The strong tasty aura hit him and flinched at the feeling that his mate was moving toward the pack building. Although he was standing in the middle of the hall inside the pack building, a bit far from her, he feared she would also smell him as far as he could. Why was she going into the pack building? The aura was getting stronger and stronger indicating she was getting closer and he had to quicken his conversation with the King.
"Are you sure about this, Sage?" Alpha Cowell asked. His expression showed that he was bothered. "Yes, Alpha," Sage answered, his head bowed as always. "It's not as easy as you think." Alpha Cowell bellowed."I would love to know the feeling." He uttered, curving a deep smirk on his face. With his voice, Alpha Cowell could detect that he was anxious as well determined."I can't stop you, Sage but you have to think twice about it. Why don't you confirm it with her? She might have her reasons, whereas you don't know who she is yet, you are making rational decisions."Sage bent his head in thought. The Alpha was right. Could he confront her? What if she was really serious? "I fear she might reject me the moment she sets her eyes on me." He relayed."I will request for her to present and question her. I will get the truth from her." Alpha Cowell convinced him but it seems Sage was determined.The aura was becoming too deep for him and he had to be quick to leave the pack building if ever she was going there. "I don't want you to, Alpha. Everything might get complicated and I need to be careful. I'll let you know when I get back from the healer." With a swift, he bowed his head and scampered out with his inhuman speed. Obscuring far behind the trees surrounding the pack building, he waited for her. After a few minutes of waiting, Aurora finally came into view. As usual, Fennick was beside her, his hand over her shoulders while they laughed at each other's jokes. "She's a wolf fighter and tracker?" He asked himself, observing her outfit. She wore the pack fighters' uniform of black leather pants and jacket that brought out her thin curves, and black boot heels with her rank badge resting on her jacket pocket while her sword dangled on the waist belt she had on.He gulped when his eyes met with her badge. It has three gold stars indicating she was the leader of the pack. "What the fuck?!" He implored aloud. "Leader of the pack fighters?!"He was dumbfounded. Stunned. Astonished. Startled. Horrified. He felt horrible. "Leader of the pack fighters?" Of course, he knew her. Yes, he had heard from his father while he was away that a new leader for the pack fighters had been chosen after the last one fought with the Alpha and got banished from the Lock Hearts pack. His father surprised him when he told him she was a female and she was chosen because of her speed and a good tracker. He had applauded her a lot even when he hadn't seen her and hoped he would get to see her soon.The leader of the wolf fighters was his mate. She was the mate he was trying to confirm why she'd made a terrible wish on her birthday. His knees went numb all of a sudden while his wolf howled, calling out to her at her aura. He was starting to drive insane and his wolf was starting to get unstable and weak with the distance they were keeping. The only thing he could do now was to meet with the healer. That was his last choice since he was starting to love her. He started to run but his legs weren't working so he had to shift. His wolf growled out and his howling echoed through the forest in anguish as he trotted his way down to the healer's cottage. Sage got to his location and shifted back ambling into the cottage. "I need Avatar." He mumbled when he sighted the healer, a young man in his late thirties. He was crouching on a sofa, his hands holding up the back of his neck while his eyes were closed looking like he was asleep. However, the healer wasn't and Sage knew it. "I also need clothes to change into." He asserted and moved toward the healer's room to check out what to wear. "Keep off from my wardrobe." The healer who was known as Gwen warned, calmly still laying on the sofa but his eyes were now opened. Sage didn't attempt to leave the room as he went on searching through Gwen's wardrobe. He whirled to put on a white shirt he got from the wardrobe when a waft waved it off from his hands. He popped out his eyes in outrage and walked hurriedly to meet Gwen."Get some clothes on, idiot!" Gwen snapped at him."You wouldn't allow me to wear yours," Sage complained."Now!" Sage made his way back to the room and when he was satisfied with what he wore, he walked back to Gwen and sat down tiredly on the sofa.Gwen was already up from his seat and was preparing two cups of coffee. "Why do you need Avatar?" He questioned his gaze on the coffee machine."I found my mate." Sage let out, dryly.The room went tranquil for a moment since Gwen was in deep thought. Sage has found his mate and he should have been excited but he was at his place requesting an Avatar. How weird it was. "The first thing you have to request from me after five years of leaving is an Avatar?" Gwen implored. He was done with making the coffee and he carried the two cups in both hands and sauntered back to the sofa. He gave one cup to Sage who muttered a thank you and gulped down the whole content. After he was sure enough to have swallowed the warm drink, he replied. "Learning psychology was the best and worst thing ever." He told Gwen, "I had a tough and favourable time.""Nice," Gwen uttered."I found my mate but she didn't want me." He bellowed miserably and rested comfortably on the sofa, his arms spread on the headboard of the sofa. "You came back late yesterday. When