āWalden!! Walden!!!! Pleaseā¦ open up the door!!!āNo response. Sandy knew her brother well, and itās not because he didnāt hear her knocking, but because he hated to be disturbed so early in the morning. What could she do? She didnāt have a choice but to keep trying.āWalden, please. Open this door. Itās an urgent matterā¦ā but wait, Sandy then thought of the next thing to say to get his attention. āWaldenā¦ you have to let me in. Mirandaās life is in danger!!!āFollowing her statement, she began to hear the sound of footsteps coming from inside. Then the door opened.āThis better be good, Sandy.āSighs, āthank you for opening the door. You donāt know how fast I had to run back here just to tell you thisā¦ā āTell me what?ā āSamara is a snake, Walden. She is not only evil, but sheās also an accomplice to King Rakur.āHe stared at her as if sheād hit her head on a wall or somethingā¦ what sort of crazy talk was this so early in the morning?Walden. I know it sounds hard to believe, but I
Sandy never believed this; her own brother whom sheād grown to love and respect, who had been her strength and protection ever since their father died; her own brother was now turning against her, and this was all Samaraās doing. Samara who happens to be the enemy, not her. How blind her brother must be, and how she hated Samara now, more than ever.Waldenās hand still shook from the slap, heād never done something like that before, nor did he didnāt mean for things to go that way, but then Sandy had better learn to start controlling her tongue whenever she was around him.āSamaraā¦ Iām sorry you had to see that, please donāt mind Sandy. You may return to your room now.āSamara nodded her head, āI understandā¦ I forgive Sandy for her accusation. I understand how it feels to lose someone you truly love and care about. That was the case for her and Conor, and it was also the case for me and my fatherā¦āShe then took slow steps towards Sandy, placing both her hands on her shoulders. Sandy
The sly cub is a mystical creature, Iād read about how they were used by evil sorcerers in the past to deceive their enemies and take advantage of their trust to defeat them. Theyād been extinct for over a century and I myself have never encountered one, that is until this very moment.āSo, if theyād gone extinct, how was Rakur able to get his hands on an egg?āāI donāt know, but this time around, weāve seen that Rakur means business in getting what he wants. He must have expended the services of a very powerful sorcerer.āThe entire court went back into panic upon hearing his words.āThis is bad.āāThe stone is gone. It means weāre doomed!āMiranda knew all that Simba said was true, because she too, had heard of the sly cub in the past, now she regrets why she never paid plenty much attention to the words of the book.The sly cub dwells on the charge of its master. It feeds on trust, and the more trust you give it, the stronger it becomes over you. Once you let your guard down, the s
The battle had begun, and according to reports from the gates, the rogues forced their way in, and had begun killing any silver soldiers standing in their way.āThereās no way weāll outnumber them, is there, Renard?ā Damian sighed frustratedly.āUnfortunately, no sire. I warned about sending majority of our troops out, now the stone we could have relied on for protection is gone as well.āāArrghhhh!!!ā He cursed, picking an antique vase from the stool and smashing it on the ground.āIt wonāt take long before they break into the court to finish what they started. I donāt think we can ever recover from this, sire.āRenardās words werenāt helping, and Damian had never been in this position before. In all his years of ruling, heād never been placed in such a difficult state, his mind was shut out and for the first time ever, he didnāt know what to do.āDamianā¦āHe heard her voice, felt her hand touching him. Miranda.Heās so angry at her right now, but thenā¦ she seems to make up for it al
Then he called the name, that name that sent shivers up Mirandaās spine.āCamila dear, come to me now with the gift you have for me.āSurprise bewildered everyone as Camila stepped out the packhouse then. Renard was right; she had not stepped out of the border at all, even being in possession of the stone. This was so because Camila had used a camouflage, waiting until the time she was called by her master; the one who sent her here.What was even more shocking was that the little number of silver troops saw the cub pass them by with the big glowing stone in her hand, yet none could come near her, none could stop her from passing to give the stone to Rakur, as they could still feel the impact of her powers freezing them all where they stood.Even the powerful alpha couple that stood at the forefront of the battle could not stop her.Miranda saw Camilaās face then, never believing that such a young child could harness evil in her heart, but then when Camila turned, Miranda saw somethin
Rakur smirked, āyou might have the cub and the stone back, but do not forget that you are still greatly outnumbered, Damian. My men still have a chance to win this battle and we will fight you till the end, regardless of if we have the stone or not. We will still win.āHe wasnāt wrong about that, as the rogueās army outnumbered theirs by a hundred-fold. It was clearly an uneven battle, and Miranda wasnāt sure that there was a winning chance for them at all, even with the stone.āThe battle is about to begin, you have to go inside, Camila,ā she told her.Camila shook her head in response, āno alpha, I want to fight right beside you.ā This is a battleground, Camila. Itās no place for a cub like you, even with your powers. We do not even know if we are going to come out of it alive.Then what good is hiding if we are not sure of our fate after this battle? Is not better to die out here than to wait inside until they come to kill me? You know that Rakur will never spare me if we lose thi
