Diana watched the departing members of the alliance. “Did they receive the gift I prepared?” Rakiz Lemoir, who was a step behind Diana, glanced at the tablet he was holding as if he was confirming something then he nodded. “They received it.” He whistled. “These trackers from the human continent brought by Soleyah Haynes are very useful indeed!” Diana turned around and headed back to the pack’s training ground. Unlike the usual days, she was not wearing a maternity dress. Instead, she wore a pair of stretchable pants, a white shirt that hugged her belly perfectly, and a black leather jacket. She paired it with her infamous combat boots as her hair was tied in a clean braid. Walking past the dazed Sally, Diana stopped a foot away from her. “Are you sure that you don’t want to be with them?” A self-deprecating smile appeared on Sally’s face. “So what if I want them? I am an omega with no hidden bloodline like you, Luna Diana. My will alone cannot pave the way for our cursed fate.”
“Talia, are you sure about this?” Talia, who was now clad in a black backless dress paired with beige-colored combat boots, looked back and met Alpha Liam’s gaze beneath his gold-rimmed glasses. She shrugged and combed her hair. “I owe this to Diana.” “There are six of us who are your mates. Isn’t it enough for us to join this war when we could have turned a blind eye to this?” Just like always, among the six alphas, Liam was the one who had the shrewdest mindset. “What you owe to them is none of my business. But my life… my rules. My debt, my rules. I hope we made that clear, Alpha Liam.” A glint of defiance flickered beneath her gaze as she met his eyes head-on. After all, as their mate, she had the privilege of talking back at the six alphas of Night Prowlers Pack without the fear of being beheaded. Alpha Liam grinned. In a blink of an eye, he had closed the distance between him and Talia. With his arms trapping her escape routes, Talia found herself in between Liam’s muscled
“Alexander,” greeted Soleyah to the man who was only clad in his shorts. It took her a few seconds to peel her gaze from his broad chest. She looked straight into his eyes, thoroughly reminding herself that she was no longer his ‘little sister’. She was his equal—an alpha female by birthright. “Soleyah.” Alexander’s deep voice that called his name made Soleyah focus her gaze on his sensual lips. She could not help but remember those nights when she screamed in pleasure from those lips of his. Shaking her head, she cleared her throat and asked. “What’s the matter? Are you going to stop me again?” “Will you even listen if I do?” Helplessness flashed beneath his crimson eyes as he stared at her. “I am here to ask you one more time, will you come with me? The Werewolf Committee is not your main concern. I can help you rebuild your strength as an alpha in your pack.” Soleyah sneered. Gone was the desire in her heart, replaced with disappointment and anger. “You are wasting your time.
Soleyah did not wait for the others to ask her. She immediately jogged toward the place where she could feel the throb within the mate bond she had with Alexander Crimson. Needing not a guide, Soleyah was able to arrive at the borders they had dashed past through earlier when they entered the Crescent Pack.As soon as she saw him, she immediately scanned his surroundings.Unlike her small group, Alexander, who was an alpha to the Crimson Moon Pack who was second to Blood Claws Pack when it came to having strong wolves and second to Night Prowlers Pack when it came to having a close off environment, stood before a hundred of strong wolves with no less than a delta in their ranks.His tattoos were clearly displayed for all to see. Suddenly, Soleyah had the instinctual urge to cover him up in front of the female deltas of the Crescent Pack.‘What the heck am I thinking?’ Soleyah was stupefied with her train of thoughts as she shook it off immediately while nearing her mate. Instead, she
Skinned alive.The traitor among the ranks of the Crescent Pack was once a good friend of Diana’s father. His betrayal hit Mason yet he was still the one who sentenced his former comrade to such degrading and painful death. Such decisiveness was something that Diana took from her father.Diana did not meddle with the punishment even when the Blood Claws Pack had a much more cruel method to deal with the traitor. She owed this to her father after she pushed him to be the temporary alpha of such a big pack.‘Shananel that bitch is really cunning, but I expect this much from her. If she still remained unmoved right now, I will be sorely disappointed.’ Diana pondered.Diana stood in an inconspicuous part of the camp as they waited for the Crescent Pack to settle the traitor before they would launch the attack aimed at the Werewolf Committee. She turned around and walked to the border nearest to the Werewolf Committee.Standing there, amid the darkness and stillness of the forest, Diana co
Sally was originally just a name for Diana who was a mere pawn in her chess game called revenge. Because of this mindset, Diana did not bother to put Sally’s misdeeds in her eyes when she first arrived in the Blood Claws Pack. Over time, Sally became someone she treated as one of her people. Remembering Sally’s resolute pair of eyes as she muttered the word ‘Luna’ filled with devotion, Diana knew that Sally was already one of the few people she wanted to protect in this wretched world. Yet Shananel dared to stretch her claws to her pack… to her people. Recalling the warring times of her past life, when the Blood Claws Pack’s rallied to surround the Werewolf Committee, it seemed as if Sally was the one who played the role of Seymor Tesan in this lifetime! Diana knew that Shananel would make a sneaky attack and it would result in the first death among the Blood Claws Pack’s ranks—Beta Seymor Tesan’s death. Hence, Diana chose to take all the hink-ranking wolves to the rally, leaving o
