Ruckus paced to and fro in his room with so many thoughts running straight through his head. In fact, if he were to be asked, he would say he could feel the entire body system thinking alongside his head. His head was purely on fire. The thought of whether the plan would go as he had planned was troubling him. That was the idea of Badmus. Badmus had told him back then when he had just finished having a brief talk with Jael that he had a perfect plan. A plan that was going to help them hit the goal that he has had in mind for a good while now. Badmus brought the idea to really kill the reigning alpha king on the full moon which was meant to be his father's birthday celebration. The idea was to first give him a hint of what was going to happen. Since he tried to keep a secret within the circle of the council members and it never worked out perfectly as he had thought of it, then he would use the same means to set a trap for his father. A death trap. According to the plan, he would give
When Ruckus arrived at the chamber of his father, the alpha king, what his eyes saw had to be the opposite of what was at his own chamber. There were more guards loitering around the whole place. For a moment, he stopped, gazing at what was before him. What did the alpha king have in mind? At least, for someone like him, the alpha king needed that number of people to be able to pull him down. There was no doubt that Ruckus was one of the strongest werewolves to grace the pack. Maybe his father was impatient enough and was now willing to drag him into the ditch. " Badmus. " " Yes, lord Ruckus. " " What do you think this could mean?" " I have no idea. I was going to ask you the same question. " Ruckus eyed him. " What do you mean by that? You were going to ask me the same question? You have been moving around. You should know better than I what this number of people are doing here. " " Lord Ruckus, " Badmus moved his mouth closer to his ear and said in a whisper," I think your fa
Hours had passed already. And it was already night. But Sophia was yet to open her eyes. The healer was just there. Since the earlier hours of the day when Sophia muttered her name, she had not left the room except the moment she cleaned her body for the second time. Except that one moment, there was never another time that she left the room. All her attention was on Sophia. Her eyes were fixed on her mouth, waiting for the young lady to say another word. Though Sophia had muttered that word and it was not clear enough, the healer could beat her chest and swear on everything she held true that the girl had mentioned the name Katrina. This got her more confused and surprised at the same time. How could she have known about the name? Or was there someone she knew with that name? The healer as she knew to herself, her daughter who she had parted ways with many years ago due to circumstances never got to know her name. The girl was just tender and knew nothing about the names that her par
For a good while, Sophia did not say anything. She was rather confused as to what was going on. The way Vieira had left seemed very strange like he was up to something. " Why are you surprised?" Derek asked her. Sophia turned to him . " Why should I not be? Did you let both of them go? If I may ask, what is the reason for that?"Derek giggled faintly. " What are you thinking right now? That I asked them to leave for a special reason. Is that it? " " The air around here is quite different. It is obvious that there is something off. " " Tell me, Sophia." Derek said , taking quick strides to the bed. " Tell you what?" Sophia asked him as he took his way on the bed , coming face to face with her. " Do you happen to know any stuff about the healer?" "I don't really think I understand what you have just said now. What is with the question that you just asked me?" " There is nothing harmful about the question that I have asked. But at the same time, I need to know. So, tell me."" Ar
For the past couple of minutes, Vieira had been trailing the healer to know where exactly she was headed. It had been a terrible walk already. Though cars and other vehicles were rampant, their kind would want to exercise the energy that coursed through them. Having to live in a secluded community far away from human imagination, the werewolves too have learnt to live without relying on any aud that was invented by mankind to use normal humans 2jo in the sight of the stronger werewolves were mere weak people always looking for an excuse to cover their shame. But for them, it was normal to do certain things. In fact, in one of the trainings that a certain division of guards among them go through, they are made to race against a vehicle. They all grew up with a mentality that they were always going to beat down humanity in every respect. Why? Because the weak nature of humans always made them vile and discriminative. Here the right hand man of the alpha king was trailing a certain heale
Time had passed already deep into the night. From the house of the healer, one could hear the sounds of crows. Pure evidence that a new day had begun. But then, Derek was yet to leave the side of Sophia. The ease at which he remained by her see was very convincing that he was in safe hands. He had been taught in the earlier days of his life to get hold of an anchor. An anchor to help him to always be in control when he was about to get off the radar. Sophia could be that one person that might be able to fill the role of that anchor for him. Or perhaps, go to a further extent by being the Luna that he had been searching for the whole time. " So, from what you have just said now, you are trying to say it is not your fault that you get out of control. Is that it?"Derek nodded his head with a sad face. " Hey. Brighten up. What's with the sad face?"Derek smiled. " But may I ask you a question?"" Yeah. Sure. You are free to do that. "" Why are you not scared of me? Like, why are you n
Two days had elapsed already yet it felt like it was just a couple of minutes. It wrapped up like a blink of an eye. Derek stood before his window with his gaze flying out to the city that he reigned supreme over. This time, his gaze was not all over the place. It was fixed in one place. And that was in the direction of the court. Just in a few moments from now, he would either be seated or standing in the court to pass the verdict on what would be the future of Sophia as regards to whether she would be allowed to remain in the pack or get driven away . A death sentence could even be pronounced if by any means a hint of her being a sign of a threat is released out there in the court. " Hmm. " He exhaled tiredly and yawned, stretching the whole length of his body Knock. Knock. Knock. Someone was at the door. He could tell who it was. " Your majesty, Vieira has arrived. " The man outside the door announced. Derek sighed." Let him in. " The door opened and the huge guy found his wa
Sophia turned from side to side on the bed. The comfort the bed had always offered to her seemed to have gone right now. Gone to a place she could not find or go to. Through the night, her thoughts could not stop spiraling at what would be the outcome of the session in court. By the end of the day, she would know her fate. What will become of me? Will I remain here ?Or will she be thrown out of the comfort that she had just found? The questions never stopped ringing in her head. After all that she had been through in her life in the red moon pack, she could not even bear to imagine what it would be like for her to be thrown out of the luxury that she was now beaming with. The peace she had was out of the world. What if she is thrown back to the red moon pack? To Ruckus? Damn it! The thought of the evil in flesh called Ruckus shook her from the bed and she jolted up to her feet. " Sophia!" The healer called her name from outside the room. Sophia heard her name but had no urge t
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