2: Dead bodies

With an army of thousands of capable shifters at his disposal, Erichon would surely have a hard time keeping up.

Veryl would not stop for anything until one of the kingdoms was erased from the map of Agal.

 

That was not to say Erichon was weaker  against Horizenia but it had everything to do with the opponent having some advantage over them.

Although his threat sounded foolish at first glance, everyone in the supernatural world knew better than to provoke the seemingly calm and unbothered king. 

Not known as the aggressor, the young king was  simply not scared of no one.

The rest of the kingdoms wouldn't dare to intervene because consequently, that would escalate to world war which everyone was trying to prevent.

Jeopardizing the two centuries of peace in Agal after having fought each other for hundreds of years was out of the equestion.

Erichon and Horizenia were simply on their own.

Putting the letter inside a drawer, Selly packed a small backpack. Just a few things she needed for a few days.

The king would be furious after he finds out she had chosen herself over her duties, that much she expected.

She didn't intend to abandon her people anyways, all she wanted was to secure her Goddess given right to be with her destined mate.

So when the clock struck midnight, Selly stood in the middle of her chamber, chanting as she drew a rune as ancient as time itself on the marble floor.

Taking a small knife, she made a small cut on her wrist, just enough to draw blood.

Her mate was a world away but she was positive that she would find him before things turned worse at home.

Marrying a cold-hearted king Veryl when she had her own mate was unthinkable, she thought.

It wouldn't be too hard to locate him now, would it? She continued to muse as her chants increased in frequency.

As soon as her blood touched the rune, a black smoky portal ring appeared and she stepped inside it before it shrank into nothing, vanishing along with her as if it were not there.

Away from Selly’s house, the priestess sat by the fire holding a glowing crystal ball with a disturbed face.

“May the Goddess have mercy upon us.” She murmured as she watched the portal close shut.

~

Selly found herself being unceremoniously thrown onto the ground before the portal vanished into thin air.

It took her a short while before her mind connected the dots and adjusted perfectly to the darkness.

A forest.

She was in a foreign world. 

Huh! didn't the locator spell indicate the exact coordinates?

Scratching her un-itchy head, she murmured, albeit unknowingly, “How am I supposed to find my mate in the middle of nowhere?”

Did the portal drop her at the wrong address? 

A technical problem of some sort?

Turning her head in both directions, she couldn't find any sign of humans or shifters around.

Weird!

She glanced into the heavens, silently asking for guidance and the moon stared back, round and proud. 

The sun wasn't going to show up any time soon, she noticed.

Scanning her surroundings, nothing was out of ordinary, it was almost as if the human world was a replica of her own home. Although she could tell for sure that the energy vibration felt a little lower it was nothing to be concerned about.

 

It was her first time to travel to the human world and she didn't know what to expect of it but hope. 

There was never a time in history that the portal led one to a wrong destination while traveling between realities. 

This was it.

Securing her little backpack, she smoothed her unruly brown hair and marched.

She was hopeful and ecstatic. Nothing could get between her happiness and soon, she would meet, mate and mark. And after she had secured the bond , she would go back home and accept her punishment.

~

Miles away from Selly, a grand off-white house stood in the middle of forest with guards in both human and wolf forms standing vigilant in the periphery.

The tension was palpable. Not a single one of them wore a smile and one could hear orders being barked at the far end.

It was happening again. The Westhund pack was under attack.

Recently there have been many rogue attacks in Petroit city and their territory was not an exception. 

In the midst of it all, most shifters were struggling to conceive but Colette, the Luna of the Westhund pack gave birth to twins leading to their pack being targeted twice already, albeit unsuccessfully. This made Alpha Lewis Westhund lose sleep.

Some smaller packs decided to leave the woods and move into the inner parts of the city which was initially considered human territory for safety reasons. 

With the only window of time to shift being on the full moon and the following daytime, the packs with fewer werewolves were vulnerable against rogues who were showing up in even bigger numbers after every attack. 

For them, the only option was to live among humans and visit territories during full moons when they could shift and protect themselves better.

The decline in fertility had triggered abduction of the little ones, with some rogues turning it into a profitable business.

“Alpha,” Beta Grigor bowed as soon as the head of the Westhund pack emerged from the house. 

“We have increased rogue activities in the northern border. I’m afraid they might attack anytime now?”

Having taken a short break to be with his Luna and pups, Lewis couldn't help but furrow. Everything was happening too fast.

“Add manpower to that border and stay vigilant on the other three.”

“Right away alpha.” The Beta nodded, taking the radio transmitter, he passed the message to the different heads of borders as they walked to the closest gate but before they could get far they heard a scream.

“Attack!, the south is under attack!”

As soon as the caller sent a message, they heard another scream, louder than the first followed by silence. Not long after, the line got disconnected.

“Fuck!”

As soon as the curse left his lips, the radio was once again filled with different voices, each sending the same message.

The rogues had fooled them.

They had carefully distracted them using the north only to attack from all sides simultaneously.

“Ring the siren!” Alpha took the radio and gave the order which was carried right away by the emergency department personnel.

With mutual understanding, the pack members quickly started to assemble the pregnant women, children and elderly to their closest hideout.

In less than 20 minutes, the small town was almost empty except for smaller groups of capable men and women who were ready to defend their pack with their lives.

Selly, who had been aimlessly walking for hours, finally found herself on a highway.

Sweaty and worn out, she took shelter under a tree when her sensitive ears picked up a faint sound of a siren. Confused, she stood up and listened carefully.

Seems like there are people closeby, she thought. 

She had already started to feel a little hopeless after having not met a single human since she arrived. Deciding to meet these people in hopes that her mate would be among them, she followed the sound.

Fifteen minutes later, Selly stopped. In front of her was a dead body then another. Before she knew it, a few dozen more bodies added to the number.

What have I found herself into?

Deciding against mingling with the human business, she retreated but then stopped. 

What if my mate is closeby? At the thought, her heart raced.

The dream! 

What if this is what I have been envisioning?