"Elders!" I say in greeting as I walk inside the conference room, going straight to sit on Thor's seat at the head of the table. But instead of them acknowledging my greetings, they look at me with disdain. Like I'm not right in the head and also not worthy to stand before them. Even without speaking to me, I can imagine the wheels in their bone heads turning as they wonder...'Who the fuck is this nobody standing before us? How can he be so brazen? How can he be so disrespectful as to sit before his Elders without first asking for permission?''Ridiculous!' I thought and laughs to myself, wishing Thor was here so we can laugh together over this ridiculousness.The Elders of a pack are not determined by just old age. Before an old wolf is to be named an Elder in a pack, the wolf-man or she-wolf must be of renowned wisdom and strength. The Elders are the ones that the Alphas MAY submit themselves to and go to for advice If the said Elder has shown in many ways that they have indeed
"Stand down guys!" I tense when I heard the familiar voice boom out a command inside the conference room.'No, no, no, no, no– what is he doing here? I don't want him here!'I turn toward the door as I force my wolf which is now half out back inside and under control. Thor, who has sunglasses on, which I guess is to hide his feral eyes, stands by the door with Ella behind him. "Hey man, you're awake?" I say, narrowing my eyes threateningly at Ella, for not giving us a heads-up. Seeing the look on my face, she vigorously shakes her head from side to side "Not me!" She mouthed back in reply."What!?... He's been sleeping all this while and you have the effrontery to lie to the Council Elders! How dare you!? What sort of disrespect is this!?" The Elder in the middle shouts in my direction."Hey! Keep your damn voice down! You're going to give me a headache!" Thor snaps at Elder loudmouth as he walks towards our side of the table. He takes the chair beside Ivar and leans back before t
"Your heart was beating so loud it was deafening. Fuck, Eric! I could barely hear myself talk with the manner your heart was beating dum, dum, dum..." Thor continues to mock me. He turns to Henrik and Ivar for confirmation."You guys also heard his heart beating so wildly didn't you?""Loud and clear," Henrik replies "Yes Alpha, I sure did,'' Ivar responds while laughing at the same time.There's no stopping Thor whenever he's in the mood to roast me and today happens to be one of those days. Whenever he's in the mood like today, he would always make sure to forcefully drag Henrik and Ivar to his corner, making it three against my poor one since Bear who is the youngest of the five of us would never be caught dead insulting his Alpha, jokes or not.The funniest part is, I always hit the three of them as hard as they hit me but not today. I don't dare battle words with him in the state that he is. I'm afraid I would say something that would upset and send him over the edge.Werewolv
"And why couldn't you expose the bitch to the world so every human and shifter would know she's a fake and an usurper! For how long do you all intend to allow this to go on for?" Uncle Knox continues to rant. His furious voice blaring in my ears.I started to get angry at him. I stand up from where I was sitting and start to pace from one end of my room to the other to walk off my anger. I also want to angrily talk back at him for making me feel as if I'm lagging in my duties as Thor's beta but I strongly hold back.I understand the fact that it's in all our nature, shifters and humans alike to stay on the sidelines, judging and thinking we could do a better job in a situation that other people find themselves in. Making statements like; Why couldn't you have done that or it wouldn't have been this bad if you had done this...Uncle Knox has been fulfilling the role of a father to me ever since the death of my parents. Even though we were sent to live in Denmark with Elias, Thor's Alph
I heard a loud gasp from the other end of the phone."What!? Are you serious!?... Martha is– is dead!?... Miranda killed Martha!?..." Uncle Knox continues to mutter exclamations of disbelief. I refused to say another word to help convince him further. Yes, his friend's daughter is that evil! He can either take my wo rd for it or believe whatever he chooses to believe.He continued talking when he didn't hear me say another word. His tone changed from disbelief to anger..."Oh god, no! Not poor Martha! But why the hell would Miranda do that!? Why? Martha was such a good woman. Why would she kill her!?...I don't understand. What happened to that girl? She was such a sweet little girl back then the last time we had them over for dinner. She was vain, yes but she was sweet. What happened to her? Why did she suddenly turn evil? She's just eighteen for goodness sake! How could the heart of an eighteen year old girl be that dark and evil!? How!?..." I sigh in exasperation. God knows I d
