“You need to go to war with the Beta, we have to show them that our pack is not a force to be reckoned with” Alpha Ren said firmly to Falkor as he came in and the Prince glanced at Beta Loras who was behind him at the corner of the room
“There’s nothing that excites me as much as war father and you know that. I will get ready as soon as possible. So when are we leaving?” Falkor replied with his face full of smile
The Alpha turned to Beta Loras who walked to the front majestically and bowed a little
“If everything is set and provided, we will leave in three days’ time” Loras answered
“I will make sure to send the decree to every quarters so they can provide whatever you might need. I wish you well with the wars” Alpha Ren stated even though his tone was giving out the fact that he didn’t like that they were going to war.
“What of Jaqen? Is he still not around? It’s been ages I saw him” Alpha Ren asked Falkor
Falkor responded “As you know, he’s not fond of staying in the palace but when the news reach him, he will join us on the way”
“That’s true, you Princes are always happy at the sound of war” Alpha Ren sighed with concerns and turned to head for his bed
“If that’s all, then I will have to rest for now” he added and dismissed them.
They both took a bow before leaving the room, together.
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Falkor headed straight to the Luna’s quarters to visit his mother and inform her of his journey to war. He got to the door in his white robe and small sword hanging from his wait and told them to announce his arrival which they were already on the verge of doing as soon as he appeared. No one wants to be involved with him negatively because it never ends well.
“My queen, the Prince is here” one of them announced and the Luna who was having her nails done signaled for them to open the door.
Falkor walked in majestically into the room and scanned the squeaky cleaned room. Everything was neatly arranged, the space in the middle of the room was enough to park a huge truck. His mother is always particular about leaving enough space for her in the room should in case she feels like dancing.
His mother, Luna Aravis was a popular great dancer before she was married to the Alpha by her family. Although they have been married for years, they’ve never openly displayed any affection for each other.
The only reason they gave birth to Falkor was because they mated on their wedding night and since then, they have never passed the night on the same bed. The person the Alpha loved was Leia who was recently put to death by Beta Loras with the crime that she was a witch which was forbidden in the pack.
“You sure care for yourself too much for someone who will never step a foot outside” he scoffed as he walked to a seat by the side
The maid helping her with the nails was obviously shaking at his presence because any mistake means that her head would be rolling on the floor or she would be beaten so much till she begs for death.
“You should try to be less scary, your presence is traumatizing the innocent ladies” the Luna remarked and he laughed a bit
“It’s not like I bite. They should stop being afraid of me, I am just like them or wait, maybe I’m higher?” he remarked, an evil chuckle followed
“You can leave us for a bit” the Luna motioned to them and they all scurried out of the room in seconds
As soon as they closed the door, she continued “What’s happening? You never come to visit me unless you have something to say”
“Well, since you know me that well then I’ll go straight to the point. The Alpha has declared war to expand his kingdom” he informed and she scoffed
“The Alpha? More like the Beta’s wishes” she mumbled under her breath
“Anyways, the order is out and we leave in three days” he added, ignoring her comment
“What of Jaqen? He has been told or not interested?” she asked turning to face him
“He will join us on the way. You should know he will be happy to receive the news” he answered, adjusting his seat
“He never stays at the palace, I wonder what he loves doing so much outside. He’s pretty useless for a Prince except during the times of war” she remarked rolling her eyes
“Not everyone loves staying in this cage tagged pack. I also want to be free like him” he exclaimed and a subtle growl from the Luna filled the room
“Don’t you dare! Your place is in the pack” she countered.
“I never liked anything outside the pack so don’t worry, I am not going anywhere” he assured her and she blew the anger on her nails
“You know my rules right? You have to stay safe no matter what” she said and he nodded before standing up to take his leave
“I should get going before you bore me out with your lectures. I need to rest” he declared and went out the room before she said anything else
As the door was about closing, she screamed after him “Let me know when you are going! Don’t disappear on me!”
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The third day, he was dressed by his personal maids who had prepared his outfits for war. He slid into his black robe slit by the two sides to the waist and tied to him at the back. A pair of leather gloves exposing his fingers and tied at the wrist for firmness was also slid in his hands.
“Here My Prince” the maid presented his sword on a long tray and he picked it up after fixing his headband and looked into the standing mirror while his boots were being fixed
“I think you are ready my Prince” his maid announced and he nodded before heading out to meet the waiting Beta outside
“Let’s go conquer some lands” the Beta called out to him and he shook hands with him before climbing on his horse.