did you find her and where did you find her?" Gwen questioned wanting to know more about the story of Sage finding his mate and Sage went on to explain the full event to him."Hmm, too bad," Gwen muttered.Gwen crossed his legs over each other, his cup of coffee still in his right hand. He tried harder to think of a way out for Sage but Sage's opinions were still the best way to know about Aurora's wish. "It wouldn't be easy when you need your scent back." He conveyed and sip from his cup while Sage watched him. "What you want to do is between life and death," Gwen warned like how Beta Craig and Alpha Cowell did."I'll give it a try." He conceded, making himself comfortable on the sofa."It's not about giving it a try, it's about the consequences.""Do you advise me to give up on her?""I'm not. I only need to remind you that the last person who has hidden her scent from her mate didn't make it when she needed it." Sage groaned. Although it has been years yet, the event played in his mind like it was seconds ago when Gwen mentioned it. As a pup, the teen had hidden her scent from her mate who was once her enemy. She ended up falling in love with him and needed her scent back to feel an
It was some hours passed midday and Aurora called a gathering to her acquaintance outside the pack building to address them. They all assembled in a well-arranged consecutive line with vast poses making the hundredth warriors look coordinated due to how they practiced their tradition in the Lock Hearts pack. Lock Hearts pack was one of the most effective packs in Austin, Texas. It had an enormous number of shifters of both adult wolves and pups. They were up to three hundred and they were ruled peacefully by their powerful and caring Alpha Cowell with his companions including Aurora, the brave commander of the pack fighters.Even when Aurora was looking minor, the toughest wolves and pups honoured her as their commander. They all hearkened to her and no one dared to defy their duties because she was a female wolf. As she ascended onto the altar located at the front of the pack building where decrees were made and given, instruments and chorus was played to give her a birthday ceremo
Pack members began to troop into the pack Academy. The Academy, located in the middle of the woods, was the biggest building compared to the packed building where the Alpha stays. It was built for the activities being held. It was a place where wolves are trained, especially the pups. They were taught in the academy in groups how to control their wolf and how to do the combat fight when they can't shift, maybe due to how weak their wolves are. The teaching was always section by section. Adults and pups have different stages they learn from before prompting to the next stage. Then, after the teaching, everyone would gather and talk about what they'd been taught. Most times, training takes place in the night for those who need to go for a run or the night watch.The Alpha King Cowell had built the Academy making the pack a very special one different from other packs and members of the pack had fallen in love with his intelligence. Occasionally, he visits the Academy, during a full moo
"I'm Aurora." She introduced herself to Sage through the mind link as they strolled side by side in the woods. After Sage has introduced himself, Aurora calmed her nerves seeing that he wasn't there to harm her. Her anger had turned to warmth, seeing how protective he could be. "You're the pack fighter, I know you." He implied and she stopped on her track which he also did. Her wolf turned to him, wiggling her tail in anxiety. "How come I don't know you and you're a pack member?" She asserted, using her eyes to roam over his brown wolf. He looked handsome with a tall and muscular figure in his wolf form and she imagined how he would be in his human body. She felt goosebumps building beneath her furs."You don't know everyone in the pack, do you?" Sage inquired and started to walk away.Aurora fumed when she saw he wasn't giving her the respect she deserved. She was a leader and he was walking away from her not telling her who he was and why he had approached her.She scurried after
Aurora's alarm rang too early for her to wake up. It was as if she never slept a second after she had gone to bed the other night. She felt weak and exhausted. She desired to get back to bed but she couldn't. She had to be at the pack building where the rogues would be given their final judgement. She used her thumb to rub her dark circles, staring at herself inside the five feet mirror in her washroom.After her bath, she brought out another pair of her uniform to wear. Satisfied with her appearance, she grabbed her spec and wore it properly furthermore, striding out of her bedroom down to the sitting room.She cringed watching her grandmother dance to the tune of the music that was played from a stereo in the sitting room. She was with a pack of chocolate candy, munching them with excitement. Sora loved chocolate and after so many days of missing it, she finally got a chance to go out to town to get one. Most times she was busy going out and shopping, she does almost everything for
"How dare you, Sage?!" Beta Craig cringes at him, standing up from his seat, his gaze on Sage who was on the terrace of the hall, watching them. Everyone turned their attention and gasped at what they saw, the Beta's son? An uproar was about to start but Beta Craig's statement stopped them. "How dare you impede the king's order?!" He questioned Sage again.Moreover, Sage was already climbing down the stairs towards the King and his associates. When he reached the front of the throne, he pushed his knees down to the altar and bent his head, ready to seek forgiveness. "I'm sorry, King Alpha, I'm so sorry." He pleaded and waited for the King to declare him up.Meanwhile, Aurora stared shockingly at Sage. How could he stop the King's order? The worst part of it for her was sniffling the same aura she had smelled the other night. Was he the same wolf she had a chat with? The wolf that tamed her? What was he doing in the hall? Was he serious when he meant he lived in the Prime region? But w
