Chapter 11

Chapter Eleven

John's POV

“Welcome lord Bernard,” I took a slight bow, then shook hands with him.

“You're doing a good job John. I can see.” The hall was already filled with the other members of the pack, but Jake was no where to be found.

“Have you seen Jake?” I turned to Mark, one of my most trusted Betas.

“He's gone hunting,” Mark replied.

“Hunting? On such an important occasion?” I bit my lips.

Reyna walked in, looking very beautiful. I had specifically chosen the dress for her to wear, and just as I had expected, she didn't disappoint me.

“Where are the newbies?” Lord Bernard asked as he took his seat by my side.

Newbies! That's how they were called. “We're still waiting for the last one.” I called one of the Sentinels and whispered into his ears.

After a couple of minutes, Stephanie and the sentinel walked in, and it was time to commence the ceremony.

“Have both of them been confirmed to be werewolves?” Lord Bernard asked.

“Yes but…one of them is yet to unlock her werewolf potentials in full,”

“Yet to unlock her werewolf potentials in full?” Lord Bernard’s eyes opened wide in disbelief. “What's that supposed to mean?”

“She's more of a human than a werewolf. She hasn't transformed once,”

“Not even on the night of a full moon?” I could see the surprise on Lord's Bernard s eyes.

Reyna's case was actually hard to come in terms with. There's never been a werewolf, no matter how dominant her human side is who doesn't transform on the night of a full moon no matter how dominant his or her human side was.

“She has to transform before we initiate her into the pack. You of all people should know that.”

“I know lord Bernard, but she's a werewolf, I'm certain.” I tried to defend Reyna.

“And how do you know that when you haven't seen her transform once? What if she's lying? What if she's spy?” Lord Bernard's voice was barely above a whisper.

“She has the ability of healing.” Everyone in the hall were looking at us, wondering what it was that we were whispering between ourselves.

“Did you see her heal?”

“No I didn't, but Jake did.”

“So where's the Jake now?”

I suddenly wished Jake was around. He was the one who had stabbed her and had seen her heal.

“Well well,” Lord Bernard stood up and crackled his voice.

The murmurs in the hall died down and all eyes were fixed on him. I could sense the nervousness in Stephanie and Reyna.

“We are here to welcome two newbies into the Lunar Cresent pack and, according to what we all know, we must be sure they are not humans before we proceed with the initiation. So we'll be giving them room to show to us their werewolf sides before admitting them as full fledged members of the pack.”

I swallowed hard, unsure of what the outcome will be.

“What's your name?” Lord Bernard asked, pointing at Stephanie.

“My name is Stephanie Higgins,”

“I was told you were found a loner. What happened?”

“My pack was attacked by a Lycan king called Marcus. He and his pack members invaded my pack and killed everyone. I was the only one who managed to escape.

“Marcus,” the name sent shivers down the spines of everyone present in the hall.

“We're sorry about your loss. But that alone can't convince us that you're indeed one of us. So make us believe that you're indeed a werewolf,” lord Bernard instructed.

Stephanie stepped forward and with everyone watching, her nails turned to claws and her eyes became wolf-like.

“You're one of us,” Lord Bernard smiled, asking her to step aside so that Reyna can show everyone her own werewolf side.

Reyna became more nervous than I had anticipated, and I could tell exactly what was going on in her head.

“What's your name?” Lord Bernard asked.

“My name is Reyna Richards.”

“You're a loner. What happened to your pack?”

“Nothing.”

“What do you mean by nothing?” Lord Bernard’s brow furrowed.

There was another murmur among members of the pack.

“Silence!” The room immediately fell silent at my orders.

“I was rejected and left at the mercy of the enemies,” Reyna spoke softly, the pain of her being rejected by her own father evident in her voice.

“Why did your pack reject you?” Lord Bernard pressed, even if I already hinted him. It was not in my place to speak even if I was the alpha of the pack.

“I already passed the age of giving expression to my wolf form, but I've never transformed once. Not even on the night of a full moon.”

The room became more silent as everyone kept their gaze fixed on Reyna.

“So there's no way you can convince us that you're a werewolf?”

“I’ve tried everything but none of them is working. But I'm a werewolf, I know I am.” I just couldn't take my eyes of Reyna. The confidence with which she was speaking, got everyone surprised.

“I was told you were stabbed by Jake, and it got healed almost instantly. How true is that?” Lord Bernard pressed even further.

“Yes. Here on my shoulder,” Reyna opened up the shoulder which Jake had stabbed.

“So, if we should stab you now you're going to heal up immediately?”

“I guess so,” Reyna's eyes met mine.

“No don't,” I whispered. Even if I wanted her to convince everyone that she was indeed, a werewolf, I wasn't ready to risk having her stabbed to prove it.

I wasn't there when Jake stabbed her and I don't know what had really happened between them.

“Get me a dagger,” Lord Bernard instructed.

“Don't Reyna, please don't,” but she wasn't looking at me anymore.

One of the sentinels came forward with a dagger and handed it over to Lord Bernard.

I watched as he pulled it out of its sheath, my fear of seeing Reyna hurt getting the better of me.

“Wait!” I stood up.