****Author's POV****AT THE LAKEWOOD PACKZora had opened Menelik's eyes to science, and technology, and Menelik was now looking for ways to secretly outwit Zora.He set up a research facility on the outskirts of the Lakewood pack to build classified weapons, and most importantly enhance and empower his warriors. He knew that Zora's werelions were more powerful and dominant than his werewolf warriors, so he was looking for ways to level the playing ground, beyond the natural.His chief scientist, Nikola Barrela, after five years of intensive research, came up with a serrum that could make an average werewolf more bigger and powerful, give them increased strength that's more than that of the normal werewolf or werelion, enhanced speed and agility, improved endurance and stamina, accelerated healing, enhanced senses and reflexes, enhanced capabilities, thereby making a super version of his warriors. All in all, Menelik wanted his warriors to be nothing less than monsters — a force that
The dimly lit room seemed to grow even darker, and Melinda's eyes widened as she absorbed the weight of Kieran's revelation. Melinda leaned in closer, her voice dripping with curiosity. "So you're saying, he was the Alpha's son…" Kieran's gaze flickered, "Yeah. Once…" He paused, allowing the weight of his words to sink in before continuing. "...And his brother is the current Alpha — Alpha Menelik. Wait, haven't you seen Menelik around?"Melinda shook her head, her eyes clouded with confusion. "Nope. I didn't see any Alpha Menelik. No one resembling an Alpha has spoken to me since I got here. I only found myself here in jail. Eating junks, handouts, and what have you…"A heavy silence fell upon them, accentuated by the sound of their own breaths echoing in the desolate room. With each passing moment, the harsh reality of their circumstances sinks deeper into their hearts.Kieran's voice broke the silence, "Damn, that's cold." He said, his words punctuated by a mix of anger and disgust
The warriors barged into the cell, whilst Melinda and Kieran were still discussing and deliberating on their escape plan. They attempted to bundle Melinda out of the cell, but Kieran and Melinda moved swiftly, and they tried to take advantage of the situation. They fought back, trying to make use of that opening to secure their release, but after a fierce battle, the warriors took control of the situation, flaring Felanium all over the place.Kieran was kept back in the cell. He roared in defiance, kicking the door with all his might, as the warriors took off with Melinda.They bound Melinda with Felanium chains, covered her head with a black bag, and they took her to the lab.Melinda was taken to the chamber in the center of the lab, and she was chained to a cylindrical bed-like structure in the chamber. The covering over her head was removed, and she opened her eyes, taking in her surroundings.She saw herself in the center of the lab, behind cold, sterile glass walls, chained to
*****Cassandra's POV*****"So, this is the number of warriors you have, aight…" I asked, looking intently at the paperwork Ludakris brought before me.Ludakris was Greenwood's pack Gamma, and he was in charge of Greenwood's army of warriors."Yes…" he responded. "...and we also have a lot of young comrades in the academy, who are eager to flex their muscles and test their skills in battle. We can easily add them up to the warriors, to boost our numbers…""Wow." I beamed, looking him straight in the eyes. "That's so instinctive, Ludakris. And I love that…""Thank you, Alpha." He muttered, his face stoic."But for now, I want y'all to fortify this pack. I want the warriors to surround the pack, all-round… we simply cannot afford to take any hit here…""Okay. That's noted...""Yeah, and one more thing…""Send messengers to the Alphas of the seven packs under our jurisdiction. Pheonix pack, Woodpecker Pack, and the likes… They have to meet up with me here, in the next seven days…" I order
****AUTHOR'S POV****BACK AT THE LAKEWOOD PACK.After five days, Nikola reworked his workings and his calculations, and he was now confident that his super warrior research would be a success on Kieran, without compromising on the enhanced and improved features that Menelik wants his new breed of warriors to possess.Kieran was bundled into the laboratory, and Nikola repeated on him, the same procedure he had done on Melinda, only making a few changes.Kieran was irate, and he was aggrieved that his sister was separated from him, without any explanation. He was literally losing his mind because he had not seen Melinda for a whole week. Kieran tried to impose his will and become violent, but the warriors and scientists were able to contain Kieran's aggression, taming him with a truckload of Felanium. The glass chamber was closed shut, and Kieran was placed in position for the experiment. Nikola took a deep breath, optimistic about not blowing the chance to save his life, and ready to a
******Melinda's POV*****With my heart pounding in my chest, and aggression surging through my whole being, I burst out of the suffocating embrace of the dense sacred forest, my body propelled by a surge of adrenaline. The air rushed past me, whipping through my hair as I raced towards the pack, my footsteps pounding against the earth in a desperate rhythm.As I approached the pack, my eyes caught the vision of some Lakewood pack warriors pacing back and forth, before a fence of trees that seemed to border the pack.I halted my sprint, and I crouched behind a mighty oak, its rough bark pressing against my back. And from this vantage point, I silently observed