They kicked off their horses with other soldiers and moved towards the east side where they planned to attack and conquer. They met Jaqen waiting for them on his horse by the river separating the pack from the outside region.
“Hey Brother! How have you been?” Falkor called out to him
“Let’s go do what we are best at” Jaqen replied, bumping fists with him and they rode off.
The shaman had just finished her isolation in the shrine for forty days and her child was picking herbs to make her food after staying that way without food but only water for those days. The shaman walked outside to see the clouds enveloping the evening sun and in a matter of minutes, the sun was enveloped in the cloud, making everywhere dark all of a sudden. “This is an ominous sign. This is not good” she sighed as she panicked and ran to meet her child in the kitchen. She grabbed her shoulders and turned her to look into her eyes. “You should prepare to flee this village as soon as possible. There are guests coming from the east and I can see that it will be deadly” she warned but the daughter just shrugged her hands off “What are you talking about? I cannot leave if you are not leaving with me. Let’s receive the guests together” she declared adamantly She snapped! “You should listen to your mother! This is not the time for jokes. What I am seeing is deadly and I don’t want you
She was taken with other hostages, they all had their hands and legs tied to one another and formed a straight chain as they walked in the cold night to the shelter where they pitched their tents far at the end of the town. The Princes and the Beta were on horses leading the troops to the camp but no one said anything till they got to their destination, only the sounds of horse hoofs, legs and dangling of chains were heard.“it will be better if you all sleep early because we will be setting out in the morning, I don’t want a situation where anyone will delay our journey by being tired, anyone who is tired will be helped by being sent to eternal peace with the sword so you all should rest as much as you can within the given hours” the Beta announced but no one was strong enough to answer him, they were all silent and looking at him before he motioned to the soldiers to take them to their own tents where they were chained to the ground and the soldiers were assigned to guard them in c
After walking for more than four hours, they finally got to the capital and they were taken to the palace where the other maids and the head servants for each quarters were already waiting to receive them since the news of them coming already arrived before them thanks to the messenger.The servants hurried and lined up to welcome them with their heads bowed in respect while Falkor and Beta Loras led the group of hostages in.“My King, the Prince and the Beta are around with the hostages” Obi informed the Alpha who was studying in his room“Really? I should go welcome them then” he replied standing up and walked to the court where they were standing with the hostages“My Alpha, we are back and victorious, we even brought hostages” Beta Loras announced with a smile“Father, I am back” Prince Falkor said bowing to the Alpha“I can see that, you are welcome. You should rest and take care of yourselves so you can replenish every energy” the Alpha addressed them and turned to go before tur
He rode back from his pursuit game with strange woman who disappeared into the thin air within seconds after talking with him and his guard, Derib was already looking for him because he had come out to inform him that the bed was ready but he couldn’t find him. He could only breathe a sigh of relief when he saw him come back on his horse from the dark corner“You went running this night?” Derib asked reaching for the horse’s rein to tie it up the horse as he came down from it“I went after something but I lost it” he replied dusting his robe“should I chase after it instead? It must be pretty important seeing how you went yourself even though you are tired” Derib asked and he shook his head“don’t bother yourself, its insignificant” he replied heading inside“But you seems to be curious about something” Derib insisted and he turned to him in anger“Are you done making the bed?” he asked“Yes, my Lord” Derib nodded“What of my bath water?” he questioned further“It’s ready” Derib answe
The previous day, Elora and others were assigned to the spices section in the kitchen where they were to pick, ground and dry necessary herbs for the spices. She went with the crew of new faces since Ore and Alexa were not assigned with her, they were assigned to the clothes making section for the Prince since it will be the hunting season soon and the Prince has to wear new clothes for the hunting.She silently picked the herbs and other plants that were given to her after the procedures has been explained to her and finished her own part, grounded it and dried them on the tray she was given.She was busy helping the chef in the kitchen when one of them walked up to her to ask for a favour“Will you be staying here for long? Or are you leaving soon?” the girl asked and she firstly looked around to be sure she was talking to her before she proceeded to respond to her“Me? are you talking to me?” she asked and the maid nodded to confirm“I will be here as long as they are cooking becau
