Chapter Two: Breaking Boundaries.

Rendall and Montague had reached the Alpha's court and Rendall peeped at his mother's room and he saw young werewolves surrounding her. She was telling them the story of what had happened on the day of his birth.

Rendall groaned. He was tired of hearing the same story over and over again.

"....at Khron, the land of werelions, a witch was present. Leander, Alpha of the werelions had invited her. Since he had no child, he asked the witch to conjure one for him. Nyx, the witch began to chant ancient words and she conjured a female heir for Alpha Leander. The child was so beautiful and the witch watched her creation with admiration. Nyx requested to keep the child but Alpha Leander's eyes had desired what it had beheld so he declined her request. He took the child from Nyx forcefully and locked Nyx in his dungeon. Nyx was very angry at how Alpha Leander had treated her so she laid a curse. This curse affected the werewolves too since Nyx was extremely angry. Now, the werelions can only be in their lion form during the day and at night, they could only be in their human form. Nyx knew that werelions hunted more at night." She sighed and her face fell. "As for we the werewolves, we can only shift to our wolf when the moon is full and we can only be in our human form when it is not the full moon."

"Do not generalize mother," Rendall said as he walked into the room.

"Rendall!" A child called out and all the children ran to Rendall and hugged him. He smiled at them, lifted the two smallest ones, and made them sit on his shoulders.

"Children, storytime is over. You can all go home," Rendall's mother said softly to the children. Rendall dropped the ones on his shoulder and their faces fell since the time for them to spend with their favorite werewolf was cut short.

"My stubborn son," She called out as she saw that the little werewolves had left. "Which werewolf do you know of that is an exception?"

Rendall smirked.

"Well, this is new. I had been out the whole day but when I came back, I met you telling stories. I honestly thought I would meet you at the doorstep waiting for my return so that you can scold me."

"You've refused to heed my warnings so I have left you to the mercy of fate." Evelina frowned and Rendall smirked.

"Mother I can never be left to fate. I am more capable of taking care of myself than you think."

"Son," Evelina called out softly. "We only go out to hunt in the wild during the full moon. When the moon is full, we possess all of our werewolf powers but when it is no longer full, we are as weak as humans. During this period, we can not go out to hunt in the wild because we are in our weak form and the forest is too dangerous."

"What if we could shift to our wolf whenever we liked?"

"Then we can hunt whenever we want to. Since we can't, we have to wait till the full moon."

"Then you do not have to worry mother," Rendall said but it was audible for only himself to hear.

"Mother, why don't we find a way to break Nyx's curse so every werewolf will be like they use to be?" Rendall asked but Evelina wore a sad look and shook her head.

"If your father, the Alpha comes back to see you here, he would punish you. Go to your room quickly. When he comes back, I would feed him with his favorite food and I'd please him so that his heart will be in a good place. Then, you can appear before him and your punishment will be less brutal or he might not punish you at all."

"Mother, don't try to change the topic. We should find Nyx so she can reverse the curse." Rendall tried to convince Evelina but she began to walk away from him without saying a word.

"Mother, you and father should think about it." Rendall continued despite seeing how much his mother disapproved of his words. She looked at him like his words were making her have a migraine. "We can talk to the werelions and ask them to return the child to Nyx. This can make Nyx reverse this curse."

"If the situation was as simple as that, most werewolves will be at the forest hunting. Son, the werelions and werewolves are not on good terms and you know this fact. If any werewolf is found at Khron, the werelions will kill the werewolf and if any werelion is found here in Wulfe, we werewolves will kill the werelion."

"Mother we can invite them over for a feast and we can sign a peace treaty." Rendall tried to convince his mother but she was adamant.

"That can never happen. Your father can never invite them over to sign a peace treaty and I support him."

"Then how do we break this curse? Should the people of Wulfe remain cursed?" Rendall was annoyed that his mother was not seeing things the way he did.

"Son, do you realize that being a werewolf itself is a curse? In our wolf form, we kill brutally."

"I see it as a gift and this gift has been taken away from Wulfe. Should we not find a way to get our gift back?"

Evelina sighed.

"The only way we can get what we want is by using force. The werewolves are always in their weak form except it is the full moon. The werelions are always in their strongest form except at night. Because of this, waging war against them now is like going on a suicide mission. This is why your father, Alpha Janus has recruited talented werewolf scientists to develop deadly weapons that can wipe out the whole existence of the werelions. When the weapons are ready, we will strike."

"War?" Rendall was shocked at what the Alpha and the Luna had in mind. "This is a very stupid idea."

"That is your problem, Rendall. You think you're always right and that any idea far from yours is trash. This is why you would always hunt in the wild despite my warnings." Alpha Janus said hoarsely as he stepped into the room. Evelina shook her head and looked at her son with pity written all over her face. As if disobeying his father, the Alpha was not enough, his father arrived to see Rendall talking about how stupid the plan he had for the werelions was. Evelina knew that her son was in big trouble as she knew how hot-tempered her mate, Alpha Janus could be.

"Waging war against the Werelions is a reckless way to try to solve this. There is a great chance of losing everything. Lives would be lost and we might end up going back to square one. We can solve this with a peaceful negotiation with the werelions. We should learn a lesson from the popular story of the beginning of our doom. If the werelions had not fought with Nyx and had had a peaceful negotiation with her instead, we would most likely not be in this situation. If we follow in their footsteps, we might end up losing. War is not always the answer. We should not trouble the werelions." Rendall spoke boldly not minding the Alpha's reaction.

"We should not trouble the werelions? We got cursed because of them." Alpha Janus was very much annoyed.

"But why would Nyx curse the werewolves because of the mistake of a werelion? I think there is more to the story the werewolves know. We should talk with the werelions to know the root of this problem and know why Nyx had cursed the werewolves. Then, we can plan on how to break this curse."

"I, Alpha Janus of Wulfe will never sit with a werelion to talk." Janus scoffed.

"Then as the heir of Wulfe, I will." 

"You are crossing the line," Alpha Janus glared at him. Rendall was supposed to be threatened but he returned the glare without flinching.

"No, I'm not. I am doing something different and better. I'm breaking boundaries," With this, Rendall fled the room toward the forest.

"After him!" Alpha Janus thundered and the guards that were present in the room ran out of the room and followed Rendall.