the warriors, analyzing their every movement, and planning my strategy.Suddenly, a voice pierced through the tense atmosphere, cutting through the silence like a blade. "Who is there?" He howled.The voice was masculine, and it was filled with a potent mixture of suspicion and authority, and the sound of the voice echoed throug
"I won't harm you, kid," I resounded, placing my left hand on his shoulder. "...but that's only if you'll answer my question. You're a guard, and I know you hear rumors that even the whole pack does not get to hear about. So, you ought to know Malik's whereabouts; the fellow question is the Alpha's brother, and I wanna know, whether he's still…""Ooh, that's even who you're talking about…" He chuckled, and sat up slightly, looking me dead in the eyes. I was amazed at how his once fearful guise suddenly turned to a confident one, in a couple of seconds. "Well, he is on the stage at the square right now, and he's about to be executed… just like you are…" he groaned. And the next thing I saw was the bruised guard suddenly raising a gun at me. And before I knew it, he pulled the trigger, and a bullet came running at my head, but I dodged it, at the nick of time."Waoh," I exclaimed. My face turned red, a solar-red-hot fury streaming from me, and I unleashed all my anger upon him. Befor
*****AUTHOR'S POV*****The whole of Lakewood Pack stood at the pack square, all gloating and murmuring amongst themselves, as they stared down at the helpless Malik, with some pups even throwing stones and specks of dirt, at Malik who was kept in a silver cage fitted to the center of the stage for all to see.Malik was weak and almost powerless. He had withstood vicious attacks and beatdown, from Menelik's puppets, all week long since he arrived at Lakewood pack. They didn't stop the assault for a minute, save for the occasional moments, they'd stop to force some food and water down Malik's throat. Malik often rejected the food, and sometimes he'd try to summon his fangs to stop the warriors, but the warriors had to find a way to boycott Malik's defense. They had to use any means possible to see to it that Malik was fed, that he ate something, for it was all on Menelik's order.Menelik also made sure Malik was bruised, battered, tortured, and manhandled at Lebron Dave's abandoned c
"Malik!!! Malik!!!" I yelled, trying to dissuade him from attacking the Lakewood warriors all by himself, but he wouldn't listen. I didn't want him to get hit again, but it seemed like he was utterly enraged, and nothing would stop him, from releasing all rage he had bottled up inside of him."Everyone, get into the pack, and burn it to the ground…" I could hear Menelik's voice faintly, from the distance, even amidst the heavy battle cries. "And Hammy. Finish her now!!!" He growled.Explosions ripped through the air at once, reverberating with a bone-shaking intensity, sending shockwaves through the pack. The deafening blasts echoed off the surrounding trees, creating an atmosphere of chaos and danger.The battle raged on, explosions continuing to rock the surroundings, I could still see arrows flying all over the place. And as I was still surveilling my surroundings, breathing haphazardly, an explosive was thrown, at where I stood, and I instinctively picked it up, and threw it back,
Malik and Melinda chose to be put in chains and cuffs, ready to be taken back to Alpha Menelik, against my wish, and I had no choice but to lead them out of the pack, to the battlefront. I walked behind them, as we neared Lakewood's pack camp outside our pack.There were several tents in their camp, but there was one big tent at the center, and I automatically assumed that that would be their Alpha tent. So we sauntered in that direction.And as we got closer to the tent, the Lakewood pack warriors trooped out of their tents, and the gazes of some, who were parading the pack, stretching as far as the eyes could see, shifted to us as we sauntered forwards. Some of them were jeering and making mocking gestures towards us, as we walked, but that didn't faze me one bit, I was only focused on the task at hand.A number of the Lakewood pack warriors formed a wall outside the big tent, with each of them wielding heavy metal weapons, pointing them in our direction."Stop there!!!" A gruffy
Ramsey and I were joined by the other Alphas in the bunker.The other Alphas made us know, that the Lakewood warriors had surrounded the pack, and they didn't give chase, nor did they pursue our own warriors into the pack as we retreated. The Lakewood warriors were only standing round, successfully putting the pack under siege.And that made me question their motive — because if the Lakewood warriors are truly here for battle, why can't they just waltz in, and finish the battle? Because it was crystal-clear that we were losing the war to the Lakewood pack, and it was glaring, even to the blind, that we were on the back foot, even in our own backyard.I was fed up and frustrated, and it scared me to the bone, to learn that the face of battle, that the face of warfare had evolved, beyond fists, claws, and fangs, to now explosives, and speedily moving silver bullets.The warriors reported, that with these new innovations, the Lakewood pack outmatched and outwitted them, annihilating and
