Ruckus fumed like he was going to explode at any point from now. His eyes had fiery arrows flying from them. Anyone who would dare to cross his path around with the slightest intention to get on his nerves was sure to meet his or her death. There was nothing to dispute about it. The threat of his father was playing in his head. How could he have threatened him in that manner? At some point, he wondered if the old geezer was actually his father. Were they even related by blood or was he picked up from some damn dumpsite? He had just witnessed the death of two people. Two people that were close to Jael. And the alpha king had equally threatened to kill Chloe and Jael too. Right now, he is furious. In his fury, he had a deep sense of regret. If only his ambition had not taken over him, he would not have had to bring Jael into the matter. It already backfired. Those innocent people had lost their lives. For what exactly? For a cause that he had no idea how and when he was going to achieve
Derek, Sophia , Vieira and the healer were all still in the alpha king's chamber. A good while had passed. At the moment, no one was saying anything. A couple of servants scurried through the entire place in a bid to get the whole mess cleaned up properly and set the room in order as it ought to be. Derek could not stop staring in wonder at the mess he had created. The whole room was in chaos. More like where two werewolves had had a very brutal fight that was set for death. The only things that missed were those markings of the claws of people who were slashing everything. Some parts of the room definitely needed to be redone. He sat on a sofa with his full focus geared towards the two human sized statues of the greatest alpha kings that he admired so much. He could not bring himself to stop wondering if they were really the greatest alpha kings. Had he made mistakes by having to follow the path that those men followed during the time of their own reigns? He was saying nothing. His e
Sophia could not believe her ears. What was the alpha king thinking? Why would he tell his right hand man, Vieira , and the healer to go while she stayed behind? Damn it. What was this all about? " Do..do you mean I should stay?" She muttered. Derek nodded his head. " I will see you later." Vieira said and tilted his head in a low bow. " " Live long, your majesty. " The healer said . In a matter of moments, both Vieira and the healer were far gone from the room. The only thing that remained there was the scents. Scents that they had both left behind. Sophia could still not believe it. She watched them as they left, not knowing if it was really not until she was left alone in that chamber. Not alone but with no other person than the supposed vicious alpha king who had penetrated her belly with his claws and tried to eat her not so long ago. What was he thinking right now? Derek, on the other hand, was not entirely comfortable. There had to be something about the intruder that he
Derek was shocked. His eyes had dilated. Though the pack she had just made mention of was not in very good terms with the dead valley pack, he had more reasons to be surprised. She just says that she was the daughter of the alpha king. How possible was that? Who was she really? How could the daughter of an alpha king possibly be the outcast of the pack just as she had claimed? It definitely had no strand of sense attached to it. Or was she lying to them all along? Could she really be the spy he had earlier on thought her to be? His head was a mess. Thoughts jumbled through him. Or maybe the alpha king had no idea Sophia was his daughter. Whichever case, he had to confirm his curiosity right away. " Red moon pack?" He asked. Sophia nodded. " Yes. The red moon pack. " Are you certain about that? You are really positive that it is no other pack. It has to be the red moon." " I can understand that this pack is not really a fan of the red moon. But I don't think I can change that fact.
The next day, Sophia had not woken up from what ensued the previous day. She lay back on the bed that her body was already used to lying on. Her face registered peace and tiredness at the same time. The healer was using certain acupuncture needles on certain parts of her body. " Sophia. " She said. " If you can hear me, I need you to wake up. We do have a whole lot to talk about. Do you hear me?"No response came. The young lady was cruising in her sleep. " I will just wait till you are up. " A knock came on the door. The healer turned in that direction. It had to be the alpha king. She nearly let out a sigh but held herself. Why was he always knocking? If he made his way through her house to this particular room, what then was the need of knocking if he had not knocked earlier on?" You may come in. " She said. The door opened and Derek walked in. This time, he was alone. Vieira was not within sight. " Your majesty. " She said, rising to her feet. " Good day. " She tilted her he
A couple of moments later, the healer was alone in the room with Sophia. The young lady was still lying down on the bed with no signs of getting up. The healer sat beside her on the bed doing nothing. She thought of the way the alpha king had questioned her for asking the question that she asked. If not that she was already an elderly person in the line of werewolves, she probably would have stuttered and given herself away so easily. Derek was no ordinary person. Had it been that it were not her kind of person, the man would have definitely had his way without any stress. Keeping the rhythm of her heartbeat was a trick she learnt very long ago, when she was still young. Now, she was of age. Certain things were not difficult to do now. Derek had tried his best to get the slightest hint of aloe in the words that she had said not long ago. But he failed. He was not able to find any damn thing about her. " Sophia. " She muttered to herself. " You need to wake up soon. We have things tha
Derek and Vieira had arrived at the court. However, they were yet to enter. Derek knew that the council would want to bring up a whole lot of issues all in the name of showing care to him. But in the real sense of it, he knew they were trying to find the easy way to get him out of the throne. Maybe he would just give them what they were yearning so desperately for. He had fixed the decision as to what was going to become the fate of the young lady who had ended up somehow in their pack. " Vieira." He called. " Yes, your majesty. " Vieira said, bracing his shoulders. " Do you remember what I told you earlier on? " " What exactly are you referring to? You said a lot of things. " " About the throne. I remember I said something before I got to the chamber of the former alpha king. "" I don't think I remember." Vieira replied , feigning ignorance. He knew what Derek was saying exactly. Derek smiled. " You think you don't remember which means you actually do remember. Tell me, is tha
The casting of ballots was a system of voting that was only used once through the reign of an alpha king. This was an exclusive right the members of the council could exercise at any point in time. However, they had that right to be used just once. No one could say how or when the rule came into place but it was a common thing to note that the system had been used for years of the existence of the pack. It was a way of bringing down the alpha that was in power. In a situation where the members of the council seem to feel too displeased with the reigning alpha and we're unable to bring him to their feet, the strategy was always employed. In fact, it had been used to tear down the reign of a good number of alpha kings as can be accounted for by the records . Every powerful alpha that rose to the throne always did all they could to bring down the system. But it was always brought to nothing. Derek never imagined something like this would even come up. Besides, he felt that he was already