Devon's POV I collected the pair of gloves from Ignace and I put them in, immediately, I felt my hand begin to warm up. It had gotten so frozen I couldn't clench my fists anymore.I sighed, frosty breaths pouring out of my mouth and nose. We were close to the peak and we defeated a lot of elders due to our combined efforts but it cost us going all out and a few gloves were destroyed in the process. Moreover, the equipment of the elders higher up was better than that of those on the lower part of the mountain.I looked behind us and then I looked forward, we still had a while to go. It had been more than twenty-four hours and judging by the direction of the sun, we should be close to noon. We had to hurry, this night was the full moon, and that was the deadline.If we don't get to the mountaintop and father equipment to help us out of this mountain before then, it's going to be pretty brutal. I still found it hard to believe that there weren't any contingency plans. I knew that we wer
Devon’s POV“What's the meaning of this? Isn't this overkill?! What are you doing here?” I asked the man in front of me,He was no other than Avery's father himself. The alpha of the strongest pack and the strongest alpha himself. What were we supposed to do? Defeat him?! He was called the strongest alpha for a reason.I knew he was strong but now I really dread him. He was the one, that gaze was his and he had been seeing us as we approached him. He must be even stronger than the rumours say and that shouldn't be possible because he was a beast in the rumours.Just being in his presence I could feel my body slightly trembling and I could almost smell the fear in the air. This man was even more domineering than this frozen mountain.“Is this a joke? How are we supposed to defeat him?” Someone spoke,“Not even those ancient alphas can beat him. My father told me he once wiped out a legacy clan single-handedly. He killed every single one of them.”“That's nothing compared to what I hear
Avery's povI drove the car on the expressway, my leg pressing forward in the turtle as the car sped up. I was going to seek someone who didn't want to be found or so my father said. My mind drifted to our conversation,I fell on the floor and my father chuckled. I was soaked in sweat from our training and my body was sore but it was a fair price to pay. I might be strong now but that didn't mean I was going to slack in my training. A gun without a bullet is nothing but a toy.My father walked to me and reached out his hand to help me. I grabbed it and he pulled me up and handed me a bottle of water. I drank it all. We began to walk back into the castle,“So, I haven't heard about the second phase of the competition.”“Yeah, I'm not too sure either. I was thinking of using you for the second phase.”“Me?” My father asked with raised brows.“What's wrong with using you?”“Don't you think you are using me too much? Maybe I should start charging you per hour for my time.” He said and I c
Averys pov“Who are you?”My eyes narrowed as I retreated, that attack just now was very fast. He was as strong as my father said he was, probably even stronger. I stared at him, he was now at my previous location. I had my guard up but I knew it was probably useless, he was too fast for me to keep up.I packed my hair into a tight bun all while making sure my eyes never left him for a second. He stood where he was, gazing at me intently. I could see it in his eyes, to him I was not a threat, I was just a bother. I smiled as I took off my coat. I knew I was going to be fighting today and that was why I wore a pair of jeans and heeled boots.“don't you know it's rude to attack a lady?” I said playfully but he scoffed,“I hold nothing back no matter who I'm fighting, no matter who it is.”q“Good, this way we can both go all out!!”I dashed at him while simultaneously throwing my jacket at Isabella. I didn't bother to look to see if she caught it, but I was sure she knew that I was askin
Devon's POVI felt a chill down my spine and there were goosebumps all over my body. I was trembling but not out of fear, I was angry, I was furious. I couldn't believe I was this weak, I had thought that I had finally caught up to Lucien but even with the strength of others it seemed like I was still far beneath him.No, it was more like whenever I took a step forward he was taking four and now, he was single-handedly matching a man that took out all of us without breaking a sweat.They both moved around the icy terrain, their bodies not more than a blur as they battled. The snow on the floor was blown apart by the force of their blows and the trees seemed to rattle.No one moved for fear of being caught up in the fight. They were extremely fast and strong and it seemed like they weren't even werewolves anymore.I could feel Lucien's bloodlust and now that my mind was clearer I finally realized that something wasn't right. As much as I hated to admit it, Lucien was what one would cal
Lucien's POVRumble!!My eyes widened as I looked back, the mountain was trembling and the intensity of the vibration was getting higher. Something was coming and I was sure that if it met us, that would be the end.I ran down the mountain as fast as I could alongside Alpha Hawthorne. I looked at him and he shook his head. We couldn't communicate due to us being in our wolf forms but I was surprised he understood what I was trying to convey.What was going on? Was all this part of the competition? That was what I wanted to ask him and the shaking of his head meant that this wasn't part of the competition. This was an unexpected occurrence that could quickly turn into a disaster.Then it hit me… the elders!! All the elders that had been defeated, not all of them would be able to wake up in time and some of them would be slowed down due to the injuries they had sustained. Especially the one I fought, I couldn't even remember what happened to them.I had to communicate somehow, I had to
Devon's POV We bolted down the mountain as fast as we could with alpha Hawthorne and Lucien following behind us. They were faster than us but they were there as guardians. I hated the fact that Lucien got to be something I wasn't but I knew this was the time for petty malice. If we didn't work together, many people would probably die.As we ran down the mountain, it suddenly began trembling. My pupils constricted, it couldn't be! Fuck!! We needed to get off the mountain as fast as possible. I wasn't sure what was coming but if it was what I thought it was, then we were done for if we got caught up in it.“Move faster!!” I yelled at Ignace and Osric and we ran as fast as our legs could carry us. Even though we were already at an advantage since we were going downhill, I still felt like we couldn't run fast enough.That was when I heard it, we all heard it. A deep howl that reverberated through the frozen terrain. It was the true call of an alpha and even without actively listening to
Avery's povI sat with my father as I listened to his report on what happened. I was surprised, to say the least, I hadn't expected so much to have gone wrong. But I was also happy with this development, it brought out the true and Innermost behaviour of the participants and now we know those who are meant to lead and those who aren't.I had decided that I was going to allocate extra points to some people for their actions. All through the dangerous time, the drones were still watching them all but most had forgotten due to the situation at hand and that was perfect. Now I could see through them clearly, though I will have to apologize to them all during the meeting.As my father finished his report, I smiled at him. I was really glad he was okay, that avalanche would have killed someone as powerful as him if he had got caught in it. That mountain was infamous for its extreme cold and the bizarre nature of the cold after all.“Thank you, Dad, I'm glad you were there and I'm most of al