Xavier and Jimin had already made the decision to move at dawn the next day when they saw the strange boy make out with Karla in the kitchen It was a sunny day and they had gathered at the palace for the first official meeting since the death of Elder Xhang. Most of the Elders still seemed to be shaken by his death and it was no surprise to Jimin or Xavier because they had been there too and his death was under strange circumstances. He had been possessed by the Lycan King, Ghost Damon. The Elders were even more surprised when Xavier had announced his plan to unanimously elect Elder Obada as the new head of the Elders. They didn’t have anything against Obada of course because he had his slates clean. He was even one of the Elders fighting for the truth and the release of Trey back at court. The only reason they raised eyebrows was because the tradition was very clear. The Elders had always elected their own leader. It had never been in the Alpha’s place to elect a leader for them and
Aurum bounded away as fast as he could with Megan on his back and the kitchen servants had to clear his way to avoid been trampled upon to death. “Woah! Let me go!” Megan cried as Aurum bounded away with her. “Who the fuck are you?”“Your Alpha King,” Xavier growled at her. “Now tell me who you are.”“Well, you have to stop a bit,” Megan said. “I can’t possibly talk when you’re running at 150 an hour.”Aurum slowed down and shifted back to Xavier. “Better now?” Megan fell on the floor as Xavier could not hold her weight anymore. “Thank you for the joy ride,” Megan grumbled. “But I don’t think I requested for any.”“You’re welcome,” Xavier smiled. “Now tell me who you are at once. You saw what happened back there with the crazy boy.”“Justin,” Megan said. “I knew there was something suspicious about him the first day he walked into this kitchen. I knew it…”“Wait, wait, wait,” Xavier cut her short. “How long has he been here?”“Two days now,” Megan said. “He said he came from the Nor
Justin smiled at the boy standing before him. It was going to be an easy victory.“Come on, Alpha,” Justin smiled and folded his sleeves up. “Lets see what you’ve got there?”They circled each other with calculating looks in their eyes and Xavier stopped halfway and smiled at Justin.“So your father tried to kill me?” Xavier said. Justin frowned at him and shrugged.“I have no idea what my father plans to do and what he plans not to do,” Justin said. “I was more like a senior servant…doing the dirty work for him without knowing what was actually going on.”“If you were doing the dirty work,” Xavier grunted. “How come you never knew about your father’s plans to kill me?”“Oh I was never interested in you,” Justin replied quickly. “You see, my father wanted to kill you and I knew that quite well even though he tried his best to keep it a secret from me. I just didn’t care about you. You were not important to me. The only thing I cared about was my throne, my rightful position as the hei
Xavier woke up with a start. He had a strange and faraway look in his eyes and he turned around, trying to catch sight of all of them.“I just had the strangest dream in the world,” Xavier frowned. “In my dream, I saw my sister, Layla and she was…” Xavier paused and spun around suddenly. “Layla.”Layla smiled at him and he rose up hastily and jumped up on her, squeezing her in his embrace. “I can’t believe this is actually you, again. How is this possible?”Layla smiled and shrugged. “What can I say? We bless the gods. Selene has always been on our side hasn’t she?”“Its her?” Jimin frowned. “Selene is the one who brought you back to life?”“I won’t say brought me back to life exactly,” Layla laughed. “But yes, something like that. She bought me some time to help my big brother and his pack.”“I see,” Jimin nodded. “You know what we have to do right? We have to head to the ends of the earth. Xavier has to claim his right as the Alpha King.”“I know everything that I need to know Jimin
“You still haven’t told me how the two of you are brothers?” Layla frowned, her eyes fixed on her elder brother. “And why were you calling dad some hours ago? Is he somehow alive like you are?”“I promised I would tell you Layla,” Xavier grunted. “But there’s a lot going on right now. We’re still moving today remember? Don’t worry, I would fill you in.”“You’d better,” Layla snarled and turned to help a little kid that was trying to stand up. “Hello beautiful…”Xavier sighed in exasperation and allowed his mind to wander again. It was just the beginning of his second week as the Alpha of the pack but the drama that he had experienced first hand made it seem more like he had been the Alpha for a decade already. In just a week, he had watched the leader of the Elders die, as well as his own sister, along with a couple of other minor altercations that he doubted his father would have experienced in his own reign. It made him wonder if it was wise making all the decisions by himself. He s
Mork stared at the faces of the fifty Lycans standing before him and he could see it very clear in their eyes – fear, mixed with anger. He couldn’t blame them though. Their Lord commander and King, Ghost Damon who felt like he knew everything was the one that was going to cause their eventual downfall. It was beneath his imagination how he expected just fifty Lycans to take down a whole pack of werewolves and he prayed that he received an message from Ghost that back up was coming. Unlike the two times he went with a hundred men and managed to come back alive, he knew very well that none of them were going to survive it. It was a suicide mission and none of the Lycans there seemed to be happy about the fact that they were the ones deployed for that mission.“I know that none of you is thrilled to be here,” Mork grunted. “I for one am not thrilled to be here, for the third time.”“I think you should be,” Sven, a red haired Lycan grunted. “How come you have not been able to take down th
