monstrous, she closed her eyes while tears of death couldn't stop itself from having to flow down her cheek. She felt a heat within. Her mouth keeps shaking while her teeth grind each other. "This is really the end," she pants in distress and expects to be touched. All she could hear is a painful groan. She opened her eyes and looked up slowly to see what is happening. "Wow!," She exclaimed softly as she beholds her enemy fall one after the other. 

Vivian stands up from where she fell when panic engrossed her. "He is fast," she murmured within when his sword pierced deep into the last member of the wolf that came to attack her. He removed it and drags his sword on the bare floor as if it were very heavy. His face is all frowned up while he walks gently to where Vivian is. "Is he coming to attack me?", Vivian panicked and walked backwards slowly. She seems defenceless and knows she could do nothing to a werewolf holding a sword with such speed. She stopped moving backwards and hope he is an ally. "Who are you?", She asked out of the blue and expects a vivid answer but he didn't answer, instead, he flung his sword into the air and walked very fast to where she stood holding just a few paces far from her. 

Vivian stared at him; her head rotates slightly to the left. He drops his sword and drops with his kneel on the ground. Vivian was amazed, "This is the custom of the wolves, it means he is not just an ally but a servant ready to serve?", Vivian wondered. "My name is Daniel, I am a mere wanderer who found out that his queen needs a little help. This is the token of my loyalty", he voiced aloud. Vivian smiled inaudibly, she is surprised. Her feet couldn't just stay dug on a spot, she moved them quickly and halted in his presence; " please, come with me", she humbly requested and stepped forward. 

Daniel keeps his face down for a while, he smiled gravely because he knew he has won the favour of the queen. "All my days of struggle have finally ended", he muttered to himself and stand up rapidly. The queen had already walked twenty paces forward before Daniel leapt to meet up. 

The queen was very happy as she walks to her house; she has never seen that kind of loyalty in all her years of existence. She didn't even expect a person to defend her since she is just a lady portrayed to bite her own husband. She happily opened her door and walked in. Daniel followed her with his heart full of joy. 

The queen walks some paces inwards and sits on a chair. Daniel halted with his ears alert to listen to whatever comes from her mouth. "Sit", she ordered with a bright smile on her face. Daniel sits on the nude floor, staring at her. "Thank you for what you did out there. I am highly pleased", she commended him. Daniel blushed a bit, "thank you ", he answered cheerfully. The queen is eager to say more but reserved her comment, "take your leave", she said, after a lot of deliberations. "Oh", Daniel was shocked at what she said, he expected more. He becomes so disappointed and zags his head. He stands up and steps some paces back towards the door. 

The queen stared at him with so much joy but she has got lots to do. Daniel closed the door behind him, "I thought I have just got a jackpot on her", he murmured within himself and starts to kick the stones that lay on the open floor. "I am all nothing and I deserve nothing, even after helping a queen", he tossed annoyingly with his disappointed, saggy face. 

The queen maintained her sitting posture. She faced down with her ear closed, her mind seems so heavy. "Now I am home, what am I going to do?", She asked herself. She laid her right hand on her hair and leaned backwards. Her face seems clogged; so many ideas keep coming, "how do I even approach them. No one loves me", she reasoned solely and waited for a quick answer to flow through. "I just need to call a meeting but what if I get stoned!", this rhetorical question couldn't stop itself from coming. 

It's almost evening and the sun is going down, but the gossip within the city is highly elevated and wouldn't go down for a while. Everybody keeps themselves busy with lots of gist about the queen. Half of the pack supported the queen while the other half didn't support the queen. The silver wolves wouldn't dare to talk, they tend their head and faced their work. Come what may, they don't care. 

Some members of the pack are just a few paces far away from the city. They are known as the most ruthless werewolves. They have the speed, and strength and they are unrelenting. They seemed not to like the idea of the queen coming back to the city to maintain her seat even after she hadn't fulfilled the custom. "The queen has failed to live with the Alpha, we must let her face the consequence", his voice audibly said from within them. "That's very true, we have to take the appropriate step", another voice audibly uttered.

"I don't even like her tenure, she is going down", another voice confessed with so much hatred. 

The day closed on their discussion, Daniel had to lay his head where he could for the night. He seems tired of everything and feels like ending it all, "I hope I have a better life", he said with a heavy heart.