Aiden's Pov He was dressed neatly in a pair of black woollen pants, black leather boots and a button-down shirt. His copper hair was pulled to the back, displaying all of his foreheads and his grey eyes were twinkling with derision. The sight of Jared made me even more aware of my helpless situation and my eyes dropped to the dirty floor as embarrassment enveloped me. While Jared looked so neat, here I was, as dirty as a pig. I was dressed in nothing but the shorts I had been dragged with to the packhouse. My hair was a sweaty mass of silky mess and the strands stuck onto my skin in an ugly fashion. My body was filled with dirt and I could smell some stench — I desperately hoped it wasn't from me. "Well. Well. Well." He accentuated every word he said with a clap. "Look who we've got here. The mighty Aiden!" Then he chuckled, his set of sparkingly white teeth on display as he laughed. I wish I could say he had really bad dentition but he didn't. His teeth were really beautiful t
Jared's Pov As I walked out of the Dungeon where Aiden had been locked up, I found myself pondering on all that we had spoken about. Aiden had been genuinely confused when I brought the topic of him having a wolf up. It felt like he had no idea what I was talking about and I could see the shock in his eyes. But how could that be? How could he be completely oblivious to a creature that lives in him? How could he not feel it, talk to it or even know it? Just what type of person was Aiden? Aiden was strange. He had always been strange and I don't think he would ever stop being strange. One thing I knew for sure was that I had seen it: his eye colour. There had been a switch and I knew that could only be the eyes of his wolf. It was even more strange that the eye colour was mismatched. Black and gold? How on earth! This was enough reason why I should get rid of him. I didn't know what would become of him if he remained alive. Despite all these, I was thrilled. I was thrilled and ve
Aiden's Pov "I don't know what you're planning, Aiden. But your plan will never work. I will never let you shift before anyone. Your useless wolf will die within you." It had been hours since Jared left the dungeons but I still had not been able to get this particular statement of his out of my mind. I knew I should not be paying any attention to Jared or his words since he was only a bastard who had no good thing to say. However, I could not stop myself from thinking about what he had said. There had been something about the way he had spoken that afternoon that made me deep in thought. A wolf? What wolf was he talking about? Was he just making stuff up to rile and ridicule me? Jared of all people should know I didn't have a wolf, for he had done nothing but bug and insult me all these years. "Oh please, I know you aren't wolfless." Those had been his exact words and I was still trying to process what he had meant by that. He had spoken with so much tenacity and I could see
"Calix!" Aiden's eyes widened as he stared at his friend in shock. Never in his wildest dream did he expect to see Calix in the dungeons, dressed in his gamma attire and staring at him with glassy eyes. Meanwhile, Calix could not get his eyes off his friend and he could feel hot tears stinging his eyes. Aiden didn't look himself. In fact, it felt like he was looking at a different person entirely and Calix could only imagine how badly Aiden had been treated. Seeing Aiden now, all the pent-up anger he had towards the man disappeared and nothing but fury consumed him, fury at those who did this. There was a nasty bruise on Aiden's forehead like it had been smashed with heavy metal. There was also a deep cut on his already swollen lips and smeared blood had clotted by the side of his face. His nose had several cuts too, coupled with the scars and bruises on his bare skin. It was obvious his friend had undergone so much torture and the mere sight of him brought tears to Calix's eyes
The four friends froze in their tracks, their hearts pounding loudly in their chests as they watched the old man walk to them. Where the old man had come from or why he was still awake at this hour of the night, none of the friends could tell so they exchanged shocked looks with one another.There was fear on everyone's faces with none of them knowing what to do or say. Unlike, Calix who still had his mask intact, Jamal and Andrew had long pulled theirs out so their identity was known to the old man who happened to be one of the well-known elders, one quite close to the alpha. The friends had seen him around the alpha, though, mostly quiet, he still tagged along like the elder he was.The elders were old werewolves with great experience and knowledge of the pack due to their long years of existence. They are mostly a set of old wolves who had decided to make the pack their final resting place. The friends would have not been this worried if they had been caught by someone else, but a
Aiden, on the other hand, felt like he would piss in his pant — if the already tattered pair of trousers he had been wearing for two days would pass for a proper pants. He looked from Calix to Jamal and then to Andrew who was already sinking to the ground and his eyes welled up. Had he lost his only chance to escape? Had he lost his only chance of survival? Above all, had he dragged his friends into his own mess? They had done nothing wrong to be dragged down with him. Aiden knew the alpha would not spare them and his heart constricted in pain at the mere thought of losing them to death. "Please," he let out, clasping his hands together in an earnest plea. "I'll go back inside and act like nothing happened. I'll gladly accept my death but please. . .let them go. They only wanted to help me. They shouldn't die." "What the fuck, Aiden!" Jamal growled, pushing him hard on the chest and Aiden almost fell to the ground. He looked up at Jamal, gasping at the pure fury on the man's face.
"I don't trust that old man one bit," Calix said immediately they took cover behind an old acacia tree which had existed before any of them was born. "Me neither." Jamal nodded in support and Calix patted him on the shoulder, happy to have someone else who thought the same way as he. He had now pulled his domino mask off and around his eyes were marks indicating where the masks had previously been."He's so creepy. I don't think we should trust him," he said again, his gaze now fixated on both Aiden and Andrew who had been quiet since."But I think we should," Andrew said at last and Calix frowned. "He has a better plan. I think we should go with him." He continued even when both Calix and Jamal had their eyes narrowed at him."How can you say that? What if he has only said all that he had said to keep us trapped? He might be heading for the Alpha's room to sell us off. We need to leave now. We have wasted enough time already." Jamal explained but Andrew shook his head still."He cou
"We can attack the gammas at the city gate," Jamal suggested but Andrew shook his head vehemently."That won't make any sense. There are about ten. . .or eleven. . .wait, aren't there twenty of them?" Andrew held his chin in thought and Jamal sighed, looking away whilst pulling his hair into a rough bun. Several strands fell across his forehead and he kept pushing them back, a hiss leaving his lips. He was tired."What did you do to the guards at the dungeon?" Aiden finally asked the question he had been desiring to ask ever since they got out. Due to the situation before, he had forgotten to ask. He knew he might not get the chance again if he didn't ask now."You never give up, do you?" Calix feigned annoyance."And do you? Just tell me already.""Wolfsbane." Jamal pipped in. "They had their drinks mixed with wolfsbane so they are simply reacting to it." Aiden's eyes narrowed in more confusion but before he could further ask more questions, Andrew was already filling him in."There