When the footsteps in front of the cell retreated, there was silence. Syke slowly moved his bruised and bloody head sideways to look at Top agent, sprawled against the wall. She was not even moving at all. He could not even tell if she was breathing under all that blood.โHey. Did you hear what they just said about Ghost?โ He asked in a hoarse whisper. โI think a serious war is brewing.โSilence met his words, and he slowly blinked at her, trying to find the outline of her face under her matted blonde hair turned brown. He said again, โHey, I donโt have the strength to keep repeating myself. Are you even alive?โโI feel dead.โ Chloe let out a raspy chuckle that sent more blood out of her mouth. Syke jolted and the sudden movement cost him so much pain.He hissed in pain and annoyance. โOh, you fucking look dead, alright. I wish you could fucking see how pathetic you look right now. The best werewolf spy in Ghostโs ranks, all beaten up by a pampered princess. Next, some amateur torture
Xavier took in a deep breath and ordered. โGive the signal, now!โThere was a loud hoot from one of Xavierโs warriors a split second later, and chaos burst out in the building. The warriors began shooting down their confused opponents from the safety of the flames and soon yells and shouts of pain from the poison filled the air.โW-whatโฆโ The Alpha muttered in confusion, and in that moment, the glass roof over where he stood shattered into hundreds of pieces of sharp glass shards.Two feminine figure rolled down some ropes so elegantly, that they looked like swans. Swans of death. As they rolled down, screams erupted from the women, as glass poured all over them. Through the absolutely hellish commotion, time slowed down in front of the scared Alphaโs eyes.Rolling down from above, where two females. Lethal, lean and armed to the tooth. And beautiful. That was what terrified him the most, the pure death written all over their beauty. One had brown hair, flying through the air in slow
Megan was sprawled against the floor of her โshelterโ, because it was the coldest spot of the entire structure. She terribly missed home. The freezing temperatures and the ice baths. Here, she had to take her bath with a sorry excuse of an ice bath. Chunks of ice were delivered down to her through a contraption, and by the time she got enough to fill up her tub, it was already melting.The temperatures in this place weโre not just low enough to keep the ice solid.Sometimes, watching the ice float around miserably in the tub made her more depressed than usual.As a spoiled and revered princess, she had never been exposed to such crude style of living ever. Even the food was different. She could not have the type of fish that only lived in cold waters. She could not have berries, and other food that only grew in the north. The only good thing here, was that she got to eat a lot of interesting fruits.And there was at least one very handsome person around here. The beta of this pack.Sh
โHome?โ Megan asked, her eyes moving from Jimin to Xavier and back to Jimin. โDidnโt you hear him the first time?โ Layla hissed in a tone that could barely hide her disgust for Alpha Ferranโs daughter. โYouโre going back home, high maintenance.โโStop calling her names,โ Jimin frowned. โShe has been a part of us for some time now.โโAnd what has she done rather than sitting down in this cozy ice castle all day?โ Layla frowned. โNothing! We do all the work while our prisoner sits back and enjoys the cool of the day. Thatโs so not fair.โโPoint of correction,โ Jimin cut in. โShe is not our prisoner. Sheโs one of us. She has been at the Black Wolf Pack for a long time and she hasnโt caused any trouble. Weโre only taking her back to her father because we need him to be on our side and he might want to see his daughter. Megan is a nice person and definitely one of us.โ Megan smiled at his last remarks and Layla scoffed, noticing the smile that danced across her lips briefly. She didnโt l
โThank you for saving our lives out there,โ Chloe mumbled after looking around to see that Calistรจ was alone. Calistรจ barely smiled and walked up to them.โYou owe me your life, Chloe,โ Calistรจ smiled. โYou and your friend over there. But first I want to hear everything. Tell me how you lost to Rhea?โChloe frowned. โRhea is stronger than we all give her credit for. Can you imagine the technique she used against me?โโWhat did she use?โ Calistรจ asked.โThe dance of death!โ Chloe cried. โThe fucking dance of death. Iโve not seen anyone who used that technique in a hundred years.โโWell youโve seen someone who uses it,โ Calistรจ shrugged. โYou failed Ghost. Do you know what he planned to do with your body after killing you?โโI donโt even want to know,โ Chloe grunted, a frown playing across her face.โHonestly, you donโt want to,โ Calistรจ nodded. โYou would be sick if you found out.โChloe shrugged and turned to face Syke. โYouโve not said a word since. Are you dead already?โSyke did no
Chloe ran through the forest of wet grasses under the cover of the night. She had tied her thick black hair in a bun earlier to prevent it from flailing around under the wind but it had loosened and fell freely across her shoulders now.โLow key wish she gave us an easier task for our lives,โ Chloe murmured.Syke knew she was talking about Calistรจ so he preferred to keep mute. Since he heard about the witchโs love interest in their enemyโs Laye father, he had preferred to stay away from conversations that involved her. Apparently, Chloe didnโt share the same convictions with him and she talked freely about Calistรจ.โDo you think sheโs on our side?โ Syke asked suddenly, taking Chloe by surprise.Chloe turned to face him. โWhy do you ask? She does look like a nice person to me though. We shouldnโt judge her because she once loved Tae Kong. Might have fallen for him too when I was younger considering the fact that he looked like my favorite K Pop stars.Syke rolled his eyes. โI know all
