Prologue

Alvaria's Point Of View.

My eyes shot wide open as I looked around the room in pure confusion. For some reason my throat felt sore and hoarse but I ignored it. Something just felt off but I could not quite put my finger on it. My body seemed heavy ,my head burdened and my mind plagued by an unknown looming feeling of some sort of impending doom but I ignored it.

Something and everything was bothering me but I could not put my finger on what that thing could actually be. I slowly dragged myself to my bedroom and did my morning routine as sluggishly as possible. I was forgetting something but I wasn’t exactly sure what .

The feeling of Impending doom was slowly growing more and more prominent in my head by the second but still vague so I absentmindedly walked downstairs like I had done so many mornings before but for some reason this time it felt different.

“Are you guys ok? You look like crap,”

“That is like the pot Calling the kettle black , you don’t look too good yourself there,” Damien sluggishly answered as he took a sip out of his coffee mug. I ignored him and continued my journey to the coffee machine. We all looked like we had been through hell and Lord knows I felt like it too.

“I had the weirdest dream last night,” Freya visibly shivered at the thought of her dream before continuing her narration.

“There was this weird woman …kind of pretty but pure evil if you ask me. She had fangs and everything all topped off with a tail. Not even a small fail no she was like half woman and half serpent looking,”

Both Damien and I simultaneously spit out our coffee with my cup hitting the floor with a loud bang before breaking into small pieces as my brain processed Freya’s words .

“Now that I think about it …I had the same dream too , definitely evil,”

Both Freya and I focused our attention on Damien in horror before they expectedly looked back at me .

“I had the same dream too,”

It did not take any long to put two and two together as the realization of last night’s events hit us like a bucket of cold water. We could not all have the same dream of a snake woman …too much of a coincidence and rule number three was very clear, there are no such things as coincidences.

The event’s of the night before came at me and hit me like a ton of bricks as I ran back to my room in pure horror. It caught my attention the exact moment that I stepped foot into my room…there on my nightstand was a blade.

The sharp triangular cross section of the blade shone as the light hit it. There was no doubt in my mind that the long ,silver and triple edged dagger did not belong to me and was the aforementioned angel’s blade.

I collapsed into the floor with pure and utter despair as I realized the gravity of everything that was going on . The event’s if the previous night were anything but a dream…it was my new reality. After everything that I went through in my life I had never expected for things to get any worse. Never have I thought that the life I had made for myself out of the ashes of my past could get any worse but it did. I was doomed , cursed and marked for tragedy.

I could hear their footsteps coming up the stairs . I had to do something aside from panicking so I just grabbed the hilt of the angel’s blade and threw it under my bed .

“ Hey LV are you ok? What’s wrong? Is it about the dream? You look flushed Alvaria…what is going on talk to us,”

“Nothing Freya I promise… I just had the same snake dream too so I wanted to come check if the snake thing was still here you know. Just my paranoia, that’s all. Did the snake say anything to you guys?”

I quickly tried to shift the question back to them trying to not focus much on my broken state. I could tell that they knew I was lying but was grateful for them not pushing the issue.

“No, I don’t really remember much, just feeling a bit heavy and having the serpent thing looking over me as I slipped in and out of conciseness . It might have said something but I was not really paying much attention I was focused on trying to leave bed and fu*k up the bi*ch,”

Freya nodded in agreement with Damien before looking back at me with follow up questions about my health and my “dream” when I suddenly remembered the serpent’s words …the poison…the ticking clock …48 hours to live .

“Honestly guys I am actually not feeling well… I think I need to lay down a bit or just take a nice ,long, relaxing bath . Can we please talk about this later ? The whole thing is starting to creep me out…properly have to deep clean my room just at the thought of some snake lady breaking in and slithering about while I slept,”

I topped it off with an awkward giggle as Freya rushed out the room to clean up her space. I knew her well enough to know that she was very OCD about those types of things . All it took was a take care from Damien and the closing of my bedroom door to get me started.