Rakur was not expecting this at all. He was not expecting anyone to come to the silver alphaās aid. But this battleā¦ he wishes to see how far it will go, but he does not want to risk the life of his powerful army just like that, hence the reason for the retreat. He will not give up though, heāll be backā¦ but before he goes, he needs to do something to show the silver alpha just how far things can go.He retrieved a piece of a strong shell from his pocket. This shell was a part of the egg that Camila hatched from. She might have resisted the call of her ordinary master, but the sly cub will never resist a call from its sourceā¦. Where it came from.Rakur will be damned if he gives Damian an advantage over him by letting him keep that cub, because the more older it gets, the stronger it becomes. And besides, the stubborn one needs to learn a permanent lesson for her disobedience.As his men fled, he held the shell upright and pointed it towards where the cub was. Camila was still fightin
Damian felt bad for a lot of things, one of them was Camilaās death. After the battle, heād heard that the queen took it upon herself to bury the cubā¦ she hadnāt returned from the cemetery for hours, probably still in mourning. It was best to give her enough time to express her grief. But then time had gone far into the night, and she still hadnāt returned.He decided then to go and check up on her, maybe go along with some flowers for Camila too. After checking the wounded soldiers in the healerās quarters, he left the packhouse and headed to the cemeteryā¦ heād reached the part of it where he was told the queen had buried the cub, but upon getting there, he saw what heād least expectedā¦The queenā¦ his mateā¦ Miranda was kissing her former lover. He dropped the flowers in his hand to the ground and placed it on his chest, where apart from the wounds heād sustained during battle, the greater of the pain he felt came from.It was evident in what he saw; heād failed as a leader. Heād let
Walden never expected to feel so much calm and peace in his heart after visiting Conorās grave. He knew heād done the right thing by facing the last of his fears to visit the night shadow cemetery, and now heās glad he did.He returned to the packhouse that afternoon to see how things were going, as heād been absent for the last two days, things hadnāt changed pretty much as all of his followers had done well to keep the activities together while he was with his love, Maggie. Which reminds himā¦He took a stroll through the pack house halls to the royal chambers, and then to the big bedroom heād placed her in, not too far from his own.āHow is my love doing?ā He asked as he met her in the room. She was still folding up the last of her belongings, out of the luggage and into the bedroom drawers.āWhere did you go? You suddenly disappeared right after breakfast,ā she stated after their brief kiss. āI had some urgent matters to take care of. Iām sorry I didnāt let you know before I went
***TWO DAYS LATER***Maggie and her daughter had moved back into the packhouse today. This was after Walden had spent the last two days with them, as theyād made so many memories similar to the way a normal family would. Maggie would forever keep those moments in her heart, as she prayed that they would last forever.Things were just beginning to take a new turn for Walden, and there was still so much that would go on with his new lover, he intended to take things to a new level with her, but before he did anything, heād decided in his heart to settle the past first, even though he now had his life back, there was still something he needed to do.He didnāt tell anyone what he was doing prior to coming here, maybe itās because he needed to do this freely, or for whatever reason, but before he starts his new future, he wants to make things right.Heād reached his destination after taking a stroll through the woods, heād gathered different flowers, as heād had a hard time deciding which
Maggie grinned as she buried her fingers in his hair, and kissed him back hungrily. She held him fast, her lips sucking on his, fingers digging into his scalp, mound gyrating feverishly against his rock-hard cock. All rational thought escaped him. He immersed himself in the delight of Maggieās curves.Her hands moved down his back to tug at his shirt impatiently. When her hands slipped between their bodies and unfastened his pants. Both hands thrust into his open fly and pulled his cock free. She stroked him up and down vigorously between her palms, her fingertips dancing against his flesh. Jesus, he liked it rough like that. His breath caught in the back of his throat.Her fingers tangled in the moist hair at his nape, and she exulted in the knowledge that she had done this to him.āKiss me,ā she said, discovering confidence in herself sheād never known before. She reached up to him, finding his breathless mouth with hers, and with another muffled oath he cradled her face between his
