Chapter 2

Two days ago.

"Not again" Sophie moaned sadly as some little boys in chains were ushered in by her father's soldier.

They were the victims of her father's raid. His future soldiers. That was how he had been executing unsanctioned raid on weaker packs.

Sophie was nearly in tears as she watched the innocent boys. She had tried speaking to her father to stop the raids but he wouldn't listen.

"Sophie, Sophie" Alpha Nolan, Sophie's father called weakly. 

She looked up and saw her father being walked in by two of his soldiers supporting him on both sides. 

"I'm dying, Sophie" he cried out.

Sophie was astounded. Her father rarely arrived in this state. He was wounded and dying  Despite not being in support of his raids, she wouldn't leave him to die.

"To his room" she said hastily to the soldiers helping him.

He was really dying like he said. From his eyes, she deduced he must have been struck by Silverette, his own weapon. 

Silverette was liquid silver mixed with blood to flow easily within its victims system. It was always in syringes.

It was masterminded by her father, once a shot is injected into anyone. There is no remedy. The victim must surely die.

Luckily, Sophie was a healing wolf. She could stop any death with her powers. That was what Alpha Nolan relied on.

Sophie rushed after them into her father's room.

"Lay him on the bed" she said loudly.

The soldiers did as she instructed. She rushed to her father's side and bent over him. She didn't really have to do anything than summoning Prina, her wolf.

"Argh!" she made both her hands into fists and groaned hard.

But Prina refused to take over her as she wanted.

"Prina!!" she cried loudly. She had become unsettled with the way her father was gasping. 

But Prina had refused to respond yet.

"Take it easy" Alpha Nolan held her hand and said softly. "You don't need to force it. Just go on. It is natural" he seemed to know Sophie better than herself.

She nodded in agreement. She tore his sleeve to reveal the wound on his arm. Dark thick blood dripped from his arm.

The Silverette must have mixed with most of his blood.

She placed both her hands on it and waited as her father had instructed. But nothing happened. 

She shook her head and started crying. Her father was going to die if she didn't do anything right away.

"Concentrate, Sophie, concentrate" Alpha Nolan cautioned her.

"She is not responding" she cried.

"Just do what you do!" Alpha Nolan was obviously losing his life with his cool.

Sophie placed her hand on the wound with no hope of anything happening.

She suddenly felt the rise within her. Prina was awake.

"Prina?" a tear dropped from her eye. She was now happy though.

She inhaled hard while her father kept groaning on the bed. After some minutes, he stopped and dozed off.

Sophie removed her hands. The Silverette had flown out of his body. She smiled, stood up from his side, leaving him to sleep.

She thought this experience might have taught him what he needed to know to change his ways. They would discuss that once he woke up.

An hour later, Sophie went to check on her father. He was awake and sitting on his bed. He was obviously feeling fine. One could argue he was dying some minutes ago.

"That is a lot of boys" Sophie said from the doorway.

"Yes, future soldiers. Once they are groomed, you will think they are not the weak boys you saw today" Alpha Nolan chuckled. He was obviously feeling pleased.

"I'm sure they are nothing compared to the numbers of those that are killed by you and your men" Sophie said to make him feel guilty. It would be strange if he really reacted as she wanted. She had never seen him in remorse.

"It is a war, my daughter" he smirked. "We lose people, they lose people. And luckily we won" he defended himself.

"Except that it isn't. You took advantage of them" she let out straight. She walked in to the room to be closer to him.

"Tell me, Sophie. Which do you prefer, others, taking advantage of us or we, taking advantage of others?" he stretched forth both his hands for her.

"No. We can all live without taking advantage of each other. You have already created a stronghold that no one would dare. When are you going to stop oppressing the weak?" she said sadly.

"Until I am the most powerful Alpha, uncontroversial Alpha" he confessed.

Alpha Nolan was completely power drunk and wasn't hiding it anymore.

"You should rest now. Not until when others see you as a threat and gang up against you" she warned.

"No one can stop me. I'm unstoppable" he boasted.

"Alpha Nemesis is watching, you should know that" she coughed.

Alpha Nolan laughed loudly for some moment.

"Don't you people know that Alpha Nemesis and me are the same? We have the same goals, but he get the support while everyone including my own daughter is against me" he laughed again.

"No. He is not like you. He goes after people like you. He does not want all what you crave for. You sack pack, put fear in them and take tribute from them. Alpha Nemesis kills wicked Alpha like you" Sophie believed that was the truth. Her father knew that but was only avoiding it to justify himself.

"You know, your mother was once like you" Alpha Nolan retorted.

"Stop before it's too late" she warned again. "You almost die today" she moaned.

"Clear Alpha Nonsenses or whatever from your mind. He only fights the war he knows he can win. He will never come near me. I'm not his match. And what happened today, I will make sure I get to the bottom of it. Matt is already on it" he seemed to be getting angry as his voice grew intense.

"Father, just...." she cried.

".....Sophie, how old are you?" he interrupted her.

"Twenty one" she replied quickly.

"Twenty one and ten months, less than sixty days to your twenty two birthday" Cassandra, Sophie's mother said suddenly, she had entered unnoticed.

"Almost four years, that you should have found your mate. I think you should focus more on that more than my raids" Alpha Nolan erupted.

Sophie left the room without saying a word. She felt very sad. She had been longing to find her mate. Her parents were not helping but denouncing.