"You're welcome to the pack, Sage." The head of Gamma wolves greeted him after shifters had gathered to welcome him. "It's an honour to have you here again." The Gamma added. "Thank you, Rae." Sage appreciated and turned to face Aurora who nudged him to get on the altar since everyone was waiting for him to climb the altar. The crowd screeched at his appearance, and after then they made a bow to him. He was previously the leader of the pack fighters and the King's right-hand man before he went out of the pack. While he was still at the pack, he ruled the pack fighters mightily and they had all adorned him until he left. Now that he was back, they loved him more.After some introduction to those who didn't remember him like Aurora, he thanked them for their warm welcome and the pleasant greeting came to an end. He promised them he would always be there whenever they needed him and the crowd departed happily with his vibrant speech to them.Aurora scoffed when Sage walked over to wher
The drive was hasty but smooth until the car plunged on a hook and the wheel became plastered. Sage who had driven at a normal speed was able to control the brake but missed his feet on the clutch and the car stumbled on a speed hump, making the vehicle jump from the ground, hitting the ground again before stopping on its track."What are you driving?!" Aurora squealed when she finally got herself to breathe. She swept her head to Sage who was already cursing the hook that had twitched his car wheel. He didn't say anything and unlocked his car to go out, Aurora doing the same with rage. This was the reason she should have taken her car instead of joining Sage."What's wrong?" She asked and tilted her hair to the back of her ear to avoid the wind blowing it over to her face. "What you desire," Sage answered with a serious tone. He hated the fact that his car had to stop when he was having a good time with Aurora thinking she might want to find another transport and leave him behind."
The room fell silent with disbelief. Each of them were frozen in shock. Fennick, Aurora’s best and lovely friend like a brother whose Grandmother was found in the forest years back, was the heir to the Autumn Pack, the very pack that had once threatened their peace? It was an impossible truth, yet the room could not deny the tension that suddenly grew between Fennick and his own identity.Sage was the first to break the silence, his voice low but firm. "We need to go," he said, his gaze never leaving Fennick’s face. "To the Autumn Pack. We have to find out what this means."The others were still in confusion, most especially Aurora. Fennick has always been like a brother to her even when she doesn’t know about his identity for long but his revelations cut deeply into her. She had thought he was with them, maybe he lost his scent but now that he was saying it made her think that she has never even known him. It was a difficult truth to accept. Fennick was their friend, their brother,
The Pack dining room was filled with the sound of laughter, clinking glasses, and the warmth of togetherness. After the heartache of the last few weeks, that night was a chance to heal, celebrate survival, and find peace in the company of one another. The scent of roast meat and freshly baked bread filled the entire place. Sage stood near the far end of the room, his hand resting gently on the back of Aurora’s chair. She had her chin tilted slightly down, her fingers playing with the glass in front of her, lost in thought. For a moment, Sage’s gaze softened, taking in the quiet beauty of the woman who had been at his side and his mate.He had been wanting to talk to her for days now, no, for weeks, but every time he saw her, the words escaped him. How could he put everything into words when everything had changed so much?Aurora felt his eyes on her, and slowly, she looked up. There was something in his gaze that made her heart skip a beat.Sage moved to her side, pulling out the cha
Beta Craig's tears and loud wailing alerted the whole pack that another tragic death had occurred. They could feel the sudden disconnection from their Alpha. The mournful howls echoed through the Pack as each of them expressed their own grief in their own ways. For a pack that had already endured so much, this final blow was just so unbearable. It was a big loss for everyone in the Pack.Gwen gently took Alpha Cowell’s lifeless body from Beta Craig’s trembling hands. He resisted at first, clutching his friend’s cold form until his strength gave out. His knees buckled, and a heart-wrenching sob escaped him as they pried Cowell’s body away. With solemn reverence, they carried Cowell’s body away. The same honor was given to Sora, whose ultimate sacrifice had saved Aurora. Their bravery was admired, for they had given their lives to protect another.Aurora sat beside Sage, her eyes fixed on his peaceful face. She had been waiting for what felt like an eternity for him to wake up, and she