*I love you.Itās been a long time since he heard those words from anybodyās mouth. Maggie loved him. Why then did he leave her so angrily? Why was he even so mad at her? Was he mad that sheād denied him the chance of knowing the truth for so long, or was he just mad at himself for thinking he might hurt her later? That he didnāt deserve her, the same way sheād thought she wasnāt worthy of being with him?He spent the rest of the day at his bedroom window, cancelling all of his activities as heād missed the morning rounds. He needed time and space to think clearly, as his mind is going through a whole lot right now.So much time passed that Walden didnāt even know how long he spent in his thoughts. It was already nighttime and he is still by his window. He then felt a loud growl in his stomach, remembering that he hasnāt had anything to eat throughout the day, but he didnāt let that bother him, as food is the least of his problems now.He doesnāt know if the ghost will come or not, bu
It was already late in the afternoon when Walden woke up the next day. He feels different this time around, and this is because he slept like a baby the previous night. Surprisingly, he had slept all through the night, and through the morning, after having passionate sex with this woman he seemed to want so much of.His eyes were still closed when his hand searched, reaching through the sheets surrounding him, and then he noticed she wasnāt there. He opened his eyes then to the sound of her voice coming from the door.āGood afternoon, sire.āāMaggie?āHe saw that she was fully dressed and holding a tray of food in her hands. Sheād let him sleep as she went to the kitchen to prepare some food for him, thinking heād need it after draining so much energy last night, but that seemed to be the least of his problems.āCome.ā He reached out his arms to her as he sat up on the queen size bed. After dropping the tray on the table, she went into his embrace. Not a word was said as they both rem
āThen why am I still having these nightmares?ā He growled. His expression was frightening, sheād never seen him like this before, at least not towards her. āI don't know. The spirit was not supposed to return. The nightmares were not supposed to return!ā āDo you know how it feels each night for me? Do you know that for the last six months, I have not slept like a normal man?!!! Do you know how it feels thinking that you are finally liberated from something after all your efforts to get rid of it, only for it to come back at you, like it never even left?āāWalden, please calm down. I would never lie to you, especially not after how much you've helped me. I would never deceive you. That spirit is gone. I don't know what it is you saw again, but I assure you there's no way it could have come back.āHe suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh which surprised her. āSo now, youāre insinuating that I'm crazy. I don't know what it is I saw?āāYou are not crazy, Walden. You are only an alpha ki
"Youāreā¦ Sending us away?ā The tone of her voice said it all as she didnāt hide anything. She didnāt hide the disappointment she felt, and Walden didnāt miss it at all. "No. Of course not. Iād never do that. You and Emily are always welcome at the night shadow packhouse at any time. I only did this because I thought you probably needed your privacy. I thought thatās why you left the first timeā¦" She didnāt answer, only kept staring down at the keys in her hand. "Tell me, is there something wrong?ā He asked. āYou know, you donāt have to stay here if you donāt want to.ā "No.ā She suddenly looked up, smiling as she hid her previous expression. āIām sorry. I love it. I was just surprised, thatās all."Walden didnāt seem to be fooled by that answer, āare you sure? You donāt have to pretend. I wonāt take offence if you choose to remain in the packhouse instead."She shook her head, āno. Of course, we need our privacy like you said. Thank you so much for everything, alpha Walden. Weāll b
āConor!ā Sandy gasped, seeing the spirit standing right in front of her, almost like it was in the flesh, how she missed him! Sheād missed him so much and she doesnāt know how to let go at this time. Good, Maggie thought. Sandy did a good job summoning the spirit as it came out on time, she kept on spreading the fumes as she signaled to the spirit seeker who was outside the square to hit the Goni drum louder, which would open a portal where Sandy would push the spirit into, banishing it forever just like Maggie had told her prior to this. "Now!" The drumming sounds became louder and faster, and Maggie spread the fumes round and round so as to weaken the spirit. Walden stood still on his side of his square as heād been told, not to move a muscle, not to say anything so that the spirit wonāt see him, realize what was happening and disappear. The sage fumes weakened the spirit, and Sandy could see the sadness in his eyes. She felt so much pity for him. This man died in one of the wo
The manner in which Sandy had agreed to come along with them still baffled Walden so much. He could remember how reluctant she was yesterday when theyād spoken. Heād pretty much given up because he thought that Sandy didnāt believe any of his words. But Maggieā¦ What sort of trick did Maggie use on his sister to get her to agree just like that?This was far from what surprised Walden the most, as not only that, but the two women had developed a close relationship in such a short time, youād have thought that theyād known each other for years with the way theyād conversed throughout the entire trip back home, leaving Walden to watch and stare at them in amazement. Who are you, Maggie? He asked himself many times then.Maggie enjoyed the talks she had with Sandy, as she was in such a good mood, even though tired. Today had been a happy day for the entire siltus packhouse, as they celebrated the arrival of a new born male cub, the Betaās son in the early hours of the morning. Maggie hardl