Amid the replanning inside the lavish tent, Diana, was standing around the round table where a circular hunter skin man was laid. Diana’s cold gaze swept around the alphas around her and moved the rook to the castle, moving the two chess pieces together. “When that happens, this is the perfect time to take their—ugh!” “!!!” Everyone had a bewildered look before it switched to fear for Diana before it reverted to worry for what happened. As blood oozed in between her fingers while she covered her mouth, Diana continued to cough as if she was coughing her lungs out. Her vision flashed from white to black. Before long, Diana immediately tapped her mind link with her mate, hoping to ease the barrage of what-ifs in her mind while not minding the whiplash of questions aimed at her. Diana stepped backward. She was still in a daze, a telltale sign that she was communicating with someone with the use of the mind link. With this in thought, the alphas dispersed aside from Alpha Mason and his
Sally died.The pain she felt was enough confirmation for Diana, but she refused to acknowledge it. Only when two wolves howled in anguish while surrounding a burnt corpse rescued by Dylan did Diana finally accept the staggering truth. Only when she saw the drone’s live footage did she let reality play back after pausing it at the back of her mind a couple of minutes ago.There was no more denying it or it would only be disrespectful for Sally’s last moments.This time, Diana slumped back to her chair.Talia nodded at Soleyah, conveying to the latter to shut off the live footage. With Talia and Soleyah—magic and technology—the drone came back in no time.“Are you alright?” With a wave of Talia’s hand, a cup of water that could ease Diana’s fatigue appeared out of thin air. She placed the cup in front of Diana and picked up the laptop of Soleyah before she gave it to the latter. “Have some drink. You need to stay sane. Death is normal in war. It could be me the next day, it could be th
Long ago, when the Moon Goddess slept inside the cradle of oblivion, Comba was the only god of the world. Just like how the Moon Goddess blessed the werewolves with their wolf counterparts, Comba blessed the witches with the ability to command the nature at will across the seven seas.The gift given by Comba was the reason why witches stood at the peak of the chain with so much difference in power compared to the races beneath them. It was because of this peculiar and convenient blessing that the witches were both revered and feared by the other races. They revered them for their strength and they feared them for the little sense of empathy towards the lower races. They treated the werewolves as their slaves. For many centuries, werewolves were skinned as their clothes while the werewolves’ heads hanged by their homes and gates as ornaments.It was a time that werewolves almost became instinct. Female werewolves were exploited for sick entertainment while male werewolves were used as
Clad in an epsilon-ranked uniform of the enemy camp, the shade of red and black did wonders against the snow-like complexion of Dana and the noble elf as they trudged the empty plains of the southern territory. Kicking the piles of snow and stones in her way, Diana cleared the path for Gelong who was walking behind her like a duckling following its mother goose. The heaving sound of a set of constricted lungs made her stop. She turned around as she untied the black tattered satin from her neck before she placed it around Gelong’s frostbitten neck and chin.“We will find a safety spot for you with food and enough heat to last you as you wait for me.” Diana muttered under her breath. A ghost of a translucent smoke escaped from her chapped lips.Upon her words, Gelong lifted her chin to meet a set of orbs staring at him already – making him want to step back like always. “Where are you going? You are not planning to go into this plan without me, aren’t you?”On instinct, his hands found
Heavy footsteps together with the rattling of chains echoed within the empty corridors of the fortress they were staying at. The silent breathing of the elven folk did not leave unnoticed for Diana as the two of them were on high alert as they trudged within the hallways of the keep. Diana gritted her canines, enough to make her taste her blood trailing down her throat. She did not like, especially Teshin, how they were chain into submission. Had it not been for the remaining logic within her mind, she was sure that the corridor walls would have bathed the blood of the delta-ranked werewolf traitors.Three trecherous delta-ranked werewolves, clad with their uniforms which the insignia of the secret circle was embroidered, wore smug faces as they held the leash that the prisoners were bound to. One of the delta-ranked werewolves, who had a bloody knuckle, pulled the leash he was holding on a whim. On cue, Diana stumbled forward – losing her footing and which made her chin kiss the dust