Syke turned around in shock. โDid you hear that?โChloe nodded her head. โI did. Donโt raise your voice.โ Chloe turned around searching for where the sound was coming from. The night was silent and dark and the only light coming was that of the crescent moon that was shining above in the night sky. Syke was scared to death. All his life, he had gone for all sorts of missions but he had never been made to go to a graveyard. He looked around from the gate of the graveyard and caught sight of a figure moving in the shadows.โChloeโฆโ he started.Chloe turned around quickly at his voice. โWhat is the matter?โSyke shook his head in the negative. The figure had disappeared as soon as it had come. Or was he seeing things? He couldnโt tell for sure but he knew that whatever the case was, it was going to be a miracle if they got back to Calistรจ whole and hearty.โNo oneโs going to hurt you,โ Chloe laughed. โAlways remember, Ghosts donโt exist.โโGhosts donโt exist,โ Syke repeated to himself ov
โWhat are you doing here?โ Chloe asked, her eyes fixed on Mork.โI should be the one asking you that question,โ Mork smiled at her. โWhat are you doing in the middle of a graveyard with a shovel in your hand?โChloe dumped the shovel on muddy soil. โLooking for you.โMork bent his head and frowned. โI suppose the two of us do not have any unfinished business.โโNo we donโt,โ Chloe affirmed. โThen what are you doing here looking for me?โ Mork stared at her.โJust checking up on you,โ Chloe shrugged. โAnd why are you not running around, running little errands for the lycan Kingโs daughter.Mork stared at her for almost a minute before finally replying. โI hear Rheaโs been hanging around with the wrong people lately.โChloe nodded. โYou heard right. Sheโs fallen in love with the Alpha, the son of Dan Damon, Xavier.โMork shook his head in pity. โHow much more unfortunate can Ghost be? Losing the only person he can trust to the enemy.โโWhat are you saying?โ Chloe frowned. โWe still have
โRhea? Helping? After all I told you about her?โThe disgust on Jiminโs face was pretty much obvious and Xavier knew that it was going to take more than mere words to convince his Beta that the Lycan kings daughter was actually on their side.โSheโs helping out with Calistรจ,โ Xavier frowned staring at Jimin. โShe saved my life and i really think we should give her a chance.โโWell I donโt think we should,โ Jimin sighed. โAfter all that sheโs done, but if thatโs what you want, who am into argue with you?โJimin turned around immediately and stormed out and Xavier watched as he left. He turned to face Jaime and Layla who had been quiet all the while and he stared at them.โWhatโs with the look?โ Layla frowned. โCome on letโs go help your Luna. I want to be an aunty very soon.โXavier smiled and blushed and bolted towards the sound of the clanking swords. He was happy that his sister had gotten over her hatred for Rhea and he knew that with her on his side now they were going to defeat C
"Hunny! Did you miss me?" Calistรจ gave a smug smile while Xavier stared in shock."Youโฆyo " he tried to speak but what befell his eyes was greater than what his mouth could speak out loud."Yeah. I understand" she made a mocking face." Now! Are we going to fight or what?" She grinned big time and whistled to her beasts.He beasts all came after the others that stood in the room, Layla immediately changed to a wolf, her teeth snarling and her roar as clear as crystal.Calistรจ raced towards Xavier, her sword in hand as she raised her arms and swung at Xavier.Xavier missed it by a beat and she smirked hard ."Oh, much I've waited for this!" She screamed and charged at Xavier again, her heels hotter than the very earth as she kept off.Meanwhile kycans began to climb the walls and started to hit the windows."Jimin! The windows" Jamie screamed while trying to fend off a beast who looked at him as though he was nothing more than food.Before jimin could think of anything else, the shatte
Jimin watched as Layla rallied the group together in the small study, the space getting filled up immediately with eager faces ready to fight for their Alpha, for their kingdom. Jimin turned away from the group, striding into the main study and shutting it close behind him. When he turned around, Xavier was staring up at her, his hands frozen untop a map that he'd probably been gazing at before Jamie entered."You know you can join your sister and help with the planning. Instead of being all by yourself, worrying, like always." Jimin was satisfied with Xavier's severe frown, his forehead wrinkling. Xavier ignored him and went back to his perusal of the map. Jimin drew closer, his head tilting down to take in the almost real picture of their kingdom. Xavier had placed pins around the boarder, and was currently swirling one in his hand while staring at the map in concentration.He stuck the pin at a place that didn't make sense and let out a grunt of frustration. Jimin was confused and