She was pulled along by the maids at each sides to follow the lady so there was no even time for her to protest or run away. She only managed to give her basket of clothes a safe landing so the clothes there wouldn't be thrown to the floor.The lady got out of their quarters and entered into the concubines' quarters before heading for her own personal room"bring her in" she instructed and sat on the chair in her room with her legs wide openedThe over obedient maids threw her to the floor at her feet and she motioned to them to leave the room so she could talk to her alone"You, what is your name?" she asked looking into Elora's eyes"Elora is my name" Elora replied trying to catch her breathe since she was dragged and that had drained her stamina within a short period, she couldn't blame herself for that since she has a weak system to begin with"So I am asking you, what did you see yesterday?" the lady asked finally crossing her legs"My lady, I don't know what you are talking abou
“The second Prince?” she asked once again and Ore nodded“There is a second Prince? How come no one ever made mention of him all these while?” she asked with her eyes as wide as a big panda’s eyes“We don’t mention him because we dare not, he doesn’t live in the palace but he comes once in a year which is during the royal hunting, his presence is always overwhelming” Ore narrated“His presence is overwhelming as how and why does he not stay in the palace?” she questioned further getting interested in what her roommate was telling her“You sure are a curious cat. He doesn’t stay in the palace because he hates the palace so much which I don’t know why and also his presence is overwhelming because he is much more brutal than the first Prince, he doesn’t have mercy at all, so merciless” Ore explained to her and she gasped“No mercy at all?” “I’m telling you, he doesn’t forgive any act of mistake no matter how little. A maid once cooked and the wool of her cloth got into it, he had the m
“Don’t try anything, don’t even move close to him! He’s the definition of evil and brutal” was the word that kept ringing in her head as she paced up and down the room thinking how he could be the second Prince because he looked nothing like one ever since he has been seeing him“Well it’s understandable because he fits the position of being brutal” she muttered to herself“but why are you so concerned about him being the Prince? Do you have any history with him beforehand?” Ore asked noticing her restlessness“Have any history with him? How can I have one with someone like him? What are you talking about?” she quickly snapped defending herself“you don’t have to snap that hard, its only making it more suspicious” Alexa remarked with a chuckle and Ore snorted“You both enjoy joking with me right? I said we don’t have any history” she said rolling her eyes“and we didn’t say anything too” they both replied trying to hold back their laughterShe went to her bed to lie down for a while b
Alpha Jaqen and Derib set out to make plans to find Falkor wherever he might have ran to before he starts to cause havoc on the pack. “Do you think we can find out their hideouts?” he asked Derib “The last time I visited the hideout, they were talking about how the silver they were making will be the last batch and they will be joining others” Derib revealed “So do you think we can find the others? Don’t you think we should plant a spy amidst them?” he asked tapping his leg on the floor anxiously “If you want, I can go in myself to get any information you need” Derib offered “Your face is known by almost everyone, won’t you get caught at this rate?” he asked “I just have to be careful and everything will work out because it’s not like they can know every of their soldiers” Derib said and Alpha Jaqen sighed before Obi came in “The famine has started, everyone has started lamenting for food. What should we do about the storage?” Obi asked as he brought the ledgers the late Alpha h
The elders set an emergency meeting after the whole fight in the palace and they discussed about what to do about the rebels and the punishments to dish out according to their crimes. “I cannot believe something like this happened in this palace, we don’t even know what the truth is anymore. This is shocking, tiring and exhausting, it happened so suddenly that I can’t even wrap my head around it” Elder Kinn said with a heavy sigh “I am glad the Alpha told us all these before he died, imagine if we didn’t find out and they killed the real Prince of the pack. We would have had to deal with the tyranny of the Alpha, Luna and Beta and that will cause a great havoc on the pack” Elder Simeon added “We are not sure if Prince Falkor is not a real Alpha as claimed, we have to be sure before we point fingers and judge. I mean we never can tell because what if the late Alpha was mistaken?” Elder Fang countered “So are you saying the Alpha lied to make us disqualify the first Prince? What abou
As Elora was busy waiting for Jaqen to return from his trip, the goddess knew that her time to leave Elora was near and the fight for the throne will begin soon since both Princes will be on each other’s neck when Prince Jaqen returns from the trip of going to find a shaman that will heal the Alpha who is terribly sick.The goddess also knew that Prince Jaqen can never find a shaman no matter how he tries because after the death of Elora’s mother, Arya, the goddess that was supposed to possess any shaman and give them power was residing in Elora itself and it had refused to unveil itself because of Elora’s safety and the promise she was supposed to fulfil on her behalf.The main reason why Elora was the one chosen to be the one to help Prince Jaqen was that when Arya was still young and living in the same place with Queen Eleanor, Jaqen’s mother, Arya got into trouble with one of the chiefs living in the town one night.Since Arya was a beautiful woman, she was loved by many men in th
