Horres“Alpha, I have good news.” Why wouldn’t this beta of mine ever walk around with his mouth shut? He always had news, whether good or bad. There was always something for him to report.I kept my gaze on the document before me, trying to understand what could be wrong with the report. My gut kept pointing to something very wrong with the report, but no matter how I checked, I couldn’t tell what was out of place. The report looked seamless, and everything would have been okay if I hadn’t been feeling uneasy about it. The information here indicated that all the groups we sent out to get various goods for the winter were safe and sound. The ones who were a little closer to the Moon Howler Pack even sent a positive report back through a messenger raven. How could I tell what could be wrong if I couldn’t even spot any flaw in the report? Where would I start looking for something I couldn’t pinpoint? They were scattered everywhere, for crying out loud.Oxley was even supposed to be w
Celeste “Lyra, please calm down. We don’t know who it is just yet.” Even though those were my words, I found myself being pushed off the bed with such force that I was helpless against it. If not for my quick reflexes, I would have been thrown onto the floor.I haven’t had a wolf before, so I couldn’t tell that there were so many things your wolf could do through you without your knowledge. It made me wonder how many people had a wolf as crazy as mine. At this point, I was already standing on my feet and preparing to run out and meet this mate of mine. Without my better judgment.“Stop this, Lyra, I beg you.” Even then, she wouldn’t listen to me. I couldn’t help feeling like I got a rogue for a wolf. How could I explain things to her to understand my delicate situation in this pack? “Lyra, we cannot accept our mate. If we approach him, we may just end up dead before we know it. Please calm down.” Before I could reason with her, I was already moving once again. It came as such a sho
Celeste“What do you mean by you could never have a wolf? Don’t you know you caused this? If you hadn’t merged with that thing, I wouldn’t have taken so long to wake up. Do you know how badly I fought to gain my consciousness?”Fought? My wolf? What thing? “You mean I’m not crazy? You really are my wolf?” I was taken aback at the words floating into my head. I never really took any classes in shifting, since I knew I didn’t have a wolf to shift into in the first place. All I did was to join the warriors in their self-defense training.Besides, this wolf of mine doesn’t seem to like me very much. “You’re right. I’m your wolf. What I don’t understand is why you’re so weak. What happened to you? Why did you accept the artifact if you knew you couldn’t wield its powers?” What artifact? What power? Talking with this wolf of mine felt like I was punching cotton. I have never heard of anyone awakening a wolf that despised them like I was experiencing right now. In any case, I should be gr
Celeste “Mom… Mom… Please, stay with me. Please, please, mom… Don’t go…” I was jolted awake with tears in my eyes. I didn’t know what happened at that moment, and it took me a while to grasp what had happened and where I was. Looking around, I was a little lost for a while before my location clicked in my mind.For the first time in many years, I dreamt about my mother. The night she died was always etched in my mind, giving me sleepless nights for the longest time. It haunted me for years, but I suddenly stopped dreaming about her without taking note of when it happened. I just didn’t dream of her anymore.“Took you long enough.” What! Who just spoke? That wasn’t my voice. There was no one else in the room, but I was certain I had heard someone speak just now. Was I going crazy or something? “It’s great to finally meet you, human.” What the heck! Whose voice was that? I haven’t heard such a voice before. Could someone be so free as to be messing around with me?“Who’s there?” I fel
Horres“Alpha, it’s been three days, but the princess is still not awake. What do we do?”I was just going through the pack defenses with the Elite Team when Oxley arrived with his question. After the trial, my pack members finally understood what was at stake and why I lashed out at Rhea on the stage. Even though Oxley sounded panicky, he still tried to keep his voice in a whisper. The people around couldn’t hear his voice, but they knew what he wanted to discuss was very important. Oxley wasn’t one to joke around, after all. “Take note of everything I pointed out and alert me immediately if you spot anything out of the ordinary.” I wouldn’t need to explain to them what I meant by spotting something out of the ordinary. They were the elite team for a reason.Alpha Holmes didn’t make any move after losing five of his warriors in the last charade he pulled in this place. Even in his pack, there was no movement, and this got me more unsettled than ever. Winter would soon be upon us,
HorresWhat the heck! I couldn’t understand what was happening around me. Did Oxley have a hand in any of these? Nothing here made sense to me. Come on, make it make sense. All the families tacitly decided to select wolves who were not warriors. It’s not like I would have done anything about it if they sent out warriors.The only difference would have been that the warriors wouldn’t be able to face each other if they dared to fight Veleste.Who would want to be caught fighting a wolfless trash like Celeste? Then again, Celeste may be wolfless, but no one could call her trash. She was stronger than some of the she-wolves who were yet to awaken their wolves.After witnessing her fight all these people, I think I finally got a hang on her real strength. If she had been well fed since her arrival, everything might have ended differently.“Any other contender?” Oxley stepped back onto the stage and began to call for the other families left to send up their fighters. There were tons of