Tears started to stream from her unblinking eyes. The color of her eyes darkened that it almost looked like the starless northern night sky as she stared at the enemy alpha, who was grinning down at her.She plead, “Please. Please, give me a chance to be of used to you. That elf can only do so much while I am better tenfold than her.”Crimson ink dropped onto the pristine tiled floor. The tip of the claw grazed Diana’s throat. Upon seeing her crying face, the first alpha, who was apprehensive about everything, was about to step forward when the second alpha, who was constantly courting death, spoke again. “Bring him in.”On cue, the enormous double doors of the throne room opened followed by the rattling of chains and the painful grunts of the person being dragged ensued. Diana, who was not able to turn her head, waited for the person to be brought in front of her. The nagging instinct she had made her quiver with fear.“Let us welcome our very important guest, everyone! Gelong the No
“You must go while you still can. They will ask me about you after they get their hands on Gelong. Before then, you must leave the place and come back to where you come from. With your ability, I know that you can survive escaping from this place. That place is safer for you than remaining here.” Her nose smelled his unfamiliar scent and a change of his hair color along with the difference in his height. Gone was the scent that Diana was used to.Diana shook his head. “It is too late for that.”“What?”In front of Diana, the fading mirage of Gelong together with the loud thud of the dungeon’s entrance bombarded her. The moment that the heavy footsteps appeared before her, the enemy leader had already disappeared.‘Teleportation? Is this also one of his powers? How did the enemy become this strong?’ Diana’s train of thought snapped when a werewolf invaded her senses.“Move!” A werewolf pushed Diana away from the iron bars which made her stagger. A loud banging sound resonated when the
A couple of meters away from him, wildflowers started to bloom in the middle of the snowstorm. The trail of flowers led to the trudging person, heading in the direction of the man. Amidst the temperature, his thin cloth barely covered his dainty body paired with his bare feet that buried a mark on the white-colored ground with every step he took, and a pair of eyes glowed like the rising moon.“Took you long enough to come here,” said the man who waited. His back was on him when he stood a meter away from the newly arrived person.“I enjoyed the last of my vacation for I know that the time has come for us to move; we will have no luxury to relax anymore.” The sweet voice answered the man. He took a step and moved ahead, striding past him before he kneeled in front of the tomb. “Rush vanala. It has been years since I last talked to you, but now we can’t do that anymore.” Lumeria, the dryad, heaved a shaky sigh before he continued. “And like what I promised, the wolven race is at stake.
Diana, who was left alone with the leader of the enemy, started to question why she was there. She somehow realized that it was not sheer curiosity that made him call her—it was something more. And for whatever it was, Diana felt she would not like wherever this ‘talk’ was going.“You are from the Crescent Pack, right? And you’re a hybrid as well.” The enemy leader started to speak without even telling her to raise her head.“Yeah right.” Though her head was bent down, Diana spoke with a clear and calm voice which the enemy leader found quite vexing. His eyes gleamed with malediction.“And when was the last heat of your pretty little shapeshifter? I am quite curious to spawn a hybrid of an elf and a wolf. They said that male elves can conceive as well.” This time, the enemy leader cracked a grin upon seeing the hybrid luna in front of him go rigid. He was ecstatic to know that the infamous hybrid luna’s weakness was someone so trivial —something that should be easy to deal with. Seein
‘I have parents to avenge and a pack to protect – from the sidelines. Killing the abominations will be my priority to stop the plausible scenario where the innocent would get killed in a war, not theirs to fight and die for. I need this war to stop escalating, and I need my mate and my vassals to do that. But where are they?’Teshin, after encountering Shananel, answered at the back of her mind. ‘They are nearby, Diana. I can sense them.’Diana wandered her predatory eyes discreetly as her head bent down, but she could not even see a single hair of Dylan’s electric blue eyes or a shade of Gelong’s locks. The scene wherein she saw Gelong being surrounded and enclosed by the phantoms struck her mind.‘I have to go back and find him. All I need is to present this plan to the southern alphas. I bet they will allow me if I told them about my capability to use the offensive flame spells—this way, I can venture out beyond the barrier. After all, I still have the advantage of being a reborn h
A small table was placed near her with a jar and a cup of water along with a piece of bread and dried meat. There were also some white pieces of cloth folded neatly beside the place as if Dylan was telling her to change her wretched clothes. The lamp that was hanging near the pillar had almost ran out of flame and the dozens of rushed footsteps from different directions right outside her tent were a telltale sign that the war had taken a pause but it was yet to end.“I am in an Alliance encampment,” said Diana as realization dawned upon her. After taking all the pieces together, she was a hundred percentile sure that the blood alpha had brought her in the encampment.‘Then, the abominations and Shananel did not chase us. What about Gelong?’Though staggering, Diana stood from the makeshift bed and walked around – her bare feet did not deter upon the contact with the cold ground. Her frantic eyes landed on the crescent-shaped blade which was now clean compared to what she remembered. T