Everyone took their seats Collin seating next to Alpha John on his right and Luna Katherine seating on his left. Mercy was seating across from him and Damien next to her on her left, Lucia on her right and her mate next to her. The omega’s brought in the starters and they started eating having small talk here and there.
Mercy kept stealing glances at Collin who was focused on his meal, alpha Damien saw this and whispered to her. “What is the matter?” Mercy didn’t know why he was asking, she frowned and asked “Why?” Damien looked at her lovingly. “You keep looking at him, did he do something?” asked Alpha Damien concerned.
Mercy didn’t know that he saw her when she was looking at Collin, now she didn’t know what to tell him, before she could answer Collin answered first. “She is my mate you know, I don’t think she needs a reason to look at her mate.” He said coldly not even looking at alpha Damien. Mercy was shocked that he said that, she thought he didn’t care but him saying that warmed her heart.
Alpha John and Luna Katherine had stopped eating eyes wide from the news of Collin finding his mate, Damien was furious, he regretted bringing her along with him and now that she has found her mate then his chance of having her as his chosen mate was of no use. Which angered him more but he composed himself trying to act civilised. “Congratulations to you and Mercy young alpha. They say one finding their mate finds a beautiful gift from the Moon Goddess. You both are truly blessed.” The words came out bitter from Damien’s mouth.
Collin just glared at him “It is okay to vent your anger you know, just don’t expect me to give a damn though.” He paused before continuing “I saw how you were looking at my mate when you came here and that was a look of a man that fancies a woman but you wont get her now because am here. Serves you right though for messing with forbidden fruit, she wasn’t yours to begin with.” Said Collin giving Damien and bored look before going back to his food.
The table was quiet, alpha and Luna Katherine were holding their breaths waiting for Damien to explode and vent his anger for the way Collin spoke to him. However alpha Lucas’s laughter was what broke the silence, he was laughing so hard even had tears on the corners of his eyes. “Man I like this boy! We need more people like him in this world” he said still laughing looking at a fuming Damien.
“Let me follow your foot steps young alpha and be blunt as well. I cant praise you then turn back and be a hypocrite now can I?” he said looking at Collin who was more focused on his glass of wine than him “Very well, there will be an attack on your pack John in the next…he paused looking at his watch.. minute, in the next minute, its time I took your land now John after killing each one of you.” Said alpha Lucas looking at alpha John with a smirk on his face.
“Of course you can stand and fight with him all of you but you won’t win but I guess fighting will at least give you a chance to die with honour, if there is any honour in dying for another man and his pack. Or you can stand by me and I guarantee you wont die. Your choice.” Continued alpha Lucas, alpha John and his beta stood up. Other alphas, betas and gammas that were present stood up ready to fight.
Collin who was still seated not bothered by what was going on around him got a mind link from one of his warrior assisting at the border ‘Collin, rogues managed to pass through, warriors are badly injured it’s only the 5 of us left standing on the East border. There are too many for the five of us so others managed to get pass they are heading to the pack house. They have disguised their scent you wont smell them till they are close that is how they got the upper hand on this side’ Collin sat up straight after hearing that but soon after Mike finished talking through their mind link he got the same message from the other warriors from other borders.
He linked his warriors inside standing guard inside and outside the pack house and they nodded after hearing his message and took their fighting stance. “SHUT UP!” Collin’s cold voice echoed in the hall and everyone kept quiet and looked at him. “We are under attack, rogues have managed to pass through our borders and are headed this way.” He said coldly and quickly scanned the room and saw other alphas like Damien going to stand next to alpha Lucas silently siding with him.
Mercy followed his eyes and saw what he was looking at. She got disgusted seeing Damien standing next to alpha Lucas who is clearly responsible for the attack. He has a smug look on his face looking straight at Collin, Mercy even doubted that he was innocent in this, the way he was behaving made her think that he too was involved in the plot to attack the Black Moon Pack. However she didn’t have time to ponder more on the thought as Collin spoke once again.
“You can stand with him if you like and this wont affect you as he said, if not get ready to fight!” his eyes were cold and distant, before anyone could say anything windows broke on all sides of the hall. Sending glasses flying on all directions, while they were still looking at that screams were heard from outside the hall. She wolves and pups screaming was one thing Mercy couldn’t stand so as soon as she heard it she ran out to assist.
Nobody had time to do anything else as rogues came in through the broken windows in numbers, eyes blood shot red and canines extracted. Collin started fighting, so did alpha John and beta Jackson. Others were still shocked by the number of rogues that just came in, usually it will be 3 or 4 rogues trespassing on pack lands but they would be apprehended at the border. But this, meant that they were not just rogues but a pack with an alpha leading them.
