Chapter 001

Jaime

“Save me abiagan…”

Ring!! ring!!

The sound of alarm echoed throughout a small rundown cabin.

“Shit”

Jamie was jerked awake by the alarm that wouldn't stop ringing. It was clear that he was irritated and angry. But taking a glance at the clock, he widened his eyes like saucers.

“8.30am Fuck me I am late for school” 

Jamie was a boy of 18 years, and attended the only college in town. Imo college. 

He rushed through his bath like his life depended on it, and within minutes he was trudging through the cracked grounds of the pack, running like his life depended on it deeper Into the pack. Instead of going straight to school.

It was in this situation that he desperately wished he had awakened his wolf. It would have been faster and much easier for him But no. 

He was the pack trash.

The disappointment that was only alive because of his father's achievement to the werewolf community.

Yes his father was a beta for the greencreek pack. And not just any beta, he was a great and famous scientist who had awakened his wolf at the age of 14, and had an affinity for metals.

Greencreek pack, was One of the strongest packs after the invasion 3 years ago. Jamie stood at a small hill, overlooking the dome-like structure that was the facility. It stretched for miles unending.

What used to be a sacred green lush environment, moon-kissed and rich with ancestral memory, was now overrun by the metallic scent of science and something colder. Something alien, that always gives him goosebumps. But he has no choice but to come here every morning before going to school. even though that was the least of what he ever wanted.

He was short on time. Taking a deep breath to calm his nerves down, he took off again, passing the pack soldiers who were having their morning routine. 

He had always dreamed of being a soldier, even rising up in rank to become a commander. just like his father but fate has other plans for him. After the turning saga, he was removed from everyplace activities and was made an outcast.

Jaime instinctively pressed a hand to his chest, where the wolf should’ve been. Where it never woke.

He remembered the ceremony that had happened 5 years ago like it was still today. He was just a thirteen year old boy. 

The ripe age to do the turning. A ritual that every werewolf has to undergo. Every young werewolf’s turning was a rite of fire and power. And a special occasion for the pack, as new powers are added to their forces.

Not to talk of the present situation of the world, and the looming threat of the ‘foreigners’' second attack, every wolf that awakens a special affinity was treasured by everybody.

There are wolves with metal affinity, while they are those with incredible strength and stamina,and speed. Then they are those with affinity for healing…it goes on.

The possibilities are endless, and the ceremony was something every young pup wished for, but not for Jaime.

During his time, there had been nothing. No shift. No voice. Only silence.

He had tried for like ten times ,but still nothing. 

He could barely imagine the look on his father's face. It was a look of pure disappointment and hatred. 

His Alpha, Alpha Derrick had also wore the same look, the elders shook their head in sorrow.

After that day, the way they looked and treated him changed.

Jaime could still remember all their expressions, it still hunted him even in his dreams.

“Jaime Rowan, the son of Beta Rowan…has no wolf.” 

And just like that he was discarded like a broken tool in one of his father's facilities. Banned from associating with the other members of the pack, and caused to the outskirts of the border of the pack, That was filled with wandering animals.

He had grown up here, among machines and the wild. He learnt how to fight for survival. Protect himself, and took care of himself until now.

They called it a rare defect. A mystery. But he knew the truth was older and deeper than that. 

He was not born wolfless. He Knows that.

 The red glaring scars that were on his chest was prove enough. But how could he know what happened to him? His father had said it was from an accident when he was a little, before the death of his mother... 

“Trash, why are you coming by this time?” his father's supervisor, Jack scowled at him.

“Sorry I was…” 

“I don't need to hear whatever trash would come out from you.” The man rudely interrupted him, before handing him a bucket and mop.

“Get to work”

Supervisor Jack scowled at him, turning to leave.

A shrill scream tore through the whole facility. Jamie froze in his steps, and so did the supervisor. The sound was full of pure, raw agony, pain so deep you could almost feel it clawing at your own soul.

“What is that, who is that…?” Jamie asked in panic.

Even though he already knows the answer to his question. The scream had come from the east chamber of the facility. A forbidden place that no one was allowed to enter. 

According to rumor it was where they kept the few dangerous foreigners that couldn't be killed.

The aliens.

Jamie was trembling. A deep seething fear descending upon him. He suddenly felt sick and wanted to throw up.

“Boy, let me warn you…if you like your pathetic life, don't even think of going there. No matter who your father is, you are facing capital punishment when caught.” Jack said slowly and angrily, backing Jamie to a wall.

“Yes sir” Jamie swallowed hard.

“Good, now go back to work, before I toss you to the man eaters” 

Laughter followed him as Jamie scrambled away, heart pounding. The mention of the man eaters scaring him to the bone.

The man eaters were the ‘foreigners’ as people call them.

No one knew what world they came from, only that the veil between dimensions had thinned, cracked open during the Solar Shift three years ago. They arrived not in fleets, but individually. one, then another, like sparks breaking through dark cloth. The first contact had sparked fear. The second brought war.

And it was a war between five of the man eaters and over millions of werewolves. 

It was said that an average man eater could take on 5 alphas. And alphas are leaders of hundreds of pack members. And it was just an average man eater.. Nobody knows what their mission or aim was but after the first contact with them didn't go well, they declared war on humanity. 

Most of them were violent, unpredictable, and immune to traditional werewolf magic. But there's a rumour that one was captured alive…their leader. After which, the others surrendered. one had been captured alive six months ago. The only one.

Jaime hadn’t seen it, only caught rumors. A creature of light. Of power. That was the most dangerous of them all.

They kept him locked in the lowest floor, hooked to machines that could drain 5 Alphas dry in one day 

Jaime glanced toward the elevator that led down, curiosity gnawing at his insides. He could swear that he felt a tiny connection. He felt it sometimes, especially at night, a whisper of energy calling to him, strange and aching.

He didn’t know why the same thing he had felt in his dream was now calling to him.

Only that it felt… familiar.

Like a heartbeat out of sync with his own.

He looked away, shoving his hands into his coat pockets, and started walking down the main corridor, past rows of glass-walled labs, past soldiers with cold eyes and tighter leashes. He walked like a ghost. Few soldiers will just look at him, and immediately scrunch up their faces in disgust. 

noticed, but ignored.

Jaime had made peace with that. Being overlooked meant freedom in its own way.

It meant he could wander. It meant he could think.

And lately, his thoughts kept returning to the cell beneath them all. To the familiar pull, that has now grown weaker than before. In his dream, he had almost seen the face, but when he wanted to get hold of it. 

He caught air. 

“Abiagan…” the voice came again, This time weaker like before. Like it was fading out into existence. 

Jamie looked over his shoulder, but he couldn't see anyone. Fear spread to his whole body, dropping the brooms and mops, he bolted out of the facility.

“Abagian…” He heard it one more time before the voice stopped completely. He stopped, suddenly turning to look back at the looming facility.

He didn’t know it, but something told him that this was the last he would hear the voice again. A sense of anguish out of nowhere overcame him.

“Ahhhhhh” Jamie let out a heartbrokened cry, toppling to the ground, clutching his chest in pain. A pain like he had ever felt before ripped through his heart.