"Ok. The pack is all clear now!" Melinda breathed, her heart pounding in her chest.Melinda, Ramsey, and I stood in the middle of the pack, gazing round at the empty structures, save for the scanty warriors who were holding their grounds inside of the pack. Melinda, Ramsey, and I had escorted the young ones, and the women, who couldn't volunteer in the battle to safety. "Ok I'm going to join the warriors in battle…" Melinda let out a low growl, her eyes booming with intensity. "I have to go, even the scores…""No…" I boomed with authority, holding her by her hand. "You ain't going, nowhere, Mel. I don't want them to capture you again, or even turn you against us, as they did to Kieran…""I gotta go, Mom." Melinda retorted, her face entwined with worry. "I know Kieran would surely be out there. And um, I don't know, I have to…""But you said, he was all out of control, and he doesn't recognize us anymore…" I said in a curious tone, my voice laced with sorrow, as I gazed intently at Me
The shadow warriors sprung up to action at the nick of time, and they caught Cassandra in the air, just before she could attack Ubuntu. They knocked her to the ground, they cuffed her hands, and they made her sit back in her seat.The hall was booming with silent tension, and the rest of the congress watched in silence, as their Alpha was being disgraced by her own warriors."Y'all see, she's a nuisance…" Ubuntu smirked. "But this is a serious allegation, Ubuntu." Adonis Graham chimed in. He was the Alpha of Woodbury Pack."He's lying…" Cassandra yelled, her face crumpled and distorted with rage. "Tell them, he's lying, Calista.""His words are true…" I muttered. "I can confirm that it's true. Alpha Cassandra herself, narrated the true version of the cause of the destruction of Ridgewood to both Ubuntu and I before she tried to murder Ubuntu...""What!" Cassandra bellowed. "You're taking sides with this traitor!!!" "No, I ain't. I'm just done playing this delicate game with you." I
******CALISTA'S POV*****"So, was that all that happened???" I quipped, sighing deeply, a great sense of weariness sweeping over me."Yeah, Mom," Melinda responded, her voice laced with subtle fury, as she laid her head on my shoulder.We were both seating on the bench outside the room, where Malik was being treated in the pack's clinic.Melinda just narrated the gruesome, heart-wrenching, and calamitous chain of events that happened, after we were separated from each other, and I just couldn't help but feel a great wrench of sadness. My spirit was heavy, and my heart ached with unspoken agony.I was close to tears, but I tried to hold myself together. I tried to picture the sleepless nights, the grueling events, the pain, the agony — that my family had to go through, all because of me, but I just couldn't. It was so hard for me to process.I thought about it, back and forth, and the fact that I brought Kieran and Melinda into the world, only for them to go through tribulations upon t
Malik tried to defend himself, but the energy remaining in his frail muscles was only a tiny fraction of Hammy's, and there was nothing he could do, other than to lie there, and humbly receive death blows from the boy he raised from birth.Melinda was shell-shocked, and for a second, she found it hard to believe, that her own twin brother, would viciously go up against her, and their Papa — Malik. For a second, she wondered why he won't even answer to Kieran anymore, but Hammy. Melinda was so shocked, that she couldn't even retaliate to Hammy's brutal blows.The Lakewood warriors aimed guns at Melinda but they couldn't shoot, because of the crowd, at the square. The scene was chaotic, and the warriors were trying to take control of the situation. The junior officers tried to disband the crowd, but they wouldn't leave.The whole of the Lakewood pack was stunned and thrilled, by the recent turn of events. and they wanted to stay at the square, to watch the showdown. It was as though th
*****AUTHOR'S POV*****The whole of Lakewood Pack stood at the pack square, all gloating and murmuring amongst themselves, as they stared down at the helpless Malik, with some pups even throwing stones and specks of dirt, at Malik who was kept in a silver cage fitted to the center of the stage for all to see.Malik was weak and almost powerless. He had withstood vicious attacks and beatdown, from Menelik's puppets, all week long since he arrived at Lakewood pack. They didn't stop the assault for a minute, save for the occasional moments, they'd stop to force some food and water down Malik's throat. Malik often rejected the food, and sometimes he'd try to summon his fangs to stop the warriors, but the warriors had to find a way to boycott Malik's defense. They had to use any means possible to see to it that Malik was fed, that he ate something, for it was all on Menelik's order.Menelik also made sure Malik was bruised, battered, tortured, and manhandled at Lebron Dave's abandoned c
"I won't harm you, kid," I resounded, placing my left hand on his shoulder. "...but that's only if you'll answer my question. You're a guard, and I know you hear rumors that even the whole pack does not get to hear about. So, you ought to know Malik's whereabouts; the fellow question is the Alpha's brother, and I wanna know, whether he's still…""Ooh, that's even who you're talking about…" He chuckled, and sat up slightly, looking me dead in the eyes. I was amazed at how his once fearful guise suddenly turned to a confident one, in a couple of seconds. "Well, he is on the stage at the square right now, and he's about to be executed… just like you are…" he groaned. And the next thing I saw was the bruised guard suddenly raising a gun at me. And before I knew it, he pulled the trigger, and a bullet came running at my head, but I dodged it, at the nick of time."Waoh," I exclaimed. My face turned red, a solar-red-hot fury streaming from me, and I unleashed all my anger upon him. Befor