"You betrayed me," Raven took a deep breath as he turned to Iron, "Why?""I didn't betray you. You betrayed the pack when you choose to stand with the rogues." Iron answered smoothly.Raven glanced through the wolves Iron brought, one by one. There were twenty of them, all Iron's people."Twenty fighters." Raven sneered as he looked into their eyes, one after another, "Are they all that you could trick away the loyalty from?"Iron sneered as the wolves bared their teeth at Raven, but a dual is sacred, and none of them could intervene the moment Raven announced the challenge."Thank you," Iron took off his shirt, showing a strong body with tight muscles, "For giving me a chance to kill you myself.""No, no, no, thank YOU, for bringing the other 12 packs as witnesses. I would worry whether you might honor the dual otherwise." Raven also took off his shirt. Though he was packed with muscles too, he wasn't wide nor tall as Iron. Iron was around Knight's size."Why wouldn't I when I can sn
"Simon!" Raven shifted back the moment he felt the pack bond and growled without looking back.Simon dashed in his way as well as a few rogue warriors, including the village's doctor."Good..." Iron mumbled in a broken voice -- Raven hurt his vocal cords, "You did grow up..."Raven forced a mindlink to EVERYONE in his pack as he stood in front of Iron--"Iron Hogan, did you make a deal with some rogues to attack the Blood Moon Pack!" Raven shouted in his Alpha Aura -- no one in the pack bond could resist the Alpha Aura as they are forced to speak of the truth and obey the Alpha no matter what."No, I did not." Iron laughed as he answered.Raven frowned in confusion for a second before he asked again, loud and clear: "Have you been making deals with the rogues to attack packs around us in the past 30 years?!"Iron bit his lips till they bleed but in the end he nodded: "Yes."The wolves from the other 12 packs burst into an angry howl, as well as most of the wolves from Raven's pack."I
Raven slept through the next three days with a fever so high that the pact was certain they needed a new Alpha yet again.He saw his parents' bodies soked in blood, clawing their throat in the excruciating pain in silence, protecting their only son; he saw his father shaking hands with rogues before Knight's pack was burned to the ground in horrifying screams; and he saw Knight, crawling on the ground with his legs broken, and his eyes filled with the flames of revenge.The last image burned Raven's eyes when little Knight's broken legs overlapped with the grown-up Knight.He jerked up in his own bed in the middle of the night, soked in a cold sweat."Alpha, you are awake!" Elena burst into happy tears before she threw herself into Raven before Raven understood what happened."You...why are you here?" Raven mumbled, his throat shut dry from the three days' fever."You have slept for three days in a high fever, mumbling gibberish that no one could understand, and I have been taking car
Even with Elena's help, Iron's old supporters gave Raven hell when he finally was well enough to pick up the Alpha's work."Whatever Iron did, you should at least bring him back for a trial, Alpha! He's the beta of the pack!" An elderly, Oliver scolded Raven, "We have laws now! It's not like we are still living our wild ways, running around naked in the forest!""He tried to kill me." Raven said coldly, "And I had all the intention to bring him back for more information about his dark deals with the rogues, actually--""But you cut open his throat!" Another elderly cut Raven off, "How do you expect Iron to survive that huge a wound without any medical help?!""Howard, calm down--" Alvin frowned with a calm tone."Don't tell me to calm down!" Howard snapped at Alvin, "Raven never wanted Iron to make it back! What's up with such a sloppy execution?!""It's still Alpha to you, Howard." Raven frowned coldly as Frost pressed to the surface.The room fell in silence."Alpha, I understand yo
"How are you feeling today?" Simon knocked before he went into Knight's room with two huge buckets of distilled water, "The Pisces sent these.""Two buckets of water?" Knight rose an eyebrow with a smirk. He had been lying on his stomach in bed for days cause of the wounds on his back and the back of his thighs, not to mention his broken knees."These are distilled water, to clean your wounds." Simon laughed as he put them down on the ground, "And no, they sent another truck of them. I just might murder you if I have to boil water for you all day long."Knight chuckled lightly as he sat up, letting Simon clean and put medicines on his knees.Most of his wounds healed by now, more or less, but his knees took their time and Simon had to wash the wounds every day just to prevent infection."How's my arm still not working?" Knight frowned, swinging his broken arm in displease, "My legs were almost torn off, and they healed faster than the damn arm!""Because flesh heals faster than bones.
It took Elena less than seven days to arrange the whole wedding, though even for such a smart mind, it was seven busy days, not to mention--Raven didn't help at all.He buried himself in the files found in Iron's mansion, and all the results from the ongoing investigation -- he was determined to get to the bottom of the rogue's deal."Speak now or forever hold your silence." The minister said in a drawling voice.Raven had warned himself a million times before the wedding to not expect Knight to come -- he didn't even send an invitation to Knight, let alone the fact that Knight already rejected him. But when those words of the minister fell on the ground, he couldn't help but glanced around the meadow where all the guests sat until his eyes hit the edge of the forest.No one "spoke".The minister carried on the process before Raven could even retrieve his eyesight. He managed the "I do" only after Elena gripped his hands lightly when his ears were ringing loud as his heart pounded fa
"Alpha?" Elena knocked on Raven's door not long after Alvin left.Raven looked up from the files he was reading, but he didn't reply. He didn't want to reply. He had been suppressing the desperation in his chest about losing Knight, but the more he did, the more he realized how strong he felt about Knight."Alpha, may I come in?" Elena asked in a timorous voice after a few seconds."Yes, come in." Raven sighed and closed the file. Elena kept her eyes low until she closed the door behind her, but she didn't approach him right away. She changed from the huge, eye-catching wedding dress to a white, silk one that was tight enough to show her luring figure, but still slides when she walks to give her an elegant vibe."Would you do me the honor for a drink..." Elena put the two glasses of wine on the table with her cheeks blushing red, "...hu-husband?"Raven's body stiffened at her addressing. It gave him goosebumps."I have had enough for the night." Raven dodged her eyes, only to watch in
"What are you doing here?!" Raven wheeled on Knight's smirk with a gasp, only to realize he shouted out loud before he snapped his head at Elena--Who was still lying still in bed."She can't hear you." Knight pulled Raven in with a smirk, crashing his firm abdomen into Raven's, "That excited to see me, huh? I'm honored."Raven pushed Knight away and Knight let go with a smirk.Raven's eyes were fixed on Knight with his lips pursed and his fists shaking. His body was so stiffened that he didn't realize he stopped breathing as pain and shock took over him.Knight's smirk faded a little."How are you doing these days?" Knight asked lightly, pretending to not notice Raven's death stare. He walked up and Raven took a step away from him instantly.Knight stopped and just smiled at Raven."What, are, you, doing, here?" Raven squeezed words out of his clenched teeth, eyes still fixed on Knight as if that could burn a hole through Knight's body."Came to say thank you for the distilled water,