"Their sorcerer must be very powerful to be able to mess with a shifter's natural essence." He adds"You think what they did is in the essence?" I ask, remembering how Thor said he needed his mate's essence to fall asleep, giving Miranda the opportunity to carry out her evil deed"Yes– It's a lot of theories, I know but think about this. Back then, I loved Viveka so much but I had to be with Evelyn. Her essence felt like air to me. Life. Oxygen I couldn't do without. A drug I must have every day otherwise, go mad without it... You know, I even wanted to keep both of them. Selfish bastard right?" He says and laughs"I needed both of them for survival. I loved Viveka so much I couldn't bear to part from her and at the same time, I wanted Evelyn around me. It felt like I wanted to go mad when I tried to stay away from her. Not smelling her essence made me want to hit my head on the wall with frustration. Just for no reason, I would feel a surge of rage within me. I would thirst for bloo
Thor's POVI went to bed feral. When I woke up feeling better than the way I was the previous night, I thought the storm was over. Eric was sure I would be back to my normal self if I took a rest, now I'm back... Or so I thought until I wanted to take my bath and saw from the bathroom mirror that, although I felt great about myself, my eyes still looked dark like I'm a demon. But I'm optimistic. I have confidence in Eric and the rest of the team. I trust them and I'm leaving everything in their hands. As I showered, I couldn't help but wonder about that thing that my brain couldn't grasp anymore. That thing that was so important it pushed me over the edge. Since my brain is a bit calmer now, I wanted to think about it. Maybe this time I would be able to figure out the difficult puzzle.On second thought, I asked myself, what if thinking about this really made things worse for me? What if I go wild and out of control again? What if I thirst for blood and go on a killing spree? I sto
"Stand down guys!" I commanded immediately as I stepped into the conference room. The three of them; Eric, Ivar, and Henrik, looked surprised to see me, or should I say afraid. Perhaps they were afraid that I might suddenly go crazy and start to tear the whole place apart as I did inside the arena's ladies' bathroom. They had no idea of what I did to get myself more in control of my emotions. I looked from their surprised faces to the old men they all wanted to fight and I sighed. Sometimes I wonder who was crazier between Eric and me. I mean how on earth could he think of fighting them? Elders are supposed to be powerful but it was obvious that these ones were not given the position because of their strength. Elders like my dad and Alpha Nate for example still have a lot of fights left in them but these ones are not worth the trouble their death would bring on me, their Alpha. What was Eric thinking!?I walked inside and sat beside Ivar..."Hey man, you're awake?" Eric asked, loo
"Yes, we came as soon as your Dad told us. He drove down here like a madman, almost killing us in the process!" Eric complains behind Thor and I laugh, gently pushing away so I can properly look at my man."Oh, babe!" I say. I touch his head and all over his face while telling myself, this is real. It is not an illusion. My mate is standing here before me. He's holding me in his arms."I'm not dreaming or am I?..." I seriously ask, looking deeply into his eyes. "This is not an illusion?" I ask again, kissing him this time. "Eric and Lily are not playing tricks on me?" His smile widens as he shakes his head,"No, babycakes." He replies and then crushes his mouth onto mine. His lips push mine open, making way for his tongue to deeply delve and explore the insides of my mouth. I kiss him back as fiercely, clinging tightly to him with my arms wrapped around his neck and my legs around his waist."Did that feel like an illusion?" He whispers into my ear after he pulls away from our kis
I enter the doctor's office, expecting to see Doctor Anders but it's another doctor that I see sitting in his chair. The man's eyes widen with surprise as I enter. "Oh, my!..." He exclaims and immediately stands from his chair, bowing so deeply his head almost hits the desk in front of him.He recognizes me even though we've not met before. Indeed the news about me saving everyone has spread amongst the warriors. I guess they also know I'm the one with the Lycan wolf. I wonder how long it will take my Lycanthropy secret to spread to the outside world."Luna–ma'am... I'm so sorry! I– I didn't know– I mean, we weren't expecting you! I would have personally gathered everyone to welcome you if I'd known and..." "No, that won't be necessary..." I say with a smile. Gather everyone to welcome me! Isn't that doing too much? I look from him to Ella. "I was expecting to see Doctor Anders?...""Oh, that's my bad, Luna, I should have informed you ahead of time before we arrived here..."
