Five steps. Diana was now five steps away from the boulder that signified the borders between the impregnable Werewolf Committee and the rest of the Wolven Continent. She knew the plan like the back of her palm, but her heart pounded more every step she took. Though her knees were yet to buckle and her chest was yet to heave, the urge to cough out the itch in her chest was very tempting.But she was Diana, the witch-wolf who could only pull off this spell with complete success.One step. She was now a hairbreadth away from crossing the line. Drawing a deep breath, Diana could feel the weight of the stares from both opposing sides fixated on her as she stood at the center of the two factions.With gray eyes gleaming without giving any ounce of nuance of emotion from her face, she took the first step. The moment her right foot stepped onto the sacred lands of the Werewolf Committee protected by the array of spells created by Merlin, the air slithered. The absence of the blessings of the
A light burst out from Diana’s chest. It blinded both parties even Diana itself but only the latter could feel the surging warm current of her magic coursing through her veins—as if the Moon Goddess answered her desperate plea.The array of formations in the Werewolf Committee’s most guarded area shattered.The wolves of the Alliance felt the breath as the boundary that obstructed their sharp sense of direction disappeared along with the harsh howl of the wind.Dylan’s howl awakened the dazed wolves of the Alliance.All wolves of different colors, sizes, and ranks rushed forward. Charging with their last bit of strength after days of exhaustion, their drive to win the battle did not diminish—not even the slightest.Diana, who staggered after the desperate attempt and after barely keeping her life, found herself in the embrace of the powerful yet warm arms of Dylan. Looking up, the corners of her lips bent.&ldqu
The Alliance werewolves resumed the array of echelons as they prodded deeper into the Werewolf Committee’s Territory. Carcasses of Skinwalkers were left on their trail as the attack never seized the moment the flock of northern monsters started to attack their group. But the absence of a strategic and sane leader affected the mindless abomination since Merlin retreated the moment it caught the image of Talia as if it recognized the intent of the latter– something akin to a deep-rooted obsession that would only be sated when she got his head.Magic versus magic. Spell against spell. Arrays clashed arrays.Talia pulled Merlin into her domain which she had created specially for him. Before closing the domain’s portal amid the war, she made sure to cast a spell onto Diana lest Dylan would come to hack her if something happened to the former. While Talia was busy battling against the wretched Merlin, the final battle—which would later be known in the Anals of History as the Battle of the
Carcasses littered the bleak meadow. The shining calm light from the northern sun revealed the horrors that the captured werewolves experienced with the flock of Skinwalkers and the Werewolf Committee. The corpses were not fully intact as if they were torn alive. Guts spilled on the red-dyed snow. Flies and crows flocked around the rotten flesh as they had their feast.‘The Werewolf Committee is too much! How could they do this to their own race,’ said the beta of the Crimson Moon Pack at the back of Diana’s mind through mind link.Diana’s wolf grunted, an act of affirmation from her wolf, from what the beta stated through the temporary connection.‘This is a solid proof why the Werewolf Committee should be reformed inside out.’ Diana thought. She reckoned that if the Alliance would lose, a bloodier scene would occur. Though it was not as bloody as this one, the image of that sad future overlapped with the scene in front of her.Looking beyond dead, Diana stared at the death image in
“Oh, you’re one of the subsidiary alphas from the other continents,” Diana mumbled to herself before she withdrew the giant sword from the withering man who was now slumped on the murky ground.‘What are you waiting for? Finish them and get done with this dragging war,’ Diana’s wolf admonished her as it paced listlessly at the back of their connection. Her wolf was agitated—both from the pregnancy and from the fact that Dylan was not with them.Diana sidestepped to give way to the werewolves of the Alliance who surrounded and bombarded questions onto the staggering werewolf. In her peripheral vision, as she remained on guard while the others were gathering information from the surviving enemy, Diana could tell the horrors that the subsidiary alpha overcame just to stay alive. Wounds littered his body and his cheeks and fingers were frostbitten due to the heavy blizzard and his black hair was disheveled.‘How horrible for Dylan to leave them in this state. With these alphas' pride, the
Diana and Alpha Alexander were the last ones to go down as the Crimson Moon Pack’s alpha made sure that nothing was left unscathed in tower while Diana remained on the lookout for any incoming danger—like hidden trap arrays. Though they were both wolves with high-ranking bloodlines, Diana was way above the chart than Alpha Alexander since she held dominion over the nature.Without food or water, the party proceeded to make haste of the time. They had a feeling that if the darkness came again, it would be hard for them to win without adding more casualties.“Let us go, Luna Diana.” Alpha Alexander made way for Diana. They were the last ones to go down so Alpha Alexander planned to carry her as he would jump down onto the surface which was a few meters away from the balcony they were standing on—considering that she was sporting a big belly.A knot lodged in between Diana’s well-carved eyebrows before she walked past him. Her shoulders were stiff when she answered with equally stiff wor
Alpha Alexander frowned while staring at her, his sharp eyes were reading her, but his beta—who was flustered to save his comrades—quickly nodded his head. The latter almost grasped her shoulders. “Let’s do choice two! What will be the – o-ouch!”The Crimson Moon Pack’s beta briskly stopped when Alpha Alexander clamped the flustered beta’s arm rather painfully; cutting the latter’s words in the process. He was about to protest when he was welcomed with his alpha’s warning gaze. He was stumped and slowly realized how he almost brushed with death. Cold sweat immediately gathered on his forehead.“Do you want the Blood Alpha to clean you up?” Alpha Alexander asked.His beta immediately shook his head in a frenzy. What a joke! He was flustered because he wanted to survive and find himself a mate after this war; why would he provoke that sinister alpha who was more lunatic than his alpha? Thank goodness that Alpha Alexander was able to save him on time!Diana cleared her throat for the nth
After destroying the illusion array, a thunderous noise of stones and iron being forced open resonated. Crows screeched as the centuries-old tower wall was revealed foot by foot followed by the unopened gate being moved. The enormous chains grunted like a roaring giant in the dead of midnight. Piles of dead branches from the mountain-high wall that the werewolves right below had to move a meter away from the opening part of the wall.The Crimson Moon Pack’s beta, who saw his alpha still looking at the pregnant luna of the Blood Claws Pack, pulled the alpha’s arms forcibly so that they ended up stumbling upon the frosty forest floor. With the way the alpha shifted his solemn eyes at him, the beta knew that he was in deep trouble—but the plan would be nothing without their alpha’s lead. For the Crimson Moon Pack’s beta, they could unite with Alpha Soleyah’s team and then rescue the luna.Little did the beta know that Alpha Alexander was solemn because he was worried about implicating hi
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