My heart was beating so loudly I literally could hear the ticking of a clock beating along with it…time was running out and I was on a deadline. I had no other choice than to kill Alpha Asmodeus Hayes. I could feel my hand trembling just at the thought of it. I…Alvaria Anderson was about to trespass into the most dangerous pack territory and *Attempt* to kill the most feral ,feared and dangerous alpha. Key word being ATTEMPT.

With me being a hunter I always had a to-do bag ready with all the essentials I would need on the road so I did not bother packing. I decided to change to some combat boots and a nice warm black joggers and hoodie set to make sure am comfortable to go on my suicide mission.

I tied my dirty blonde hair into a ponytail , grabbed my to go bag and paused to take a long look in the mirror as if to talk myself out of this stupidity but I was dead either way. I held the angel’s blade in my hands just examining it …wondering if the serpent was indeed right on the blade being powerful enough to kill a hellhound but my mind was already made up and I was out the window without a second thought.

Alpha Hayes is not even really a werewolf but still an alpha of a pack of werewolves and other creatures, vampires and witches included . With all that being considered I still matched on ready to trespass into said pack. I had no other choice but to go and attempt to murder a hell hound who has been alive for centuries keeping a low profile while also causing terror and sorrow in his wake .

Mythology claims hellhounds to be agents of death , savage dogs who drag people into the underworld… well that is all good and true but in the case of Alpha Hayes he is more than just that… he has the ability to drag one’s hell to them and make them live through it while on earth …he can bring you to hell but bringing your hell to you is more fun thus making him known as feared throughout all of the realm.

I have not met him but the beast has already managed to frighten me to my very core and leave me in a frenzy just at the mere presence of his shadow. Memories of the other night soon crept into my brain as I thought back to how cold and scared I felt but I soon pushed all those negative thoughts behind me.

He is said to bring alphas to their knees and leave kingdoms in their ruins . His ability to use one’s fear against them makes him every alphas weakness for he can harness all the fears of the pack through the alpha and use them to dismantle the alphas sanity.

“ Ok now I get your point, you can stop scaring me now I am already frightened,” I quickly made a mental note to my wolf to tone down the thoughts and memories she was sending my way as jumped into a random car on the streets and drove off. Yes I steal cars too but who cares about doing things legally when you are driving to your death anyway. I would have taken my own car but Freya could easily track that so I had no other choice than theft.

The drive was faster than I was prepared for as all I did was ponder upon my decision and talk to my wolf…in other words I was talking to myself.

“We could go back and ask for help…Damien and Freya would have an actual plan not just trespassing into the pack like some idiot. On the other hand they would just get killed too , this way I could keep them safe,”

It is needless to say that talking to myself was not helping in any way shape or form…I was now standing by the territory with the four hours drive seeming like nothing . I could feel the serpent's poison slowly making its way in my blood street and my wolf trying to fight away the poison but that would not hold for any longer. Damien and Freya can probably feel the poison in the blood by now and would soon come after me , I had to act fast

I had to kill the hellhound alpha or die trying.

“αξιοποιήστε την ενέργεια,”

I quickly mumbled the spell as I harnessed some of the energy of the pack’s force field and siphoned it long enough to slip through undetected. I had trespassed into the black venom pack and signed my death warrant.

There were guards everywhere in my vicinity. I couldn’t even take any more steps without getting caught. Sunset was soon approaching and I could wait for it to get dark but that would not be of any advantage to me .

I had no idea what creature I could run into while trying to make my way into the territory. It may be a werewolf ,a vampire, a witch …at this point I wouldn’t even be shocked if I encountered a dragon. If the events of these past few days have taught me anything, it is to be ready for any and everything.