Mork stared in excitement at the Lycans that lined the other side of the rock and he could easily make out the face of the Lycan leading them. It was Ozark. He knew Ozark very well. He was brave, reckless and a good warrior if you were particular about someone who wanted to murder werewolves gruesomely. Many even claimed that Ozark was more reckless than Ghost himself and Mork knew that it was his only chance to rest the rumors he had always heard. He had heard a lot about Ozark but he had never been chanced to see him at the war front. Ozark was not one of the senior commanders in the Lycan army but Ghost saved him for only the most important missions because Ghost knew that he would always come in handy. However, Mork was still senior to him in position and could order him around.Mork whistled – a low tuned whistled that went through the winds and caught the attention of Ozark who was on the other side of the rock and once he had caught the commander’s attention, he knew that all h
Xavier stared at the screen of his phone in shock as he read the message that popped up and from the expression on his face, they all knew that there was a problem. Jimin was the first to react. He steadied hos reins and whipped at his horse to go faster and when he had caught up with Xavier who had preferred to move ahead of them on foot, he stopped and climbed down.“What is the matter, Xavier?” he asked as he peered at the phone screen to see whatever it was that made Xavier stop walking so awkwardly. He stared at the screen of the phone and he read the message himself. It was from Elder Obada.“News has just reached me from the Mountain Ghost Pack. The Lycans attacked about an hour ago and have managed to close them in. I would advise you change your route and head to the other packs first. Fighting with Lycans less than an hour into your journey would not be the best option for you and your men.”Jimin stared at Xavier and their eyes met each other’s. “What do you suggest we do,
“Rhea? Helping? After all I told you about her?”The disgust on Jimin’s face was pretty much obvious and Xavier knew that it was going to take more than mere words to convince his Beta that the Lycan kings daughter was actually on their side.“She’s helping out with Calistè,” Xavier frowned staring at Jimin. “She saved my life and i really think we should give her a chance.”“Well I don’t think we should,” Jimin sighed. “After all that she’s done, but if that’s what you want, who am into argue with you?”Jimin turned around immediately and stormed out and Xavier watched as he left. He turned to face Jaime and Layla who had been quiet all the while and he stared at them.“What’s with the look?” Layla frowned. “Come on let’s go help your Luna. I want to be an aunty very soon.”Xavier smiled and blushed and bolted towards the sound of the clanking swords. He was happy that his sister had gotten over her hatred for Rhea and he knew that with her on his side now they were going to defeat C
"Hunny! Did you miss me?" Calistè gave a smug smile while Xavier stared in shock."You…yo " he tried to speak but what befell his eyes was greater than what his mouth could speak out loud."Yeah. I understand" she made a mocking face." Now! Are we going to fight or what?" She grinned big time and whistled to her beasts.He beasts all came after the others that stood in the room, Layla immediately changed to a wolf, her teeth snarling and her roar as clear as crystal.Calistè raced towards Xavier, her sword in hand as she raised her arms and swung at Xavier.Xavier missed it by a beat and she smirked hard ."Oh, much I've waited for this!" She screamed and charged at Xavier again, her heels hotter than the very earth as she kept off.Meanwhile kycans began to climb the walls and started to hit the windows."Jimin! The windows" Jamie screamed while trying to fend off a beast who looked at him as though he was nothing more than food.Before jimin could think of anything else, the shatte
Jimin watched as Layla rallied the group together in the small study, the space getting filled up immediately with eager faces ready to fight for their Alpha, for their kingdom. Jimin turned away from the group, striding into the main study and shutting it close behind him. When he turned around, Xavier was staring up at her, his hands frozen untop a map that he'd probably been gazing at before Jamie entered."You know you can join your sister and help with the planning. Instead of being all by yourself, worrying, like always." Jimin was satisfied with Xavier's severe frown, his forehead wrinkling. Xavier ignored him and went back to his perusal of the map. Jimin drew closer, his head tilting down to take in the almost real picture of their kingdom. Xavier had placed pins around the boarder, and was currently swirling one in his hand while staring at the map in concentration.He stuck the pin at a place that didn't make sense and let out a grunt of frustration. Jimin was confused and
