The story of Ryan's mother... continued... past

It had come for her. It was supposed to comfort her. It did, however, what was behind it was more than terrifying.

Helos, the lover that Ryan's mother had, had done something terrible in his blind rage.He had gone back to his tribe and immediately reported what was happening. He begged for them to come and rescue his mate but all the elders were definitely against it. They were not married, which meant that he really didn't have any legal claim over her. And for tribes to take over another was a norm in those days. The Northern chiefs all voted against launching a head on attack over another powerful pack. Their reason was very rational but Helos lost his sense of right and wrong in the wilderness of his haywire emotions.

He retreated with his head bowed. The darkness inside him, slowly consumed him. In the dead of the night, he went out in the wild, straight towards the Black caves, which was a forbidden place that reeked of dark wizardry.

There he made a deal with his darkness. He