With William, now that the meeting with the advisors and best fighters was over, he hastily returned to his office to get his remaining work done. He did promise Jen they would stargaze later tonight. Sadly, with the accidental death of the late Tony, the Alpha got more work dumped on his plate. Not much extra work, but still enough to keep him busy regardless.Thankfully, although death amongst the members of the pack would’ve made a huge fuss in any other group, in the Devorare Pack where ruthlessness was pretty much the norm? And there would be no mercy upon those who even showed signs of betraying the pack? Not one werewolf batted an eye when word got out of Tony’s unfortunate passing. If anything, from what William caught word of, there were some who were relieved that the guy was dead. From what he overheard, he had been causing too much trouble amongst them as of late, only behaving himself when William or Jen weren’t around. It seems there were some who wanted to report Tony’s

Upon hearing Maddie granting her permission, Steve let himself into her house. While there was no change to the interior, the atmosphere within spoke otherwise, as Steve saw Maddie in the living room with her parents and a couple of elderly werewolves.“Steve! Just the werewolf we’d like to see,” a female elder exclaimed. “Please, you have to help us talk some sense into Maddie!”Steve raised a confused brow at the elder’s request. “Why? What’s wrong?”“What’s wrong is that Maddie here won’t cease the search for Ellie and… and Alpha William…” Aiden answered, hesitating a bit as he spoke the second name.He wasn’t the only who reacted with such fright at the mention, as the rest of the werewolves present also trembled when the notorious werewolf was brought up, including Steve. Maddie, though, was different, for she was more livid than she was frightened.“I refuse to give up!” she exclaimed. “That ‘William’ guy or whoever he is does not know who he was messing with! Not only did he in

The next day, in the Devorare Pack, Ellie was surprised to find herself in the training grounds with Ashina and Morgan. Considering how her last encounter with Jengo went, she was sure the Beta werewolf had reported to William about their exchange, resulting in giving her a punishment for snapping the way she did. At the very least, she had expected to be dragged back to her cell for acting out. And yet, she was instead left alone the whole night, and was greeted by Ashina and Morgan come morning, and was led to the training grounds by the pair. Solely to train with them. For today’s training, it was a sparring match. One where the werewolves were to pair up with one another and attempt to get a decent strike in on their selected opponent. At the same time, they were also to practice their defense against fierce attacks. Watching them go at one another like this, Ellie was honestly in awe by the sight. “I’ve seen plenty of spars back in my old pack, but none as well-coordinated as th

With Ellie having accepted Jengo's challenge to spar, the training grounds has become clear of people, save for the pair of combatants. Already, there were many in the sidelines cheering for the Beta to win against the stray, while the very few remaining cheered for Ellie. Not that their actions mattered much to either werewolves, as they calmly stared each other down."You think that girl has a chance?""What? Against Beta Jen? No way.""I don't know. She is Alpha William's mate, isn't she?""Yeah. She's gotta be fairly strong.""Doubtful. We don't even know what pack she's from. And there are rarely any packs with werewolves that even match the strength of our Omegas.""Yeah. This should be quick."Ashina snuck a glance at the few werewolves doubting Ellie's strength. While she was not quite sure how strong her ward truly was, she was not one to underestimate people like they were doing. For after all, even if it were true that majority of the packs were not as strong as theirs, the

Later that night, Ellie lay in bed, exhausted from everything that happened today, more in terms of mentality than physically. Once her spar with Jengo ended, she practically got assaulted by a plethora of questions from the other trainees. Mainly about her fighting capabilities, as there were rarely any people who could keep up with Jengo in a spar. Despite how highly they thought of her, though, Ellie had doubts that Jengo actually went all out on her. Not if he truly was as strong as his peers thought him to be, and certainly not when the point of the spar was for them to get used to each other's presence so as to not get affected by their rejection's aftermath.Regardless of his strength, Ellie did not want to try to fight him again to see who the stronger werewolf truly was. Rather, she did not want to encounter the Beta ever again. She may have gotten used to his company now, but that did not mean she has become thrilled in seeing him after that. Especially not when... when she