Aurora slowly opened her eyes, coughing as the acrid smoke filled her lungs. Her thoughts were heavy, unsure of where she was or what had happened. As she struggled to sit up, memories flashed through her mind and as she remembered her fight with the witch, she assessed her body for injuries, expecting to find scars or stab wounds. But to her surprise, she found none.Confusion etched on her face, Aurora turned her head to take in her surroundings. The room was in shambles, furniture overturned, and debris scattered everywhere. But it was the body slumped on the ground that caught her attention.Aurora's heart skipped a beat as she scrambled to her feet, rushing towards the lifeless form. "Sora!" she cried out, her voice trembling with fear as she recognised the face.She reached her grandmother's side and soon her eyes welled up with tears. Sora lay limp, her eyes closed, and her face pale. Aurora gently shook her, calling out her name, but there was no response.Aurora's mind reeled
Ursula's cave was surrounded in darkness and the only sound that filled the place was a soft humming from her. Just in a flash, she sprang up from where she sat, seething her teeth in anger as she started to feel her powers draining out. She suddenly let out a horrible scream, throwing her head backwards as she shook vehemently. She paced back and forth in front of her mirror, her long, black hair swirling around her like a dark cloud. Her eyes, once bright with malevolence, now seemed dull and lifeless."How could this be?!" she spat, her voice venomous. "I used Octavia and Aurora to gain the upper hand. I manipulated them, used their innocence against them."Ursula's mind flashed back to the day she met the two of them. She has lied about giving her powers to Sora at birth Octavia. But in reality, she had been using them to further her own powers. She has indeed given Sora a child but it was with the aim to build her powers and the child was connected to those powers that she used
“We do not have any interest in that. We work for Alpha Dylan and now you are saying we should go against him? I’m sorry, we can’t do that,” the leader proclaimed. “Moreover, we have other important things to handle.” Then, he turned to one of his men, “Take her away and dump her back in the pack,” he commanded. His men immediately obliged, grabbing Rose and attempting to carry her away yet, Rose wasn't going to give up that easily.She had swore to leave with them, or die trying to do so. As soon as the men grabbed her and left an opening for their weapon, Rose reached for one of their swords. The sword was drawn from its scabbard and she swung it at the men but they were quick to move out of the way to avoid getting hit. Turning to their leader, Rose aimed the sword at his neck. “You will help my people, or I'll kill you and die afterwards.” She emitted with so much audacity. The fierce look in her eyes was quite scary, and the leader wondered if it was the same person that came in
|Flashback|His heart was saddened and he wished he could go back in time but it was impossible. What has happened has happened and the only thing he could do was think of a way forward but how was that going to be possible? He was locked up in the dungeon for the first time in his life like a gnashing lion, how could he think of breaking loose? How would he be able to gain back his position when he couldn’t even access his people. When all he could do was drool himself in pity.He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he jerked when he heard the sound of rumbling keys. His initial thought was that a guard had come in to attend to him but was suddenly taken aback by the presence. “Rose?” his eyes widened in shock as he stared at her in disbelief. “What the fucking hell are you doing here?!” he snarled, shocked and confused but she was quick to place a finger on her lips to shut him up. “I did not really sneak in,” she whispered. “They know I'm here and I have limited time to talk wit
The Pack’s square was filled with noise growls, shouts, and the murmurs of the betrayed. The Pack members of Lock Hearts Pack were now passive spectators to Sage's deterioration. Their eyes, once filled with respect and admiration, now brimmed with anger, frustration, and pain."He's a whimpering jackanape!," shrieked a high-pitched old she-wolf, voice like a razor sharp scream of agony. “How dare you call yourself an Alpha?”“You left us!” another voice yelled from the crowd. “Left us to fend for ourselves while you went chasing spirits and shadows!”“You’re nothing but a failure, Sage!" shouted a young warrior, his voice full of venom. “You brought shame to this Pack!”They riled up from all angles, each one a knife to Sage´s chest. However, each word weighed down more than the one before, and yet he held his gaze steady, forcing himself to bear it. His fingers twitched at his sides, his claws threatening to emerge, but he didn't move. They don't understand... They don’t know the tr
Sage leaned against the cold, damp wall of his cell, his head down. The metallic smell of blood and iron invaded his olfactory system and, with each breath, it became more difficult to breathe. His physical condition was poor, his body was weak and his muscles ached, but nothing was worse than the pain in his chest.Alpha Dylan.The name echoed in his mind like a curse. It burned hotter than any of his wounds. “How could I have been so blind?” he thought, his jaw clenching with frustration. Alpha Dylan had been a friend, or at least he had thought he had been. Sage had shared his concerns with him, confided in him, had talked to Dylan of his anxieties as a newly constituted Alpha, and Dylan answered with the patience of the wise mentor.But it was all a lie.His hands clenched into little fists and his nails bit into his palms until his flesh just about fell apart. He leaned back, gaze closed, focusing on the effort of remembering every single word Dylan had ever spoken. Each word, ea