At 5:36 in the evening, just when the sun bids its goodbye to its last rays of sunshine, Marion’s team stood outside the roundhouse with their weapons either on hand or just near their grasp.Harper left Hector to the nursemaid again, and this time, she left her there with more trust than the night before. Damon and Brayden stood right next to each other. Asher’s right beside Damon and Anthony was not with them. He has checked on Marion’s kids at the back. Norton was beside Asher, asking him about the difference between a lance and a spear. Then, the rays of the sun turned darker over time. By quarter to 6 pm, the sky already had the hint of gray and black shades. “Do you think the moon would shine tonight as last night’s?” – Brayden asked his older brother.Damon shrugged. Last night’s assistance of the moon goddess was indeed useful and hopefully it would be the same this time. If it’s not, then they have no choice but to fight with the help of torches and faint moonlight for illu
“Where are they going?”Harper asked Damon as soon as she saw Norton and the young men came out and be at one another’s back like a rollercoaster. “I don’t know. Perhaps to find Marion or something. I haven’t seen the Virgo Alpha too. Have you?”Harper shook her head. If the men haven’t found Marion, why would they ask her about it? It’s not like she and Marion has been pretty close to each other. They don’t even talk. After all this time, her mistrust with the man still lingers more than the help she’s received from him. “I guess that’s it. Never mind them. They know what they’re doing. Norton knows. As for us, lets’ keep our heads straight. Our enemy’s getting closer and closer every minute that passes.”To emphasize his point, Damon clutched the gun when he said that. On their right side is a small table with selected hand guns and rifles Damon got from the weaponry. “I don’t feel like getting into my werewolf form tonight. I’ll just use these weapons. I suggest you do the same
“Tell me what it is.”Harper didn’t have the idea on what Damon wanted her to do. Aside from the fact that he wanted her close, there’s nothing else that has been said between them. Damon looked deeply into his mate’s eyes. From a different perspective, she looked back at him and see worry in his eyes. aside from the constant look of admiration, there’s something else in them that she cannot deny.“I need you to be safe. Be safe for me, for Hector… Please.”Harper licked her lips. It was different from what she anticipated. She thought that there’s something else, something specific that he wants her to do. But it was only general. It was vague.“Of course. You too. Please.”Damon nodded. with that, the enemies are now in archers’ length. “ARCHERS!”The row of archers raised their bows to the air, aiming to the Red Blood wolves running towards them. Same as the last night, some of the wolves preferred to fight them in all fours. In claws and bare teeth, their saliva falling on the
With a loud howl from Brayden, Alpha Draco took that as a sign and lurched forward. Between the two of them, the sizes aren’t that far in comparison. Only that Alpha Draco’s werewolf form’s obviously rusted and old than the other.The scars, healed cuts and those which left a mark in his skin are still obvious from the naked eye. It cannot be denied that those things are imbedded in his system. It cannot be concealed. Compared to Brayden’s shiny and healthy black fur, the Great Alpha looked in a disadvantage. Until Brayden was proven wrong. As soon as their bodies clashed, Alpha Draco used his strong jaws to cling on Brayden’s shoulders. The younger wolf let out a painful groan as his flesh was torn. Drops of blood stained the impeccably clean floor of the roundhouse. Some of the members of the Virgo saw the fight between the two and stopped. They asked Brayden if he needs help, but Brayden didn’t give his go signal. Instead, the Virgo men watched and cheered. At the back of Brayde
Brayden cursed under his breath. It was a quick movement. He didn’t expect to witness Alpha Draco do that stunt at all. The position he was in seconds ago was impossible to get out of.Tricky, he thought. He was outsmarted. The lower back which was hit by the kick from Alpha Draco hurt like hell.“You… you’re something else.”He said, but moments after saying that, Alpha Draco has gone back to his direction and aimed to bite his throat. Thankfully, he missed.“Never put your guards down, son. I should have taught you that lesson if you only stayed on my side of the team.”Brayden can’t help but laugh. The Great Alpha still cannot let it go, can he?-Outside, Damon’s still shooting wolves like they were rabbits. Harper was beside him, aiding with the kills. The other wolves are stuck with one another, wrestling through the moist mud and tall grasses. It’s easy to spot the enemies though, they’re either black or white wolves with red eyes glowing in the dark.“This should be a lot easi
The crowd silenced when the sound of the gun tossed off echoed across the roundhouse. Brayden stopped wrestling with the Great Alpha too. Marion’s eyes followed the path of the gun, and there, for a moment, he thought of chasing after it.Only for a minute.“Did you just-“The look on Marion’s face shifted into utter disbelief. Maybe he’s thinking Brayden would follow everything he says, that being a part of the Virgo automatically meant being submissive. He clearly hasn’t known him yet.“Don’t butt in on my strategies, Marion. I have a plan of my own.” - Brayden said, making Marion’s brows clash in the middle“You don’t know the consequences of your actions. I’m thinking for the pack. You’re only thinking for yourself.”The whole roundhouse was quiet. None wanted to disrupt the two as they discuss things. They were certain anytime now, a bigger bomb is about to drop between the two. The misunderstanding between them has to be resolved and only one has to be right. Not both. “He’s my
Marion was hiding inside his private quarters when Damon came knocking on his door. He can see who it is from the gaps on the side of the door and the hinges.He let out a snicker and then walked to open the door.“I know this is not what you want, but please hear me out first.”– Damon said. He knows Marion is not in approval of his and Brayden’s action this night. The duel that happened inside the roundhouse was a product of their personal strife but still, the Virgo’s alpha has a say to it. It’s his territory to start with. Marion opened the door wider, inviting Damon in. The latter looked around as he stepped inside. Neil and Jay are not in there, perhaps they were still tailing Norton as they he speaks with their father.“I understand that you and your brother have some unfinished issues with the Great Alpha, but this war doesn’t just revolve on the two of you. There are some of us who deals with the effect, too.” – Marion spoke his mindDamon sighed.“I know… but Brayden has hi
Brayden and Damon looked at each other, as if having a mental discussion on who’s going to help Alpha Draco up. However, both shrugged and got to their father’s side. Damon held his right arm and Brayden was on his left.“On three.” – said Damon and counted“One…”“Two…” “Three.”The two let out a grunt as they pulled Alpha Draco up. The latter also groaned as his bruise on the shoulder got stretched when he got up. “Your room, right?”“Yeah. Better mine than yours. Harper and Hector need a proper huge bed to rest.” – Brayden said and thought of Harper… again. Damon nodded and led the way. The two of them took steps forward in a rhythmic motion. They reached Brayden’s room in a little while. It was Damon who kicked the door open. The single bed and a small table on the right side welcomed them. The pillows were scattered and the blanket wasn’t fold. “Don’t judge me. We’re in a middle of a war. I don’t have time to clean the room.” – Brayden felt the need to defend the state of hi