*Άκουσέ με, Άκουσέ με ,παρέχω ,παρέχω και επιτρέψτε μου να επιτύχω…αμουαστον ,σιωπή ,λαθραία κρύβω*

“Hear me ,hear me , provide , provide me with silence , invisibility ,stealth and hide me,”

The spell work was harder than I had expected as I added spell upon spell just trying to ensure that my scent is not detected , they are unable to see ,hear me coming , hearing my breathing or heart beat.

I could feel my body getting slightly weaker by each and every passing moment as I exhausted my magic. I had never used such a great magnitude of magic or drained out my powers at such an alarming rate but it had to be done. If I were to kill a hellhound I surely needed each and every upper hand I could provide myself .

For my first time trying to assassinate someone I was proving to be quite good at it. Don’t get me wrong I have sneaked up on people , creatures and monsters with the soul aim of killing them but this …this was an assassination ,cold blooded murder.

Finding him was way easier than I had anticipated …all I had to do was follow the air of darkness and try to find the greatest source of power . I could feel my heartbeat ringing in my ears as my wolf retreated in complete silence in the corner of my mouth.

It was as if his power , aura and overall being were just calling out to me. Something in me triggered my mental alarms as horror soon overwhelmed my entire body. It was as if the whole thing was just a trap and I was being lured to him.

There he was standing by a …gravestone. His back was to me as I watched him just standing there with his hands in his pockets and his head tilted down. I did not need to be told that he was the one I had come for. The power and darkness just rolled off of him in waves and stirred up something deep within me.

“Was I really about to do this? Was I really about to kill a grieving man ? “

“Lub-dub …lub-dub… lub-dub,”

I quickly removed that train of thought as I remembered all of the serpent’s words. I had to kill alpha Hayes or at least die trying. This was not murder but a means to an end. He was not innocent …quite far from it. He was more beast than man and had killed many in his wake. Death was a luxury and I was providing it to him. This was not just about me and him but about my family too…it is either he died or we do. It was an obvious choice.

“Lub-dub …lub-dub… lub-dub,”

I could hear my wolf stirring up deep within me finally awake from whatever emotions had placed her in a comatose state as I slowly sneaked up on Alpha Hayes.

“Lub-dub …lub-dub… lub-dub,”

My heart palpitation was getting louder and louder as my heart continued beating harder ,faster , fluttering and pounding against my chest.

“Lub-dub …lub-dub… lub-dub,”

I tightened my grip on the angel’s blade in my hand and lifted up my arm prepared to stab him in the back and straight through the heart like the coward that I was.

“Lub-dub …lub…dub… lub-“

My breath stuck in my throat as my heart stopped breathing. The beast had turned around so fast I barely had time to adjust to my stance nor did I see it coming. Burning fire like sparks went up my hand and burnt my entire body as his hand tightly wrapped around my wrist , preventing me from wielding the angel’s blade in my hand.

I could feel all of the blood being drained from my body and my heart slowly beating against my chest with great anticipation. His flaming red eyes looked up to the blade in my hand and down to my terrified eyes .

It was as if he was looking right through me and straight to my soul as his eyes burnt down my very core . Aside from the beast being as cold as ice the files forgot to mention that he was as hot as hell.

Alarms suddenly rang out throughout the whole pack. Growls echoed throughout the far-off distance as the war cry of the black venom pack shook the territory bringing fear and chills down my spine.

I probably should do something to try and escape. Maybe I should run or shift into my wolf. I could maybe beg for mercy and explain myself but no I had to kill him…there is no other way around it ,the hellhound alpha has to die for me and my family to live.

As much as we heard the alarms and growls echoing around the territory we still made no move to look away from each other’s eyes . The burning flames of his touch were warm ,thrilling and intoxicating all at once.

I knew he was going to kill me but I just wanted to stay in his arms and surrender myself to him. For a moment I wondered if this was just another power hellhounds had or if I was under some sort of spell drawing me to the beast but I did not ponder on it for any longer .

For the first time in a long while I finally heard my wolf speak as the words left the beast’s lips just as they left mine.

“Mate,”