*****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 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
******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
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