"You can't believe you can ever defeat me, right?" Calistè said with vigor and a growing grin coming up on her face."Just wait till I smack that stupid grin off your face" Rhea said, her brows nearly touching from anger."Make me?" She challenged.Rhea rushed at her, her hands holding two daggers now, her feet swift on the ground and her stance defensive even though she was the attacker now.Flames went up in different directions and Rhea glanced quickly to see that Layla had her hands on Xavier as he steadied his breath to catch his breathing and stop the bleeding that was now obvious.Rhea got even more angry as she dodged the attack on time, her face nearly been dissected by calistè's sharp sword."You know how I got this sword? Huh!" Calistè boasted and struck again, missing Rhea immediately from her swift and tricky movements."I have a feeling you're going to tell me anyway, so do" Rhea said and took another stance.With two of her fingers she gestured for calistè to meet her a
Xavier looked from jimin to Layla with so much surprise."How did you know that?" Jamie asked the man in question but he didn't reply.He gestured to his fellow elders and they all went to take their various seats at their high tables."So tell us, Xavier. Why have you come back?" The eldest elder asked again.Xavier who was still managing to recover from how they knew about Rhea snapped out of his head and stepped forward in the council."I have lead this kingdom for a while and everybody can see my works" Xavier began and some of the elders nodded their heads to what he said but not Marcus."I have been away for quite some time" he looked intently at everyone" And I bring you news from the snowy mountains and others... Calistè is alive and well" the elders gasped in shock." And what's even more? — he paused Ashe examined each and everyone one of them including Marcus — she has beasts of her own"Gasps rang out from every corner and Xavier liked the fear it impacted on them, it was
The fight took a lesser time to finish as they had gotten that source of information, blood and splatters of beast remains stained them and the very earth that they walked on. Layla couldn't help but feel very dirty about the whole scenario that played out in front of her."We've got to help the women and the children Xavier" she said while Xavier turned back into his human form.Xavier didn't utter a single word as he walked past her and back to where a horse had galloped to."Xavier!" She called for him, her feelings out on a platterXavier stopped walking but didn't turn to look at her."I'm talking to you. We should help them out Xavier" she said, her voice sharp and firm and this got Xavier turning to look at her square in the face and Layla was able to see just how much anger resided in his little orbs of crystal clear darkness."No" he said, a Huff if air coming out of his nostrils with his finality."What?" Layla asked, baffled by what the heck he could mean."You heard me rig
"Calistè?" Jamie asked, astonished.layla didn't know what to say or how to respond, the whole world felt like it went silent and collapsed."She gathered up every last woman and child and took them with her alongside some beasts" a man spoke up." You've got to help us sire. You're our only hope now" the first man said. Xavier came out in front of jimin, his hands still placed on the scratch he had obtained."We journey to my Homeland, the black wolves" people began to murmur." We plan on taking back our Homeland and we plan on defeating calistè once and for all" Xavier said with an air of finality.The crowd stopped murmeeing and cheered a bit." Can we come with you?""Oh... Let us come with you!" Another said." Let him rest folks, wherever he goes, we go. We pledge our loyalty to you sure" the first man said again. Xavier didn't know what to make of all of these information and all of these kinds of response. He just gave a Curt nod and that was it. The men dispersed out of the h
"What did you find?" Layla said with all seriousness. Jamie had so much excitement in his eyes as he jumped up and down." I found a shelter and jimin found food, we could make a camp fire later tonight" Jamie replied. Xavier nodded his head in agreement."Lead the way" Jamie was more than happy to do so.They walked together under Jamie's direction and lead, he would lead them to a path that had a sheltering , like a makeshift house but with tents. Jimin was bent over a hurdle of stacked sticks and on closer inspection, he was currently striking two stones together in order to produce fire."Jimin, let me help you with that" Layla said and walked ahead of the men to help jimin, in seconds she had done that which jimin had struggled with.With food on the raging fire, each of the flame licking a bit of the left over meat, night had quickly fallen on them."I have a question Xavier" Layla suddenly said, everybody's attention focused on her , the illumination the fire casted around the
There was an obvious change in the air the next day, Xavier was calmer and for the first time, so was Layla. They had both had time to think, mostly Layla.Jamie had appeared out of nowhere, map in hand as he suddenly cleared their breakfast off of the table that had seen more of the good life than the ugly.He spread the map evenly and Xavier glanced at Layla just in the nick of time to see that same excitement he couldn't deny made him feel a spark." Xavier, lead the way" Jamie said as he stepped away from the map. Xavier who had been seated stood up and so did the rest. With their necks outstretched, they gathered around him like a flock of flightless birds in need of direction."We go through the Rocky mountain which should take a day but now that we have no means of flight or how to get there asides from our obvious walking, we'd have to take nearly two days to get there," he said, pointing at some steep and yet pointy figures that made its way to the map."What about going arou