"You can't believe you can ever defeat me, right?" Calistรจ said with vigor and a growing grin coming up on her face."Just wait till I smack that stupid grin off your face" Rhea said, her brows nearly touching from anger."Make me?" She challenged.Rhea rushed at her, her hands holding two daggers now, her feet swift on the ground and her stance defensive even though she was the attacker now.Flames went up in different directions and Rhea glanced quickly to see that Layla had her hands on Xavier as he steadied his breath to catch his breathing and stop the bleeding that was now obvious.Rhea got even more angry as she dodged the attack on time, her face nearly been dissected by calistรจ's sharp sword."You know how I got this sword? Huh!" Calistรจ boasted and struck again, missing Rhea immediately from her swift and tricky movements."I have a feeling you're going to tell me anyway, so do" Rhea said and took another stance.With two of her fingers she gestured for calistรจ to meet her a
Xavier looked from jimin to Layla with so much surprise."How did you know that?" Jamie asked the man in question but he didn't reply.He gestured to his fellow elders and they all went to take their various seats at their high tables."So tell us, Xavier. Why have you come back?" The eldest elder asked again.Xavier who was still managing to recover from how they knew about Rhea snapped out of his head and stepped forward in the council."I have lead this kingdom for a while and everybody can see my works" Xavier began and some of the elders nodded their heads to what he said but not Marcus."I have been away for quite some time" he looked intently at everyone" And I bring you news from the snowy mountains and others... Calistรจ is alive and well" the elders gasped in shock." And what's even more? โ he paused Ashe examined each and everyone one of them including Marcus โ she has beasts of her own"Gasps rang out from every corner and Xavier liked the fear it impacted on them, it was
The fight took a lesser time to finish as they had gotten that source of information, blood and splatters of beast remains stained them and the very earth that they walked on. Layla couldn't help but feel very dirty about the whole scenario that played out in front of her."We've got to help the women and the children Xavier" she said while Xavier turned back into his human form.Xavier didn't utter a single word as he walked past her and back to where a horse had galloped to."Xavier!" She called for him, her feelings out on a platterXavier stopped walking but didn't turn to look at her."I'm talking to you. We should help them out Xavier" she said, her voice sharp and firm and this got Xavier turning to look at her square in the face and Layla was able to see just how much anger resided in his little orbs of crystal clear darkness."No" he said, a Huff if air coming out of his nostrils with his finality."What?" Layla asked, baffled by what the heck he could mean."You heard me rig
"Calistรจ?" Jamie asked, astonished.layla didn't know what to say or how to respond, the whole world felt like it went silent and collapsed."She gathered up every last woman and child and took them with her alongside some beasts" a man spoke up." You've got to help us sire. You're our only hope now" the first man said. Xavier came out in front of jimin, his hands still placed on the scratch he had obtained."We journey to my Homeland, the black wolves" people began to murmur." We plan on taking back our Homeland and we plan on defeating calistรจ once and for all" Xavier said with an air of finality.The crowd stopped murmeeing and cheered a bit." Can we come with you?""Oh... Let us come with you!" Another said." Let him rest folks, wherever he goes, we go. We pledge our loyalty to you sure" the first man said again. Xavier didn't know what to make of all of these information and all of these kinds of response. He just gave a Curt nod and that was it. The men dispersed out of the h
"What did you find?" Layla said with all seriousness. Jamie had so much excitement in his eyes as he jumped up and down." I found a shelter and jimin found food, we could make a camp fire later tonight" Jamie replied. Xavier nodded his head in agreement."Lead the way" Jamie was more than happy to do so.They walked together under Jamie's direction and lead, he would lead them to a path that had a sheltering , like a makeshift house but with tents. Jimin was bent over a hurdle of stacked sticks and on closer inspection, he was currently striking two stones together in order to produce fire."Jimin, let me help you with that" Layla said and walked ahead of the men to help jimin, in seconds she had done that which jimin had struggled with.With food on the raging fire, each of the flame licking a bit of the left over meat, night had quickly fallen on them."I have a question Xavier" Layla suddenly said, everybody's attention focused on her , the illumination the fire casted around the
There was an obvious change in the air the next day, Xavier was calmer and for the first time, so was Layla. They had both had time to think, mostly Layla.Jamie had appeared out of nowhere, map in hand as he suddenly cleared their breakfast off of the table that had seen more of the good life than the ugly.He spread the map evenly and Xavier glanced at Layla just in the nick of time to see that same excitement he couldn't deny made him feel a spark." Xavier, lead the way" Jamie said as he stepped away from the map. Xavier who had been seated stood up and so did the rest. With their necks outstretched, they gathered around him like a flock of flightless birds in need of direction."We go through the Rocky mountain which should take a day but now that we have no means of flight or how to get there asides from our obvious walking, we'd have to take nearly two days to get there," he said, pointing at some steep and yet pointy figures that made its way to the map."What about going arou