CHAPTER IV

(CRIMSON ALPHA)

THIRD PERSON POV

“WHAT THE HELL!”

“That man is crazy!”

The news made everyone unsettled. Suddenly boiling in rage with irritation and a drive to defend and kill for the sake of the entire pack and the security of their territory. 

“He may be known as the ruthless man who killed his father and left a pile of corpses and a trail of blood in his wake to have the position that he has right now. He may be feared by the small packs and other territories, but it doesn’t give him the right to request something absurd from us.”

Cliff slams the table hard in anger. The commander of the seventh unit of the Silver Wolf Pack. One of the gammas of the pact and currently the third stronger warrior of the pack next to the beta. Expresses his thoughts immediately in front of everyone the majority agrees with him with a beat. 

“Say your command and we will follow. We will prepare the necessary things that are needed and immediately face that pack and protect the territory. Alpha Reid!”

“We shouldn’t waste time and we should do things immediately.”

“How dark he asks for something stupid and absurd. Who is he to ask for one of the Alpha’s daughters ---”

“That’s enough, all of you!”

Leo raises his voice, in authority and second in command. Powerful and more than enough to shut everyone’s mouth. 

“You all have seen it didn’t you.”

Everyone remains silent. When Leo opens with the fact that triggers all their memory from the past war ten years ago. The war changes the face of the entire continent. Bringing the nameless pack of Crimson into the pedestal. 

“The blood bath that night. The massacre and the pile of corpses that was left from his wake.” He remembers that night, the fear and the utter dread that they all saw in front of them. “Our pack may evade that same fate by being neutral and respecting everyone around us. But the carnage that night, and the blood moon prove the cruelty and taint that is supposed to be an innocent child. Do you think that we can stand against the most powerful demon werewolf of the prophecy?”

Still, in utter silence, some of them are clenching their fist hard at the fact that they almost forgot. Or perhaps getting ahead of themselves now that the pack is one of the strongest seven. 

Leo sighs, and made them understand and immediately. 

“The Crimson Blood Hound Pack maybe in silence for ten years now. But we shouldn’t forget that their Alpha is that same supposed to be an innocent young boy of that night. The most powerful Alpha who took everyone with those small hands of him and manifested his demonic wolf at such an early age.” 

“Leo is right.” Alpha Reid agrees. Taking the things and the chances carefully as possible. “We couldn’t just jump into a meaningless fight without considering the safety of the entire pack. We aren’t the same ones ten years ago. Our territory is big and many people are looking to us for their safety and protection. If that boy is a monster back then, just how much is he right now? I do not want to risk anything just to see it myself.”

The atmosphere changes, lessen with the boiling wrath and exchange with the calm nature after Alpha Reid explains the situation they are into. Now waiting for his command and plan. 

“I do not wish to give anyone of my daughter to that ruthless man. But if it is the only way to save the rest, one is enough as a sacrifice.”

They all wanted to protest. Even Leo who cares so much for the ladies treated them like his own with his most favorable one in mind. 

“Who?” He asks quickly, holding his breath for a bit and the taunting inside his mind that is slowly dragging him to the edge. “Do you have a person in mind?”

“I-” Alpha Reid hesitates, unsure of the fact that he didn’t want to let go of any of his daughters, but he also knows that this is the only way. “The one that I have in mind---”

“SIVER hair and a pair of grey eyes. Just who had those criteria that are mentioned in the book, but the daughter of the alpha of the Silver Wolf Pack?”

“Do you think that they will just hand you one of their precious ladies, especially since they are the daughter of Alpha Reid?”

“Tsk!”

He smirks. Confident and more than a simple arrogance that anyone thinks about him, but fulfilling still places him with the title and standing as the most ruthless Alpha. The demon that the prophecy is foretold, the one who can eradicate everyone in one bloody night of war. 

“Who do they think I am? They have been pampering me all this time for the past decade. Letting me do what I wanted, leaving my pack in peace, and for what? In exchange for my silence and requesting for me to stay low and a good boy.”

He then laughs at those words and facts. For ten years that he endures and stayed silent. Knowing that he is too young back then with his wolf that is a hellish demon that is torturing him for fun. 

“Enough is enough. Now that I have the answer to this hellish curse, why do I need to hold back? Knowing that no one could defy my world and my request after a decade.”

“In short, you will wage a war if your desire is not given.”

“Exactly.”

Lance smirks, the beta and the continent’s youngest one and one of the most powerful men with his wolf that can par with the Silver Hound Pack’s Alpha, Alpha Reid. His trusted ally, best friend, and someone that shares a glimpse of his curse, along with the other six of his commanders. 

“Alright, you are our Alpha and as your subordinate, I need to follow your wish. So, should I prepare everything for our departure? Besides, everything is already set. The message had been delivered. Now, what is your command?”

“Let’s head out right now. Let’s take the big bikes, and only bring two of the commanders. That number is enough. For I will personally hunt my future wife, my ticket out from this curse.”

Reddish brown hair that when the sun shines on the lock of his hair, a crimson hue will draw as an illusion. With his auburn red eyes just like the autumn and the dawn of the day. He smirks, drawing a sinister grin, with his name called. 

“As you wish, Alpha Ryder.”