Tory sat down and waited for her mate as she sat on the bed. She was anxious to hear what the Alphas decided regarding Reid. Most importantly, she wants to know if it is true that Reid actually launched the attack on the pack.
She smelled her mate even before he got to their room and she rushed towards the door. He was about to open the door when she did and she bombarded him with questions immediately.
“How was it?” She asked.
He sighed and entered. “He did it”, he said with hurt lacing his voice.
Tory sighed and pulled him closer. She could feel he is hurt through their mate bond. “Come here”, she said and hugged him tight.
He closed his eyes and hugged her back. If anyone had told him a long time ago that his friend, Reid would betray him, he would have given the person the most painful death. But his friend did betray him and its hurt.
“I just can’t believe it”, he told his mate. “He didn’t even feel remorseful about it.”
She just listened without saying anything. Only hugging him and letting him know that she is there and not going anywhere.
“He did it because the goddess didn’t give him an elemental. His initial plan was to kidnap you and take our babies. That bastard.”
Tory could feel anger running through her veins like it would make her burst. She then realized it’s his anger. He was angry and she hugged him tighter to make him calm down. When mates are angry, they can easily calm down when their mates touch them or when they smell their mates.
“You need to calm down, Dwight. Calm down. I’m here”, she said. “Listen to me”, she said and looked into his eyes. “You’ve found out the truth and you’ll punish him like he deserves, okay.”
“I will definitely give him a great punishment”, he said and she hugged him again. “I just can’t believe he tried to harm you and my kids. It’s so surreal.”
“I understand”, she said.
She doesn’t but he didn’t have to tell her that. All he wants is for her to calm him down.
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It’s the day for the sentencing and the three Alphas sat down in the study waiting for Dexter who was going to carry out the execution.
“Let me say something”, Ryder said. “Don’t you dare think of sparing that motherfucker. If you do, I will kill him myself”, he said pointing dangerously at Maxwell and Dwight.
“I’m with him on this”, Maxwell said, looking at Dwight as they waited for his response.
“I’m not sparing him”, Dwight said.
The both sighed in relief and leaned in their chairs to continue their wait.
“He’s here, Alpha”, Evan mind linked Dwight.
“Bring him here”, Dwight mind linked back.
“Yes, Alpha.”
Dwight sighed and faced the other two Alphas. “He’s here”, he said.
“Finally”, Ryder said.
Just immediately, the door opened followed by a very loud growl and made them all cover their ears.
“Hey, man. What the fuck?” Ryder said looking at Dexter who stood at the door. “We get it that you are here but do you have to growl that loud.”
“Sorry about that”, Dexter said. “I just wanted you to know I’m here”, he said and stretched out his hand for a handshake which Ryder took.
Dexter might be a really dangerous man but he’s still like every other wolf. He decided not to join a werewolf pack or a vampire clan not because they won’t accept him but he prefers to be alone. He doesn’t like people meddling in his business and anyone that does, he kills.
“Take a seat, Dexter”, Dwight offered and he did.
“So what is this deal you want to offer”, Dexter asked going straight to business.
“I see you don’t like wasting time, do you?” Maxwell asked.
“I don’t and if you’ll stop wasting my time, tell me why you called me.”
“We want you to kill someone”, Ryder said.
At the mention of the word ‘kill’, Dexter licked his lips. “I like the sound of that. Now who I’m I killing?”, he asked.
“Alpha Reid”, Ryder said.
Dexter raised his eyebrow. “Alpha Reid. You mean the Alpha Reid.”
“The same one”, Dwight said.
“Hmm. That sounds very interesting. For the three of you to sit here and plan a fellow Alpha’s death, it must be an unforgivable offense.”
“It is”, Maxwell said. “He tied to-”
“Oh. I don’t want to hear the details”, Dexter interrupted. “So, what do I get in return?”
“What do you want?” Dwight asked. “Money?”
Dexter chuckled. “You know me, Dwight. I don’t need your money”, he said.
“Then what do you need?” he asked.
He smiled and leaned back in his chair. “I heard of the Prophesy”, he began. “I want you to promise me that when the need arises, you’ll allow the elementals to help me take down my enemy”, he said.
“And who is you enemy?” Maxwell asked.
“You all know who he is. Don’t pretend you don’t. Y’all know my enemy is Lord Jeffery.”
“That’s ridiculous!” Ryder shouted with a loud growl. “We all know how dangerous Jeffery is and we can’t risk the lives of our unborn pups.”
