A cold gust of air approached me, sending waves of goosebumps in my body. Caught unprepared, I relied on my instincts to step back and dodge quickly in another direction. Skkkk!Still, the attacker managed to wound the side of my cheeks as he turned to where I was dodged and launched another attack again. I no longer cared about what direction to run off too. All I knew was that I needed to run for my life and escape. The chilling temperature in the air became colder and colder as it swept speedily on my body. Behind me I could sense that there were now several figures turned to pursue me. ‘They were not alone!’ This time my mind remembered the face of my attacker a few moments ago. His eyes were bloodshot, but a trace of excitement ran on his face. It is as if getting me killed would be the price he only needed. ‘Who are these people?’ I wondered as the cold beads of sweat trickled all over my body. I desperately searched for something to hide in the forest. But the dark of
Blake's POVThat entire afternoon, I could not help but become uneasy. Lyra’s snide remarks pierced through my heart and caused my soul to stir in worry and fear that Chloe would figure something out. It is not that I wanted to lie about the entire situation. I just knew that Chloe would beat herself up the moment she knew of these things. I cannot bring myself to tell what happened when she left, I could not bear to see her feeling guilty about it all. “Blake…”Placing back and forth in the office, Arthur who had just finished his report, sighed, and called my name.I turned on him and realized that he looked at me with a hint of blame and helplessness, “Don’t blame Lyra too much…” His expression and words caused my face to darken as I felt exasperated to hear that kind of thing in his mouth, “Arthur, can you hear what you are saying?!” I looked at him in glaring frustration as my thunderous voice roared, “Because of her running her mouth needlessly, Chloe chose to run off! Now
Blake's POVI tapped on the power of my wolf and immediately shot towards where their scent was going. I rushed deeper and deeper in the woods, until Chloe and the other’s scents thickened and intertwined. Finally, I stopped seeing the situation my mate was in. Trapped and helpless, I saw Chloe collapsed in the ground while several attacks were already rushing to take her life away. Her body was full of scratches and dirt, her face filled with tears and horror. She was closing her eyes, as if she had already resigned to her fate.‘How dare you!’ The intense will to kill and destroy covered me as I moved as fast as I could and killed off the attackers. As I rushed, I could see the smug look on their faces, looking at my mate like she was a prize to win. These sc*ms think they could even step on me as if they were powerful? Before me, the Lycan King, they will die without even having a chance to scream for their lives. Their lives were like a piece of paper to me, so easy to tea
Chloe's POV“Chloe… what have the two of you done?” Lying on the bed, I felt cold all over my body as I heard Teacher Astor’s question. He was trembling as he looked at me in sorrow, pity and grief. His question was only composed of two words but I know the entire implication of it. What did Blake and I have done to come to this? My eyes darted at Teacher Astor who was scrambling on the cabinet of medicine and tools trying to save me while he mumbled these words.I opened my mouth to answer my teacher’s question but the strength in me finally left and everything went black. I did not know how long I was sleeping but I was brought back to my consciousness once again when I smelled a faint scent of calming incense. “Teacher…” I searched for Teacher Astor as I forced myself to sit.“Chloe, don’t force yourself… Lie and rest.” Teacher Astor felt my movements and immediately warned. I shook my head and insisted on sitting, looking at my teacher pleadingly as I asked, “How’s my child
Chloe’s POVI knelt on the ground, blankly staring at the grave feeling light headed. I still could not believe that my baby was gone and could never see the light of the world. Carrie was beside me, with her heartbreaking cries she carefully decorated the surroundings of the grave with flowers. Placing the last flower on my hand, I touched the ground and took a handful of earth on my baby’s grave. Tears started to fall once more as I remembered that I would be leaving this place once more. In my heart, I would never ever go back to this place again. ‘Watch me from above, my lovely child…’ I whispered silently in my heart as I pulled my body up and stood. “Hic…” But as I took a step forward, my body and my mind began to crumble once more in devastation. ‘What could be my reason to live?’ ‘My baby is gone…’ ‘I cannot be with Blake as well…’ ‘Where to?’ “Chloe, are you alright?” Carrie speedily stood and caught up to me, immediately preventing me from falling. “I-im fine Car
Chloe's POVI placed the dagger strongly in my hand and looked at the direction where the presence was coming from. Only then did I see a young man approaching the area I am in. He stepped out from the shadows and revealed himself. There was a spear in his hand, and a dead rabbit on the other. One look and I could see that he had gone for a quick hunt and stumbled to me, unfortunately.He had a tanned skin tone that lay underneath his tattered clothes. His eyes emitted a trace of vigilance and coldness but strangely upon seeing me, the vigilance diminished a lot. ‘A rogue?’ I raised my brow in wonder, as I looked at him and observed his actions. But the more I looked at him, the more I was confused. Although he really looked like someone who had spent a lot of time in the forest, his entire demeanor and appearance did not look like the vicious rogues at all. Beside his tattered clothes, his long hair was tied neatly in a man bun and his nails were all fleshy pink, without a sign
