Badmus stuck to the plan. He knew exactly what he had been told to do. His job for tonight was not to be with lord Ruckus. Lord Ruckus would do just fine on his own. The main focus for him was Jael. The woman that had the heart of the one he served in her hands. Protecting her was equivalent to protecting Lord Ruckus. While the party was getting set and taking a grander style and fashion, he was so many meters away from the royal hall where the ceremony was being held. Here he was, positioned very well in the perimeters of the prison . What he was just waiting for was the appointed time when Jael would be taken out of the prison to a place where it would be more secure to have her. But then, time was fast elapsing. Yet there was not even a single trace of Jael. There was no movement that could arouse suspicion. " What is going on?" He muttered to himself. " I don't think Jael is in danger from the way the whole place looks. He was with one guard. Just one person. He knew that gather
Through the window of Sophia's room, the rays of the full moon could make their way to her eyes. She had purposely left it open to feel the warmth that came from it. The brightness of the moon was very luring. She lay on her bed with every part of her body well covered under the duvet except her face. Her eyes were shut and she was asleep. Not totally asleep but partly conscious of what was going on around her. Soon enough, the warmth of the duvet began to drive her into real sleep. For a reason she could not seem to come up with any sort of explanations to, every moment she had spent staring at the full moon served as a reminder of the red moon pack. There was a pull. A sort of voice that was drawing her back to her pack. But for what reason?She had no explanations for them. She lay on her bed , deep in sleep when the voices began to replay in her thoughts again. " The weed." She was discussing the weed with her mother this time. She had gone to tell her mother about the teachin
At the open field where the event was taking place , the crowd had been expecting to see the alpha king. But he was just not coming around. No one had seen him since the event started. There were a good number of fires that had full fledged meats roasting on them. The merriment was going on. The moon goddess was done with other people. She was now patiently waiting for the alpha king to show up , that is if he had intentions to do that. She had an overall gown that was made of two colors; red and black colors. The two colors ran vertically through the gown , dividing the gown into two different parts like it was some sort of flag . Her hair was well weaved and decorated with very big beads and certain kinds of ribbons that gave her a mysterious look . Her eyes had black markings below them. Her look was that of a serious woman. Anyway, she was serious , just like the office that she occupied in the pack. Being a moon goddess was more than anyone could just think about. She stood on t
Sophia and Vieira were getting closer to the field. From where they were at the moment, they could see the smoke coming from the fire. Just one thing was odd to Sophia. When she was lying down on the bed, she could hear the chants and shouts of so many voices that seemed to be very happy at the event. But then, it appeared to be the opposite of it that was happening right now. The closer they got, the more silent the whole place seemed to get. That was odd, highly odd. " Vieira. " She said. " Yes. " Vieira responded with his gait still remaining straight and his gaze still focused straight on the road. His legs were moving at a constant pace that Sophia could tell came from his training as a guard in the pack. " How long have you known him?" " You mean Derek." " Yes, I mean him. " " Well, I can't even say . I don't know anything about that."" I don't understand. About what?"" I mean keeping the dates I met with people. All I can say is that I have really spent a good number of
A couple of days had passed since Ruckus slashed the life out of his father's throat. The dude was basically sitting on the head of every fellow that was in the pack. So much respect was given to him, if not fear. People now feared him more than they feared his father. The members of the council had greater fear than the people who were assumed to be very common. No one had expected the type of string he had pulled. On purpose, he had leaked the plan of him having to poison the drink of his father simply to get him to hear it. It was a bait , a good enough bait which the old geezer had bitten. It eventually drove him to a forced death. Ruckus stood in his chamber, seated on the throne he had built for himself without having to feel the urge to sit on a real throne. He knew that eventually, he was going to sit on the throne, the real throne. In fact, the throne he now sat on could be termed real now. After all, he was the alpha king now, though not officially made alpha king. But it wa
The day at the dead valley pack was full of tension. It had been like that for the past couple of days. After the incident that happened after Sophia was named the Luna of the pack, there had been so many talks and murmurs about it. But that was not the problem of Derek. All he really wanted was for his Luna, Sophia, to get up from the bed where she lay. Seeing her lying down again was like having a dagger being pierced through his heart. It hurt him so badly. The thought of the number of times that she had had to go through pain all because of him was just heavily impinging on his thoughts. But at the same time, he was troubled, troubled at the word that Sophia had let out of her mouth. " Mom." That was it. No matter how much he had to think and think about it, it still did not make any proper sense to him. Why would she call that woman her mom? It had to be for no other reason. Perhaps, the pain that coursed through her body had affected her thoughts at that particular point in t