“I support him”, Maxwell said.
Lord Jeffery is a great vampire clan leader and he is considered one of the most dangerous supernatural that ever lived. Even Dexter was scared of him.
“Well, that’s what I want in return”, Dexter told them.
“This is bullshit”, Ryder said again. “I don’t even want to think you guys will want to consider this offer”, he told his fellow Alphas. “As fathers, we should be protecting our pups not risking their lives.”
Maxwell sighed but didn’t say a thing.
“You guys are just being selfish”, Dexter said. “As I’ve heard, the elementals will be the greatest and most powerful werewolves that will ever live even more powerful than their fathers. Their purpose is to help the werewolf world and the werewolves. In case you’re forgetting, I’m a werewolf too.”
“Half werewolf”, Ryder corrected.
“Whatever”, Dexter said. “I think they should be helping me too.”
“I’m not in support of this”, Ryder said and faced the remaining two Alphas. “We can’t accept this, guys. Think about it. It’s true they are powerful but we can’t risk their future for the present.”
“I’m with him on this”, Dwight said, contributing to the conversation.
Maxwell nodded and faced Dexter. “I’m sorry but we will have to decline this offer. We can’t risk the lives of our pups”, he said.
Dexter scoffed and stood up. “You guys just wasted my time. This is one of the reasons I don’t associate with you werewolves. You are selfish.”
“We are”, Ryder said. “But for a good cause. We are protecting our pups. So, we should be selfish.”
Dexter only scoffed and walked towards the door. “I’ll see you later”, he said and walked out the door.
“That dude got some nerves”, Ryder said and leaned back in his seat.
“Now, what do we do?” Dwight asked Maxwell.
“You will have to kill him yourself”, Maxwell said.
“I can help you if you want me to”. Ryder offered.
“No, you can’t”, Maxwell said. “You know it’s against the law. If another person can’t kill, the Alpha he wronged must be the one to do that.”
The door opened with force and Luna Lily entered with fury and tears in her eyes. “What the hell are you guys trying to do?!” she shouted. “Don’t tell me you are trying to kill your childhood friend over such a small mistake. What kind of men are you?!” she shouted as tears slipped from her eyes.
“Small mistake?” Dwight asked and stood up. “You call attacking my pack a small mistake? You call injuring innocent wolves a small mistake? You call trying to kidnap my mate and unborn pups a small mistake. How dare you?!” he shouted. “Who let you in in the first place?”
“I’m sorry, Alpha”, Evan said as he entered. “She forced herself in.”
Dwight’s vein flowed with anger as he looked at her.
She fumed but didn’t say anything.
“We all need to calm down”, Maxwell said and faced Lily. “What are you doing here?”
She growled loudly.
“Hey, calm down”, Maxwell said. “I won’t accept any act of disrespect from you. I’m an Alpha.”
Lily closed her mouth immediately. Even Dwight and Ryder were surprised Maxwell could talk like that.
“I’m sorry”, Lily said and bowed her head. “But please don’t kill my mate. I can’t bear the pain of losing him”, she said and got on her knees taking them by surprise. “At least let me see him”, she begged again.
Maxwell sighed and faced Dwight. “Let her see him. Even if it will be for just some minutes”, he said and Dwight nodded.
“Evan, take her to Reid’s cell”, he said.
“Yes, Alpha’, Evan said and the both of them walked out.
“You know”, Dwight said. “I don’t think killing Reid is the best solution.”
“I knew you were going to go back on your words”, Ryder spat with a little bit of anger.
“Listen, Ryder”, Dwight said. “It’s true he deserves to die but we shouldn’t just kill him like that. It’s not fair.”
Ryder sighed. “Okay what will you do, then?”
“If we let him go, he might still do something worse. Let’s just put him in exile.”
Maxwell nodded thoughtfully. “I think that’s a good idea.”
“But his mate might go crazy from being away from her mate for a long time.”
“We’ll break their mate bond”, Dwight said.
“That will be really painful”, Ryder said.
“But it’s the only way. We all know Reid, he will never back down. And we certainly don’t want to risk the lives of our pups. What do you think, max?”
Maxwell nodded. “I agree with you”, he said.
“So, we exile him?” Ryder asked.
“Yes”, Dwight replied.
“I guess that’s settled.”
But is it?
¶¶¶
Luna Lily trembled as Evan led her further into the prison.