“D-destroyed by the L-lycan King?” I mumbled with my heart skipping a beat. Here sitting beside me was a person that was a victim of Blake’s drastic decision. “Yes… he did…” There was a flash of coldness in his gray eyes as he answered. The veins on his hand appeared as he tightened the grip on his skewered rabbit meat. “When I came back to our territory for a mission, all I saw were ruins and corpses…”“I went around and found that the Silver Pack was invading enemy packs during this time, and I knew… they did it to my pack!” The silence between us became heavier as I felt the strong sense of guilt in my heart. I cannot look at Caleb’s face anymore, afraid that he would find my uneasiness suspicious. “I-i see…” I uttered, trying to sound as normal as possible, “Then where are you heading to?” Caleb looked at the stars in the sky and replied with loneliness in his heart, “Searching for survivors… when I buried the corpses there were some people missing… so they might have escape
ChloeMy heart leaped and a chill ran through my entire body. The words "Are they planning to attack the Red Moon Pack?" echoed in my mind. Glancing at the werewolves camping nearby, I tightened my grip on my hands and cautiously approached, desperate to catch snippets of their conversation."Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Caleb whispered angrily, but I disregarded him. The forest enveloped us with its dense foliage and abundant plant life. Utilizing the cover it provided, I managed to stealthily draw closer, eager to eavesdrop on their conversation."Silence! This is what the beta has commanded. Or do you have intentions of defying orders?""W-what are you implying?! I never said such a thing!" The man immediately shrank back, his face draining of color."Then keep your mouth shut," the older man hissed. "Don't be an arrogant imbecile and prepare yourself for the upcoming assault!" He uttered before striding away. Once he was out of sight, the first man angrily grasped the bu
ChloeWe stared at the sight in shock and a flash of realization came over us as the puncture on the fog wall rapidly closed up.“As you can see, we can only see the pathway for a few seconds then it will close again…” Alpha Nador calmly exclaimed. Then from his large bag, he revealed a thick rope, heavy and long. “We need to have one person, the most nimble among us to cross the thin pathway. Once he reaches the other side, he has to connect the rope so that all others will be guided. For I can only open the fog wall here on the stable ground. The pathway is so thin that it would crumble once we tried to exert our energies while stepping on it.” Alpha Nador then explained. Then he looked at us, asking with his eyes who among us would be the first to cross the path. “I’ll go…” Blake did not hesitate and immediately answered. “Good!” Alpha Nador said as he tied the rope on Blake’s waist and told him some instructions. Before he went, I held his hand and said in worry, “Be careful
ChloeThere has been a great change at the joint camp these days. After Blake’s last expedition in the Rain Valley, we welcomed the news of a newfound ally.Alpha Nador, the leader of the Rain Valley pack surrendered to Blake in an all-out duel and submitted themselves to his command.While it was not a smooth process of acquiring allies, we managed to pull through and integrate their members into our alliance after ensuring that they all agreed that we would put all hostilities behind us. Just like the Frost Fang pack, the alliance will only last until we have eradicated Alpha Kain’s forces. After that, we will release them to be independent.This condition made the other members of the Rain Valley pack finally put their doubts behind them and fully face our goals head-on.Another thing that made us shocked was the discovery of a hidden association of werewolf packs who were against Alpha Kain’s regime. Because Alpha Nador had recently joined, he also gave us the information about t
BlakeRumble!!!As the thunder and lightning covered the dark expanse of the Rain Valley, so were the attacks being released back and forth. With the explosive blows he had released for quite a long period of exchange, I could not help but admire his might. How could he last for so long maintaining the peak condition of his attacks while also receiving blows from me?“C’mmon… Aren’t you so arrogant to say that you would subdue me and show me what you are made of?” There was a trace of impatience on the Rain Valley Alpha’s tone. “If you are not going to move, then I’ll take that as you admitting your defeat!” With that he gathered all his power and charged once more with another attack.I stood there unmoving, my heart was still contemplating as to why there is a small part of me that was hesitant to take the life of this Alpha. It’s like something from far away… where my hands couldn’t reach, tells me that I have to spare the Rain Valley Pack!However, in the utterly muddy and rain