Sophia was still lying down. In her thoughts, another shard of her memory was playing out clearly. She had been in the alpha king's chamber of the red moon pack. With her was the lady she did not know but now knows. It was the same lady that had come to her in the pack after she had met with the vicious father of Lord Ruckus, the then alpha king, who had tried to recognize her identity . When she had escaped through the hidden route, they had ended up through one of those routes in the hidden path to come outside the borders of the red moon pack. Not just were they out of the borders of the red moon pack, but that they had walked into a chamber where she had met with the supposed Luna of the pack. That pack was the dead valley pack. " Urgh. " She winced in pain . Her head hurt like it was eventually going to fall.off. Her thoughts jumped through time to a point when she had ended up in the woods with the lady who had helped her to escape the danger that lurked at home. " Are you sa
Days had passed already. Ruckus was no longer addressed as lord Ruckus but now called alpha King Ruckus. The sudden change in the way people addressed him was mor3 reason for him to be healthier with every moment of his life that passed. About four days ago, the remaining things that he needed were moved from his former chamber to his current place which was the chamber for an alpha king. In his thoughts, he yearned to really move the chamber to somewhere else. It was fitting for his ego to spend his moments of rest in a chamber that had been used over and over again by other alpha kings. The packs always held a common ideology about ancient things. Like it's believed with the ancient look of the tomb that upholding the ancient stuff ensured purity . All those were gibberish in his sight. They made no sense to him. The pack had modern things but many people were bent on using the ancient ways . This made him angry. It was very irritating to think of such things. First, he had given th
Days had turned to months. Time flied past like the breath Sophia released from her body. She had accomplished exactly what she promised her parents. Uproot the weed. She did it. It was the monthly remembrance of her mother's death . Clutching a flower in her hands , she walked gently with Derek towards the tomb in red moon pack. The spot where her father would have been laid to rest was now occupied by her mother's remains. They strode into the old structure and dropped the flower. " I am here again." Sge smiled. " We are here. " Derek held her hand tightly. " We will make her no weeds arise again. " When they left the tomb , they headed straight to the sea valley pack. Both packs were now ruled by Derek and Sophia. They got to the former chamber of the alpha king. For a good while, Derek had been practicing to control his shift. He always failed but was willing to try again. " Are you sure you want to try again?" Sophia asked. Derek nodded. They strode to the chamber. Derek
The event to celebrate the crowning of a new alpha in the red moon pack was specially organized and hosted by Ruckus in the grandest hall that there was in the pack. The hall was specially built and constructed to suit the high taste of whatever was to be held in it. No ordinary events are held there. In fact, even the birthday of an alpha was not worth being celebrated in such an ecstatic place. It was majorly reserved for any sort of meeting that would involve the rest of the packs. The hall was actually constructed for this reason. A couple of yeare back, one of the most decisive conclaves was fixed in the red moon pack. By virtue of that, the alpha in charge had begun the construction of the beautiful work of art. That alpha had to be no.other person than the uncle of Ruckus who happened to be the father of Sophia. Ruckus had purposely selected the hall for this event so tht he would be able to arouse sleeping memories in the lives of both alpha king Derek and his supposed Luna, S
The day of the event had finally come and it did not feel shy less of what it was expected of it. The tension in the atmosphere of both the red moon pack añd the dead valley pack was beyond that high above normal. The days was a big day. Ruckus stood in his room with hands clasped behind his back. His thoughts never stopped reeling and wondering about how the day would finally end. Whether it was going to end the way he had the way he had thought it or against him, there was no way of knowing. Badmus had given him the idea of what to do. That was all he needed. No matter how much he now hated Badmus, he still knew what relevance the presence of Badmus meant by his side. The man was always the bug game planner behind him. After using the art of killing the little children which he knew that Badmus was not going to turn a blind eye on, Badmus had given him the perfect idea on what he needed to get down the supposed all powerful and vicious alpha king f the dead valley pack who happened