"I saved us!? How did I do that!?" I ask in disbelief since I don't remember doing anything but cry."We lost our powers. He was separated from the rest of us. The witch's plan was for me to watch him die a painful death and all I remember doing was cry. So how did I do it? How did I save us?"You screamed..." Lily replies I frown"That was it!?... I just screamed?" I ask not understanding how that helped save people's lives."Yes!" Ella says with excitement." You screamed and combusted!..." My eyebrows shots up in surprise as I continue to listen to her talk"The General told us all about it. He said it's one of your abilities. Besides, I was there that day when Alpha Elias asked about your powers and you told us what happened when you screamed in anger once."That was the day Miranda and the Council police came to arrest me. "That was what saved us!? And I combusted!?" "Yes! You screamed and burst into blue flame. They all flee. Fighting to escape the agonizing pain your screa
Ash's POV "Come on, babe! You can do it!" Thor softly says behind me. "Control is in the mind, remember? You control your powers with what your mind will and wish for. It will do what you ask it to do. It will harm or kill anyone you wish to harm or kill." "But I'm trying!" I shout with frustration. "I'm trying but it's not working!""Try harder!" I hear Granduncle Beowulf's firm voice say. "You're Goddess Sif. The chosen one of our House Howell. You're also a Lycan so give it your all! Try harder!""If you want to do it then you have to stop panicking so you can be able to concentrate." My mom's gentle voice takes over from Granduncle Beowulf. "Calm down. Relax and try to breathe through it. You can do it. I believe in you. Breathe my darling, breathe..." "Okay!" I say, nodding my head as I take deep breaths in before letting it out slowly. "I am Lycan. I am Goddess Sif. I am the chosen one of House Howell. I can do it. Control is in the mind...Control is in the mind...Cont
My eyes widen when the ground drops from underneath everyone right before my eyes. Or should I say they're floating above the ground? What is this? What is happening all of a sudden?I look around me and realize, no, not everyone, just the werewolves! The wereapes and hybrids are standing firmly on the ground while the werewolves float above it.Wait, I'm a werewolf. Why am I not floating with the others? Why am I the only one standing with our enemies?And why is everywhere this quiet all of a sudden? What happened to the mighty growls and groans? Come to think of it, they didn't just stop growling and groaning; they're motionless. They look frozen in place? "Thor!" I hear my name and my heart skips a bit with apprehension.Ash. I would recognize that voice anywhere. I suspected they wouldn't be able to stop her. Now she's here. God, why does she have to be here now that everything is turning upside down? My eyes search among the crowd of werewolves above the ground until I see
Thor's POVThe outcome of a battle could be decided by various factors which include the skill of the commanding officers, the numbers and experience of the warriors, the instruments and weapons used, the battleground, the weather conditions... and so onMind you; I said 'could be.' No one can predict the outcome of a war. Even if you get all your ducks in a row before the battle or your warriors are already having the upper hand during the battle, unexpected circumstances can suddenly turn the tide and fuck things up for you. Back in Denmark duels and battles between packs are the norm. It's a way to expand our territories, establish honor, and settle disputes. I've fought in many battles in the fifteen years I stayed with my uncle but none as crazily wild as this. A few minutes into it, I realized despite all the training we've had, we're still far from ready. Werewolf vs Wereape is a fair fight. Werewolf vs. hybrid is death sentence, especially for the nonoriginals among us. I
What the hell! I shockingly gaspIt's not a wereape child. It's a human! A human child wearing a wereape costume! My eyes narrow in disbelief when I see more hybrids coming out from behind her. Like, they're literally coming out of thin air. When Eric and Lily opened their portals, I saw the air shimmered before the space opened and widened into a hole big enough for multitudes to pass through. This is just plain space. More of them are coming out of plain, space! I whirl around, looking for Lily, but I don't see her anywhere.The only human form I see driving a dagger into a wereape's heart is a stranger. A black woman that reminds me of a character in a famous movie series. Oh, yes. Ancient witches take the form of another when their identity is exposed or they don't want to be exposed."Lily!" I growl over the chaotic howls and growls around us and the woman turns to look at me."Lily?" I questioningly call again to double sure and she smiles. Hurrying to me as she wipes her bl
The air reeks of blood, burnt flesh, and the sickening stench of dark wolves. Mighty growls and snarls reverberate all around me, filling my head with vivid images of the battle raging nearby.Even though my Lycan is running fast and hard, the loose beach sand slows me down, making it feel as if I'm running in slow motion. Damn, dunes! And damn Thor for sending me to the farthest part of the beach where hills of sand are molded everywhere.My heart beats wildly inside my chest. It's not only because I'm extremely anxious though. It's mostly because I'm feeling my mate's emotions– rage, fear, frustration, desperation... This makes me wonder, if the mighty Thor is feeling this way, then doesn't it mean the apes have the upper hand?I stumble and growl out in pain when I suddenly feel a sharp unbearable pain on my right flank. I touch the place and subconsciously look down at my hand. What was I expecting to see? Blood? I wonder.Almost immediately, I feel another ripping pain on my l
The moment I rise to follow the rest a strong hand holds me back. I turn to look at the person and I see Thor looking down at me, clearly looking worried. I wonder if he had been behind me all this while. I couldn't have known since our essence had been masked by Lily so the enemies wouldn't be able to smell our presence.I try to switch my grim expression into a smile but I'm not sure I manage to successfully pull it off. "Baby, we...""Do you remember what we talked about when I got my Thor power?" He hurriedly asks, cutting me off mid-sentence I frown, trying to recall that particular conversation "About control?" I ask He nods"Yes, about control. You're Goddess Sif. The chosen one of House Howell and a Lycan. If the time comes then don't be afraid to summon and use your powers. Control is in the mind. You control your powers with what your mind will and wish for. It will do what you ask it to do. It will harm or kill anyone you wish to harm or kill, you understand me!?" H