BlakeCaleb noticed the person a second too late, and so despite his preparation the angle where the opponent is coming from will surely deal a great amount of damage to him. My face darkened as I realized this, without thinking further I used Eron’s power to rush in the attacker’s position to impede his attack.Boom!!As I brandished my fist to meet the large body of the opponent and the impact caused a sudden gust of the wind throwing off everyone in the battlefield. “Alpha…” Caleb realized what had happened when the pain he was anticipating did not land on his body. He looked at me wide eyed as he did not expect me to intercept the attacker’s movement while coming from a distance. “Don’t mind me… rally the troops and handle the rest! I’ll take this one!” I instructed. Surprisingly and for the first time, I saw no trace of resistance and stiffness on Caleb’s face as he nodded and obeyed my command. Welcoming the new development, I was relieved to take this position as I know t
BlakeWith that everyone took their own places and readjusted. After that, I called for Idriss and Caleb to assemble them after an hour to check of their temperaments. Even as the temporary alpha of this team, I could feel the state of their being just by looking at their countenance. While it seemed like everything was according to Caleb and Idris’s plans by far, we cannot let our guards down and cause a fatal error to the mission. To my relief, all seemed to come back to their peak state when they regrouped after an hour. Going with it was the night finally ripening even as the rain continued to fall unceasingly. As the heavy droplets of water poured down endlessly on the valley the forest became pitch black and the ground became muddier the longer we traversed in it. There’s no other silence but the incessant rain and there’s no other obstacle but the cruel terrain. Even so all of us silently pressed forward having to come here with a mission at hand. Soon the first teams re
Blake The entire barracks went silent momentarily, but the sound of cheers came right after. To the members of the alliance, the presence of one leader will empower them as they go on a dangerous mission. Idris was calm but his eyes looked at me with appreciation. However, Caleb still had a frozen look on his face.As for me, his attitude isn't something I mind, unless provokes me by making a move on Chloe.As for his loyalty, I know that he wouldn't betray the alliance so I left it like that.Having announced my decision I left the briefing on Caleb and Idris, letting them know that while I said that I will join the expedition, it will not cause a change on the plans the two have already set."Tonight, we will set off to the target alliance that we have on our list…" It was Caleb who did the honors in introducing the target to everyone. "...Living on the far west from the Blood Hound Pack, the Rain Valley Pack is the last pack that we have to take on for the second phase of our
BlakeAs soon as I uttered those words, Chloe’s body froze momentarily in surprise. The next moment she gave a light hearted chuckle and sunk into my embrace. Her response was fully welcomed by every bit of my being. Like we are each other’s fountain of life, we stayed like that for a little while. I looked down and took a good look at my mate’s face once more. Caressing the side of her face, my heart felt the piercing pain of seeing how exhausted she was as she pushed herself in deciphering the poison.“I heard from your student and Arthur that you have not gone out since taking the poison from my sickbed? Why do you torture your body this much?” I uttered in helpless pain. But when I was expecting for her to give me a rather serious explanation, I was blown away when I saw my mate pout adorably as she replied back, “What goes the same to you, aint it?” My heart felt like it was going to drop. For I am not prepared to be attacked in such a way. Her eyes looked at me as she contin
Blake“There you go… All done!” Arthur clapped his hands as he took the casts and bandages in my body. After two days of recovering, my body is finally ready to move normally. Thanks to the combined efforts of Arthur and Chloe, developing a potion that could repair broken bones, I was able to come back in tip-top shape in less than a week even with the heavy injuries that I had. “What’s your plans today?” Arthur cast a curious look on me as he tidied up his things and prepared to go to Chloe’s laboratory.“I was thinking of visiting your lab to see Chloe... But looking at your countenance these days, it seems like everything isn’t going well?” I replied. “Sigh… it is as you said… I’ve even contacted Father to take a look at it because it seems like we were not even close to deciphering a layer of it…” Arthur brushed his head while lamenting over the matter of the poison. “It’s only been two days… don’t pressure yourself too much,” I replied. “I know man…. But we cannot afford tha
Chloe“Made by Uncle Gauss?” My entire body trembled when I heard his name and the words that Blake said. In my hands, the very poison used by my uncle to kill Dad. The very poison I was not able to successfully save my father from. And even after his death and after five years of relentlessly searching, there was still no clue as to what could counter this poison at all. This very poison was one of the two poisons I promised myself to defeat, the other being the one that infected me and Aurora. “Chloe… you good?” Arthur called out softly as the two of them noticed that I fell in a daze the moment I heard the information from Blake. “No, I’m fine… it’s just that, I did not expect that I would have to encounter this poison when I am still unable to find out how to counter it.” For the first time in the last five years, I openly told someone that I was unable to guarantee that I could deal with this poison in front of me. “Don’t worry, we’ll help you. Esha is also a good child you