Chapter 3

Chapter Three:

.....Narrow space in between. Down the aisle was a stairs leading to the second floor of the building, which they followed.

It was a hall suitable for a conference. There was a set of fewer seats at the end, facing an enough number of seats. Few of the seats have been occupied by some members of the pack. Sooner, the hall was filled with people of different complexions, but the fair skinned encompassed. 

      The meeting started with exchange of warm greetings. New pack members were called upon, and it happened to be Lucinda, only. She was welcomed. Next, was division of the pack into their different groups or likes, in over twenty werewolves present, the Omegas happened to be only two _Lucinda and Ruth, a fourthy years old cleaner that works in the wolf's community library, she was known for her lukewarmness. Two Alphas _Jack, a mean young man in his his thirty years, seductively muscular and wore simple facial hairs, and Chloé, a dark skinned lady in her twenty - three years, pretty was her description. Unlike many coloured werewolves, she has a well straightened purple dyed  hair reaching her spine waist. She got an ovary shaped face, a pair of brown eyes and a black coloured lips. She was rude and desperate.

The Elders were seven in the count, and the remaining werewolves were Betas.

Later, an eighth number of younger werewolves were chosen for the ritual of the Arcadians, which will be held by tomorrow, in the Holy river in, the moonwoods, under the exposure of the August ' Sturgeon Moon '. 

The chosened youngsters were rated from age 18 to 30, but Lucinda happened to be the oldest of them.

     After the meetings, the claimed meeting hall turned into a club, for dance and merriments. The smell of alcohol filled the air, smokes of cigarettes puffed out from Smokers' mouths. Jack, the male Alpha sat at a corner observing the goings. Chloé, the female Alpha, flaunted her body and twisted her waist here and there to catch Jack's attention, as usual, Jack wasn't attracted. In his act of observing the scene, Jack saw a girl sitting near a window, flapping her hands to scare the smell and smokes from cigarettes away from her, it was Lucinda. This singular act of grown Lady as Lucinda, amused the beholder, Jack.

     After a while, Jack decided to leave the hall, but first went to the timid girl, from behind. Unknown to Lucinda that she was having an unexpected visitor, she immediately stood up to leave the hall, but as she turned around to face the exit, she stumbled on a stone and failed into the abled hands of Jack. 

Oh! She hadn't stumbled on a stone, it was actually Jack's foot.

A short romantic scene was created by the duo. The fall into Jack's arms, scattered Lucinda's hair, bringing strands of hair on her face. Jack for the first time in his life, used his sting roughed hand to comb out the hairs on Lucinda's face, clipping them with Lucinda's back ear. The duo exhumed hot breaths from their nostrils, letting each feel the hot breaths. Both gazed erotically on themselves.

Jack's face was coming closer when Lucinda arrived to consciousness, and helped her self up.

"Am sorry, so sorry, it was accidental", Lucinda apologized and turned to leave when her right middle finger tipped on Jack's, both felt a strange electric shock, but that won't keep Lucinda from leaving.

It was a lot that happened in a jiffy!

     When Lucinda had left, Jack was left in awe, he asked himself why Lucinda had left so soon, had she not felt the shock? Was she that numb?

Questions for no answer!

     If there was anyone witnessing the event, it was Chloé, she was pissed off on what she saw. The sight of it turned her inside out, and made her mouth sour. She grieved in anger and sank in anxiety, but she wouldn't create a scene. Her intentions was sealed deep down her heart, she had vowed to make Lucinda stay in Guidecca, regretful.

Yes! She always see to it that her wishes become reality. From then hence, Chloé frustrated Lucinda, she used her influence and power as an Alpha to draw to herself companions, who assisted her in tormenting poor Lucinda. Terrible and ear itching rumors about Lucinda, were spread in the pack, mostly among the youths. But all these false rumors, Jack had made up her mind to ignore, for he strongly believe that it was a cooked up lies against Lucinda.

     Tomorrow came, the day for the ritual of the Arcadians, _It was dawn, on 15th of August, 2000. The chosened werewolves have been led to the Holy river in moonwoods, by the seven Elders. At the river, each Elder held the head of every werewolf in prayer, after which the werewolf will be mandated to swim across the Holy river to the end, over there, the beast in them will take over of their bodies, thereby, making them pass through the lycanthrope stage and transform into an animal wolf.

The river was not deep, enabling each participant in the ritual to swiftly swim across.The ritual went as planned. Lucinda's turn was hilarious to any beholder, how she screamed in pains and tried stop her skeletal systems from transforming to a lycanthrope humanoid- skeleton, but all was to avail. 

Cool! Lucinda had emerged as a white wolf who had black lines, marked on his four legs. That appearance had never been seen before in the pack, it was first of its kind. Yet, that hasn't change the fact that she is an Omega, the underrated group. 

     The ritual partakers were dismissed after the announcement of their wrestling with the older pack members in a week time. The aim was to make strong their bodies, claws and teeth, since they are just experiencing being their true self.

     The D - day had come, the training took place in the werewolf wrestle house, a fenced compound of Sandy floor. At the center of the compound stood a roofless wooden cage, crafted in a boxlike shape. The floor of the cage was sandy but covered with hay. Each contestants moved into the cage, from where all pack members could view and judge the tactics and skills of a contestant. It wasn't easy for the first timers, most of the get knocked out in their first trials.

After an hour, only three new contestants were left. Luckily,  Lucinda was among. Her conquest in the game wasn't surprising; Omegas were always known for their natural strength to fight and work. Despite Omegas been known for their natural strength, Lucinda in her own side tried as she could to avert any downfall. She fought wildly that she forgot that a darling girl was not supposed to show off her fighting skills in the public; Her mother had told her that before.

   Lucinda's victory in the contest was reaping Chloé apart, she felt disgraced. Anytime Lucinda was thrown down, Chloé would laugh devilishly alongside the girls with her, thereby, attracting the attentions of the pack. She boasted aloud to everyone's hearing, saying,

" She is just a young and desperate little Cub. Let her dare me in a wrestle, and I will reap her throat off her neck".

Unknown to Chloé, what she was doing was  getting Jack more attracted to Lucinda.

     The wrestle game ended with Lucinda emerging as the winner. This singular victorious story changed everybody's impression.......