The Alpha King’s legs and paw were bigger than anything I’ve seen. And just when I thought I had seen the brightest those gold orbs he could get, I was struck by a pair that almost had me blinded. They looked like headlights; shining, sparkling, as they intently watched me. Like the stories shared about the lycan king, Titus’ wolf was bigger than any wolf. He looked almost twice as big as a normal lycan. His fur could camouflage in the dark because of how black it was. And his Alpha presence…They could command anyone to bid his will even without him uttering anything. And I instinctively froze at the feel of that.The king’s wolf walked closer to us, and Jia just stood frozen there, sensing how strong and dominant his presence was.We’ve encountered quite a few Alphas that visited Madame’s House before, but none of them felt as compelling.He didn’t even grumble nor speak a word yet, but I could feel us already submitting to his presence.The king’s large wolf started circling us,
“Where have you been, Ringwood?” Miranda immediately asked as soon as I stepped inside the Omega house.Her back was on me as she did things in the kitchen this early, her hair already in place with her usual black semi-formal dress on. She was alone.“The king came here earlier,” she continued, moving around the place to prepare for breakfast.“He was looking for you…” she turned to her back and her voice faded as soon as she saw me, just in a white baggy shirt.The head matron watched me with those gray eyes of hers, but instead of her usually strict or monotonous look, a flash of empathy crossed them as they watched me.Miranda’s seemingly understanding of my situation was making me emotional again. I suddenly started tearing up. I looked down. She sighed. “Come on.” My tears fell down when she walked towards me.Miranda guided me towards my room, and I continued crying silently when she suddenly opened my closet that barely had anything inside. She took a pair of pants as I s
“I lost sight of you last night.”Maddie said as soon as she saw me at the Omega House’s backyard. I turned to her and she immediately waved a hand and smiled at me, her light blonde, curly hair moving along with the wind. She held my arm as soon as she came near my spot. I was sweeping the ground out of dried leaves.“I just got busy,” I said and continued sweeping. “Samuel told you that, didn’t he?”Maddie nodded. “He did.” She suddenly frowned.“I think I saw that kid somewhere, I just couldn’t remember where.”I stood up straight and wiped the sweat on my forehead. It was already noon and lunch had just finished in the assembly where the meetings will be held later with the leaders. Some were still coming, who were not able to attend last night’s event.“Samuel?” I asked, a little distracted from her words. My mind was still present in the conversation I had with Miranda.Her words reminded me of what Sebastian told me when we were in the mansion. They basically said the same
“Sabrina Ringwood?” He confirmed, looking at my face intently as my heart quickened in pace.“N-Nathan?” I whispered in shock and a mixture of emotions.He nodded excitedly. His familiar charming smile that brightens up his entire face plastered all over the place.“It’s me, Sabbie!” He suddenly exclaimed and engulfed me in a hug.I didn’t move as surprise hit me. My eyes were still wide as my hands froze in the air.“Y-you’re really Nathan?” I asked, dumbstrucked of his presence.The last time I saw him, I was still 14. He was shorter than me, thinner and had glasses. He was my neighbor, a son of a Beta that died young and had grown with his grandmother and mother. We had a lot in common. One, being children of single parents; two, the love for arts and books; three, the love for fighting and training with the warriors in the pack even when we were too young to join them.I had a couple more friends, but he was the closest one I had. He fought for me, as I fought for him when it was
“So, how’s life been?”Nathan immediately asked as soon as we both settled down on our table for dinner.Their meeting that lasted almost 5 hours had just finished, and saying that he was famished, he invited me inside the dining hall, which was only specifically for the visitors of Vamos for the leaders’ meeting.I looked around the place, kind of wary of the other big presence and Alphas that were around, dining. And well, I was still in uniform as one of the night’s servers.“Are you not allowed to dine with me here? We can find another place if you’re uncomfortable.” I immediately shook my head when he noticed my wariness. “No, it’s okay,” I settled on my seat and focused on his suit-clad figure. “I guess I just feel kind of awkward since I’m in uniform and am still supposed to be serving instead of eating and chatting.”He smiled and leaned his elbows on the table.“Nah. You have to have dinner too. And your head said it’s alright to eat anywhere, right? As long as another ser
A few days have passed and the last day for the leaders’ meeting has come. For the last few days, I had been enjoying it because of Nathan’s presence. He told me all sorts of stories from our home pack, the Eden pack, and gave me information about everyone that I knew. How our other friend Sandra was also pregnant, with her boyfriend who turned out to also be her mate from our neighboring pack. He also told me how Nancy found her mate and how they were having twins in less than three months now. And I also asked him what they did to our house, now that there was no one living in it. Thankfully, he told me they kept it as is, always believing that they’d soon find me. And what I’m most grateful for, is they took care of my father after what happened. They turned his body into ashes and put his urn inside our house. Nathan also informed me about the investigations they did about the kidnapping. That it was a surprise attack, knowing our Alpha was not in the pack at that time, a
