It was exactly two weeks since Baku and his father visited Frank. They had made preparations for Frank and his family to come over to Karak. They had a lot to discuss in the beautiful city of Karak. The D-day had finally arrived. Since the last visit Melnyk was excited to the extent sleep dared not to get close to his eyes. The plan was to go to Karak to visit Alpha Lord Haimi but all that lingered in Melnyk’s mind was his friend, Baku. He recalled the heartwarming conversation he had with his friend the last time he visited; the whole conversation was fresh in Melnyk’s retentive memory. He recalled how he spoke about his woes and troubles to his newly found friend, noticing that they lived in a completely different world from his friend. Melnyk recalled what someone had told him about destiny and how everyone has a different life and he should never judge anyone until he walks in their shoes. All that was aside, for what truly mattered to Melnyk Right now was that he just wanted to see Baku’s town and its castle, where he lived. He was so excited about the tales his friend Baku had told him. They were marvellous enough to keep up all night.
An undisputed fact in Frank’s house was that nothing escapes Melnyk’s mother; and as she observes her son, with his failed attempt to avoid eye contact with her, she finally voiced her concern“Melnyk, you don’t look like someone that has slept even for a minute”“Mother I did” Melnyk answered as he tries to walk away.His effort to walk away was halted as she blocked his way and demanded he looks at her. Melnyk raised his face to look at his mother and she saw the residue of last night in his eyes.“Why are you doing this to yourself?” she asked, bothered for her son’s well-being. Melnyk bent his head in shame. “Good, take your bath, maybe you will feel a bit better” She added.Afterwards, in his room which looked like a typical boys' room, with clothes that were misplaced. Melnyk was dressed up in his favourite brown trousers, and a blue shirt to match his sanders; he stood in front of the gigantic mirror that captured his whole being, he admired himself for a while and decided to join the carriage that was waiting for his Royal Highness. Melnyk was still the champion when it comes to being the last to get ready. He went outside and found his father dressed in armour sheathing his emerald sword, and his mother looking as beautiful as always. His mother was wearing a green dress with a spread flare at the end and it kind of matched her eyes, she was beautiful even a blind man could attest to that. The whole family with a few guards rode nonstop until midday, They finally made a stop in a town. For a child who has never been outside his town, Melnyk marvelled at the size of the town and was certain, that this was bigger than where he was from. “Father, is this Karak?” The curious Melnyk asked. He had no idea how far, Baku’s town was so his father was certain, there will be a lot of questions on this journey. Frank smiled at his son and said “No son, this here is Alcasa, it is the domain of Alpha Lord Dormana,” he replied with a smile on his face. Melnyk will soon find out why his father smiled widely. “Alpha Lord Frank, welcome to my humble home” The bass voice of a man in shorts called out. His name was Lord Dormana. Melnyk being the youngest boy in the room stared carefully at the man that had just called out to his father; he was a dark-skinned muscled man with piercings on his face, he was as tall as Melnyk's father, and everyone could tell he was handsome even with the decorations on his face. He walked towards Frank and said, “Alpha Lord Frank, my friend” He kissed Frank on the cheeks, and hugged him. “How are you, Dorma?” Frank asked. “I have been bored, nothing much is happening in Alcasa, you know?” He smiled sheepishly. “Enjoy the peace my Alpha Lord” Frank teased him as he patted him on his back. Melnyk set his gaze upon the black handsome man that he had just met who seemed close to his parent. Lord Dorma turned towards mother, smiled and said “If it isn’t the ever beautiful Camila” he quickly moved towards her, held her and kissed her marvellous lips as she just stood. “Watch it Dorma” Frank’s jealousy was about to get the better part of him as he gave Lord Dorma a disgusted look.“I am still hurt that you chose him over me,” Dorma said, as he threw his gaze towards Frank, and added “Oh calm down, you got the prized possession even Azuul smiled towards your victory” Everyone except the surprised Melnyk, busted out in hysterical laughter. “Melnyk, my boy-- come and hug your supposed father” he opened his arms wide. Melnyk sluggishly walked over and hugged him. “Let's go inside”, he signalled to the servants, Get the horses. “We are not staying long, we are heading to Karak” Melnyk looked towards his father who was trying to cut short the little acquaintance he was getting from this strange, yet friendly face that he had just met. The palace was what heaven will look like if it was on earth, it was marvellous and beautiful. The inside of the huge castle was architecture at its zenith. Lord Dorma was a man of taste and Melnyk would have whispered all this but he was tucked deep into the arms of Lord Dorma and was certain he could hear even the smallest whispers If he dared to say anything.“Business with Haimi?”Lord Dormana asked as he broke the silence.