REID:
Hunter spun around the moment we step foot on the premises that we should not have entered. From the corner of my eye, I can see that he has his pistol held out but not pointed at me. And what warranted that? It’s because we were presently surrounded by several men in red who have guns pointed at us.
I look at the ones directly at my front, a dry smile starting to make its way to my lips. Of course, I anticipated this so it was no surprise that they showed up.
They are the warriors of the Red Legion which is where we had planned to come. Known to be deadly and quick in finishing enemies off due to their intense killing routine as training. To get past them would take a miracle, as so I heard. Fortunately, I didn’t come with my men or it would seem like I came here for an attack.
“We come in peace,” I announce loud enough for all of them to hear. My hands are raised high above my head in an act of surrender just so they could get the memo that we are not here for a clash.
“Yet your friend here looks like he is desperate to shoot at us,” a response comes from one of them but I cannot tell who it is due to all of them masking their faces. Pretty sure I would deduce it in no time.
I knew the only problem in coming here would be Hunter. His anger issues could be a problem for me sometimes. “Hunter, can you do away with the gun?” I ask him as I turn my head to the side to look at him.
“Tell them to do the same. Can’t you see we are completely surrounded by men with guns? We could be dead in the blink of an eye if a shooting spree occurs,”
He was right. But I do not want to agree with him so I say, “Just put the gun away,”
Reluctantly, he does so. And then I follow it up by looking at the front so a proper conversation with probably the leader would get us to why we came here.
“Alpha Reid, I believe you are,” the voice that had spoken earlier before says to my surprise.
“How do you know my name?”
“The Elder already told us you were coming,” and then, I notice as one of them takes his hand up to his face and swiftly takes the mask off his face.
Except I was mistaken. It is not a ‘he’. It’s a ‘she’ that I am seeing. Which means it is a ‘she’ that has been speaking to me all along. How is that even possible? The voice has nothing close to a woman’s voice.
Before I could process what is going on, the unmasked female announces, “Follow me,” She does it with a feminine voice which only surprises me more. I will have to believe that it wasn’t her that was talking to me initially. It makes no sense that she can produce two voices at the same time. Makes no sense at all.
The female warrior has already turned around to start leaving. And the warriors do the same. Instantly, without thinking it twice, I tag along because I sure wouldn’t want to be left behind. As for Hunter, he took his time before eventually walking up to my side so we could walk side-by-side.
The path leading into the territory of the supposed Red Legion is clear, so much so that it would be hard to believe that they could take advantage and create a hideout in the shadows. Wonder how much training they had undergone to perfect such.
“Does this feel right to you?” Hunter says in a sort of whisper and I look at him to understand where he is coming from.
“Wasn’t it your idea to come here?” I throw back a question at him.
“But you agreed to it,” he counters.
“And I’m not disputing that,” I tell him. “Look, we need to do this if we are going to understand the situation of the pack. I do not want another occurrence before we decide to take a step in preventing a potential crisis,”
I think that was enough for him to let things be as he does not say any other word to counter our decision of being here. I was reluctant as well before agreeing to this. So reluctant that I thought I was about to make a bad decision. But then I thought of the pack. I thought of the questioning they would place on me when the time comes. And that is why I took the next step in getting the mysterious issue solved once and for all.
The discomfort from the whole thought prompts me to look back. Immediately I come in contact with the number of guns being pointed at my back and it leaves me worried.
“Can you tell your men to put the guns down? It’s freaking me out over here,” I look forward and then request from the female warrior that I would say is the leader of the team.
“Because you are an Alpha does not mean you will be getting any special treatment. We have no idea what or who you truly are, and until we do, you will have to be treated as an intruder,”
And just as she finishes with her statement, there is someone ready to blast her with words — Hunter.
“How dare you talk to him that way? Do you know—”
Before he could say all that he has in mind, I hit him so hard on the arm with my elbow. Pretty sure he would feel it because I put a lot of strength into it.