“What are you doing here?”I asked, shocked at his presence.I looked around the place, making sure no one was awake as he stayed here.“Sabrina,” my attention snapped back to him when he almost growled my name out. “Do you have a relationship with him?” He gritted out.“Did you really just come here to ask that?”“Answer my question,” he once again gritted out, sounding like he was just holding himself in.Seeing the way he clenched his fists as his hazel eyes continued darkening at the emergence of his wolf’s eyes, anger also started burning inside me.“And what is it to you?” I snapped. “You and I both know that wouldn’t matter because of the state of… whatever we have with each other.”“Matebond,” he growled out. “We have a matebond, Sabrina.”“And?” I asked, meeting his angry eyes. “Does it really matter?“Yes, it does. You have a mate,” he retorted, his anger still very much evident in his tone.“Really?” I stared at him in disbelief. “You’re really the one saying that when you
I looked up, staring at his face now that we were close enough. And despite the darkness in the room, I could see brightly how this seem to torture him. I swallowed and looked down on our now joined hands, feeling tingles from his calloused palms rubbing against my softer skin. I closed my eyes briefly and inhaled a sharp breath. “It’s because you’re holding yourself back,” I said silently. I looked back up at him, seeing how he was already looking. “Why? Why are you holding back?” I swallowed, my emotions starting to bubble. “You said you’re not supposed to have me. Is it because you already have someone betrothed to you? Is it because of your duties as king?” My chest tightened at all the possible reasons why he couldn’t seem to just come to me openly. “I-I’m also tired of fighting, Titus. There are so many things that are confusing me.” I closed my eyes briefly, trying to regain my control as I let my mind take over my anger and emotions. “But over the past days, I le
It took months before Vamos was able to recover. The fire that had started in the storage area of the pack had gotten so big it ruined half of the woods behind it. It went to the villages, the Office Building and the Omega House. Thankfully, the last two structures weren’t completely devoured as our other packmates quickly managed to stop the fire while the fights continued on the grounds that night. With the Command I did—which I vaguely remember doing. I thought I was just wishing it to happen—some rogues indeed snapped out of the effects of the Freedom. They stopped fighting and realized what was happening. Most of them were our packmates that were bitten and have turned. Still the effect of my Command, some did fight their heads, and most ran to follow Benjamin’s scent as he tried to escape. His body was then found by the Kingsguards who went to some rounds all around the pack vicinity. He was almost at the edge of Vamos, going to the human community, but the rogues were able
“Please! Wake up!” I screamed as tears finally fell down on my cheeks. “Titus, please! Wake up!” I cried and held his cheeks. His eyes were closed, and blood was all over his face. And I could see how battered he was. His lip was cut, his nose was shattered and his right brow was cut. But I know he’s still there. I may not hear him, nor feel his presence, but I know he’s still there.He has to be. “Sabrina, he’s been bitten too many times. He will change—“”We have a cure!” I looked up at him and immediately remembered that I left Lana and Nathan inside the clinic. “Lana and Nathan have the cure! Get to them and make them come here!”But Sebastian continued looking at me sadly. Maddie was already crying beside him as she clutched on his arm. I looked at all the others who were around us: the Councilmen, Edwin, the Kingsguards, even Miranda who remained strong and alive along with our packmates who survived.Anger boiled in my chest when all I could see were sadness and defeat in
Chaos continued on the pack of Vamos.But my eyes were trained towards my mate. Benjamin had shifted on his dirty, black and brown wolf who was buff but smaller than Dmitri. I knew that he was in no shape to fight the Alpha King. Titus was vicious, and I saw how just like me, he was just holding back earlier. “Ahhhh!” I turned and saw the scarred lycan as he held his spear in hand, ready to attack me. I jumped in the air and kicked another rogue for traction as I flipped in the air. With my jaw prepared to get his head, my back paws kicked the spear down and closed my jaw on his shoulders, making him scream. Blood boiling, I bit harder on his shoulder even when his blood had coated my nose and chin already. But I didn’t care. I wanted him gone forever. He has always been a pawn. Many lives were wasted, ruined and lost because of him. I yelped when even with immense pain, he managed to slash my side with another spear he suddenly grabbed from the rogue who passed by. I flew back