“Yes, something like that” Frank answered as he held his wife’s hands, as they walked with elegance. They all sat down at the dining table, which was situated in the middle of the dining hall, it had numerous seats and if everyone decided to have two chairs at intervals amidst each other, they will still be enough for everyone. They sat next to each other as they devoured roasted lamb and discussed. Melnyk sat estranged, observing the room and people going about. Though his father mentioned something about Lord Dorma not having a mate, there were a lot of women present in the palace. They all laughed a lot as the conversions went on for hours; The observant Melnyk discovered how happy his father looked happy with what seemed like he was best of friends with Alpha Lord Dormana. “I like this your kid, if only you give me him and go make another one,” Lord Dorma laughed.“Get yourself a mate, and make your own, Dorma” Frank said. The Carriage was already waiting for the visitors outside.“It was nice to see you, my friend,” Alpha Lord Dormana said.“Me too,” Frank replied.“Camila, Camila, Camila, it is always a pleasure to look at your beautiful face.” This time he did not aim high, he just decided to settle for a kiss on her palm. “Thank you, my Alpha Lord,” Camila smiled politely and got into the carriage. The black man turned towards Melnyk and smiled. Lord Dorma collected a dagger from the closest guard.“This is my gift to you, may you use it wisely,” he said as he handed the dagger.“Thank you my Alpha Lord,” Melnyk said.“Oh please call me Dorma, you are my son too,” He look at Frank and smiled. The pleasantries came to a halt as the visitors continued to Karak Finally, they arrived at Karak. Melnyk was spellbound at the magnificent city that stood in his front as the carriage made its way through the entrance of the town. The gates were wide open, as the city was flooded with people moving in a hurry, everyone seemed like they had a goal to achieve and time was their enemy as they tried so hard to keep up. Melnyk in his entire life had never seen this many people before, but that was not what occupied his mind, for at that moment… the buildings that had been erected in this city of Karak left him gaping at the beauty of architecture, he wondered how they made numerous tall yet beautiful buildings, maybe there was a tall man that executed this herculean task, he needed to ask his friend Baku how buildings like this were being built. After a few minutes of journeys in the city of Karak, they finally made it to the doors of the palace, Melnyk alighted, looked at the tower in the palace and his head was already facing towards the sky, struggling with the sun's rays. Camila closed her son’s mouth and adjusted his head with a smile, and they all walked into the palace buildings.A couple of years later, a lot had changed in both Melnyk and Baku’s lives, Melnyk thought about it, some were good memories, while most were the opposite, the latter side still gave Melnyk sleepless nights, but the top of it all was the passing away of his father. He thought of his father as a great warrior that restricted himself, he saw his father as someone who could conquer the world but choose to conquer only his mother’s heart. Coward wasn’t the best of words to choose while describing his father but Melnyk found himself settling for that even though deep down his heart. He was certain that his father was far from being a coward. Melnyk believed that to describe his father, he will have to find a word that settles between brave and coward, brave because he had tried numerous times to change what his forefathers had spoilt and a coward for he did not try his very best, even though in future he will come to regret ever thinking low of his father. Melnyk came to understand that h
The News about the demise of Lord Haimi spread around the wolves' land like wildfire. Lord Halalnik felt as if the world had come to an end for him. He felt like his brother had died, he always spoke highly about the late Lord Haimi. He was a special friend and they have been together for a long time. Long before they knew what the moon goddess had in plans for both of them. The king did not speak to any of his subordinates for some days. Lord Halalnik distanced himself from everybody as he locked himself in his room for a couple of days. Richard and Zafira were troubled for they had never seen their father in this situation of grief and agony. Their heart started to tremble when he sent for them, they mentioned nothing to each other as they walked through the long corridor. Getting to the brown magnificent door that stood in front of them, Richard summoned the courage to knock. It seemed Lord Halalnik was waiting for the both of them, he immediately called in from behind the door
"Because she does not care about me" The trees along their path could also hear Zafira's high-pitched voice that was directed towards her brother. Richard was hell-bent on trying to make her understand everything their mother did was because of love and affection. "But you use to be best friends before what happened?" He asked perplexed"She said I grew up" tears had begun to roll down Zafira's eyes. At this moment she realized how much she cared for her mother's validation. She wanted to conquer the world but what will she do if it was at the expense of her mother's love? "Zafira, can I be honest with you?" Richard turned back and looked towards his entourage that rode behind them."Yes brother" she cleaned the little droplet from her eyes"I do not know from other worlds, but in our society, there is nothing like an Alpha queen; all these fantasies you deal with are not based on the reality of this world. Why don't you make your plans based on reality?" Richard hel