“Just where did they put him?” she asked.
“In the last cell. He’s a dangerous criminal. So, that’s the cell he deserves”, Evan answered her.
“How dare you talk to an Alpha like that?!” she asked and raised her hands to slap his face but he held her hand.
“I wouldn’t make that mistake if I were you”, he said and looked directly into her eyes. “He’s no longer an Alpha neither are you a Luna. As far as I know, you need to respect me because I’m a Beta as well as a royal.”
She glared at him and removed her hand from his. “It’s really not your fault.”
“Of course it’s not. Blame your mate”, he said and continued walking while she followed silently.
They finally got to the cell he is and she smiled when she saw her mate. He doesn’t look like he’s been punished a bit.
“How I wish the Alpha won’t give you a special treatment and allow you to be treated like every other criminal”, Evan said and walked away, giving them some privacy.
“That brat”, Reid spat with anger.
“Just leave him”, his mate said. “What the hell have you done?” she asked.
“I just wanted to kidnap his mate and steal one of his pups. I never knew they will find out I planned the attack. Those stupid rogues, how dare they mention my name?”
She sighed and held his hand which was wrapped around the iron bars. “What do we do? They are planning on killing you.”
He chuckled. “They won’t. They are just bluffing”, he said.
“I don’t think they are.”
“If they do kill me, it means that’s what the moon goddess wants. I’ll promise to block out the pain so you won’t feel it.”
She felt tears tickling her eyes. “I can’t bear it if you die.”
“You will have to. You are the strongest Luna, aren’t you?”
“I am. But-”
“Shh. No buts. Just promise you will be strong.”
She looked into his eyes and saw nothing but bravery in them. “I promise.”
He smiled. “That’s my Luna. Now let me tell you a story.”
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Dwight sighed as he watched them take Reid away. He was going to be exiled just like the Alphas decided but Dwight isn’t in any way happy about all these. He just hope all this is a dream and Reid is still his friend since childhood. Brave and funny Alpha of war, Alpha Reid. But it’s not a dream. It’s the reality and he needs to face it.
He turned when he felt a hand on his shoulder and he smiled when he saw his mate. “Hey, babe”, he said and kissed her hand.
“Hey. What are you looking at?” she said and looked out the window too and saw the car in which Reid was in driving away. “Reid”, she said and turned him so he was facing her. “You made the right decision by not killing him.”
“You think I did?” he asked.
She nodded. “You did. You might be an Alpha and one of the most powerful but you have a heart and know what is called humanity. And I really respect you for that.”
He sighed and hugged her. “Thanks for those words. I feel relieved.”
She smiled and patted his back. “That’s what I’m here for”, she said and placed a kiss on his shoulder.
He smiled and suddenly felt her body stiffen and he felt a small pain in his stomach too. “What’s wrong?” he asked her.
“I’ve been having these contractions since this morning. You felt it?”
He nodded.
“Sorry. I blocked out the pain since morning. It seems I already let down the block. I’ll just block it again.”
“No”, he stopped her and placed his hands on either side of her cheeks. “I want to feel every of your pain too. You shouldn’t block me from feeling those pains. And besides. I put those pups in there.”
“but-”, she wanted to say but she felt another pain, this one greater than the last. “Ah”
“That was painful than the former”, Dwight said and she nodded.
Then another contraction.
And another.
“Shit. I think the babies are coming”, she said and held her stomach.
“Oh goddess. I’ll mind link the pack doctor”, he said and led her to the rom when another contraction hit her.
“Oh dear goddess”, she said.
The babies were indeed coming.
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Alpha Maxwell was signing some papers in his office when he felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and he felt another pain. Then he realized the pain doesn’t belong to him but his mate.
“What’s happening?” he mind linked her but only got a groan in response. He became worried and dropped his pen before running out of the office to check on her.
He entered their room and saw her lying on the bed and her hand on her stomach. She was also covered in sweet.
“Oh goddess. How long have you been feeling this pain?” he asked.
“It’s been a while.”
“And why on earth didn’t I feel it before? Why I’m I just feeling it now?”
“I blocked you from feeling it. I’m sorry.”
He sighed and ran his hands through her hair. “I think our son is coming. I’ll call the pack doctor.”
She nodded as she was too tired to say a word.
He mind linked the doctor and ran his hands through her hair.
“I’m here”, he reminded her and she nodded.
¶¶¶
Luna Brenda groaned as another pain hit her. “Oh goddess”, she murmured and tried to mind link her mate but his mind link was blocked.
