I don’t think that we’re going to arrive soon. The sun is already going down. I need to go back to the capital fast, who knows that greedy mother-in-law would do. Trying to get rid of me by sending me to the mountain to check on the human territory and sending assassins to my back to kill me, I wasn’t expecting her to be so lame. I am never going to follow her commands anymore; she really bewitched my father to put me in a rough position. That bastard, I am never going to forgive him. To follow her leads to condemning me to the outside world. To me, his son, who was born to his true mate.
« Alpha, what are you thinking about? We need to install a camping site, » said Rasha.
« I agree. We’ll stay the night here. Maya cast a protective barrier here. »
Listening to the crunches of the dead leaves under my boots, I rushed to help them mounting the tents. The forests are all dead; I wonder how the human world function. I heard that they have a bad Emperor. It’s not like I care about it. I gave them other commands to make meals and organise the luggage. It’s a leader’s duty to supervise the efficiency of the work done.
I roll my eyes as I spot my Beta flirting with his mate. His mate is from the human race when he first met her; he was confused. The human race has made all the other races its enemies. Sitting down, enjoying my Beta’s vain efforts to appease his mate’s anger made me laugh. I bet that he did something stupid again. I don’t know why I even chose him as my Beta. He always acts idiotically.
I want to meet her, the one that is supposed to be my mate. I wonder how she looks like. I strolled the whole capital Dasha searching for her, yet no one made me feel like I want her. I tried searching for her outside the walls, I wanted to use this opportunity to look for her, but it’s been three years that I am outside the walls now. There is no trace of her. I long for the feeling that makes you feel a warmth that you never felt. I was unable to find her.
It makes me annoyed to see my Beta all happy. Since finding her, he spends his whole time with her. There was once; he skipped his work to stay entangled around her. She is a good girl and a good magician. She was helpful more than him. I took a sip from my warm liquor.
« Rengoku, should I help you get rid of tiredness? I would make you feel better. »
This chick, she always does this. Dressing up to show her curves to me. It isn’t enjoyable. I stared at her, bored at her continuous approach. I ignored her for ten years now. I’ll ignore her more. I turn my gaze looking at my party who were enjoying themselves.
« Ren, I can serve you better than anyone. Who knows if your mate is dead? This is probably the case. I can support you and act as your mate. I am all yours. »
She put her hands around my shoulder, hugging me from behind. This annoyed me more. I can’t do anything to her, since she is the daughter of a powerful figure in Westineof, our lands. I pushed her away, pointing that I don’t like it. I cringed from the way she acts; a complete whore.
« Get away from me. If you keep acting this way, I can’t guarantee your safety anymore, how often did I warn you? I believe this is the second time. The next time, I’ll throw you out. You can deal with the infected on your way back alone, » I scowled.
« Rengoku, why are you this cruel to me? I can do everything you want me to do. »
« I believe that you must address me as Alpha. I am not your friend or anyone close to you to call me by my first name. »
She darted away crying. I am sorry, but your tears can’t move my heart.
« She repeated one of her many shows. I guess she doesn’t learn, Alpha. We should kick her out. She doesn’t deserve to be here. She makes me want to pull her hair and leave her with nothing but baldness, » said Rasha.
« Imagining, it makes me feel satisfied. That jerk can’t think rationally. To accept her human family between us, werewolves. It’s unthinkable. »
« I agree with you, Alpha. Let’s throw her outside today without waiting. »
Rasha is my left hand; she has the same position as my Beta. She is a fairy that has great knowledge and wisdom but acts as she wants. My heart suddenly started pounding erratically as if it wanted to go somewhere, my breath shortened, and my instinct told me to run to my right direction.
« Alpha, are you alright ? » inquired Rasha.
I don’t know why I feel anxious. I want to go to the direction that my instinct told me to. I was taken back by a strange smell; it was pleasant but mixed with blood. Blood that has been exposed to the outside for a long time that it began to rot. I like part of the smell that invaded my nose. I was oblivious of what happens to my surrounding. I was focusing on smelling the pleasant sweetness. A sudden scream got me out from my imagination.
