Saving The Mysterious Silver Wolf (Overpowered Series)

Cerelia Belmont’s POV 

I stared at the territorial borders of the largest and the most powerful pack in the entire Northern Territories of Canada. It was morning, although the midnight sun was still at its lowest, peeking from the horizon, casting a faint glow all around. The snow-covered terrain stretched for miles beyond the security checkpoints of the village of Lucania, the territory of the Luceres Pack led by the indomitable alpha, Zephyrus Averoff! 

I had heard a lot about his benevolence. Would he lend a helping hand to me as well? 

I had no other option than to take the chance. The notorious red wolves were gaining on me, and I had no time to stop and ponder over my next course of action. 

Snow crunched behind me and I could sense the pungent odor of the red wolves, although yards away. They had chased me all the way from my home in Silver Trail, a Yukon hamlet to Lucania. I was beyond exhausted, but I wouldn’t sell myself to Alpha Achlys, the leader of the red wolves. 

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me, speeding across the snow in the blink of an eye. Speed and camouflage were my special abilities and no shifter in the world could beat me, for I was no ordinary wolf. 

I was a Silver Wolf, the only one alive in my pack and in the entire continent. 

An excruciating pain hit my heart at the thought of my father and my pack. But there was no time to shed tears or stop. I had to save myself from the evil Alpha Achlys and his twisted plans. I knew his criminal motives despite his tall claims. He needed me for my exceptional hacking skills to break into complex security systems. It was obvious he knew my true identity. 

At the tender age of seventeen, I had achieved the impossible. I was one of the selected few members of the Stellar Genius Society that prevented cyber crimes and provided security worldwide. 

Inheriting my father’s abilities, I had diligently followed his chosen path. As the Alpha of the Silver Trail Pack, my father protected the last hundred surviving silver wolf members on this continent with a vengeance before Alpha Achlys attacked us. Everything was over in the blink of an eye! My pack members fought instead of surrendering to Alpha Ashlys’s criminal motives. 

I didn’t want to flee but fight the enemy, too. If I hadn’t promised my father to save myself and avenge the injustice done to us, I would have fought them until my last breath.   

“Hey Brad, did you see something?” A shout from the sentinel check post ahead brought me back to reality. I knew I couldn’t cross the territorial boundaries without Alpha Zephyrus’s permission. But I didn’t have so much time. The red wolves would kill me. They possessed advanced sniper rifles to kill me at sight, even from a distance. 

The only way I could escape them was to sneak into Lucania and use my camouflaging skills. Later, I could escape to a safer territory when the threat died. 

“Yes, I think it was a gust of silver dust.” I heaved a sigh of relief, knowing my silvery-hued fur was easily camouflaged amidst the snowy backdrop. Yet I wouldn’t risk getting caught. Slowing down, I skidded to a stop behind a boulder, a few yards away from the sentinel check post. There were almost five sentinels guarding the entire stretch, but they were oblivious to my presence. 

Should I make a dash for the cottages beyond the check post? I hardly had much time to decide with the red wolves appearing as a tiny speck on the horizon, approaching me in a cloud of snow. I could see Alpha Achlys aiming his XM2010 sniper rifle at me! 

Panic settled in my heart and I emerged from my hiding place only to see a sentinel staring at me in disbelief with his phone in hand. “Brad, call Beta Stavros. There’s a trespasser, or maybe a spy!” 

I didn’t wait to see him alert the rest of his team. Like a streak of lightning, I raced across the snow, past the sentinels towards the cottages far away. I doubted the stunned sentinels could catch up with me so fast!

“What was that, Carl?” yelled one of them. 

“It’s a female spy. Chase her out!” yelled another. 

“We have to inform Beta Stavros.” I didn’t stop to listen, whizzing across the snow in the blink of an eye. It was only when I reached the cottages did I stop to catch my breath. But the relief was short-lived as I watched a massive search operation being launched to seek me out. I hadn’t expected that! 

