ChloeThe morning came and the dense forest protecting the new Blood Moon Pack was moist and dewy. Esha and I walked through the trail in a relaxed manner, our feet getting heavier with the dense mud that is accumulating because of the heavy downpour that happened a few days ago. After placating Esha for sometime, I ordered her to prepare immediately for our quick trip to the human town ahead. We donned inconspicuous clothing as we masked ourselves with the usual persona we took whenever we went to the town as healers. The town was remote and secluded. It was far from the tales I heard from my childhood about human towns where advanced technology and infrastructure dictated their way of life. Instead, these people lived in simplicity and seclusion, as if trying to shut themselves off from the rest of the earth.When we came here the first time, their eyes were filled with worry more than anything else. I have a vague understanding of humans from what I usually overheard from my fa
Blake‘s POVAfter coaxing, the boy finally relented and decided to give me more information.As the teenage boy warily stood in front of me in a small alley of the desolate town, I listened to his explanations trying to find a trace of Chloe in his words. “That mysterious doctor, can you describe her to me?” I looked at him as I pulled out a piece of pencil and paper. He described the mysterious doctor’s features and I tried to draw her countenance according to his words. However, after asking him again and again, the image that was made was someone whom I do not even recognize. A wave of disappointment came upon me as I felt that the doctor whom the boy was pertaining to was not even Chloe at all… However, the aura I was feeling was becoming slightly stronger the more I stayed here in town. ‘Is it a dead end?’ I questioned myself as I looked at the pitiful boy in front of me. Seeing my gaze, the boy continued giving me information, “T-the doctor comes down to town every now and
Blake's POVMy body acted on its own as it turned to the direction of where the presence came from. The scent was so familiar that it made my chest tightened in anticipation.With anticipation Chloe’s image played in my mind a dozen times. It was never until this moment that I realized how much I wanted to see her face. Wanting to touch her, feel her, beg on my knees and ask for her forgiveness… The years that passed were not able to bury all these desires of mine away. Yet, a wave of cold air doused my fantasies the moment I saw who the person was. “What brings you here?” Wary voice of a young woman who was not even of age, dressed in simple clothes that exudes charity and selflessness… and a pair of pale brown eyes that were filled with coldness and suspicion…There was no way that the person in front of me was Chloe.“Identify yourself!” She asked once more.A wave of disappointment came and woke me up in my senses. ‘Ah… how could I even think that it was easy to see her after
Blake's POVSeeing that she was not keen to say anything about herself yet, I did not say any word and just patiently waited while diminishing my presence. I know that it was not easy to fish out information, especially to someone as wary as her.“No wonder the townspeople thought that your mother’s disease is contagious…” The young doctor frowned as she slowly pulled out the sleeve of the patient’s clothes. Red painful blisters were all over her body, some were filled with pus and already close to rotting. “P-Please! Help my mother… doctor!” Larry’s eyes reddened in panic as he heard the doctor’s words. “En… First, I will give her something to address the source of the illness… Her fever was caused by the severe infection in her skin… but rest assured it is not contagious and now that we are here, it would no longer be fatal for her.” The young doctor just gave a serious nod as she continued to evaluate the patient’s condition. “Let me use your kitchen, I will have several potions
Chloe's POVIt was almost sundown when Esha and I finished tending the human patients. While it was nothing to us, investigating who the intruder was would entail us to stay within the human town’s premises for a few days. “We shall head to the cabin.” I told Esha as we entered the forest. The cabin by which we use as a guise for temporary lodging was actually quite far from the human town. Humans would take a few hours hiking to each the cabin, but for werewolves, it would just be a few minutes of rushing through the forest. As the sky darkened, the path toward the cabin became densely green and secluded. But halfway through the path, my body froze immediately, halting my movements. “T-teacher, what’s wrong?” Too surprised with my actions, Esha’s eyes looked at me in puzzlement as she waited for my next move.“Head to the area quickly, there are people there. Whether they mean no harm, I’ll leave it to you to deal with them…” I looked far on the east side as I softly instructed.
Chloe's POVCaleb had a profound look on his face as he asked the question. My heart stopped as I remembered his hostility toward Blake. But looking at his expression it doesn’t seem like he realized it was him. “Ah… How long have you been here?” Trying to dodge his question, asked with surprise. “From the time Esha went off… Seeing that you spaced out, I thought you saw an important person.” There was a subtle flicker in Caleb’s eyes, “At one point I even thought you saw your mate.” My breathing stopped as soon as he uttered these words. ‘Are my expressions that obvious?’ I asked myself as I shook my head refusing to let out a word.An awkward silence took over, wishing one of us to break it. I felt Caleb’s eyes land on me heavily, his eyes were clouded by an indescribable sense of hesitation, wanting to speak something but in the end, he closed his eyes and sighed. “I have some news from the spies we had, I think you need to hear this along with the others…” With his helples
Chloe's POVIt was cold when the night of the party arrived. Dressed in black evening gown with subtle accents of gold, I led the team to enter the banquet area.“Dear guests, may we have your invitation.” Two large-bodied warriors looked at us without any expression and inspected our invitations. But it was not only them who were scrutinizing our identities at the moment. I could feel several pairs of eyes gazing at us at the moment, as if they were trying to find anything suspicious. Our hearts remained calm. There is a reason why we lurked around their pack for days, and that is to observe how our targets behave. We’ve studied the way they talked, even their peculiar habits. We tried to gather information as much as we could to ensure that we would blend perfectly to the crowd at this moment. Although a few days of observing was not enough, we hoped that it proved beneficial to our mission from this point forward.I for instance, maintained the demeanor of the Alpha of the Br
Chloe's POVAt the announcement, everything in the banquet hall seemed to have stopped. The elders and officials with me all froze on the spot as they looked at the direction of the announcement. At the central most end of the banquet hall was a stairway. There, all eyes laid with awe and reverence. The next moment, I felt a cold wave of blood thirst sweeping around the entire hall. The aura was heavy and oppressing, most of all it was several times more fearsome and ferocious as my father’s suppressing aura. While the aura was heavy and ruthless, no one resisted. Instead, everyone knelt down with their heads lowered as their mouth opened greeting in unison, “Greetings to the new Lord of the werekind Alpha Kain!” My eyes swept at the positions where Vannessa and the rest were, fortunately, all of us were able to react on time as this was all happening. Finally after five years of running away, four of us will lay our eyes on the person who brought our pack into ruins. “Keep you