Two silhouettes lingered amid the darkness.The moon was now covered with clouds, leaving nothing but sheer darkness between the two. Although they were alone outside, there were hundreds of pairs of ears listening attentively inside the heated hut—giving the two the so-called privacy on the surface.Diana and Talia did not care. After all, there was no conspiracy between them, but brewing emotions accumulated for two lifetimes.Diana’s head throbbed ever since she saw Talia’s toothy grin. Like a fog being dissipated in front of her, the veil slowly disappeared. The faceless ‘witch friend’ in Diana’s memory finally had a face.It was Talia.It was her all along.“Why?” So many words left unsaid. No matter how much Diana wanted to express her swirling pit of emotions, she could only come up with one question: why?Why tell her now?Did she also forget about Diana?Was
Soleyah was the first one who broke the dead silence in the cottage by clearing her throat. Scanning the crowd, the six alphas had a somber mood. Soleyah was not stupid by all means. In fact, she had a vague understanding of what Talia and Diana talked about outsideThough she may not know Diana and Talia long enough, she could guess that Diana met Talia in her previous life (?)‘I don’t know.’ Shaking her head, Soleyah decided not to dig deeper into it. After all, everyone had their fair share of secrets. What was important right now was to regroup with the Blood Claws Pack and the Black Ridge Pack.Only then could they implement Plan A.On cue, Soleyah remembered the disgrace that she had encountered with her wolf when fighting that hybrid. Just imagining the enemy to have an army of that beast was enough to make her skin crawl.Soleyah’s wolf, Aria, growled at the back of her mind. It could not accept that its prestige was tarnished because its human counterpart was feeling the ico
It was not only Diana who noticed it. Talia, whose perception ability was recovered, heard it too.The two witches, who could sense the slightest snap of a twig beyond any alpha’s sharp senses, froze and looked sharply at one direction with a second interval between them. The rear wolves, especially Jaxon and Liam who were keeping an eye on the ladies, noticed the sudden change of posture immediately.‘What is wrong?’ asked Alpha Liam through the mind-like between him and his mate.Talia’s emotions were immediately ‘felt’ by her six mates. Her emotions were that strong to be able to bypass the isolation spell she cast on herself to temporarily block the bond while they were still in a dire situation. Though her nervousness only lasted a couple of seconds, it did not prevent her mates from knowing her feelings.It was safe to say that after Talia almost crossed the gates of hell, the six domineering alphas of the Night P
Alpha Adrian released his first order through a reverberating howl which was immediately echoed by Alpha Dustain of the north side, Alpha Fin from the east side, and Alpha Jaxon of the south side.When the army of mongrels and hybrids entered within the hundred-meter radius, the two inverted echelon formations changed into an inverted triangular formation with three major forces led by Alpha Dustain and Alpha Soleyah to the east. In contrast, Alpha Adrian and Alpha Liam led the west side.Alpha Jaxon and Alpha Cameron were guarding the south point of the inverted triangular formation while Alpha Fin and Alpha Rhys were now in close proximity to the two witches. The latter two alphas would be in charge of guarding the two witches, acting as the last defense while the others focused on defending.‘You alright there, darling?’ asked Alpha Rhys. His tone was in a teasing manner, but there was a clear swirl of worry in his gray eyes.Talia, who was still looking up above the cloudless and
EASTERN SIDEHybrids were relatively larger even compared to the alpha bloodline of werewolves.Yet this fact did not hinder Soleyah Haynes, Alpha of the Woodland Pack, from biting off the neck of a hybrid after seconds when the two groups met halfway.Soleyah used her smaller stature as an advantage by fainting an attack only to dodge to the side and attack its vulnerable spot—its inner throat.Upon the fight between the hybrid and the alphas last time, they discussed during the meeting about the weakness of the hybrid that they noticed. Like snakes, these hybrids had three weaknesses namely: the stomach, the eyes, and the throat.The throat was the most fatal part, but it was also the trickiest since the specific location of the weakest spot of the hybrid was within the inner part of the throat.But who was Soleyah? She grew up and fought in the Human Continent. What’s so sinister in that continent? Human heart was deep and the
Talia’s screams were embedded with spells that magnified her voice at least a hundred times. Even though the ensuing battle brought groans, moans, snarls, and howls together… Talia’s screams still barely made it through.For a good second, the wolves, no matter what rank they were, paused. This ‘pause’, even if it was only a matter of a split second, was so critical in the middle of a battle. Thanked to Talia’s protection spell, none of the wolves died due to a momentary lapse.Alpha Soleyah, who was connected to Talia through the alliance’s oath, was the first one to ask Talia through the mind link. ‘What happened? Is something wrong?’‘There is indeed something going on! Big! Hurry and retreat! I will explain while you retreat! Do it now!’Talia enabled her conversation with Soleyah to be heard with all the wolves, linking all connections through the bonds of each other.‘Okay!’ Soleyah needed not to ask more. She had a hunch that she was fighting against time and if they were a sec
It was a behemoth.The behemoth’s face was the only thing they could see right now amid the chaos. It was as if this gigantic monster was clawing outIts mouth was as large as the entire grassland, swallowing hundreds of screeching hybrids and wailing mongrels in one. One time it was gobbling up its ‘supposed’ compatriots, the next second it was burping in content.The monster’s face was akin to a feral. Its head was not furry though and it was littered with countless squirming eyes of varied sizes. Its mouth seemed to occupy half of its face paired with an immeasurable number of sharp teeth that were stained with blood.Roar!The wolves could not help but shed cold sweat while staring at the scene before them. That could have been them!Soleyah shifted back to her human form and looked at Talia who had just landed. “Even if we keep on retreating, this place is not even real. There is a boundary here. Once we stop there, there will be no more turning back.”“I know,” said Talia, “That
A bright light enveloped the entire area where the wolves were, extending to the grasslands up to the boundaries of this dimensional space.“Huh?” Talia opened her right eye first while feeling up her body for any anomalies. Her brows knitted together after feeling… nothing. The ‘question mark’ on her face was clearly written, making her open both of her eyes in wonder.‘Did my empty magic reserve help me stop my forbidden spell just now?’ Talia stared at the fading Scepter of Ygdrasil in her hand as she closed her eyes once more to feel her body.There was no fluctuation… as if it was sealed by something unknown—an energy far greater than her own.“What happened?” Talia asked herself which was heard by the wolves below her.Her mind raced with all questions, but her eyes were fixated on the behemoth whose two limbs were now out from the restrictions of the tight hole it had climbed from.Roar!Screech!‘Will we perish here just because I lost all my energy? But what is that energy?’