She wondered where he was that he was blocking his mind link and he should be feeling her pains. She tried mind linking again but it was still the same.
She was becoming weaker every second as the pains become more unbearable.
“Ahhh”, she felt her wolf taking over and she tried to suppress it. She can’t shift. She might hurt the baby if she shifts.
She mind linked the Beta and he also have a block to his mind link.
“Where the hell are you all?” she shouted hoping someone in the pack house might hear her.
She felt her claws coming out and she tried to suppress the pain.
“Let me take over”, her wolf crawled at the back of her mind.
“No, you can’t”, she told her wolf. “We might hurt our pup.”
“But you are in pain. If I take over, I might reduce the pain.”
“But our pup might die”, she said as she tried mind linking the pack doctor. Fortunately, he was available. “Andy?” she called.
“Luna?” he replied. “What’s wrong?”
“I think the baby is coming. I’m in pains and I’m afraid my wolf might take over”, she said as she tried to hold down her wolf who was fighting to take over.
“No, don’t do that. I’ll be there soon.”
She suddenly felt weak and she had no choice but to let her wolf take over.
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Alpha Ryder smiled again as he fought another wolf. “Do you still think you can beat me?” he said and helped the wolf up.
The wolf smiled in reply. “I don’t think anyone here is capable of beating you, Alpha. You are the Alpha of power.”
He held his stomach as he felt another pain. He has been feeling pains for some time now and he has no idea what was happening. He shrugged it off and headed to his house. He needs to check on his mate and have a bath because he is covered in sweat.
He was almost at the house when he saw the pack doctor running towards him.
“Alpha”, he said
“What’s going on, Andy?” he asked.
“The Luna mind linked me. She said the baby is coming and her wolf is about to take over.”
Ryder’s eyes went wide then realized that the pain he has been feeling was coming from his mate. That means she has been trying to mind link him.
“Oh shit”, he said and ran into the house but stopped in his track when he saw his mate’s wolf lying on the floor, breathing faintly.
He ran and knelt down beside her. “Brenda?” he called. “Brenda, I’m sorry”, he said as he realized what he has done. He might be responsible for his mate’s death or his pup’s or both.
“Let me check”, Andy said and held her paws. “We need to get her to the hospital now. We need to save her and the pup.”
“Please save the both of them’, he said and held the Doctor’s hand.
“It’s hard but I’ll try”, Andy said.
Ryder knew at that moment that he would forever blame himself if something happens to either of the two.
Angela sat and prepared for her usual meditation and as usual she tried not to concentrate on the sounds the environment created and focused on imagining the beautiful garden she always meet the goddess.In just few seconds, she felt everywhere silent and she felt the familiar feel of the goddess’ power surrounding her. She opened her eyes and indeed she is already in the garden and the goddess was right in front of her with her hair covering her face as usual.“Welcome”, the goddess said and Angela could sense a bit of excitement in her voice.She nodded and walked closer to the goddess. “You sound a little bit excited today.”“That’s because I am”, the goddess replied. “The time has finally come.”“What do you mean?” Angela asked as she furrowed her eyebrow in confusion.“What’s that day we’ve been waiting for?” she asked Angela instead of giving an answer to Angela’s question.Angela’s eyes went wide when she finall
3 years later…Angela sat down and watched Austin and Amanda as they played with their toys in the playhouse. Since they are werewolves, they grow up faster than normal humans. At 3 years, they look like they are 6 years old. They talk like they are 6 and they are both cute little kids.Anytime Angela is close to them, she feels their powers humming out to her and she can listen to the humming all day.“Mummy’, Anna called as she entered the room with a small dagger in her arms.“Oh my goddess!” Angela exclaimed. “Anna, what are you doing with that”, she said pointing to the dagger in her hands.The girl only shone her teeth. “Daddy gave it to me as my birthday gift yesterday.”“What? And I knew nothing about it. And what is the dagger meant to be for?”“For protection”, she said and swing the dagger like she was fighting off someone. “Daddy said I will start my practice soon. Since I am already six. It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”
Tory yawned as she walked out of the room. She was tired but she is still waiting for her mate and her kid. “Oh, I’m thirsty”, she said and walked to the kitchen.She stopped in her track when she saw blood on the floor.“What is this?” she asked and noticed the whole kitchen was stained with blood. “How come there is blood here?” she asked. And immediately mind linked Dwight. “Are the kids with you?”“Austin is.”Her heart skipped a beat. “What of Amanda?”“She left some minutes ago.”“And you let her?” she mind linked loudly.“What happened?” he asked.“I just got to the kitchen and there is blood everywhere and I can still smell her which means she was here just some minutes ago”, she said and her gaze landed on the bloody knife. “There is also a knife.” Then she saw a bloody flesh. A finger. “Oh my goddess. Dwight, Amanda cut her finger!” she shouted and ran out of the kitchen cutting off the mind link.
