Aspen was kicking fruitlessly in the back of a donkey. “Ouch.” She yelled. “I said shutup!” Her captor hit the bag she laid on. “Ouch! I think… i think my baby’s coming.”“What?! Rudolf and the captor screamed.“I think he’s coming!” Aspen yelled again.“Ow man.” The captor yelled before turning around, “you’re going to pay for this! You’ve done nothing but waste my time all day!”Aspen winced. Her insides felt like they were ripping open. This was never the plan. She was supposed to be next to Richardson. Being tended to by the most skillful and important doctors.Yet here she was at the back of some abandoned carriage with her blackmailer and very, very far from the West.Aspen broke down in tears. The donkey came to a harsh halt nearly throwing Aspen and Ruldof off.“Please tell me you’re faking it.” Rudolf whispered as their captor jumped off. The scrawny man walked around and got started on the locks to the carriage.Aspen and Rudolf’s breath hitched. Was this it? Were they re
“For king and country!” Brian yelled, spurring the other men to scream too. They ran into their target territory. William kept his brave face on despite his heart palpitating in his chest.Just as Rhode anticipated, the polls had barely any combat type wolves. The moment Rhode and his wolves approached, they fled.“This can’t be it.” Brian said, reverting to his human form.“I think it is.” Rhode said, reverting as well. One by one, all of the men reverted, taking in the scenery.It was a vast sea, with beautiful landscape for as far as their extreme vision could see.“We did it.” Brian said to Rhode, chest heaving up and down. Rhode was glad.He didn’t have to kill any of Megan’s kinsmen. William held his gaze and smiled, “we did it, alpha.” He said as well. “A hundred men will camp here! I will send word to the palace to send more. Rex?” He called out to one of his men.“Yes, alpha?”Rex, one of his Betas, said, “what if we’re ambushed? This seems too easy, doesn’t it?” He asked an
Rhode had never been so glad to see the borders of the West before. He had never thought he would feel the pang of relief he was feeling now as he stared at the border sign half a mile away in clear distance. He was happy to know that he had delivered on his words. He was happy to know that he was finally claiming exclusive rights to the West's territorial seas. It was a piece of the West that was closely coveted by other packs, and now, by a stroke of luck and Richardson's gullibility, the seas were in the palm of his hands.It was something his grandfather had tried to attain even when the West was not at its peak and failed, his father the same thing, even down to his brother, he was just relieved that he could fulfill their dreams at last.He had also done it for Megan back home, the sea would be a gift to her as he finally takes her to the altar after his return. Ge briefly thought about what his council men would say, before swiftly shaking off the thought. He cared nothing for
“What in the moon above do you think you are doing, Lord Fuhler?!” Megan yelled in righteous fury as she rose up from her seat to descend upon Lord Fuhler in all her rage.He was such an imbecile, to strike a woman barely out of labor, and Megan was filled with a strange kind of disgust for him.“She called me a teller of tales!” Lord Fuhler yelled back, causing Megan to scoff as she turned her head to look at Marcel standing solidly behind her.“Restrain him!” Megan yelled again, her eyes burning with power. She was not usually this explosive generally, but striking a woman fresh out of the labor room was crossing the line.Marcel was quick to do as she commanded because In the next instant, he was next to Fuhler, and gripped his upper arm tightly, causing Fuhler's face to turn a furious purple.“Slow down, your majesty.” The cautious voice of Lord Rosebud roused Megan from her angry haze, and she turned around to glance in his direction, before giving him a subtle nod.“This lady is
“What is going on here?!” Megan yelled as she burst through the heavy doors that shielded the council room and was met with a horde of people as they pushed around and demanded justice.“Nice to finally have your attention, my queen.” Lord Fuhler grinned with a mocking bow, and Megan frowned. Everything about the statement and situation was wrong. He had never acknowledged her as queen before, and the entire court was in chaos when he finally did.When the crowd heard the word “queen” they turned their anger on her and demanded justice in garbled tones jumbled together. It was a disaster.Megan looked around her quickly for Lord Rosebud. He was the only council man she trusted after all, and the crowd were looking more than hostile as they threatened to lynch and destroy.With her head tucked forward with determination, Megan tried to use her eyes to locate Lord Rosebud quickly before Lord Fuhler found the time to launch his newest schemes that were undoubtedly designed to hurt her.“
The carcass of the dead beast was dragged in by a dozen wolves as they tried to reel it back to camp. The smell of blood was still heavy on the air, and Rhode was already back in his human form as he stood silently and watched the efforts made to thrust up their newest kill.Rhode could not help but smile. The kill was big enough to feed his men for the night, so it was a win. As he sat under the silver sky, he could not help but wonder how Megan was faring. His last decision to put her in power was born out of impulse, which shocked him, he was never a man of impulse after all, or maybe he was and just did not know it, but one thing was for sure, there would be consequences.William rushed over to stand beside him silently, but Rhode sighed in exhaustion, a sudden weariness creeping into his bones because he knew for a fact that if he continuously failed to get his affairs in order, then he would end up like his brother, leaving Megan widowed and abandoned in a foreign land. She ha