CHAPTER-3: LIES

“It seems like everyone is here.” Alpha Ralph let out, projecting into the gathering. Allison could predict the bad news rushing out. She requested Nora to come with her so ditching her guests Nora accompanied her as Allison had no one with her.  

Nora squeezed her hand and waited for the announcement by their Alpha.

“This immediate meeting call was needed as we received the news about our warriors who were sent to our ally Blue moon pack in the South for the battle against their enemy. I am unfortunate to break this news to you that we lost the war.” Alpha Ralph inhaled a sorrowful breath as the confusing murmuring started among the people. 

Allison gripped Nora’s hand with a racing heart and staggered back. Nora held her tightly before hugging her from the side. Tears were already gathering up in her green emerald eyes. She was praying for their safety even though she had an idea about the Dangerous consequences. 

“Now The blue moon pack has ceased to exist with the other three packs who came for their support. Our few warriors lost their precious lives and two ran back to evade death by the hands of the lethal enemy.” Alpha sounded sad and the two warriors walked ahead with injured bodies. Their eyes were dull and their faces seemed in fright. They had escaped death! It sounded weird. 

Allison’s breath hitched listening to Alpha. It means her father and brother are no more. And suddenly the gamma of the pack started naming the people who lost their lives. 

A loud scream resounded among the people and Allison realised it was from her when she heard the first name taken was her fathers. Nora hugged her while consoling her. After her, few more people cried for their loved one.

“No…no…Nora. They are lying. My father can't die. He was the best warrior among others. No… How could they?” She cried in her friend's arms. 

“We were informed that the rest of the warriors were nowhere to be found nor their dead bodies, the chances are that they were taken as prisoners by the enemy..”  Allison pulled herself out of Nora’s arms when she didn't hear her brother's name in the list. A small hope aroused in her heart. Perhaps Mason was still alive. But the loss of her father crushed her soul. 

“Who is the enemy, my son is not in the list, Alpha. Who took them?” the middle aged man sobbed asking about his son. Allison remembered him as her fathers friend, Mathew Whose son was trained with Mason and used to patrol the pack territory with Mason.

“Is that true that the enemy you are talking about is the Dark Lord from the dark walkers kingdom?” among the crowd, Noami dared to question her Alpha with bloodshed eyes. She was the strongest female warrior and was a leader. Losing a mate is worse than death and Noami could feel it. She had gone through various painful concussions for the past week. But one could tell if your mate is dead or not. You feel that unbearable pain.

 

Alpha Ralph stared at her and then his pack members in deep thought before breaking to them. 

“Yes, HE is.” 

The crowd burst into mourning and a painful cry with the fear and pain of losing their family members to the deadly creatures. 

“So…so He will come after us, Alpha? He will also attack us.” one of the pack members asked, he was shaking visibly with the mere thought of facing The deadly creature. Others gasped loudly listening to him like he was telling the ultimate facts.

 

“He might have. The Lycan king from the Dark Walkers kingdom sent this message through our two warriors and showed his distaste for supporting the Blue moon pack.” He gestured to the two warriors who came back alive. It means they didn't run back but were spared by the Lycan king to send the message to their Alpha. 

“He showed mercy by sending them back. If we had known that the Blue moon pack were going against the Lycan King, I would have denied sending my warriors to support them.” Alpha Ralph said with dismay.

Lies! Lies!

Allison wanted to scream at him. This good for nothing Alpha knew but why he did that, she wanted him to spill that. 

“So the only thing we can do is ask for an official apology and give our submission to the lycan king. I know, as an Alpha I may look like a coward but I am keeping my pack's safety and survival first by putting my pride aside. We are nothing in front of the Dark walkers and every strong pack around knows that. I can only do this and save my people from the wrath of the Deadly dark lord.” Alpha Ralph announced.  

“We are with you Alpha, we can't lose more people and our lives. We will ask for mercy. Whatever seems good, we follow our Alpha.” Someone said from the crowd and others agreed and said yes In unison. 

Allison was bewildered with the scene. That bloody dark lord killed her father and there were no traces of her brother. And here her pack members were acting like chicken-hearted monkeys. 

 

Her own pack, Alpha and people were deceiving then how could she blame that Lycan? 

“So as we decided this Alpha ball will take place on the due date and all the Alphas from northern and southern sides will be invited. I decided to invite the Lycan king to bestow his presence and I will personally ask for forgiveness from Him. We don't want any war declaration by the Lycans so I want everyone of you to be on your best behavior. Rest will be in the hands of fate.” Alpha Ralph sighed and earned mixed signals from everyone. Astonishment, fear, apprehension, outrage and all. But nobody has any say in this. 

Their destiny would be decided by the Dark Lord Himself. 

After the Alpha dismissed everyone, Nora took Allison to her home but she denied staying home. She knew one of the warriors who came back alive was her brother’s friend. So she went straight to his home.

Naomi was already there with rage emitting all over her body. She was glaring at the man who declined telling her anything. She was on the verge of shifting but Allison stopped her. 

Allison moved near the man, Noah and took his bloody hand. With closed eyes, she chanted something and sudden relief washed over Noah’s face. Obviously the healer was healing him. 

“Noah, we won't cause you trouble but please can you tell us where my brother and Naomi’s mate possibly could be?” Allison asked softly, controlling her tears. She had mourned over her father’s death for hours but only the news about her brother could put her at little ease. 

Noah seemed lost, he didn't want to lie to them.

“Ali, I…I really don't know. I can't say that they have died already or escaped because I didn't see them after the war end…..”

“Then why the fuck you came back leaving your warriors there alone. Is this how you show your loyalty?” Naomi burst at him taking menacing steps towards him but Nora stopped her and pulled her back. Noah seemed to be taken back by her statement.

“I.. I didn't. I didn't escape. Nobody can escape Him.He..He left us….” He started trembling, like recalling the deadly sight he had witnessed of the Dark Lord, astonishing the girls. Allison immediately pulled him on the couch and passed him water to drink. The strong warrior was being weak in front of them was something they couldn't digest. 

“Noah, calm down. Please tell us clearly who left you.”

“He… The dark walker. Ali… I swear… He is not a mere wolf.. He is….a giant monster.. Looking lethally feral you can never imagine… He annihilated the four pack in his human form only…. “ Noah choked on his words recalling the moments of how He ripped and slashed those wolves with his only claws. The girls were stunned to the core. Allison was speechless.

In his human form! He killed thousands of people in his human form.  

Her heartbeat slowed down and suddenly everything around her blurred. 

So the saying was right.

He is the Death Himself!