Three days passed like a breath . The day of the event was the next day and Derek and Sophia were yet to figure out what exactly the alpha if red moon pack had in his mind. Preparations were already being made for their departure. For the first time in years, the alpha king of the dead valley pack was going on a special event with his entourage that comprised of a fleet of cars. The decision was made hy Derek. Though not for his sake but for Sophia, his Luna. He knew what the return to the place wge4e she had spent so many years of her life as a lowly person was really worth. He had intention to make her look.ger best version fjrvtye even tomorrow. According to him, he wanted the Luna of the dead valley pack to beat every other damn Luna that was going to be in attendance. But anyway, before the event would come, they still needed to take care of the activities and worries if the day. And one of those worries was the case of Nosa. Three days ago, they had caught Nosa who, according t
A few more days had passed away. Bit the very a deer that Sophia needed had not yet arrived. Her thoughts had not stopped going haywire since a few days ago. What was she supposed to do at this point? Ignore her people? No. They did not deserve to be called her people in the first place. They were very treacherous. The very people that turned her into a slave in a land where we she was supposed to be served and resiectex by many as the heir apparent if not the one in power , at least. A part of her needed the peace she now received in the dead valley pack while the other piece of her her needed to completely fulfill the promise that she had made to her parents. Now, she has the power needed. What remained was to make the move that was necessary. " Hmm. " She exhaled tiredly and stretched herself in front of the window of the alpha king's chamber. Her gaze was all over the city. While she bàttoed with having to go and fulfill the promise that she had made, she still contemplated the
Badmus curved himself into a ball in a bud to find a little bit of the warmth that he could find in the prison cell where he lay. His whole body felt like it was burning. The weather was cold , very cold . Yet there was no dirt of provision for him to rest his head. For the past many days , he had been going through one torture to the other. But he had refused to yield . There was no way he was going to yield. The only worry he had in his mind was the arrival of Tamina. How was Ruckus able to find her ? Not just find her , he equally brought her. Perhaps, a kidnap scenario. But that was a call for war . Going I to another pack to get someone out without any proper methods if approach was a great call and an alarm that could result in pack wars. Something of that nature had happened before . Then, Badmus had been ordered by Ruckus, the evil one, to get a person from a pack many kilometers away from them. The supposed lady was a royal blood. She had been the daughter of the alpha king o
The red moon pack is in turmoil. Please , save us. The words that Chloe had said could not stop echoing in the ears of Sophia. Not just Sophia but every single person that was in the room. It dud not make sense to Sophia. Nit even the slightest but I sense could be seen. How was it possible for Chloe to get on the wrong dude of Jael? If her memory served her right, she could beat her chest and swear that something of that sort would never be able to happen. Not in this lifetime and definitely not in the next would it be able to happen. But here they were , having no choice but to battle with whst their ears were hearing from Chloe. Could this really be destiny calling on Sophia? Her thoughts were running really wild . She had always thought about how she was going to do what her parents had told her to do. Uproot the weed. That was a very powerful but difficult thing to do. Chloe was in a way making it more obvious that the time might have come. After all, she was the Luna of the de
The morning had been one of both mixed feelings. Derek and Sophia had come together again. However, the news that had come last night was a shocking one. Back then, they had felt the peace that was lost had been restored finally. But then , Vieira had cut it short without any warnings beforehand. Here they were, both Derek and Sophia , seated in the couch in the alpha king's chamber. They were waiting for vieira to return with the information that he had been asked by Derek to go and bring. He was not yet back. When the news had reached them, it was told that someone was spotted around the borders of the pack. But not that the intruder had stepped in. According to what they had been told, this person was a lady . And she's looked entirely messy. She loitered around the borders fir a very long while . It was obviously a very calculated move. But then, she probably did not have enough courage to have stepped beyond the borders the very moment she came. She had been scared . She had loit
Many hours later, the morning sun had gone up into the sky and released very magnificent rays on the red moon pack. Where Badmus was, he could nit say why, but he felt a lot of peace in him. The feeling was one that he could not boast of feeling through the years ge had been by the side of Ruckus. But this morning, despite not waking up on the comfort that his luxurioys bed offered to him, he felt really good. Not like having to wake up on the bed was a very common thing for him. No way. In fact, he could count the number of days that he woke up on his bed through a full cake dar year. It had always been about doing one thing or the other fir an like Ruckus who dud not deserve any of the things that he had sacrificed just to please him. Badmus had no family to call his own, thanks to.no other person than the alpha king who.denued him that privilege. Badmus had been born into a family of the low class. His family had nothing serious when he was growing. His whole life had been all abou