I walked towards the grounds where almost all the fights stopped at the emergence of the new group. For a moment, everything seemed to have frozen as my mind filled with rage for the man who ruined my life. Those pitch black eyes suddenly found mine, and a grin immediately plastered on his scarred face. “Ah, Sabrina. It’s so nice to see that you are okay.””Bastard,” I seethed. He just smirked. “I’m going to kill you.”His smirk turned into a grin as he positioned. “Try me.”I lunged at him, shifting mid-air and abandoning all thoughts of not causing permanent harm to anyone. This man deserved all the harm anyone could cause him after all the evil things he has done. I was about to bite his head off when he suddenly brought up a spear which he used to cover his face. My jaw clenched on the metal weapon, and with my grip still on it, he threw his arm out, making my body fly in the air. I landed on my paws, finding my balance. The bastard didn’t expect how quick I was when with ano
Screams echoed all around the pack as a huge explosion shook the ground once again.I stood up and took the two bags filled with needles I managed to already put tranquilizers on and ran towards the window. My eyes widened when I saw how huge the fire had gotten in the forest. And it was now crawling towards the Omega House and the villages, where the explosion happened. “No…” I breathed out and quickly ran back down. I fought against the rogues I came across. I immediately noticed how their numbers have doubled in just a couple of minutes. I was surrounded by five or six people, but with the tranquilizers I have in hand, I managed to push down two within just a minute. ‘Sabrina!’ Someone screamed but I couldn’t look where it was as I struggled at the neck lock that I was caged in. Taking another needle from the lab gown’s side, I injected it to him and stabbed the other one who attacked me. I pushed out the liquid to his skin.But before I could attack the last one in front of
‘We’re almost there!’ Nate and I’s paws pounded on the ground, but a rogue suddenly appeared behind the shadows, making me stop for a while. ‘Rina!’ I backed away as Nate took on the rogue. I let him, knowing he was far stronger. And I could sense how eager and suddenly fired up Nate was. It's just like me, the compulsion we heard from our king about killing an infected wolf was making us want to do it more. The rogue went down and we quickly made our way towards the entrance of the dungeon that we could now see. Thankfully, there was still no one there that could possibly stop us. ‘Let’s run faster, before anyone gets here.’We both sped up, knowing the possibility was there. Our paws made loud noises as soon as we entered the quiet cave of the dungeon. The cave’s width and height accommodated us as we both entered the prison where Lana Wintour was.”Nathan,” Lana called as soon as she recognized Nate’s wolf. Nate didn’t say anything but I saw something flash in his eyes.I tur
‘Go, Maddie and I will continue helping the rescue. We can’t abandon this or everyone will be turned.’ Edwin told us. ‘Go, Rina. Only you two can stop this.’ Maddie added. ‘Let’s go.’ Nate and I started running in the opposite direction. We were now running towards the pack grounds where most of the fights were happening. Lana told me she was studying my blood samples for something else. I could only hope she was studying them for a cure. And that that cure is already available now. If it is, I don’t know yet how we are going to spread that to the infected. But first, we have to make sure we have a cure for this.’She has the cure?’ Nate asked amidst another fight we were having. We were teaming up now to make things quick. Nate is a very skilled fighter and is very strong, he could make the enemies fall down in a matter of a few seconds. His wolf’s jaw was so strong he could rip anyone apart. I’ll have to thank him for even being here. He’s an Alpha in a different pack. And yet,
Being bigger and heavier than her, I immediately locked her on the ground. She barked at my face, and I was once again surprised at how strong they were. I was fighting a half turned young wolf. She’s a teenager, and yet she’s almost as strong as the trained Warriors I have fought. I could see that they are unlike the rogues I have encountered before. They were not mindless. They know what they’re doing, but their minds are twisted with the Freedom’s ideology. And the dark protruding veins around their body wasn’t as huge. They were smaller now, but they crawled at a wider scope like webs in their body.“We will defeat you! This kingdom is ours—“I cut off her screams and bit off her neck when she tried getting away. I heard a crack and pulled back, just leaving her unconscious as I processed everything that was happening. They indeed have perfected the Freedom. The turned wolves are more coherent and mindful—but manipulated according to their liking. Benjamin has infiltrated the p
As soon as I was able to properly stand up, the soldiers started attacking. Loud screams and groans echoed around the grounds as Titus and Sebastian moved like lightning. I barely had anyone attacking me when the rest of the Warriors came in to back us up. I didn’t know there were this many that had gotten the injection. There were basically more than fifty of them. And they were moving unexpectedly faster, their attacks stronger. I huffed when someone was able to approach me with a swing on his heavy fist. I fortunately evaded it and it landed on the nearest tree on my back which had my eyes widen.The tree bark just shattered, making the tree shake. It could have been my face.I faced the Warrior rogue and saw his pitch black, sparkling eyes. “Ahh!”I quickly moved away before he could smash my face. He was unimaginably strong for someone who’s gotten half of his body burned. This was the effect of the perfected Freedom. They are going to be as strong as trained lycans. They wi