All my pack was on alert. I could hear several snarls pointing at one direction that I turned my head to. I didn’t feel like we were in danger. We had a barrier to protecting us. My eyes were laid on a beautiful creature who had white hair and red eyes. She was so white that the snow was pale in comparison with her. The smell belonged to her. She smelled like a human.
She is mine. Mine, only mine. Mate.
« Can you help me? I need help, » she slurred. Aware of the snarls she kept saying, « don’t you want to? I’ll search somewhere else. »
She turned around leaving. I was focused on her dead expression. My heart ached. Her back was stabbed by a knife that she didn’t take off. I see now why she is so white; she is dying. I can’t let her die. Not after that, I found her.
« Wait, don’t go. I’ll help you, don’t go, » I ran to her.
When she heard me saying that I’ll help her, she tumbled on the ground, unconscious. If I missed her, the knife would’ve destroyed her heart. Right, the knife was dug directly at her heart. I was surprised that she was still alive. I couldn’t move her; she had a knife on her body. What should I do?
« Alpha, let me check on her. She bled too much. I don’t know why she is even alive. Heft her to my tent, I’ll take care of her, » said Rasha.
« I’ll take her to mine. I don’t know how I should heft her. She has a knife in her back, » I replied.
I frowned. I don’t know how I should act. She is dying. My mate is dying. What is this irony, is fate pulling a joke on me? I don’t understand. I won’t ever forgive the one who did this to her. I’ll kill him; I’ll torture him before killing him.
« Alpha, let’s go, » said my Beta Jack pulling me back to reality.
I pulled her body to my chest, avoiding the injured part and darted towards my tent. I growled at the other werewolves pointing to stay far away. I commanded to keep guard. We don’t know who might come. I felt my jaw clench in anger as I noticed the bad state that she was in. The surface surrounding the stab became purple. She had a strange necklace that was glowing all the time. I wanted to take it off to make it easier for Rasha to help her, but I was struck by it. It has some unusual magic that makes it impossible for everyone to touch it. I guess that only its master has the right to touch it.
« Alpha, are you an idiot? It’s the necklace that is protecting her from dying. Once you take it, she is as good as dead, » said Rasha.
Then I must worship it because it protected my mate.
« What is it? » I asked curious about the necklace.
« I’ve never seen it before, but I read about a similar gem. If I guess right, this is the elemental key gem. Its powers are unknown, but it was said that it could do wonders. I don’t know this much, but is owned by the Chiba tribe, they are humans that have special abilities. She must be one of them, but I never heard of someone being able to use its power. »
« Then it must’ve waited for too long for a suitable master. »
« I don’t know; I read that it was lost 19 years ago. »
« Then, this one must be another gem. »
« No, it is. Because no gem has this kind of powers. As you noticed, this girl has been walking for a week at least. I am going to stay all night healing her. Her situation is critical. She has a strong will. »
« From the look of it, she must’ve been betrayed. She doesn’t have any injuries besides this one. »
Rasha bandaged her wound and left to sleep until dawn. Seeing her, all tended to make my heart at ease. I know that she’ll make it alive. She must. I caressed her cheeks; they were freezing. I needed to warm her. I hugged her body, giving her part of my warmth. Werewolves’ bodies have higher warmth than humans. When her body wasn’t cold anymore, I decided to investigate why she was in that state. I was surprised to see that her white hair turned black. I don’t know what happened, but I don’t need to know now. I’ll give her my warmth.
I had the habit of doing things that I didn’t want to, until I got used to it.Instead of cheating death, I’d chosen to comply with my father’s decision and go for the outside world. We’ve been living in isolation for more than a century now. The latter proved more dangerous than I imagined. I’ve admired those walls that kept us from being harmed by the infected for a long time. Growing up made me realize that we’re not building them to protect us; we were creating a living tomb.The ledger stone of my mother translated the irony of fate. Life was short, and we were creating tombs before our death. The world was in such a sorry state, and no one had the courage to find out what happened. As if the world itself was waging war against the livings. What happened exactly to make it so angry at us. The peaceful life was now only a fairy tale that we told children about before sleep.
« If you keep talking this way if someone passed nearby, they’ll think that you are the Alpha, » I replied.« Don’t worry Alpha. I think only the infected would be interested in us. Oooh, I forgot. Beta must already be gotten rid of them. »Sometimes, I wondered if she was a sin in her last life. She would fit the Anger perfectly. Right.Pride.
