“Calisté was our father’s enemy for the better part of his life,” Xavier started. “For all his life if I’m being very practical. Jimin’s father, Tae was the Beta of our pack back then and he was meant to marry Calisté.”“He was meant to marry Calisté?” Layla frowned. “How did he get mated to a witch?”“They were not mates,” Xavier frowned. “They were lovers. Our father would not hear of it – that his Beta wanted to get married to a witch and so he spoilt their blossoming relationship by telling Tae’s father. Tae’s father attacked Calisté’s family as a form of warning for her to stay clear from his son and that was where the war started.”“Are you trying to say that we the werewolves are the ones at fault?” Layla frowned, her eyes fixed on her own elder brother.“I would advise you reduce your voice,” Xavier said looking around. “You don’t want our soldiers to hear this do you?”Layla frowned and they walked on, ahead of Jimin, Megan and the rest of the warriors.“We started this war,
Luckily for the Mountain Ghost pack, they were not yet down when Xavier and his warriors got there. Ozark and his men had already broken through the back and killed a good number of the werewolves there but the bulk of the war was still going on at the front where Xavier and his warriors had pitched.“I’ve never gone to war in my life,” Xavier whispered to Layla who was standing at his right hand side.“Me neither,” she whispered back to him. “Hopefully this would be our first of many, not our last.”“Hopefully,” Xavier managed to say. He turned to face Jimin who was standing by his left. “You’re the most seasoned fighter amongst all of us here. What do you have in mind?”“I’ve never fought here before,” Jimin grunted. “But I’ve heard a lot about this pack. I know the geography and all I can say is that our archers are almost useless once we get inside this cave.”“A good number of our warriors are archers,” Xavier said, alarmed. “What hope do we have against them?”“The ones I recrui
Layla raised her head defiantly and saw the burly bastard. He was way larger than any of them there but he looked very young, fresh and without scars. His eyes were gleaming red and his skin was brown and tattooed in multiple places. He smiled at her, exposing his white set of teeth and the only thing that stopped Layla from standing up from the floor to kick his ass was the fact that she was still clinging on to the limp body of her father.“You don’t get it, Layla Damon, your father is dead,” Ozark laughed. “Your father and your brother, hopefully. I killed the two of them with one strike.”Layla raised up her head and stared at him. “How do you know who I am?”“Who doesn’t know who you are?” Ozark stared back at her. “The stubborn daughter of the Alpha King. Ghost tells us the story every single night. The story of how he plucked off his little niece’s head right from her body, how the blood splattered and stained his white tux, the memory remains fresh in my head. I suppose it sho
Jimin knelt down on the floor beside Xavier and felt his heartbeat. He was no longer breathing. He turned to Layla and shook his head pitifully and Rhea watched the two of them in amusement as they knelt over the dead body.“Can’t you two see that he is dead?” Rhea frowned. “I mean, I didn’t wish that for him. He brought it upon himself by fighting his father’s fight.”“Fighting his father’s fight?” Jimin asked rising angrily. “Do you think he wanted to fight how father’s fight? Do you think I want to fight my father’s fight? If I had my way, I would be out of this pack a long time ago.”“What you want doesn’t matter in the end, Sentinel,” Rhea smiled. “It is what you do that really matters.”“And you?” Jimin stared at her. “What did you do? Did you choose to become your father’s henchman of your own Accord? Or he forced you here like he forced the rest of you all bastards.”Ozark grunted. “Allow me kill the animal, my princess. He’s not even worthy to stand in your presence.”“You’re
Xavier wished for the earth to swallow him at that moment but it didn’t. When he stared up at her, the only thing he could remember was the day he saved her life – the day he saved the life of the daughter of the very man that killed his father. He had saved his worst enemy without knowing who she was. He turned to face Jimin, his eyes red with anger.“Why didn’t you tell me she was the one?” he stared at Jimin.“How could I have known?” Jimin frowned. “The orders from Jaime was for us to kill all Lycans. I didn’t know who was who. If I had known that she was the daughter of the Lycan King, believe me, you would have met her head hanging on a spike by the time you found us.”Xavier sighed and turned back to face Rhea. Rhea smiled at him again and he was disgusted by how pretty and confident she looked. Her hair was golden, just like her father’s and it shone. She was dangerously beautiful and tall and the slit of her eyes made her gaze even more dangerous than her poise. She noticed t
“Exactly what I expected from you, Xavier Damon,” Rhea laughed. “Of course you would be tempted to play hero and save her life. But let me quickly remind you that you’re outnumbered.”“You can’t kill me,” Xavier said looking her in the eyes. “You would have made a brave king,” Rhea shrugged. “Too bad my father is already interested in that title. You have to bow before him and he would want to have the daughter of an Alpha. It would be a good bargaining tool for him eventually. I’m pretty sure Alpha Ferran loves his daughter.”“She is a person like you,” Xavier said. “You’re not any better than her. She is not a bargaining tool.”“We’re all bargaining tools, Xavier,” Rhea sighed. “The earlier you realize and acknowledge that fact, the better it would be for you. If I were to mistakenly wander into the North unguarded and without my father’s command, do you think Alpha Ferran would allow me walk free there? Of course not. He would take me as his prisoner and do what with me? He would
Mork side stepped just in time and Ozark ran head on into a rock that was in the middle of the cave. He crashed into it and fell head first on the floor and Mork walked up to him slowly. He stared at him from above and shook his head in pity.“You don’t go against your future queen,” Mork shrugged. “Even if you don’t lose your head now, you would lose it later on. You can’t win this fight.”Ozark mumbled some unintelligible words on the floor and Ozark lifted him up. “Ready to bow before your queen now?”Ozark spat in his face in defiance and Mork turned away. “Wasn’t expecting that.”Mork turned angrily and as fast as he turned, his claws dug into Ozark’s flesh and tore it apart. Ozark howled and fell to the floor and there was a huge rumbling in the cave as he fell. Mork stared at him on the floor and shook his head before turning again to face Rhea.“Spare him my queen,” Mork frowned. “He is but a young warrior. He does not understand any of the concepts of war. Allow him live and
Xavier walked up to Alpha Joharres and the Alpha’s claws sharpened immediately.“There is no need for that, Alpha Joharres,” Xavier frowned. “Let us be smart and avoid certain doom, all of us. Leave your ancestral home and live. Stay and die. Which do you choose?”“I would rather stay and die fighting for what I know is mine,” Alpha Joharres grunted back. “It’s a coward who would run away at the first sight of danger and I’m not one so if you’re here to convince me about giving up, I’m sorry you’re wasting your time.”“You are not giving up Joharres,” Xavier replied, his eyes fixed on the Alpha. Joharres stared at him wondering what he meant and Xavier whispered in his ears.“You are not giving up by deciding to leave a piece of land behind. I left mine to come and help you. I left it almost totally unguarded. Do you think I didn’t have a plan when I left it?”“I trust you did,” Joharres grunted sarcastically. “And what is this your master plan all about huh? I would really love to he
“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