Lord Halalnik forgot to close his door after his children had left him. He was still dwelling on his past, wondering where he was going to go fo from here. What will be his essence in this life as his best friend turned brother has left this cruel world? He sat down on the edge of his bed with his face buried in his hands, as his tears continued to roll down his cheeks, making his hands wet. He recalled how he had met Lord Haimi. It was just like every other regular day. He had gone to the Murky forest to hunt any animal he could find.Luckily, he had spotted two gazelles, peacefully grazing. He started to wonder if he was going to spoil the peace of the animals that had done him no wrong. "Are you thinking what I am thinking?" A voice said to him as he laid down close to him with his bow and arrow"I doubt not" Lord Halalnik looked at the strange face. He had never seen him before. He looked at his back to check if there were more people behind him."Don't worry, I was the
"Lord Halalnik extends his greetings,” Richard said as he shook hands with Baku. “Thank you” answered Baku with his eyes having a pinch of red in it “Be strong, he lived a fulfilling life” Melnyk uttered trying to console his childhood friend. Melnyk felt as if Lord Haimi was his father, for he had been close and part of the family when he had crossed over to be a werewolf.“Thank you very much, Brother” Baku answered as they hugged. “My condolence and sorry for your mighty loss” Zafira spoke for the first time. Melnyk stopped a little, and looked backwards at the soothing voice that had just spoken, he was mesmerized by the female that stood among men, he wondered why he was able to perceive her aura. He loved the way Zafira's aura sent him into oblivion for a split second. He paid no heed because her face was nothing he had ever seen, this was what the dictionary defined as beautiful. She had a round oval face that had a single dimple by the right side. “Thank you” Baku
Weeks after Melnyk was left perplexed in the unexpected meeting which was held at Baku’s palace. He was still spellbound on the reaction of the lady he had deemed beautiful and mesmerized by her character and to top it all she was smart and fierce.After much deliberation and restless nights, Melnyk had come down to the conclusion that he wanted her as his mate. He and his wolf had decided that she was more of everything they had wanted in a spouse and they are certain she has to be the one because of the strong aura that emanated from her body. Melnyk had made up his mind that he was going after her and just like the unification, he will go to any length and break all barriers to have what he desired. Melnyk thought about the possibility of having her as his mate and smiled at how beautiful their world will be. Melnyk’s sleepless nights continued because he had not yet come up with any tangible answer that will satisfy both Richard and Zafira. He needed an answer
The sun shined as Zafira woke up with a smile. There was a time when she prefered to sleep other than to be awake, but today was different. Her life had been different since she came back home from the condolence visit in Karak. When she was a little girl, Zafira always wondered if her parents could hear all her conversations whenever she spoke to Richard, and because she did not know the answer, she was always mindful of whatever she said to him, vowing to take most of her darkest secrets to the grave. After the journey, her mother started to act differently. Zafira made sure she remembered every detail of the conversation she had with her mother the moment she came back from Karak. Everything felt like a dream to her and if it was a dream, Zafira wanted it to be a memorable dream. Her mother was about to exit from the palace entrance with her entourage when they all met at the palace door. "Welcome my children" The Queen peeped from the curtain of her carriage"Mother, Wh
Days, after Melnyk had made up his mind to head towards the city of Del. Melnyk, had sent a messenger to inform Del's castle of his arrival and a response was sent to him, welcoming him wholeheartedly. There was a thought in Melnyk's mind that had wished that his request got declined so that he wouldn't have to face lord Halalnik. As soon as he got the response from his messenger. Melnyk began to prepare for the long journey ahead. The journey to the city of Del was farther than he had expected, he spent two days alongside his beta, Peter the bulldog and some guards who all rode on their horses. They rode fast during the daytime and walked when the moon stood magnificently in the sky. Melnyk was almost quiet throughout the journey, thanks to his Beta companion who tried to ease the tension in his heart. Peter knew what was at stake, he knew this journey was mightier than it appeared to the guards that rode beside them. “This journey will go down in history as ou