They snapped out of their trace when more rogues came in and came at them. That is when they started fighting, Alpha Lucas was enjoying seeing alpha John losing, he was fighting 5 rogues all on his own but he didn’t like what he saw when he looked at Collin, piles of bodies were surrounding him, he didn’t know how he killed that many in such a short period of time. Moreover with him fighting in his human form together with the warriors that were standing guard inside the pack house. Clearly he underestimated Collin!
However he soon recovered his smile when he saw more rogues coming in, he too didn’t know how many there were as he only met with only a few each time they met to discuss the attack. Mercy was busy outside fighting rogues with the warriors and helping the she wolves get enough time to go to the safe house with the pups. Inside Damien scanned the room for her but couldn’t find her, he went out looking for her frantically, he spotted her fighting two rogues with her dress ripped and stained with blood.
He got frightened by the sight of blood on her and went to her shifting into his big brown wolf, when he got there he quickly killed the two rogues and mind linked Mercy. ‘sweetheart, are you hurt?’ he asked but Mercy didn’t respond she continued helping the she wolves and pups quickly, Damien went and blocked her way. ‘sweetheart answer me, are you hurt? We can leave now and go home we don’t need to be involved in this it doesn’t concern us.’ When he said that Mercy snapped her head quickly to look at him.
‘maybe this doesn’t concern you Damien but it concerns me! This is my mates pack and am not leaving.’ She snapped at him ‘am your alpha and I command you to come with me!’ said Damien using his alpha tone, Mercy wolf whimpered at the hash tone but she pushed through that feeling disgusted by him more than she ever was, at this point she was grateful she waited for her mate instead of settling with someone like him.
‘you are not my alpha Damien, I belong here now! Leave if you will but am staying!’ she said and left him there groaning angry that she chose Collin over him. The witch was standing on the side lines watching as his brothers rogue pack was being killed, at first she didn’t want to do anything, she felt that disguising their scents was enough but when she saw Collin going for her brother and seeing the many rogues he has already killed in his human form! She couldn’t risk it.
She quickly recited a spell putting all of them to sleep, giving the rogues the upper hand as the Black Moon Pack members and other alpha’s who were fighting with them suddenly lost their energy with their eyes forcing themselves to close. That is when alpha John was killed by the rogue he was fighting just before every werewolf that was fighting with them fell on the ground suddenly falling asleep. Collin included “Take your people and leave now! The spell wont last long on the young alpha and if he wakes up with you still here he will kill you all!” shouted the witch to her brother the rogue leader.
Alpha Lucas was irritated “What can one young boy do to all these rogues!” he shouted back annoyed by her comment. “Stay and find out if you will Lucas!” said the witch, her brother looked at her and she nodded. He spoke to his rogues that still lived and they left the Black Moon Pack lands immediately. Alpha Lucas had no choice but to leave as well as everyone that stood with him was put to sleep by the spell, he was the only one left now and he couldn’t risk finding out what Collin would do when he woke up. He told himself that he was not scared of the young boy as he called him but was only leaving because the war was over and he was the only one remaining.
He went to where he last saw alpha John and saw him laying in a very awkward way with his neck looking like only the flesh was keeping it connected to the rest of the body. He was dead with his neck snapped, he kneeled in front of his body. “ Oh John if only you didn’t take Katherine from me back then none of this would have happened. You took her from me even after knowing how I felt about her, so what if she is your mate? I saw her first and loved her first but you took her!” he spat on alpha John’s dead body and left.
Indeed Collin was the first one to wake up in just 20 minutes after alpha Lucas and the rogues left together with the witch. He looked around after waking up feeling emptier than he did when the witch took his ability to feel, he stood up and looked around. He saw everyone laying on the ground, his first thought was that they were dead but the soft snores proved that they were only asleep.He started taking out the dead bodies from the hall putting them outside, he saw that outside was the same as inside the hall, it was full of dead bodies and sleeping werewolves. 5 minutes of him taking out the bodies two at a time his warriors arrived with the injured warriors. Others have started to heal while others needed a hospital.