I got surprised by Alpha’s decision to go to that nasty place. I don’t think that Jack is lying, but that’s what is irritating me. He may be subject of an illusion, and we would’ve gone to that place just for nothing. I am glad for the Alpha that he has found his mate, but it is a necessity to stay beside her the whole time. I told him that she wouldn’t die; the problem in her being unconscious lies in her mind. She is probably having some troubles that she must get over herself. It made me angry to see him lazying around.I don’t understand the mate thing. Does he really love her? He doesn’t even know her. If you asked him what she liked about her, he would say that he doesn’t know anything about her as I said previously. I think that it’s more of a child’s behaviour. Like when a child likes a toy, and he doesn’t want to let it go. That’s what seemed to me. He only has
I left immediately from the front door while he headed back from the corridor. I am mad at myself; I should’ve preyed hard on more knowledge. I hate it. I went back to where we left the pack and told them to explore the castle and report if they found anything weird. We won’t have to worry about the light since the castle is self-energized.I look through the window and examine the battlements.Battlements have been used for thousands of years; they were there to protect the castle walls. I opened the window and flew over one of them. There were archer-puppets, uncharged, I guess. The mechanism was genuine. If high magic tools protected a castle, then the anci
« Raise your head little child. I can’t join you without knowing about your Alpha. Furthermore, I am not interested in such trivial matters. If I got involved, I don’t think that I’ll be able to afford it. We, the dragon race, have been hiding for a long time. We don’t want to reveal our existence to the world. »« But imagine if we create a world where everyone has their own rights. The world right now is in chaos; if you are strong enough, you can survive, if not, you’re doomed. Thousand of people are suffering because of it; even my Alpha got suppressed by his father. It’s unfair. All races suffer from the same harsh behaviour. If you join us, Alpha can create a place where we can evolve further. »« It’s not an easy task to chase after this little dream of yours, little one. The situation of the world right now has nothing to do with this. A
I wandered in this forest for hours. It’s a pathless land, how can I find a way out? It’s beginning to grow darker and scarier, I hear now the hooting of howls and howling of wolves. This place is the definition of creepy. I don’t know how I ended up here, but it gave me the impression that I’ve been here before.I want to have someone to keep me company, to make it easier to digest all of these new things. How did I wish to find someone to talk to? Being alone is a terrible feeling.Let’s breathe in every way possible. Calm down. Every situation has an ending. Let’s make it a positive one. Let’s walk again.As I wander this Greenland again, my necklace glowed up again, and an eagle with three wings appeared, out of nowhere, is it summoning magic or does it hide in my necklace? That’s odd but amazing. Spreading wings as broad as they are black.
She calmed down and looked at me; she was beautiful. Black hair, black eyes and white skin.I met her, the one who had the name of Lila Rendal. The girl was her. She introduced herself and was wary of me. She told me about her story and the truth hidden behind this place. It's a graveyard of memories. I didn't understand at first what she was implying, but I ended up realizing it. This graveyard or what seems a cemetery is a place that was a burial for the people who died from the pandemic, sickness that expanded like when fire expands in a forest. She had a sister that was killed by the one who told her to create a poison strong enough to take his life.So to not forget her, she used to write letters, but she didn't send it anywhere. The one that I had was the last one that she wanted to send, but it was too late.«The world now has a strange pandemic
It was indeed freezing outside, but I wanted to know where I am, that’s why I opened the window. I peeked outside; it started raining, the wind was running towards my direction, whipping my back with drops of the rain that began to get stronger. I darted to close the window, I can’t afford to become sick again, and I don’t want to offend the owner.The young man had the brightest blue eyes that I’ve ever seen. His hair seemed like a fire put over his head that kept burning over and over again. He was wearing a thick shirt torn by the right sleeve but was fixed just recently.« I am thankful for saving me, my Lord. I hope that I could pay you for your benevolence to me but I need to leave as soon as possible, my friend is a general, and he would be glad to pay you back, » I said bowing my head slightly on my hands.I was waiting for him to tell me to raise