However, his outburst gets a reaction from the female warrior who turns around. She looks really pissed off at the moment and looking at Hunter, he is prepared to have a go at her. This doesn’t look good.
“What right do you have to talk to me in that manner? Huhn, tell me?” she says in an acidic tone.
“Have you gone insa—”
‘Be quiet, Hunter!’ I yell at my beta but not in a form that anyone else would know of. It is through the telepathic mind-link that we share and that was enough for him to keep it shut. ‘Until we get through what we came here for, it is best if you keep that anger of yours in check. Do not be the reason this goes down the drain!’
“You were saying something, Beta Hunter?” the female warrior taunts, and I can sense how much willpower Hunter is putting in not to talk back at her. After a few seconds, she says, “Yeah that’s what I thought,” and turns around to continue walking.
I briefly stare at Hunter who looks back at me. And with a nod from him, we continue to follow from behind.
If the reason for being here wasn’t important, I would have complained about how long the journey seemed to be. By my calculation, it has been well over twenty minutes since we have been walking with them. And it’s more annoying than frustrating because they do not seem to care about how bad this looks.
I hold in my thoughts all the way, simply hoping that we arrive wherever we are being taken to in no time.
“We are here,” I hear the female warrior announce when the sight of a building comes into sight. And this is not just any building, it is a building with a shape that makes little to no sense in terms of structure.
It looks to have no definite shape with how the structure was formed. Makes it look like something just thought up one idea one morning about a unique but odd structure and decided to use that as the structure of this building. I will not go into details about how badly structured the building is because I cannot even explain the concept.
“So why do you want to see the Elder?” the female warrior asks and I frown because I do not see why she needs to be asking such a question from me.
“Do I have to tell you?” I ask while pondering on why she possibly needs the reason.
She turns around like the way she did the last time when it looked like she was about to clash with Hunter. But I am having none of it. “You do. Because it is with the info that I would know if it is worth the time of the Elder,”
“I owe you no explanation. And just like the way I have accorded you the respect you need, I would request you do the same because I am getting sick of the treatment being bestowed upon my beta and me. This is so uncalled for, especially knowing that it is the first time you will be having us here,” I give out a piece of my mind because she sure needs to know how annoyed I am with her actions.
“Let them in, Diana,” a husky voice catches the attention of all of us. And by looking ahead, we see a man with an aging physical feature standing right in front of the building ahead.
The female warrior gives both Hunter and me a once-over which is as cold as ever but I ignore her and then start to walk through the now open pathway created in the middle by the warriors, accompanied by Hunter.
The old man is surely the Elder that we came here for. The description I am seeing of him now points completely to him and it was soothing enough that he came out here to usher us in himself.
“Thank you, Elder Griffith,” I say when I arrive right in front of the Elder. What he does in response is a brief nod before he turns around.
“Come in,” he says and then starts to walk into the odd-looking building first. A few seconds later, I follow suit.
But just as I am about to get into the building, I could swear that I noticed a movement in the shadows.
