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Alpha Herveaux’s POV.

“Do you want to change your mind, Alpha Herveux?” Fernando asked me. I wasn’t changing a thing. I was sure of that scent. It wasn’t that man. That man was just a mere distraction to stop me from following that strong scent I heard. 

“We will go ahead with our plans” I said to Fernando. I wanted to meet with a strong sorcerer. He was once an elder in the Sun Valley pack. 

He left angrily after an undisclosed dispute between he and his people. “Do you know how we can find him?” I asked Fernando. “Yes, Alpha, I just feel you should let Luna Rudina know about it”. He responded. 

I am free to do things on my own and she might misinterprete me also. “Why don’t we wait for the prophecy Alpha Herveuax?” Fernando asked. I knew he cared about my status, but now, my reputation is at stake. 

“I have to prove everyone wrong that my father was wrong about making me the Alpha”, I said to Fernando angrily. 

“We are here, Alpha” Fernando said, he stopped the car at a dead point with no house in sight or even a hut. “No one is here Fernando. Are you sure this is the location?” I asked him.

“Yes sir, I carried out the assignment you gave me accurately” he replied. Fernando got down from the car. He knocked on the grass. It made me chuckle a bit. To my amazement, the grass parted way and we entered it. 

“Why are we waiting?” I asked him anxiously. I was beginning to find the journey interesting. “According to the man that brought me here. As long as the door opens up, we should definitely meet him here”, Fernando said. “Where is the man?” I asked him. 

“The man we are here to see?” he asked me. “No, the man who brought you here!” I replied aggressively. Everyone, especially Fernando, should know how I hate repeating or explaining myself. 

“He’s dead!” “That’s great, I want no stones unturned” I said to him pleasingly. 

“Are you here to see me?” A strange cold voice whispered in the air. “How dare you! Show up this moment” I commanded. 

“I’m sorry Beloved Alpha” he appeared. He had long white hair, and he did look like the perfect description of a renowned but literate sorcerer. 

“To what do I owe the visit?” He asked. “Will I stand and talk out here?” I asked him. “You are just as they have said” he replied, smiling. 

“For the main time, you are welcome. Only you can come with me” He said, asking Fernando to wait outside. “Why? I am his Beta and I must stay with him”, Fernando insisted. “Don’t be so full of yourself, I might believe the rumors that the Alpha is weak!” He said to Fernando. It angered me. I could feel Tristan wanting to tear out in a rage. “Calm down boy!” He said smiling to me. “I like your unity!” He said. “Those words sent me down my memory lane. Only my father addressed me and tristant at the Unity”.

“Leave Fernando, I have no time to waste”. Fernando left at once. 

“What you seek answers to is right before you but you chose to turn a blind eye” he said, without even listening to my request. 

“Do you know the questions I seek answers for?” I asked him. “Yes, I do. But for every question there is a time it's answer is destined to come and that time cannot be changed,”he replied coldly. 

“The prophecy cannot be changed?” I laughed scoffing his words. “I became the Alpha defying the so-called prophecy” I said, mocking him. “What happened with you was different, Alpha Herveaux,” he said to me.

“In time you will understand!” He added. “Will my brother return?” I asked him. 

“I see, that’s the main reason you are here and not because of Ashina.” He laughed. Guess it was his own turn to mock me. 

“You perceived his scent also?” He asked me. “Yes, in the woods a few days ago,” I replied, standing up from my seat. I was ripped with anxiety.

“The prophecy cannot be changed. Alpha herveuax” he replied me. “Why did you leave the sun valley pack?” I asked him. 

“I have just one rule and you broke it, Alpha Herveuax. I’m afraid you must leave”. He said to me calmly but I knew it annoyed him. 

“Or just like me, your answer would come too?” I mocked him again.

“Laugh all you can. I am not scared of you. You came to me for a reason. Your past has come to hurt you!” He said to me.

The walls were shacking and the ground was cracking. “I am not here for a fight or to kill you! You were of no help to me. I will return”, I said to him, ready to exit his place.

“The one you see is right there with you. You will decide your own fate, Alpha Herveux!” he shouted. I went back outside into the thick shrubs. I saw Fernando discussing with a man. 

“Who is he?” I asked him passively. “This is Falcón! He owns this place.” He looks so much like the man inside”.

“He is my brother the sorcerer”. He replied smiling at me. “Well, your brother is not up to task, he was way below his recommendation”, I said to Falcón. 

“I’m sorry he couldn’t meet up to your desires. Please accept my apologies”, he said, and bowed to me. I saw a weird sign on his head. It disappeared as soon as he stood up.  

“Take me to the Great Alune. I need to speak with her!” I said to Fernando. “Yes, Alpha Herveuax”, Fernando replied. “Aren’t you interested in seeing what the future holds for you?” Falcón asked Fernando. 

“No, my future is already slated. I am the Beta!” He replied Falcón. 

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“I have been expecting you, Beloved Alpha,” She said to me restively. “What do you seek?” “You hardly show up here unless you need something from me”, She added. 

“I am the Alpha. Do I need permission before I see you?” I asked her bracingly. “NO Alpha. You own me”, she replied. 

“What does the prophecy say?” I asked her. “The present? The past or the future?” She asked me, shying away from me.

Great Alune was old and stricken with age. She must have lived for like ten thousand years. She always returned a hundred years younger after the prophecy. 

“The moon goodness will pick a Luna for you?” Is that what you seek to know?” She asked me. “Stop pretending, we both know the truth”, I replied her. 

“You went against the rules!, Alpha Herveuax.” “Yes I did, it was worth it” I replied, shaking the golden statue. “Don’t touch it. You must respect everything that tells us about our past”, she shouted. 

“You destroyed my past. I won't let you do that to my present”, I said to her. “When you leave this time after the prophecy, Don’t dare come back”, I threatened her. 

Great Alune laughed. “You can’t kill me, Beloved Alpha. I still belong to you” she replied confidently. 

“You watched Ashina die, didn’t you?” I said, walking close to her. She was moving back. “I will go to any length to see that justice is served” I said to her. 

“I am not on your side, neither am I against you.” “If that is what you seek. Your brother will be back!” her voice echoed as she replied to me.

Great Alune’s words ached me hardly. I wanted to destroy the place. “I couldn’t let her get to me. I did nothing wrong.”

“Did you get anything from her?” Fernando was inquisitive. “No” I replied. Whatever happens stays with me. 

“I told you Beloved Alpha. Believing those people is pointless”. 

“I felt his presence, Fernando” “He will be back”, I said to Fernando. He hit the brakes in a rush. The car came to an abrupt stop right there in the middle of the rope. 

“No, That’s Impossible!” He shouted.