A week has passed since the attack on Black Moon Pack, the funerals of the fallen have been held and were all laid to rest. Luna Katherine spent her time in the room she shared with her mate alpha John, Marcy has been with her since she decided to stay with her mate, not that he has given her any attention but she didn’t mind at all since she has been busy with trying to cheer up the Luna and make sure that she is never alone.Collin has taken over the pack as the alpha and his main purpose since he took over the position was to train the warriors of the pack to be the best they can be. He gave beta Jackson all the other pack work until he is satisfied with the performance of the warriors then he will fully take over. His goal
MercyAfter leaving the training grounds Luna and I walked around the pack lands with her showing me around. “That is the orphanage where all the pups that lost their parents stay. We have she wolves who volunteered to stay there and look after them. Most of them are those who lost their mates, they say looking after the pups gives them a purpose.”The sadness is visible in Luna’s eyes am sure she’s also thinking about joining those she wolves just to pass time and be able to live through each day. “Luna I have been meaning to ask, is Collin always like this?” I don’t know him well but I sure as hell know that t
The following day after training Collin called Mike aside and asked if they could talk. Mike who has not had any personal interaction with Collin since he changed besides training, was shocked by the request but quickly dismissed it as another pack matter, he is soon to be his beta so they will have to talk. He went to the alpha’s office and found him there talking to his father beta Jackson.He stood aside and waited for them to finish talking. Beta Jackson was updating Collin on pack matters that his been handling. When they were done beta Jackson left the office and Mike took his seat and waited for Collin to tell him what he called him for, however he didn’t say anything, he looked like someone who was deep in thoughts.
After that day Mercy tried to get Collin’s attention once more but her efforts were futile, Collin ignores and avoids her. They sleep in the same room on the same bed but Collin doesn’t even make a move to touch or talk to her. Mercy had been very sad and hurt by his actions. The mate bond was strong with her because they share a bed every night and now she wanted nothing more than to be close to him.She longed to be marked by him like any other mated she-wolf but it seems that Collin has no plans whatsoever to mark her. Carl pleaded with him to spend time with their mate and mark her as their own but Collin ignored his pleas. This day after dinner Collin was tired after a long day of training and attending meetings.
Collin felt hot, maybe too hot and wondered if he overslept till noon or what. He tried to move his left arm but there was something heavy on it, he lazily opened his eyes and saw Mercy’s head laying on his arm. That woke him up completely, she was sleeping so close to him that their bodies touched, using his arm as a pillow, he frowned then sniffed her scent but it was not the same. It was tainted and mixed with his. With his other hand he opened the covers and saw that they were both naked.He felt defeated just seeing them like that, he closed the covers then went and moved the hair on Mercy’s neck. There is was, his mark on her delicate neck, it was a pitch-Black Moon, it looked so beautiful on her pale skin and it looked like it was tattooed there. “Fuck!&
As cold as he is, Collin was struggling with the mate bond, it was pulling him closer to his mate each day. It annoyed the hell out of him and made him more irritable than usual. Only her touch, her scent and her presence could calm him down. Moon Goddess had a purpose after all for creating a mate bond between mates and it was not only for one to recognise their mate but also to increase that longing for one’s soulmate that is unbearable to cope with.He might be cold with no feelings, but he noticed the changes as well after Carl marked their mate. He found himself communicating with her more, even though it was as cold as talking to a stranger, but communication was there none the less. He didn’t avoid her presence now but longed for it, he would be
During the meeting Collin was grumpy, he did not like what the alpha was doing as a result he ended the meeting before they even concluded the matters that were to be discussed. Mike was teasing him the whole way back to the pack, with Mercy laughing here and there but the man maintained a his indifferent look. He kept on glaring at the two without saying a word.A day later Lucia called and asked Mercy for permission to come visit her. She communicated with Collin and he agreed. Today is the day for Lucia’s visit, Mercy got up early to prepare for the day, after training she showered and went to the kitchen to help the omegas with the cooking and preparation for her guest.
After that dinner, Mercy and Katherine went back to Black Moon pack. Also, the fairy king and queen, Kendra’s parents went back. They had made arrangements to send the word out to other species they know as the king requested. Niko also contacted his leader to do the same on his side, word was sent out too to Ambrosia’s clan.Luka, Ambrosia, Niko, and Collin. Were left preparing for the arrival of the guests, the main hall was big enough to accommodate all the leaders, Luka was not sure all of them will come but Ambrosia told him that people will come because they are curious and would want to see for themselves the king the prophecy spoke of. Collin did not care if they came or not.