REID:As I try to settle in, I notice how the interior of the building is nothing in relation to the structure outside. The edges inside were smooth and not some oddly shaped design with no definite explanation. Feels like a roundhouse inside a square-shaped structure.Where we are now is plain. And when I say plain, it truly is. Nothing of quality to show for it as they seemed to neglect anything that would make the room stand out.I just have to overlook all that as I focus on the Elder who is comfortably seated and looking right ahead of us through those eyes that seem pretty dead. The pupils were not even part of the regulars and if I had any other conviction, I would say he is blind.I’m totally uncertain about what to do. I have no idea if I am to speak first, judging by how the settings around here were. One thing I know now is that I have got some serious explaining to do once my father finds out that I visited the Elder.‘Hunter, should I go ahead and speak?’ I mind-link Hunt
KIRA:“So, Alexia, we are here now,” I say as I take a look around the woods. Won’t lie, being in here is giving me vibes from two days ago when I was on the run away from the warriors of the Night Blaze pack, even though I am not in their territory at the moment.‘You should try using the mind-link just as I’ve taught you. It’s going to be embarrassing if someone catches you talking to yourself,’ Alexia, my newfound spirit wolf, speaks in my head which startles me a bit. I’m still not used to this whole thing about having a living entity in me. Pretty sure it would take me a while even though I have come to accept my new identity.“It’s sort of difficult,” I say as I bend to pick up a stick on the ground.‘Just shut your mind off other things and you will see it would work. Takes quite a lot of practice but in no time you’ll get used to it,’I start to consider what she says. She’s right about it being embarrassing if caught. But it doesn’t change the fact that I’m not used to this w
KIRA:Slowly I turn around, mustering enough courage not to reveal my emotions. “Wh– What are you talking about?” I ask.The distance between Bradley and me was a little much now due to walking out on him a few seconds ago. So what he does first is to cover up the distance a little.“I only asked a simple question,” he says, his eyes seeming like they could see through me.“That didn’t seem like a question to me,” I rebuff.“Do you have anything to hide?”Anxiously, I peel my eyes off him for a brief second before looking back at him. “Do I look like I do?”Bradley folds his arms below his chest. “You tell me,”“Well, I don’t. So stop questioning me like I’m doing something wrong,”So I turn around once again to leave. I do not even bother to listen to note if he was on my tail but I am sure he is.He proves he is directly behind me when his voice gets straight to my ears. “You could have just said ‘no’, you know? You didn’t have to be so dramatic about the whole thing,” was what he s
REID:I bend over to take a look at the slimy-looking substance on the pavement. It looked strange and possibly with no viable explanation of what it is by merely looking at it.“You said you saw what it looked like, right?” I say as I stand up to my feet and then turn around. Standing there was Hunter and Ryu, the pack head warrior that had put a link through to me during my visit to the Elder.The statement I made now was directed to him because he had been the one to inform me about the second wipeout of a household in the pack. And that is what I am trying to investigate with him.“Yes,” he responds with a nod.Briefly, I stare at the substance again on the pavement and then back at Ryu. “So what has it got to do with this?”“I think it has a lot to do with this. Because this is the only evidence that something actually happened in here. More like a remain,”“This looks like some kid made a mess of things and not like an evidence that something happened,” I say, proceeding to proc
REID:Ever since I took up the role of Alpha, my father has since moved out of the pack to go establish himself as a lone wolf. Although I won’t necessarily call it that way because the warriors and maidens around him indirectly make up a small territory. And not to forget him being with my mother and sister.The only time I ever get a visit from him is when it involves a serious issue. And I’m certain that is the reason he came around today.My best guess would be it was about the disappearances in the pack. And I hope not to be proved wrong, especially after trying to keep the other thing discreet.“To what do I owe this visit, father?” I ask him as I watch him from across the table separating us in the parlor of the main quarters.I noticed something about his expression despite him looking fascinated with his old territory. He looked distressed. Feels to me like he has been going through a lot. But I would like to doubt that because the man I know hardly has time to put too much o
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KIRA:“I’m not sure I understand what you mean,”Despite the sudden rush of my heartbeat after hearing Kelvin sound like he knows a secret about me, I manage to conceal my emotions when I talk to him.He still has his gaze on me just like I do on him. But I try not to look into his eyes because the last thing I need now is for him to get the wrong message that I was into him.A smile, and then he looks away. “You are confused,” he says after that.The first thing I try to do is correlate what we are discussing with the likely version of his newest statement. I am confused? Is that what he means by knowing what I am?“I still do not understand,” I have to admit.He taps his fingers on his lap as he takes his time to respond to me. And I have to peel my eyes off him as well because I was getting tired of staring at him like he was the most important being I have ever come across.“Don’t think too much about it. It’s nothing to dwell on,” and I hear him stand up to his feet which prompts