Chapter 26; Prince Rouge. Every wolf in the room looked at each other in shock. If the Alpha is getting involved in the search himself, then what excuse could they have not to pull their own weights? Deep in their hearts, they were all resigned to the almost insurmountable chore ahead of them.“Also, my father and I will handsomely reward the group that finds her.” Lucas continued. He darted his eyes across the room, daring anyone to have a contradicting view. The only reason Lucas was going this far to pacify them was because he knew he was never coming back. Since he was leaving for good, why bother to lord his dominion over them? He didn't even bother to infuse his voice with the magic of his Alpha lower, which could compel them to do his bidding. “Alpha Lucas is always generous to us. Even if you don't reward us, can we refuse to return your numerous favours? Or can we afford to disobey the order of our own Alpha? Of course not. You don't have to worry or follow us, Alpha. We wi
Chapter 27. The Order of the Supreme Lord and the Blessing of The Moon Mother! With nobody knowing that Lucas and Jake had returned to Silver Crest, Derek took them to an underground facility within his Villa and hid them there. As far as he was concerned, it wasn't safe for them to be seen until the newly appointed Alpha took over Blue-Mist. When Prince Rouge summoned Cal, his favorite cousin, the middle-aged father of two didn't expect that his dreams were about to be fulfilled. Cal was a powerful and ambitious wolf. He had more than fifty percent True Alpha bloodline traits. Meaning that he was even more powerful than Kurt. Just that he was born at the wrong time. Unfortunately for him, the new Alpha was crowned less than ten years ago and there wouldn't be any election in a very long time. Therefore, his generation of wolves has no Princes among them. Since he couldn't become a prince, he has been engaging in pack duties both inside and outside the pack with the hope that one
Chapter 28: Battle for the Alpha seat.In ancient times, before the war that happened ten years ago, the Battle of Alphas happened frequently. It is a fight between the already acknowledged Alpha of a pack and any other Alpha who wants to snatch the pack. Among wolves, strength is everything. Therefore, no powerful Alpha wolf will willingly submit to a weaker wolf. Because of this, the Alpha of a wolf pack is usually the most powerful wolf of that pack. And due to the nature of this battle, it is typically a fight to the death. Because of the effect of the civil war that happened after the continental war, 10, 000 years ago, the werewolf clans became weak due to the massive deaths. The Supreme Alphas who rose to intervene and stopped the civil war, therefore, adopted the political ways of humans. Instead of Alpha wolves just randomly fighting for power, — an act that often ends up with devastating infighting within the ruling families of a pack, — a careful selection of Pack Alphas
Chapter 29: Sold?When they got to the cave, they headed for the same tunnel that Megan and Ryan used for their escape and made it to the forest in record time. They continually traveled for three days. The storm was thinning out by then, and they had it easier than Ryan and Megan. When they got to Lua, Alaric was met by his friend in the lustrous town; Conri. Conri was a boorish Alpha wolf from another pack. He ran a chain of hotels and restaurants in Lua, Zoman and Baril. It was said that his family also has some establishments in the human realm. He and Alaric had known each other for a very long time and any time Alaric was in town, he would stay at any of Conri's hotels. Oliver and the boys were also no stranger to Conri, thanks to their grandfather's ties with him. Wherever Oliver or the boys travel to, as long as Conri's hotel or inn was found there, they would always stay at that hotel. When they arrived, Conri spared no effort in getting them comfortable and well settled.
Chapter 30 : Battle!Instantly, two men climbed the stage carrying a ballot box with several sticks. Each stick had a number on it from one to fourteen. Once they placed it in the center stage at the forefront of the stage, they quickly left. “All participants will walk over to the box and pick a stick. Whatever number you pick will determine the day you will fight…” The kingmaker continued. “The number you pick will be your identity throughout the tournament. The only Wolf that will be acknowledged at the end of this tournament will be the wolf that wins. You may draw your lot.”Every fighter stood up and hurried over to the ballot box. Even though none of them had seen Cal's wolf, they still didn't want to be the first to fight. Therefore, they all rushed to the left of the ballot and started struggling for the last four sticks. There was a good reason for this. Since the battle would happen for seven days, with two fights daily, it meant that Cal had no choice but to fight every
Chapter 31: I will give you a quick death!Evening time, Cal Rough was in his room when one of the servants assigned to him knocked on the door. “Sir, the council of elders is here to see you.” The servant called out from outside the door since Cal didn't ask him to come in. Oh! Call raised his brows in amusement. Considering their attitude since his arrival, he thought they had the gut to keep fighting, but he was mistaken. Cal smirked, dropped the cigar in his hand in an ashtray and went to open the door. “Where are they?” He stared down at the not so calm servant. “You said I shouldn't let anyone into the courtyard. So they are outside the gate.” The terrified servant replied. Despite the large number of wolves ready to do menial jobs, he was the only one the council had assigned to Cal's courtyard. The Kingmakers were just two, and they were assigned four servants. Even the new Shaman was given the control of the three servants who were attending to the previous Shaman. Con
Chapter 32; Bernard's schemes. Plus the three days of travel, Alaric, and his boys, ate nothing for five days. They were weak and dejected. Oliver tried to talk to everyone, but none of them paid him mind. The cave was cold, smelled like rotten eggs at certain times of the night, and countless bugs to keep them company. Because of the wolfs bane in their blood, they couldn't protect themselves from the bugs. This led to them spending the nights wide awake, warding off bugs, all night long. Therefore, they were all trying to catch up on sleep and conserve energy during the day. On the evening of their second day in the cell, they heard footsteps approaching. And even then, Nobody moved to check who it was. After all, the masked men guarding them always walk around intermittently, checking on their inmates. Alaric was seated against the wall of his cell with his eyes closed when one of the masked men started banging on his cell's iron bar. He knew the man thought he was sleeping and
Chapter 33 Kurt's ArrivalDeeply troubled, Bernard returned to the pack ground in a gloomy mood. After several days of trying to get news about Lucas, he was beginning to fear the worst. He believed that Lucas was captured by Kurt and Cal was sent to replace him. To add to his worries, he wasn't able to contact the old Shaman or Elvira's father either. He had asked Ashley, his daughter, to keep contacting Elvira, but it seemed she too had gone offline. This made him to keep feeling like something terrible would soon happen within the pack. Convinced that Kurt will soon appear in Blue-Mist and act on the rest of Lucas' team, Bernard decided to make a deal with Alaric. If Alaric could hand over his granddaughter, he would let Alaric and the rest of his family leave. If he could do that, when Kurt arrives, he would at least have something to show for his loyalty. He didn't believe that Kurt would capture him like he did to Lucas, since he was just Lucas' Gamma. A position he had gained