Prince Falkor told the head maid that the straws in the farm at the yard should be picked as early as possible and she should assign some maids to them quickly.“My Alpha, the maids are extremely busy trying to restore the palace to its normal state because everything has been disorganized because of the ceremony that was just concluded” The head maid replied“You mean all the maids in the palace are working right now?” he asked raising his brows“Yes My Alpha, they are all occupied with one thing or the other so can you wait a little bit?” she said politely“I heard Jaqen is out of the palace, why is his maid not joining others to work?” he asked“He had ordered for his maid to stay at his room till he comes back and that means she cannot work until he commands her to join others because she is his personal maid and that is allowed according to the rules of the palace” she explained“I am the Alpha here, the leader of the pack so I have the power to make her work right?” he said with
THE PREVIOUS NIGHTAfter Elora left the Alpha’s chamber, the king managed to visit Prince Jaqen’s chamber in the midnight without anyone knowing. He had been feeling so weak that he knew that he would die at any moment from now so he wanted to finish everything before it was too late.“I didn’t expect you would visit me so late in the night, you should have called me over to your chamber instead of coming over here since you are so sick” he said as he helped him have his seat“It’s not like you will come at your own free will if I called you over and also my visit here is something that no one must find out so don’t bother to bicker, I want my discussion with you tonight to be fast as soon as possible” Alpha Ren remarked“What brought you here this late at night? I hope it’s nothing much though” he asked as he settled in front of him“Jaqen, before I start anything I want to ask you a very important question and I want you to be sincere with me. It is okay to say your mind because I j
The Luna once heard a ridiculous rumor that Lady Gaia and Prince Falkor were having affairs and she decided to look into it. She finally confirmed it but decided to leave them so she would be able to use it against them someday. When she found out that she was pregnant from her spy, she decided the day for usage is nearer and planned to disgrace her but after thinking it through, she knew that it will affect her son, Prince Falkor one way or the other so she quit the idea and was looking for how to punish her until she heard she would be leaving the palace.She invited the Beta and told him her plan“So what do you plan on doing? It’s not like she will allow herself to be disgraced and that is the reason why she’s leaving the palace” Beta Loras remarked“I understand that she wants to give birth to the baby outside the palace and then come back as if nothing happened. The Alpha is already so weak and sick, it means the fight for the throne will soon start. I cannot allow anything to b
For three months, Lady Gaia was playing a safe game of hiding her pregnancy but it was not easy for her since the symptoms were very bad and evident in her. She thought about aborting the baby but she was also happy the same time that she will be giving birth for the first time in her life.“This is the very first time I will be a mother, I cannot abort this pregnancy” she muttered to herself as she rubbed her bellyAfter seeing how her belly was slightly protruding and the pregnancy was at the verge of showing forth, she planned to leave the palace and go back to her mother. She planned to stay there till she gives birth and then leave the child there. She thought about informing Prince Falkor but with his recent attitudes towards her, she swat the thoughts away and just decided to disguise.She got up the next morning and went to visit the Alpha who was still on his bed“It has been a long time I saw you walking around the palace so I wondered what was wrong” she said as she moved c
Elora left the room and Derib moved closer to inform Prince Jaqen of what was going on at the secret hideout of Beta Loras. He had gone to survey again during the time the Prince and Elora were busy talking about themselves.“I went back to the site again and found something interesting” Derib started“You went back? You didn’t even tell me you were going” Prince Jaqen questioned“I went back when you both were talking and I happened to find out something interesting” Derib said“Something interesting? What is that?” Prince Jaqen asked and motioned for him to come closer and have his seatDerib sat down opposite to Prince Jaqen and adjusted his clothes before he proceeded with informing him about what he saw at the hideout“I happened to see them transporting the silver they stored over time and followed them only to find the final piece to our puzzle” he added“The final piece to our puzzle? Don’t you think it’s time for you to speak in a language that I can understand?” Prince Jaqen
Derib didn’t mention anything about the letter to him again since he already declined the invitation flatly and if he tried to talk him into it, he will flare up which will only cause unnecessary tension.Even though Prince Jaqen didn’t talk about the letter, he secretly wanted to go but his pride was too important for him so he decided to just fight the feeling off. He picked up his sword and went for training with his master at the yard.He got there and found him sitting at the step by the right side and walked up to him to notify him of his presence“Have your seat, let us discuss some things before we start practice for today” his master said and he took his seat beside him“Do you like living here? It is not too cornering and frustrating for you?” his master asked facing him“Cornering and frustrating as how?” he asked to be sure of the answer to give“I mean you don’t have any friends here except your bodyguards and the other monks. You are a Prince but you are not living like