Surprise!

Zane. 

“So? What was her response?” I barked at the guard I had sent to deliver the letter to the Alpha of Night Walker Pack. 

“I… I didn’t see her personally.” He stammered out. He risked a look at me and relaxed a bit when he couldn’t read my emotion to be that of anger. However, I was still processing his words. The moment I did, my face contoured with anger which I couldn’t hold no matter how hard I tried. 

“You didn’t what?” I bellowed at the man. Before he could respond, I hitched toward him and gave him a slap across the face. He staggered backward, a wince on his face before he bowed and fell on his knees. 

“I told you to make sure you deliver the letter to her personally!” I yelled. My patience was already worn out with everything I had to deal with and this stupid guard had only successfully added to it. 

“Her people refused to let me see her. The only way to make sure she got the letter was to deliver it to her people.” 

I hissed and slowly advanced to the man. I watched as he shivered in fear. 

“But I got a reply from her.” He let out before I could reach him. I don’t blame him. He knew he was going to be dead before I even hear any excuse he has. However, I stopped when I heard his words. 

“And?” I hissed out. If the response still wasn’t what I was expecting, he would still be a dead man.

“She is coming to the pack today itself.” He let out. 

Half of the anger in me dissipated. I released my fist and walked back to my space on the couch. I sat and crossed my legs, but quickly let them down again. I let out a sigh and breathed deeply. 

“Why didn’t she just come with you?” I couldn’t just understand the nerve of a female Alpha. In the first place, I couldn’t exactly tell why and how a woman had ended up being the leader of an entire pack full of agile men. 

However much I wanted to protest, I knew that could only mean that she was not a person to be toyed with just anyhow. 

Beside, I was looking for something from her, so I couldn’t complain yet. 

“Just forget that. Get the pack Elders ready for an emergency meeting so we can meet her,” I instructed. 

“Y-yes, Alpha.” The guard rushed out, happy to get away from me. 

With just me and the perfect silence in the room, I couldn’t help but brood. 

I could remember just exactly how it started about a month ago. I was in a meeting with the council of Elders when a sudden news had come to me that we were under an attack. Thinking that it was one of the usual attacks of some packs trying to show their powers by attacking us, I and some warriors had rushed to the scene. 

But what had we met?

The soldiers of Blue Heart Pack were falling and dying all around. 

The worst part was no one could see who or whatever was attacking them. It was just an invisible force killing them all like animals. 

Before I could shout for them to retreat, we had lost over forty men. 

Ever since then, spontaneous attacks like that had kept occurring. 

Which was why I needed the crystal heart from Night Walker pack. I heard that it was the crystal that could let what was not clear become clear. Not only would we be able to know who the enemy was, but we would also be able to know how to tackle them. 

That was how Night Walkers pack had managed to remain undefeatable all these years. 

If the Alphas of the pack were greedy, they could have taken on the whole kingdoms of the werewolf world and still won. But they all chose their small kingdom and aloofness from the rest of us. 

“Why are you just sitting there?!” Tiana yelled at me suddenly. 

I scoffed at her and immediately proceeded to ignore her. Now was not the time to give in to her defiant acts. 

For the past three years, she just turned into this beastly person I couldn’t fathom. Worst, there was no child between us despite how hard we try. Even the pack Elders were beginning to question me about having a heir. 

“Don’t just sit there and look at me! Answer me when I talk to you!” She yelled. 

I got up, ready to slap her. But a guard’s presence stopped me. 

“The Elders are ready, Alpha.” He announced. 

Using that as a distraction, I moved to his side, ready to leave. 

“You can’t leave!” Tiana yelled.

“Alpha, the Alpha we are expecting is also at the pack entrance.” He added. 

“Now? Why didn’t you say so sooner?” I queried him. I didn’t even wait for his response. I just rushed out of the house, leaving him to follow as he pleased. Tiana continued to bark like a mad woman, but I ignored her as well. 

Seeing this woman of an Alpha was more important than anything else right now. 

I got to the hall and saw that all the council of Elders were already present. Not only that, some other dignitaries were also around. 

I couldn’t blame them. This was a matter which concerned everyone in the pack. 

I didn’t bother with any pleasantries. I just sat and asked the next direct question. 

“Where is Alpha Sapphire? I heard she already arrived at the pack?”

“That’s right, Alpha Zane.” A female voice called from the door of the hall. “I am here.” She announced her presence. 

My eyes, as well as every other person’s eyes in the pack turned in the direction of the voice. 

‘Mate!’ My wolf purred within me as I came face to face with the woman. 

“Li-Amanda?” I called either profound confusion. 

There was no way the Alpha of Night Walkers pack was Amanda. 

And definitely no way she would be my mate. 

What was going on?