Chapter 4

Chapter 4

THE WHOLE place became a battle ground for our pack and the hunters. We didn't expect them to come on a night like this, given the fact that we were considered the strongest during this time... or maybe so I thought.

Maybe we weren't.

"Lu!" I screamed when I saw him fall, struggling to see his surroundings while his own blood was blinding his left eye. At least four hunters were trying to hold him down, but Luhence managed to get back on his feet and made a loud, terrifying growl.

I wanted to say I was amazed, but I knew that wasn't enough to scare the hunters away. It was... more like a cry for help from the neighboring packs, but with the conflicts going around Nirvana District, help was something I wasn't expecting to come tonight.

With my claws, I scratched the hunters attacking me right across their chests. Blood splurted out as their flesh ripped in front of me before they fell one by one on the ground. This was the closest encounter I have had with hunters since I lost mum, but with my anger thrumming into my veins, I had no time to think of myself anymore.

I sniffed the air and realized the smoke bombs were made of wolfsbane. It made us weaker and unable to shift into our wolf form. Most of us tried, but we all failed, and if we would stay here for another hour, our lovely home would certainly become the resting place for our whole pack.

My eyes roamed until I spotted Alpha Lawrence struggling to fight three hunters. Two were holding a chain wrapped around his neck while the other was aiming a rifle at his chest.

I didn't know what got into me. Maybe I wasn't as ruthless as him, so even when I could already feel the effect of wolfsbane in my body, I found myself running towards the hunter who was about to shoot him before I attacked the other two.

Alpha Lawrence fell on the ground coughing with blood. I went on my knees and anchored his arm on my shoulders, but before I could stand up to help him get back on his feet, Alpha looked me in the eyes with an unfamiliar expression.

"Nimpha?" he called, as if he was starting to hallucinate.

I swallowed the lump in my throat before I avoided his gaze. "It's me. The one you always beat up."

He wasn't able to respond, but I felt the pinch in my heart as if for the first time, we felt connected. His own pain and longing clawed my heart, and a few memories of him with my mom filled my head.

Alpha Lawrence looked so happy while hugging my mom. He was telling her how much he loved her, and the love he had for my mom lingered in my chest, bringing tears to my eyes.

"You loved her so much..." I uttered. 

Alpha looked away. "I still do..."

I sniffed and did my best to carry him. "Then I can't let you die here. Mom wouldn't like that."

Guilt crossed his face. I knew he wanted to protest but I still dragged him out of the chaotic place before he completely lose his strength. I reached the falls and made him sit on the rock before I spoke. "I'll be back. Please try to wash off the wolfsbane in your body while I get the pack's doctor."

I was about to leave when Alpha grabbed me by my arm and stopped me. When I turned to him, his tears were already forming as if he had some realizations.

"Why did... Nimpha give you her locket? What did she tell you?"

I swallowed the lump in my throat. "She said I was a product of love... and that my dad will always be with me." 

Before my tears could even fall, I pulled my hand from Alpha's grip and ran back to our village. I tried to fight and defend our place, but someone managed to shoot me a couple times in my limb ang stomach. 

Luhence growled in a terrifying way. He ran towards the hunter who shot me and took him doubt without mercy. Our eyes met, and before I fell on the ground, Luhence managed to catch me.

"Hang in there, baby," he said in a raspy way before he brought me to the stable. 

I was already struggling to breathe. The taste of my own blood gushed down my throat when Luhence forced me to get on top of Zoro, his favorite horse. 

"Leave. Save yourself. I promise you I will find you," he assured. 

I shook my head. "I won't leave you here."

Luhence held me by my arm then smiled. "It's gonna be okay. Please, leave this place and wait for me."

Luhence spat the horse and it finally ran. I had no choice but to guide the horse through the woods with tears clouding my eyes. I felt weak and with no sense of direction as we wandered in the deeper part of Nirvana District. When I couldn't hold on anymore, my body fell on the ground while Zoro continued to run.

Panting and groaning, I turned my body and laid on my back. My palm tried to cover my wound in my stomach while my tears fell on the sides of my face. 

No, I wasn't in pain only because I was shot and might no longer last another day. I was worried about Zenios, about Luhence, and the legacy of my mother I would've earned for her tonight if none of these happened. 

I couldn't believe that I'd die this way; a hopeless pup with nothing remarkable I could leave as I faded into dust. Yes, I miss my parents, but a part of me always tells me that there's something more I must accomplish in this life before I reunite with them.

I coughed blood and struggled to breathe while I stared at the full moon up above. My heart was filled with agony, wondering why she was so loved, yet all she did to me was make me regret being alive. 

My eyes shut as the gentle evening breeze caressed my wet cheeks. If this was my fate, then so be it. But it looks like Moon Goddess wasn't done with me yet, because before I finally lost consciousness, a familiar pair of golden yellow eyes met mine. My heart went wild as his strong arms scooped me from the ground. His scent smelled like the sweetest fragrance that ever lingered in my nostrils, and the way his chest offered me shelter made me question whether Luhence was really my mate or not. 

Mate...

Auror whispered weakly inside my head. Her voice sounded as if we were finally safe, but when light illuminated the man's face and I realized who it was, my heart almost stopped from beating as fear thrummed in every vein in my body.

"Alpha Calgary..."