Everyone in the room darted a glance at each other without saying anything, they all held their breaths too scared to even breathe well while darting small glances at the man who was seated at the far end of the room.
His head was thrown backwards and his eyes were closed as though he was sleeping but the murderous feelings that was emaciating from him said otherwise. His eyes were closed while his eyelashes fluttered lazily.
Some of the old people in the room turned to an elderly man while using their hands and eyes to make all kinds of gestures and conversations. The elderly man who looked as terrified as the rest of the men in the room coughed lightly while standing up and bowing his head to the man who looked as if he was still sleeping.
“Alpha Alston, on behalf….” The old man had barely started when the supposed sleeping man stopped him in his tracks.
“Old man have your seat” he interrupted him finally lifting the eyelids that seemed so heavy to lift seconds before.
In the whole of the Curran pack, the only person who dared to address the father of the Chief Priestess as an old man was Alpha Alston. Even other Alphas would respectfully address him. For Alston, he could call him whatever he wanted and the old man? He wouldn’t even bother.
The old man who had stood up to talk raised his head to peek at the expression he was wearing before bowing his head again and walking back to his seat.
Alston glanced at the number of people settled in the room with the man who was kneeling few metres away from him with his head bowed.
“So you lost him?” he started with everyone flinching and unconsciously straightening their backs.
“Alpha Alston” one of the men started getting to his feet.
“Whoever this person was; it was none like we had seen before. Their fighting skills were very much different from what we were familiar with. He was trained well trained” the man continued while raising his head to glance at Alston for a moment.
“It was more like he was trained on how to fight against us” he muttered quietly while keeping his head bowed.
“Zach, is that true?” Alston asked and man kneeling few meters away from him raised his head slightly and nodded.
“Yes Alpha Alston, he had every counter for every one of our moves” he replied and Alston chuckled. A chuckle that washed dread and fear over everyone in the room.
Alston wasn’t feared just because he was the strongest Alpha to exist or because he was ruthless and cruel. It was more because he was irritable and unpredictable, he could anything as long as he wanted to, right or wrong, no one could stop him. When someone as strong as Alston was wilful and unpredictable; automatically fear wold be instilled in everyone.
“Send message to Alpha Jake of the RedBurn tribe, that his last son isn’t so bad but I want the head of whomever had taught him how to fight. I give him ten hours to send the head over else he should ready his pack for war” Alston said every single of his word soaking sweat in everyone’s bones and marrows.
“Yes Alpha Alston” they chorused as Alston walked out of the room a blank expression on his face. The people in the room remained in their bowing position until they were sure that Alston was out of sight.
“What did he mean by what he said?” one of the men asked.
“Don’t tell me that the person we fought all night long is the last son of the RedBurn?” another one asked.
“Alpha Jake had gone too far this time”
“He’s very lucky that Alpha Alston is letting him live”
“Alpha Alston is plotting something again”
“Why is he always that irritable?”
“I heard that it’s because he’s the only Alpha without a mate”
“Alpha Alston had been searching for his mate for years and yet, he hasn’t found her yet”
“Other Alpha’s strength is multiplied when they find their mate but Alpha Alston is even stronger. Imagine how strong he would be when he finds his mate”
“I don’t want to think about it”
“For now, let’s send Alpha Jake a message. He has less than ten hours already”
Alston walked through the forest grounds the weeds and flowers sweeping at his legs at he walked. The man who had been kneeling in the room before walked behind him, his head dropped as quiet as possible. Nobody knew more than him how irritable Alston got as days passed by. The Alpha looked and seemed frustrated but he refused to open up and share his feelings with another. He would rather wallow in self-disgust and over thinking and let someone do the thinking for him.
He watched as Alston got to a tree trunk and sat down resting his back against the trunk while closing his eyes.
“Alpha Alston” he called quietly while Alston ignored him.
Away from the stress and worries of the pack; Alston’s heart still felt heavy and unsatisfied for reason he did not know. He had always felt this way and when it all started he didn’t know. At first it was a heavy feeling and then it started to take a toll on his mood and his decisions. He became so irritable that he irritated himself half of the time.
‘Why are you so irritable?’ his wolf asked and Alston rolled his eyes.
‘If I were you Sebastian, I wouldn’t say anything to me right now’ Alston said while his wolf snickered without saying anything.
‘I don’t know why you worry so much. We’ll find her okay? Wherever she is, we will find her’ his wolf muttered.
‘Who’s her?’ he asked.
‘Our mate’ Sebastian replied and Alston rolled his eyes.
