A wolf for a wolf

Kayden’s pov

“ Alpha, you need to come see this!” A wolf from my Pack yelled out again as Melanie and I rushed outside.

The call was too alarming, causing my mind to drift from sceneries to sceneries.

We both made our way to the big square building in the middle of the arena and I could see people gathering around to take a peek of something I couldn’t see.

When they saw me coming, they parted and made way for me to see the reason for the gathering. I walked abruptly till my feet stopped on the source of attraction.

I could hear murmurs and crying around but my gaze was focused on what was in front

A dead wolf. From my pack.

“ Alpha, we saw him dead already when we went for change of patrol. He must have been out a long time ago.” I heard someone speak from the background but I could focus my attention on him as my eyes pierced through the visible heart of the dead wolf. I was pissed and who does this knows well how to piss an Alpha.

His body was fully cut in details. His heart was ripped off and his ball socket was bulging out, his skin was peeled and his tongue was cut with some of his tooth pulled off.

They killed him in his wolf form.

Who dare do this to my clan, to my pack!

“ Alpha, we saw this wrapped around him.” I was handed a little cloth with bloody writings on it.

‘ It will rain blood’ It reads.

I could hear piercing murmurs from around me.

“ What does it says Alpha?” I heard Melanie’s impatient voice asks with eagerness. Everyone was waiting to hear the meaning of the word on the cloth but I ignored them.

“ What does it says?”

I ignored again but squatted to take a swipe of blood from the deceased, “ Who is his family?” I asked calmly.

A set of people burst into tears and started screaming his name. A great way to identify themselves.

“ He was one of our best, so let it be known this day that the death of our beloved shall not go unnoticed. We shall find and hurt the killers of our loved one and,”I looked towards Melanie to draw a sense of peace from her, “ We will take them down.”

“ It is going to be a wolf for a wolf.”

“We shall have for him a befitting burial.” I swiped my fingers through his bulging eyeball to close whatever was left of it.

“Gather your loved ones and let us bury the dead.”

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“ What did the writing say?” Melanie asked again as soon as we got to my bedroom. I had the men take care of the body as the family payed last homage to him.

She was persistent, “ Alpha, you are not talking to me, Who did this? The rogues? The splitters? Who?”

I dragged my tired hands to my forehead to somehow soothe the troubling headache arising, “ The rogues knows how to play their game well, but this is not one of theirs. The splitters won’t dare come close to my territory, they are too foolish to do that.”

I sat on the bed and I felt Melanie behind me as spoke with so much uncertainty. “ Then who? Who would want so much of your attention as to butcher a wolf in that manner?”

I glare at her with so much coldness that could freeze the full Atlantic Ocean as I said the one word that has been bothering my heart for some time.

“My mate.”