Chapter 9:

Alpha Sebastian.

Beta Xander??? Who was he and why was he standing so close to my mate? I narrowed my eyes at him and he smirked mischievously.

Elder Leon raised his cane in mid-air and everyone became silent.

"The two men you see before you are Alpha Sebastian and Alpha Damon shepherd of the midnight pack from Romania." Elder Leon began. "There are both our lady's fated mates and before we crown an Alpha from the brothers," he paused then raised an eyebrow as the crowd listened alternatively. " The men will undergo three challenges to determine a victor who will rule by our lady's side… the first quest is a hunt in the nightshade forest," He said, then looked at me and my brother.

The crowd exchanged puzzled glances and murmured inaudibly amongst each other...

What gives? I frowned slightly at their behavior change.

Elder Lucius stepped forward, "Gentlemen, a few miles in that direction," he pointed toward the eerie-looking forest with his finger. " There lays a dark forbidden fores