Mate.
Somehow the word sounded so strange yet so close. From the early age of sixteen, some of the Alpha’s had found their mates. Alston had taken over the reins of the pack from his father at seventeen. Back then he was very much excited to find his mate but his excitement soon died out and turned to nonchalance as the years passed and he still didn’t find her.
8 years and counting and there was no sign of her. And for some reason as well; the Chief Priestess always came up with bleak and blank divinations about his mate whenever his worried mother ran to her shrine.
Alston wasn’t in the least interested in finding his mate, whether she existed or not; he no longer cared. He had more worries than finding his mate. He had made their pack stronger than other packs since he took over, he had personally trained more than half of the royal guards and the guards protecting the pack. He had brought the pack to where it stood today.
With time other packs were growing stronger and stronger and were dauntingly and subtlety challenging his pack, they were itching to take over their vast land and resources. The thought made Alston flinch in disgust.
And that was why a pack like RedBurn had the audacity to send its next Alpha to infiltrate his own pack, he sent his own son to infiltrate the Curran Pack. The audacity and confidence made Alston’s blood boil with anger as he sneered.
He had been too quiet for long, they had all forgotten how powerful he was and how magmonious he was. Once upon a time when he trampled on their pack and land and they had to bow their heads to him; he hadn’t taken away their land or asked for tribute, all he had asked for was for respect and they had given it to him or so he had thought.
Times were changing and they thought it was finally their turn?
Now they wanted not just trample all over his land and pack, they wanted his land and its resources, they wanted his warrior and everything that they enjoyed. They might be older but they weren’t smart enough.
Alston had watched a lot of packs build warriors in secret hiding them in the human land, he watched them build and hide resources for what at first I didn’t understand. But after the usual pack meeting, he came to an understanding. Refusing to reveal their agenda, he had watched them quietly without saying anything nor moving against them.
But now, they had openly infiltrated his own pack.
“How are the troops doing?” Alston suddenly asked.
“Of which pack?” Zach asked his head lowered a little.
“Raven” Alston replied and Zach just bowed his head without saying anything. Alston rose to his feet, a small sneer on his lips. He needed to show them once more who the strongest was. It looked as though they had forgotten, reminding them was the best option.
“Let’s pay them a visit” Alston said in the next second he morphed into a huge grey wolf bursting into a race the next second. Zach knowing fully well what Alston was about to do the moment he said ‘Let’s pay them a visit’ morphed into a wolf the next second, his wolf was much blacker and would easily adjust into darkness chasing after Alston hotly.
“Have a nice day Mom,” Arya said dropping a kiss on her mom’s forehead before darting into the school. No thanks to her mom, she would be late for her first class. adjusting the back pack on her shoulders; she hurried through the stairs and hallway praying that the teacher wouldn’t be in class yet but as expected her prayers weren’t answered.The moment she stepped into the class; everyone turned to her including the very much older man who was resting on his table while teaching the class. Arya swallowed her saliva nervously while bowing her head slightly in greetings.“Miss Jenkins, the time is forty-five minutes past 9am” he started and Arya winced quietly.“You want to tell the whole class why you came late?” he asked his eyes boring into her as if telling her that if she lied, he would be able to figure her out on the spot.Mr Hagans had always given Arya the chills. The man was a no n
“Hey baby” someone said pressing a forehead kiss to Arya’s forehead while Arya closed her eyes and allowed herself to relish the sparks that coursed through their body in that spilt second. She then turned to face the boy who had his arms wrapped around her shoulders.“Where have you been?” she asked repeating the question she had asked before. The blonde haired boy tapped on her nose before wearing a smile that never failed to make Arya turn into a puddle of butterflies.“I had to run a few errands” he replied eliciting furrowed brows from Arya.“And you wouldn’t pick my calls?” Arya asked a frown etched to her face while the boy burst into laughter.“C’mon baby. I left my phone in the car so I didn’t see your calls. Why do you think I rushed down here?” he asked as Arya folded her arms shaking of his arms off her shoulders.“What kind of errands would make you leave your phone in the car,” Arya asked.“Anyone could have called, your mom or your Dad or someone important. Don’t tell m