Dinner was going well and everyone seemed to be getting along just fine. Even though the conversation was among all the other people present besides Ambrosia, Luka, and Collin. They would answer what they are being asked then go back to focusing on the food on Luka and his father's mind linking. Ambrosia found his phone and glass of warm blood more interesting than anything else.Niko on the other side was having the time of their life, laughing and talking to the fairy king. Mercy, Katherine, Laura, and Kendra as well. One would never tell that these people have only just met. Luka cleared his throat then conversation ceased and everyone turned to look at him. “Father, it seems there is a prophecy about me in these parts of the world. Niko’s people knew about it and
Collin and Luka trained till late in the evening. Ambrosia also woke up and went to join them. Niko also went but he was not training, he was lazy by nature so he told them that he will just and bring them water if they wanted any but he was not the training type. Mercy and Kendra were busy getting to know each other while they were making dinner. Katherine also arrived during the day after Mercy called her to come and see Luka’s mate. She missed her grandson anyway so she was more than happy to go and visit. They were all busy getting to know each other, Mercy asked Kendra to call her parents and invite them over so that they can have dinner together. They agreed and were due to arrive just before dinner.
It was in the early hours of the morning and ambrosia had just gotten to bed. When a gate opened, no one heard it but because the others were still sleeping, a car drove in and stopped in front of the door. Next, there was banging on the main door, Luka jumped out of bed and went running downstairs. He opened the door angry that this person was knocking on his door like this early in the morning.When he opened the door, a hand collided with his cheek. Slap! He had been slapped, he was still dizzy not knowing what was going on, he shook his head then opened his eyes and they widened. “Move out of the way you stupid child!” his mother shoved him aside and went inside. He was left standing at the door looking at her back as she went further into the palace.
After Luka took Kendra back to the west wing and told her to rest. He went back into the forest, he was frustrated by what just happened, he was weak and he gave into that weakness, he hated that. He trained for hours in the woods without stopping, he was trying to get rid of the thoughts of him marking her, he wanted to stop feeling like she was still holding him.He wanted to get rid of her sweet scent on him, he felt that if trained and hard and sweated enough, the sweat will get rid of her scent but it did not work. He could still smell her all over him, her scent would not go away, his wolf was happy and Balthazar was indifferent. Ambrosia stood in the window watching the gate waiting for him, he had finished making food a long time ago and wondered why he has not returned.
When they got back to the Snow Palace, Ambrosia showed the Troll and Kendra to the west wing of the palace. The west wing was the part of the palace that was closest to the forest and Kendra like it the most compared to the cold side. She could not bear the cold as her kingdom is always warm, never snows there but there is rain. Each wing of the palace was equipped with everything one would need.For that reason, it was hard for them to see each other and Kendra was lonely. She yearned for the presence of other fairies then if her mate did not want to be with her. Niko, the Troll tried everything he could to cheer her up but nothing worked. When they arrived, Niko warned her against going to the forest as her presence there will bring upon changes that may anger the king.
On the way Luka was quiet, his wolf was restless, it was not giving him rest and it wanted to go back to its mate. Ambrosia expected that this would happen and he was not about to tell his master that his wolf was right. He wanted to let him figure it out by himself. Niko, on the other side, was bothered by this, they just left their queen behind and the king thought that his wolf was confused about his mate.He wondered why the king was not listening to his wolf about this, so he decided to ask. “My king, am sorry to be a bother but I have a question.” Said Niko nervous. “Ask your question.” Luka was a bit irritated, on one hand this Troll would not shut up and on the other, his wolf was causing him a headache. “Why don’t you believe it when
Kendra opted to walk when she got close to other fairies, she didn’t want anyone seeing her wings, she walked fast as her wings swept the ground behind her, she did not care. One of the downfalls of being a fairy was that when they find their mates everyone could see from their wings, they harden, mature and the original color darken. Everyone could see when the other has found their mate.Princess Kendra was not worried about that though, she was worried about her so called mate, he was a flower killing werewolf and no fairy had ever been mated to a wolf. It was unheard of! The princess of the fairy kingdom mated to a wolf; this was bad, very bad. She hurried to the palace almost jogging, she could not wait to get to the palace and talk to her mother about this.
The two went to that river after leaving the Trolls, they wanted to see for themselves the sirens they were talking about, the leader of the Trolls sent one of them after the king, he said that is would be an honor if one of them got to be by the king’s side serving him. According to him a king being close to a bloodsucker like that would bring another war to the supernatural beings.The Troll that was sent was walking behind Luka and Ambrosia, hiding behind trees and rocks so that he cannot be seen. Little did he know that they knew he followed the moment they felt because they smelled his scent behind them but decided to ignore him. When they got to the river, it was beautiful, peaceful with clean running water.