And as I howled ferociously, the werewolves continued their assault, they turned towards each other, and they kept tearing each other apart in a brutal and savage frenzy. Blood, fur, and flesh flew through the air as they clawed and bite at each other. Some were trying to flee the chaos, but there was no escape from the frenzy of the pack.As I watched them, my heart was filled with a mixture of horror and satisfaction. I was pleased to see that they were all getting punished for the treasonable acts they committed against me, their Alpha… They tried to kill me, but look what we have here — they are now killing each other, in broad daylight.I stood there, watching them, and as I continued to howl, I felt the dark energy within me grow stronger. It was as if their violence was feeding my power, making me stronger and more powerful than ever before.With my eyes, I surveyed the chaos around me, and I realized that I am now in control. And now that I have fully unlocked the dark powers w
******MALIK'S POV******The whole of the Phoenix pack was still at the square, howling in allegiance to me — their new Alpha. I automatically became their Alpha after defeating that pompous, and weak, Alexei. I'll give him his flowers, though. He was a tough opponent, and he is one of the toughest werewolves I've faced, but I just had to let him know that despite his toughness, he's not just on the blind Malik's level.From my point of view, it was all an easy victory for me, and I didn't even know if I'm supposed to be rejoicing now or just gallivanting, but I just stood there, towering over the mellow pack with a cold gaze, reveling in my latest groundbreaking victory.The air was thick with tension as the pack members gathered in the square, and I felt their eyes fixed on me. And I just stood tall, my wolfish senses attuned to the slightest sound or movement around me. But as I stood there, basking in my magnificent glory, there was a sudden commotion from the crowd. Suddenly, the
****CASSANDRA'S POV*****I stood there, my heart heavy with the weight of betrayal. My once loyal pack, who had been like family to me, had turned on me. I looked back at the remains of my pack, scattered and broken, and I couldn't help but feel a mix of sorrow and anger. I wondered what we could have accomplished together if they hadn't let their greed consume them.They forced me to unleash the full extent of my power, to defend myself, and survive. And survive I did, but now I was alone, standing amidst the ruins of what was once my home. They brought this destruction upon themselves. They forced me to go to the limit with them, and now they are a shadow of themselves lost forever in their own destruction. I will live on, and I will forge ahead in their absence. I will make history, and they will have no place in history, but I will… and I will continue this story. I will be remembered for generations and generations to come, not as a victim of betrayal, but as a courageous leader
He pounced on me, and his counterparts also joined in on the assault, and they started raining blows on my head, heavy blows with their scarred fists. Blows rained down on my head, the weight of their scarred fists crushing against my skull. I felt my eyes swelling shut, blood streaming down my face from a broken nose, teeth dislodging from my mouth, and my lips splitting open in a burst of crimson.I tried to defend myself, to fight back, but their sheer brutality overwhelmed me. I was no match for their combined strength and ferocity. I tasted the metallic tang of blood in my mouth, felt the sting of pain with each blow, and the humiliation of being reduced to a helpless victim.The bandits laughed and taunted me, reveling in their dominance over me. My body ached, my vision blurred, and I struggled to stay conscious under the onslaught of their merciless attack. The once mighty Alpha was now nothing more than a battered and broken figure, lying in a pool of my own blood, as the band
The werelion shifted back to his human form, upon sighting that Kieran was also a werelion. As he, shifted back into his human form, his tawny eyes, once filled with a feral intensity, softened. His fiery gaze transformed into a friendly one in an instant, and he approached us cautiously, his large, muscular frame exuding power and confidence.Kieran also shifted back to his werelion form, and I watched on, as the other werelion stood tall in his human form, his tawny hair ruffled from his transformation. He looked young, probably older than my pups, but there was a ruggedness to him, and with his scrunchy face full of body hair. I couldn't help but wonder why he ended up living alone in the wild. He was rough and rowdy."I'm Ekun," he introduced himself, his voice gruff but tinged with curiosity. "Didn't expect to find other werelions out here in the wild."We all watched on in awe, without saying a word, as he moved around with some primal grace. Ekun moved with a certain wild grace
Melinda, who had been bristling with anger, now looked genuinely intrigued, her eyes wide with curiosity. "What!" she exclaimed, her voice softening. "Damn! that's fucking terrible…" Asides from Melinda, we all listened to Ekun's story in rapt attention, Melinda's initial bristliness replaced with empathy, and Meghan's eyes filled with compassion. There was a somber silence, the weight of his words was sinking in."But this time, I refused to back down… I tried to fight back, but they, in turn, tried to tame me, but I had reached my breaking point, and I got fed up. I got fed up with the tirade, and I moved to prove them all wrong. I was tired of being looked down on, and treated as if I were nothing. It was time to prove my true worth, to show them the fire that burned within me. So, I charged into the fray, unleashing a torrent of fury upon the pack. My movements were a blur as I tore through them with unmatched speed and strength. My teeth snapped and my claws slashed, drawing bloo
"Dammit..." Calista muttered, heaving a heavy sigh. "So, what do we do now..." She quipped, her voice laced with urgency.They were being hunted by Ubuntu, and the angry horde of Ridgewood pack warriors, who were beyond frustrated that they couldn't grant the wish of their Alpha and that they have been forced to stay for more than ten years, outside of their pack, in the woods, searching for the werelion, that broke the Alpha's heart.Calista was particularly tense and unsettled because she reckoned that the warriors who were poised to attack them now, were led by the same warrior, who led a deadly attack on her and her pups ten years ago, when the pups were only a day old.Malik stepped forward with a determined expression on his face. He shot a reassuring glance at Calista and everyone present. Then, he spoke in a deep whisper, "Chill, just chill. And take a deep breath. We'd face them head-on, just like we always do. So, Calista, take Meghan to a safe place, while the rest of us ho
Meghan's desperate calls to Calista fell on deaf ears as Calista refused to yield. Meghan's eyes scanned the battlefield, where her people were engaged in a brutal fight. She knew she had to alert them to the recent development, but her voice seemed to dissipate into the chaos around her. They were fiercely focused on the task at hand, oblivious to her calls.Frustrated, Meghan mindlinked Melinda. "Melinda, your Mama left me!" she yelled telepathically, the urgency evident in her voice. Melinda received the message and she came running towards Meghan, her face a mix of shock and concern."What!!" Melinda exclaimed, unable to contain her disbelief. "She left you??" Her heart clenched against her chest, bulging against the walls that held it bound."Yeah," Meghan replied, her voice strained with emotion. "She just left, without telling me anything… she only said, she'll be right back," Meghan mumbled, her breaths coming in rasped gasps, and her heart heavy.As they spoke, a loud howl ec
"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