Chapter Six

Ethan sat up on his bed, all by himself inside his room. He reclined back on the bed. He does not really seem to be at his best. He shivered and groaned. "You shouldn't have been here, Roy, have you come to disgrace me again." He stood up and tarried around his room. 

He reflected back to his past. He had known Roy since when he was very young. They were trained and they both had the best Royal guard as their master. They were best friends of different packs and loved being together.

"Father, I want to visit the Blackpool Pack," He remembered telling that to his father. He was only nine years and few weeks when he made that request and that was before Priya was even adopted. 

Their relationship started to hang by a thread when they first had their tournament. They both won till they got to the final stage where they must fight with themselves. That was an inevitable scenario as only a winner would be granted the reward. 

Roy was only a year older than Ethan. Roy eventually won the tournament and that caused Ethan a lot of trouble. He was scolded and punished by Alpha Luke who had prepared him with lots of vigorous exercise. 

"Father, I can't beat him, he's just too strong to overpower." He claimed, trying to explain to furious Alpha Luke. Luke made him understand that there's no friends as long as they are from different packs. But the Blackpool Pack had dominated all other packs from the very beginning and probably that's why he felt envious of them.

Ethan since then had gotten fierce, never scared. The second fight he had with Roy was at the trials seven years after the first tournament. He fought Roy with a killer instinct and almost won, But Roy, who had some special ability, improvised and defeated him.

"What happened, Ethan, I don't understand the way you fought with me." He whispered to Ethan laying on the floor in front of the crowd. Ethan felt ashamed of himself being defeated in his own clan. He looked at Roy with deep hatred and walked away with head facing the ground.

Seeing Roy again made him remember all that happened between them. "You'll have to fight him at the trial," His wolf said, as his eyes transited into a yellow colour. 

"I know, you don't have to tell me," "I'm not sure we're strong enough to win, and that's not going to be good, not in front of Cara." He muttered. 

Ethan gave deep thoughts about what his wolf told him. He knew that if he should lose to Roy this time around, Luke might see him as a coward. The second time that happened he was downcast because his father didn't look at him for weeks before they later got back together.

Seeing the look on Luke's face while talking to Roy made him feel restless. He knew his father was proud of Roy due to the way he commended him.

He opened his door to move out but was startled seeing Roy in front of his door about to knock. "Just passing, so u decided to stop by," Roy still, could recollect every crook and corner of the Shadowwhite pack since he visited the place countless times when he was very young.

Ethan glared at him without a word.

It's been five years, since we've seen each other, Ethan" Roy said, smiling

``Are you trying to make fun of me with your smile?" He thought to himself. "I heard them screaming your name... Many of them have not forgotten you," He sighed.

Roy could remember the look that was on Ethan's face that day. He knew Ethan wasn't happy about being defeated in his own pack. "You haven't gotten over what happened, right." He questioned. 

Ethan gave a fake chuckle and inhaled deeply, "You don't have to worry about me, you stopped worrying since you discovered her, nevertheless, she wasn't even in your pack... that's why you won after making plans, of me defeating you." 

"Don't talk about her, Ethan," "Oh, what's her name again, Caroline, right." He shrugged

"Because of her, you had to break what we had, friendship." " You love her, don't you but she didn't choose you, she didn't love you, because she wasn't your mate." He retorted, 

Ethan drove into silence, biting his teeth together. Caroline has been part of the Shadowwhite pack since she was little. She was just one of the maidservants. Ethan got eyes on her and tried to get close to her but she didn't give him any consent. 

On one faithful day, Roy got to know he was her mate a few days to the trials the first time he set his on her. He was just sixteen then and he already had his wolf. They became close but Caroline didn't know he was her mate because she didn't have her wolf yet, but still likes him. 

Ethan became jealous, seeing them both together. Roy wanted to do anything he could for Caroline and promised her that he would take her back to his own pack, Probably, that's the reason why Roy couldn't lose to Ethan during the trial, even though he promised him he would intentionally lose to him.

"How about her, where's she?" He asked

"She died on the way, we were attacked, she could not survive the hit." He said, feeling regretful for not keeping his promise to her.

Ethan became angry, he punched the wall with, applying more force. "You killed her, Roy... if only you listened to me, she would still be alive." He muttered

"Listened to you, and then what remained here, working and suffering." He said with fury in his eyes.

Ethan turned his back against him and smiled. He walked a little bit, a distance apart from him. "I guess we have something in common." He shrugged

"You meant to say, your mate is dead." He asked and giggled, silently. "No, not dead but lost." He replied

Roy looked around his room, it was different from the way it used to be in the past when he was little. The walls were plastered with hairs of his wolf. He did that himself whenever he seemed fit. 

"Caroline didn't die, she was killed and I'll never stop till I get the culprit." Ethan chuckled, hearing his words. "How are you going to get... whosoever that killed her, huh." He questioned, moving closer to him. Roy did not bother himself, giving him an answer. He opened the door about to get out but was startled at the statement of Ethan. "I haven't forgotten what you did, the pain you caused me," He growled.

Roy walked away like he didn't hear him.

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Priya heard about Roy's arrival. She had once seen Roy after being adopted. She knew Roy to be the handsome kind of guy. A blonde haired guy with curly hair and broad chest. 

She thought about him, though it's been a while since he has seen him which means his looks might have changed. " He would be more attractive, I guess." She thought about Ethan, he still craved for Ethan's attention but it seemed she's not going to get what she wants anytime soon.

Priya was almost eighteen and it didn't seem like she was going to meet her mate. She had no scent of anyone, but she loved Ethan and concluded that he must be the one for her.

Now that Roy is around, hearing his name being mentioned all over the clan was so intriguing. Anyone could fall for a guy like that, being the topic of the day. "Maybe I should go see him." She whimpered, smiling and looking at her appearance in the mirror.

She opened the door of her room and stepped outside. She stood on a spot with her head bowed, wondering what she could do. She looked up and sighted Roy coming from Ethan's residence. She fluttered, feeling nervous. "Is this Roy, oh my God, he's changed." She exclaimed

She threw her hand back and forth as she waited for Roy to get to her spot. "Are you not Priya, the one who congratulated me on winning the trial," He chuckled.

"Yeah, that's me." She said, smiling.

She suddenly jumped on Roy and hugged him, placing her arms around his waist. He looked up at his face, since Roy is a little bit taller than her. She winked expecting Roy to grasp what she meant by doing that. Roy did not move either but threw his arms down. He soon held her by her shoulder, making her stand on her own without having to lean on him.

"What did you do that for?" Priya asked, feeling sad.

"Do I look like the one you're looking for?" He said softly. Priya understood what he meant. He knew Roy was not going to give him any attention in the first place. All she ever wanted was for someone to love her. She has always said that she would do anything to get her love.

Roy patted her by the hair and smiled at her. 'you are not that bad, Roy, how I wished I could be yours, the one I love does not really see me anymore... I hope you're going to see me, maybe not now but definitely.' She thought within herself and watched Roy until she lost sight of him. He was going to Alpha Luke residence 

"Ouchhhhhhh," She screamed, as she bumped into someone the moment she moved around her body towards another path. She looked up only to see Cara. Cara was going to Alpha Luke residence to deliver some important information.

"Your fault, not mine, you were not watching." She said without being remorseful. Priya had always wished she could be endowed with some authority all because of Cara.

Priya fixed her eyes on her and watched her walk away.