Ryan's POV.After watching Murphy disappear into the darkness, I was very much concerned about the people. As we all waited, hoping for him to come out. A lot of crazy thoughts were already running through my head as I wondered what we were going to do if Murphy did not come out of there. At that moment he was our eyes, our legs, and the very place we were going to; without him we had no map and were completely lost in the woods.I had no knowledge about finding my path in the woods, and I could tell that no one among the pack members had any kind of knowledge that was going to help us find our way there in the woods. It was going to be a complete disaster if, after coming so far, we ended up losing our way."You worry so much. I mean, if Murphy has spent several years in the woods and he did not die, what makes you think that he is going to die tonight?" Jessica asked me in a rather calm voice; I was not sure of the kind of response to give.There was no denying the fact that I was p
Murphy's POVI was not sure of the kind of response that I was supposed to give because of that moment; even I did not know if there was danger inside, but I insisted that they let me go in first and all of them wait some miles away. I knew how dangerous Rebels could be, especially when they were confronted with what was perceived as a threat to them. The whole pack marching into the woods and trying to find cover at what used to be their own house is a threat, and they were not going to hesitate to attack, but if I was able to speak with them, that is, if any of them was still in there, it was not going to come to that at all."You mean you are not sure if the place is vacant, Murphy?" Ryan asked me in what seemed like an alert tone, and I turned to him in a rather slow manner, trying to give him the assurance that everything was going to be fine."You do not have to worry. Alpha Ryan I am only trying to take precautions here so that we do not bump into any rogue who decides to camp
Murphy's POVI never expected that question all of a sudden because those kinds of questions were questions I always wanted to avoid. I could remember a long time ago when I had to declare my disbelief in the goddess because I had thought that she had proven herself to be unavailable.This was long before I began to find my way towards the rogue, and when I finally joined the rogue, I realized that I had always been right from before.They seemed to have the same belief as I, and that belief was that there was no goddess or gods and that the wolf was the one ruling the world. Whenever I and Ryan met, he never failed to ask me that question, and I was kind of surprised he had not asked it in a long time, thinking that he had forgotten about it."It's been a very long time since you asked me such a question, Ryan. I thought you had forgotten everything about it? Where is it coming from all of a sudden?" I have stayed in a rather calm voice as I stared directly at his face."You seem ver
Ryan's POV.After speaking to Murphy, I walked slowly away from where we were standing and found my way towards the front area of the people. I had asked them to wait, and as I stood there in their midst, they all gathered around me while I was ready to address them."You know The circumstance at which we arrived at the pack tonight was not very favorable. We had to escape from Ashmoon Pack, where Darius and his evil Luna are killing innocent wolves and using their hearts and bodies for sacrifices. The reason we had asked all of you to leave the pack and travel with us is because we knew that if Darius and Isabella found out that we were escaping, she was going to orchestrate something dangerous and affect you all in the pack. Now I am not saying this so that you would all be happy and appreciate me extensively for asking all of you to leave the pack, which is now a danger zone, but I am saying this because we have been walking for a while and we are obviously tired, but we cannot ca
Ryan's POV.I was staring at Murphy, waiting for him to respond to what I just asked him. Because my head was still clouded, and as I stared at others moving before me, I felt like I was betraying them. I was supposed to give them something better than asking them to get up and leave their own pack. I felt pain within because I had a first-hand experience of what it felt like leaving the place you have always called your home.The moment when I realized that I could no longer stay in Ashmoon Pack because if I did, Darius was going to execute me and put my head on a stake, leaving Ashmoon Pack felt like leaving a piece of me behind. The only reason I could cope was that I had Jessica, and she was not one to give up easily. Now we are living in another place that we have come to know as our home. How long are we going to keep moving away like this?I needed someone to give me the clarity and tell me if what I was doing was right or if I was being stupid. He was staring at me in the sile
Ryan's POV.Knowing that Darius was my brother from back when we were young, I knew that I had a problem for a brother, but I never knew that he was going to make my life so messed up like that. When he took over the throne, I expected that I was going to still have a space in the Ashmoon Pack even though I was not treated right by him. I accepted all of those things, but then he finally took over the throne, and everything became worse.I never pictured him sending me out of Ashmoon Pack like it did happen, and I never pictured myself being in such a situation as I was at the moment. I felt the pain of the people as we asked them to leave what was their own for a place that was safer because their home was no longer safe. It pains me that all of the problems I have had to face always had something to do with Dariu6 and his wicked companion Isabella. I hated the idea that we could not just take them out and get these problems done with all at once, and I hated the idea that someone a
Jessica's POV.As we ran away from the Ashmoon Pack, I could not help but feel sorry for Murphy. He was struggling to help me run. Ryan had asked him to hand me over, but he said that he was good at it, and as he carried me and he was running as fast as he could, I could feel my strength coming back slowly.At first I thought that it was the breeze that we made as we ran so fast, but then slowly I started to feel myself energised, and I watched the injury begin to heal. It was at that moment that I realised that what Ryan had said was true and my power was going to come back when I got far away from Isabella.We ran a couple of miles away before I asked Murphy to put me down."What are you, okay?" Ryan asked immediately, turning to me.A slow smile curled up on the corner of my lip as I looked up at him and said in a rather excited manner. "I have my powers back, and I have healed from the injury. We need to hurry over to the pack and take the people out of there before Isabella sends
Ryan's POV.I knew it was not going to be easy to plot our escape out of the Ashmoon Pack that night, but I knew the park very well because I had been an alpha of the Ashmoon Pack for a while before Darius took over with his evil Luna.I was able to convince Baron to help Murphy out of the medics that night with a very tricky maneuver, which was to evacuate everyone at the medic, giving him a chance to escape. I went out that night, setting out fires in different areas of the Ashmoon Pack.My intention was not to destroy the pack but to set a very strong distraction that was going to turn everyone's mind away while we escaped.The first fire went out close to the medic, and everyone at the Medicare evacuated while Murphy found his way out. The second one was close to the place where Jessica was, and I hoped that she was going to find her way out while I escaped, waiting for them at the exit. I had cleared out the guards, fighting all of them into a corner.Murphy arrived first; he was
Jessica's POV.I could not stop wondering about why Isabella was going to be making such dark magic with the people's lives despite how much she knew it was dangerous. Every magic came with a price, and for every one person's life that she used, she was going to pay a price even greater, but then she kept on using people to enhance her magic.I was there in that room wondering what I was going to do about it. My Luna Shadow power had been subdued by her, and I was only going to be able to help if I only had my powers back. I would have been able to weaken her and make sure that she did not do it anymore, but then I did not have the strength to do that, and the only thing that protected me from her spell was the necklace I had on.I was pacing my room thinking about what I was going to do when I heard the light knock on the door.I hesitated for a second before walking over to the To it and asking who it was."Jessica, open up; it was me. I need to speak to you." I heard Ryan's voice f