“Are you sure you saw a female? I don’t see anyone here,” said one, searching for me at the cluster of cottages far ahead. It would take them five minutes to inspect all of them and reach me. No, this wasn’t a safe place at all. I gave a frantic look around. Where could I go? 

As long as I wasn’t injured, I could use all my powers to save my life. It was the gift every silver wolf in the universe possessed. Mind manipulation was one of my favorite tools and I excelled in the sphere, having practiced it from a young age under my father’s guidance. 

I closed my eyes for a fraction of a second and tried to manipulate the minds of the members of the search party ahead. One by one, I could plague them with illusions, confusing them thoroughly. My psychic powers have never betrayed me so far. 

“There’s no one, Carl. I’m sure you were hallucinating,” said the one I had successfully manipulated. 

‘Yes, we’ve done it, Cera,’ said my wolf Lia. I had already experienced my first shift last month under my father’s guidance. Now, a week ahead of my eighteenth birthday, I was an orphan and left totally alone on the entire continent to fend for myself. It was a scary situation indeed. ‘Hurry, there are five more to control!’ 

I focused my attention on the other members, and they all left one by one, abandoning the search. 

“Carl, it was a gust of silver dust,” chuckled another oblivious pack member. 

“Carl needs to get laid to clear his mind!” laughed another. 

“Shut up, f*ckers. Beta Stavros is on his way here. You better have a solid excuse ready, because I’m sure a spy has infiltrated into our territory. I’ve captured her on my phone.”

“Oh, show us. Is she hot?”  

I sucked in a deep breath at the newfound information. The sentinel had captured me on his phone. How would I erase the footage? I could easily hack into his phone, but I needed access to it first. 

A commotion at the border made me peer out to check. A gasp of horror escaped my lips at the sight of Alpha Achlys and his pack members. They were arguing with the sentinels, demanding that they hand me over. This place wasn’t safe anymore. I had to seek shelter somewhere else. 

“She’s ours. Hand her over to us,” yelled Alpha Achlys in a fit of rage. 

“Who? We have seen no one trespassing.” 

“You’re lying, Lucerian. You’ll pay for keeping our female forcefully here,” barked Alpha Achlys. 

I didn’t wait to listen to their argument. Alpha Achlys had crushed my efforts with his claim. He proved the sentinel right. It was proved I was a spy who had infiltrated into their territory. If I didn’t escape, they would surely seek me out soon.

While the sentinels were busy in the fight, I dashed like lightning to the nearest rocky ledge. My heartbeats sped up as I scanned my surroundings with my binocular vision. I needed to spend a week here until I turned eighteen. Then I could seek my species out and join their pack! 

There was a vast frozen lake in a deserted section of the village, with a few houses nearby, although miles apart. Maybe I could seek shelter in the underground caves on the shores of the lake. I ran as fast as I could, my feet hardly touching the snowy ground as I raced towards my destination. 

In my haste, I hardly noticed a snowmobile approaching me at a breakneck speed. As I raced ahead, it screeched to a halt to avoid hitting me. 

“What the f*ck!” muttered a spine-tingling male voice behind me. It made me stop and turn to check. 

To my immense horror, the driver, a muscular, hunky male, toppled over and a gasp escaped my lips. It made him look up. My eyes connected with a pair of electric blue ones and I froze, unable to look away. 

‘Mate!’ Lia’s breathy whisper confused me. Was she hallucinating? How could a shifter be my mate? My mate would be a Silver Wolf, right? 

“Who runs like that? You could have got us killed,” he scolded me as he tried to get up, all the while holding my gaze. “Can’t you help me?” 

I hesitated and stepped forward to help him when a car appeared with the sentinel, Brad, behind the steering wheel. Before he could see me, I whirled around and raced towards the cave, leaving the hunky blue-eyed stranger lying on the ground and staring after me. I didn’t want to leave. I wanted to help him, but it would get me in trouble. 

As I raced ahead, my mind was restless with thoughts of the stranger I had just collided with. I just couldn’t forget him. 

‘Mate!’ whispered Lia in a state of daze, confusing me further.