Dwight left what he was doing and ran out of the study. “Tory, are you there?” he asked via mind link but there was no response. “Shit”, he said and ran out following her scent.“Amanda, Tory”, he called when he got to the kid’s room.“Daddy”, Austin called and he turned towards him.“Where’s your mum?”He pointed to the window. “Some bad guys took Amanda so she followed them.”He looked at the window too and back to Austin. “Go to your auntie’s room”, he said and mind linked Angela. “What are you doing?”“About to sleep”, came the reply.“Amanda has been kidnapped by some rogues and Tory already followed them”, he said and jumped out of the window to following Tory’s scent.“What?!” she exclaimed. “Wait, I’m coming with you.”“No. Just take care of Austin. I’ll be back with Tory and Amanda.”She sighed. “Be careful”, she said.“I will”, he said and shifted as he ran further into the woods.
Tory woke up with a grave headache as well as hunger. She hasn’t eaten for days and she was weak. The room was a little bit dark and she felt her head spinning. She tried calling out to her wolf but she felt her wolf’s presence very faintly. Her wolf was leaving her. Since her wolf took almost all the pain of the bonds breaking, it was weak. She also hasn’t hunted any animal. Even the wolfs bane was affecting her a lot.She looked around again and noticed she was no longer in the cell. Rather, she was in a room with two beds. On the second bed was a small figure which back was to her. The figure is a girl and she has the same hair color as Amanda.“Amanda”, Tory called and tried moving from her bed. But her bones are extremely weak and she couldn’t move easily. She struggled and got out of bed to move to the other bed in which the girl slept. She got to the bed and turned the girl and it was indeed her daugh
Tory seated in the cell she was placed and paced around. She wondered what they are doing to her daughter and she blames no one but herself. She shouldn’t have trusted someone she met within just 24 hours. She sighed and sat on the floor as she hugged her knees close to her chest.“Oh goddess, let Amanda be safe”, she prayed to the moon goddess.She suddenly heard footsteps and she stood up. Just few seconds later. She saw Patrick standing outside her door with a man she doesn’t recognize.“Take her”, Patrick ordered the man and the men opened the door and stepped inside.He moved closer to Tory and dragged her by the arm roughly.“Where are you taking me to?” she asked but was met with deaf ears. She shrugged to remove her arm from the man’s grasps but he was stronger than her.The man dragged her away while Patrick followed them silently. She still struggled to free
Chapter 11: the painThree years later…The pain of losing his mate still hasn’t left Dwight but he still wants to move on with his life for his son, sister and his pack members. He still mourns his wife any chance he gets but he doesn’t let it affect his activities. He changed a lot since then but they’ve all accepted that he will forever be like this.He still tries to look for Amanda. He hasn’t lost the hope of finding his daughter and he knows the moon goddess will lead him to her home one day.He recently sent Evan, his Beta out when he was given an information about some lost wolves. He had to check if Amanda was among but it was negative. He felt shattered when he was told she is not among the wolves but he didn’t stop looking for her.He was also training Austin on how to take care of himself and be a good Alpha.The door opened and Austin entered the study with a file in his hands. He is already six and he looks tall for his a
Dwight took another glass of wolf’s venom and his friends watched with keen interest. Among them all, Ryder was the one known to drink a lot of alcohol but right now, it seems they got themselves a new champion when it comes to drinking.He was about to fill his cup again when Ryder held his hand. He was already looking tipsy.“That’s enough”, Ryder said. “You might kill yourself.”Dwight chuckled and gulped. “That would be better. Better than living like this.”Maxwell sighed and packed the table. Getting rid of the drink and glasses. “You are drunk”, he said and turned to leave with the tray but Dwight held him.He had tears in his eyes as he talked. “Please. Let me drink some more.” Gulp. “That’s the only solution to my problems.” Another gulp. “That’s the only thing that understand what I am going through.” Gulp again.