“Why am I just learning about this supposed mountain trip?” she asked and Arya sighed turning to her mom while throwing her arms upwards in the air.“Mom, we go for school trips every year; why are you freaking out because I’m telling you a night before?” Arya asked not understanding why her mom was acting so worked up.“You go for school trips every year and this year, it’s some freaky mountain? And you are telling few hours to the trip? You must be kidding me?!” her mom yelled as she walked towards the table and grabbed her phone.“I’m calling your school authorities. They must be crazy to think I’ll let my daughter go some mountain in the same of some stupid school trip” she muttered while Arya’s mouth dropped agape. She quickly rushed towards her mom collecting the phone from her and ending the call.“Mom, what are you doing?” she asked while her mom turned to her with a frown on her face.“Give me my phone Arya” her mom replied firmly.“Mom, are you trying to embarrass me in fron
By the time Arya woke up the next morning, she was quick to rehearse her apology in her head while stepping out of her room. She jogged down the stairs with a smile on her face but much to her shock; the dining room and the seating room was empty. Her eyes flew to the digital clock on the wall and it read few minutes’ past 9am in the morning, her parents were early risers and most of the time as early as 6 in the morning, they would be up.She quickly jogged back up the stairs and knocked on their doors. Receiving no reply, she swallowed her saliva and pushed the door open. The sight of the empty room and well laid bed brought Arya to a pause.Her parents had left the house without a word to her.The realization reeled back and hit Arya in the face. She slowly closed the door and walked to her room plopping on the bed and staring into space. It had never, never happened before. her parents were busy people; her Dad worked in one of the biggest hospitals in Denmark and was also one of t
The journey to Mount Mollejo took approximately five hours; if you removed all the time wasted while trying to pick up snacks and drinks from the supermarket. Arya yawned lightly as soon as the students started getting off the bus. She had always been excited about travelling. Her Instagram stories would be full of the nice environment while she travelled but because of the mentally tasking events that had taken place before’ Arya couldn’t even bring herself to do anything. Not to mention that Brad almost got left behind while searching for his camera and had to get into another bus entirely.Arya lifted her bag over her shoulders and stared at Brad’s bag before trying to lift it.“Babe, I’m so sorry” a very familiar voice drifted into Arya’s ears as the weight on his shoulder disappeared. A small smile fitted across Arya’s face while laughing at herself. It was already a lot of work trying to carry her own bag but Brad had lifted both hers and his very easily. She followed him out of
Arya was sure that anger and irritation had mixed up in her blood because she almost couldn’t describe what she was feeling. While the other gathered around for the bonfire; she refused to join them and decided to go for a walk in the woods instead.Her parents, Eileen and then Brad.What the hell was wrong with all of them? Why did they all have to choose one day to infuriate her or turn their backs on her? They could have easily picked different days so that on every day they choose to go bonkers she would have a backup and someone to talk to.She checked her phone for the hundredth time and there were zero missed calls from her parents. She had sent them both a messages earlier apologizing for going against their wishes and saying mean things to them. They had gotten to Mount Mollejo and seeing the serene; she thinks she’s going to have a very good time. She asked them to call her back and even attached a picture of her and her tent.And that was over five hours before and Arya was
By the time Arya opened her eyes, meeting the familiar room décor and warm feeling, she realized that she was in her room and relief washed through her before she froze again. Memories of the previous night rushed into her head and Arya managed to seat on the bed praying that whatever might have happened was a dream. Just as she was thinking, there was knock on her room door.“Come in” Arya muttered quietly. The door opened and her mother let herself in with her dad behind her.“Hey baby girl” her mom started walking to her to hug her but Arya was quick to shrink away from her freezing her mother in place.“Who are you? Where have you hidden my mom?” Arya shot at her mom and seeing the hurt flash through her mother’s eyes, she swallowed her saliva and turned to her Dad.“Dad, something weird really happened yesterday. Something really weird” Arya started darting glances at her mom.“Things weird as you seeing humans morph into wolves and wolves morphing into humans right?” Her Dad ask
Arya didn’t know when she slept off but when she woke up, there was Eileen seating at the edge of her bed.“Are you feeling alright?” Eileen asked quietly and Arya stared at her confused.“How did you know I was at home Eileen?” Arya asked not wanting to believe the thought that swept across her mind.“Because, I as well, I am a wolf” Eileen replied quietly.“I am a werewolf specifically to protect you” Eileen added.Arya stared at Eileen as if she had grown three heads. She chuckled while trying to seat up on her bed.“So you knew about this all long?” Arya asked and Eileen nodded her head.“Yes, I did” Eileen replied.“That was why you went all freaky when I decided to go for the mountain trip. You even had a big fight with me because of it” Arya pointed out but silence was served as an answer for her.“I don’t even know who to trust again. You who I took as my best friend kept such a huge secret from me” Arya said and Eileen chuckled.“Like you would have believed me if I told you