Luckily for the Mountain Ghost pack, they were not yet down when Xavier and his warriors got there. Ozark and his men had already broken through the back and killed a good number of the werewolves there but the bulk of the war was still going on at the front where Xavier and his warriors had pitched.“I’ve never gone to war in my life,” Xavier whispered to Layla who was standing at his right hand side.“Me neither,” she whispered back to him. “Hopefully this would be our first of many, not our last.”“Hopefully,” Xavier managed to say. He turned to face Jimin who was standing by his left. “You’re the most seasoned fighter amongst all of us here. What do you have in mind?”“I’ve never fought here before,” Jimin grunted. “But I’ve heard a lot about this pack. I know the geography and all I can say is that our archers are almost useless once we get inside this cave.”“A good number of our warriors are archers,” Xavier said, alarmed. “What hope do we have against them?”“The ones I recrui

Jimin knelt down on the floor beside Xavier and felt his heartbeat. He was no longer breathing. He turned to Layla and shook his head pitifully and Rhea watched the two of them in amusement as they knelt over the dead body.“Can’t you two see that he is dead?” Rhea frowned. “I mean, I didn’t wish that for him. He brought it upon himself by fighting his father’s fight.”“Fighting his father’s fight?” Jimin asked rising angrily. “Do you think he wanted to fight how father’s fight? Do you think I want to fight my father’s fight? If I had my way, I would be out of this pack a long time ago.”“What you want doesn’t matter in the end, Sentinel,” Rhea smiled. “It is what you do that really matters.”“And you?” Jimin stared at her. “What did you do? Did you choose to become your father’s henchman of your own Accord? Or he forced you here like he forced the rest of you all bastards.”Ozark grunted. “Allow me kill the animal, my princess. He’s not even worthy to stand in your presence.”“You’re

“Exactly what I expected from you, Xavier Damon,” Rhea laughed. “Of course you would be tempted to play hero and save her life. But let me quickly remind you that you’re outnumbered.”“You can’t kill me,” Xavier said looking her in the eyes. “You would have made a brave king,” Rhea shrugged. “Too bad my father is already interested in that title. You have to bow before him and he would want to have the daughter of an Alpha. It would be a good bargaining tool for him eventually. I’m pretty sure Alpha Ferran loves his daughter.”“She is a person like you,” Xavier said. “You’re not any better than her. She is not a bargaining tool.”“We’re all bargaining tools, Xavier,” Rhea sighed. “The earlier you realize and acknowledge that fact, the better it would be for you. If I were to mistakenly wander into the North unguarded and without my father’s command, do you think Alpha Ferran would allow me walk free there? Of course not. He would take me as his prisoner and do what with me? He would

Xavier walked up to Alpha Joharres and the Alpha’s claws sharpened immediately.“There is no need for that, Alpha Joharres,” Xavier frowned. “Let us be smart and avoid certain doom, all of us. Leave your ancestral home and live. Stay and die. Which do you choose?”“I would rather stay and die fighting for what I know is mine,” Alpha Joharres grunted back. “It’s a coward who would run away at the first sight of danger and I’m not one so if you’re here to convince me about giving up, I’m sorry you’re wasting your time.”“You are not giving up Joharres,” Xavier replied, his eyes fixed on the Alpha. Joharres stared at him wondering what he meant and Xavier whispered in his ears.“You are not giving up by deciding to leave a piece of land behind. I left mine to come and help you. I left it almost totally unguarded. Do you think I didn’t have a plan when I left it?”“I trust you did,” Joharres grunted sarcastically. “And what is this your master plan all about huh? I would really love to he

Elder Obada sat on the throne with a bored expression on his face. What he had expected when he was subtly taking over the throne from Xavier was very far from what he was seeing and if he had known that things would eventually go that way, he would not have opted for the throne. He would have remained content with his role as the Leader of the Elders. He had managed to convince Xavier to go all the way to the East to fight against Lycans and bring all the werewolves together, thinking that Xavier would die in the process and then he would take over as the Alpha but things were not going as planned. From the report he had received earlier from Xavier, things were going perfectly. Xavier and his warriors had managed to convince the Lycans to leave the East and they had taken over the Mountain Ghost pack and were now regrouping with them towards the South. On the Elder’s ends, things were not looking as rosy. His new subjects were proving to be very difficult and he was having a very ha