Blood Moon PackThe council had assembled in the throne room and they all had grim expressions on their frail faces. Jared was seated on the throne, staring at them one after the other with a frown on his face. He had not planned to have a meeting with them that day but when Calix told him the council entreated to have a word with him, he accepted, just to know what it was they wanted to talk to him about that could not wait till some other time."What's the issue?" He finally asked after watching them for about five minutes. The council exchanged glances with one another, some whispering words to the person close to them and the rest making eye communication. Jared watched them in silence, not because he was that patient but because he was finding their behaviour quite strange.Eventually, one of them stepped forward,"Salutary Jimoh, the head salutary and also a member of the council has been imprisoned for a week now. We want to know when he will be released."Seeing the way the
*Blood Moon pack*"Forgive my language, Alpha Jared, but I'm simply trying to be realistic here. The relatives, and family members you mentioned earlier who should help their old ones can barely feed themselves. The cry of every pack member is the high taxes they are being forced to pay. The tax you issued out to the pack is too much and members struggle to pay. There is little for everyone to sustain themselves. The only ones who are comfortable are the pack warriors and the scouts. Rumours have it that you are scared that Aiden might return so you're trying to fortify the pack by starving your people and — ""Enough!" Now Jared was standing face to face with Elder Thunga, glaring at him hotly as he stood very close to the elder. But the elder didn't look afraid. Rather, he held the gaze of the alpha and returned his glare. It was clear that he knew Jared could do him nothing — not when the other council were watching and not when Alpha Lundamous was still alive. The reason Saluta
*Blood Moon pack*Was he dreaming again or was this real? Why was there so much noise and why was no one doing anything to stop it?It was late in the night and Jared had barely fallen asleep when he began to hear noise from outside the packhouse. The noise was made up of frantic footsteps and screams and Jared wondered what was going on. He wanted to open his eyes and check for himself but he was too lazy to do so. He had overworked himself the previous day because of the shape-shifting ceremony and had only retired to bed a few hours ago. So he wanted to rest very well before daybreak since he would have to address the young werewolves that had just shifted. This was why the noise disrupting his sleep was pissing him off. Too loud for him to ignore anymore, Jared opened his eyes slowly and sat up on the bed, trying to listen with his wolf's ear to know what was happening. His mate was not on the bed with him and he raised a brow at that, but he tried to concentrate on what was g
*Blood Moon pack*Jared's wolf froze in its track as he stared at the black beastly wolf, wondering why it was suddenly standing before him. Saliva was dripping from the black wolf's mouth and it was looking at Jared like it wanted to rip him apart. Jared's wolf remained on its track — not because he was not scared but because he had his whole pack watching him and he would be damned if he acted like a coward before this horrendous black wolf. There was something strange about the black wolf and Jared felt like he had seen it before. In fact, he felt he knew who it was. Could he ever miss those mismatched pair of eyes that had tormented him for months now? However, he didn't want to believe it. He didn't want to believe that his nightmare was finally standing face to face before him. He didn't want to believe that it was Aiden who had attacked his pack just as he had done in his dream.But just like the black wolf could read his mind, it morphed back to its human form and Aiden sto
"You heard me right." Jared laughed, spurting out blood in the process. He looked like a mess. His eyes were swollen shut and could barely open.His nose was broken and blood was trickling down his cheek. His swollen lips were torn open, yet he managed to laugh despite the pain he was in."You were so stupid to have left your mother behind. What did you think would happen to her? A traitor runs away but leaves his mother behind. What did you expect? Did you think that I would let her live while you escaped? Did you think — ""Where is my mother?" Aiden's voice was thick with fury."Where else?" Jared laughed. "Get off me and I'll take you to your mother.""Don't fuck with me. I'll mess you up." Aiden grabbed him by the collar and shook him violently. "Where is my mother, you fool?" He yelled. He was now getting very agitated and his heart was pounding loudly in his chest. He had often thought about something happening to his mother but he had dismissed the thought by assuring himself
*Blood Moon Pack*Aiden groaned loudly the moment he woke up. The ache in his head was terrible and he groaned again, shutting his eyes tightly as he tried to rid himself of the pain. There was an Uproar; he could tell from the noise, that someone was shaking his roughly. "Aiden, are you okay?"That was Velvet. He could pick out her voice even amid the noise and he groaned again, trying to sit up. The grip on his shoulders was harder now and whosoever it was that was holding him tried to help him up."What's going on?" He finally opened his eyes. "What's wrong?""Thank goodness you are okay. I almost lost my mind." Alpha Velvet let out a relieved sigh, still holding him tightly by the shoulder as she cuddled him to her chest. It was soothing lying in her bosom and the ache in his head was beginning to wane. But the noise was still ear-splitting so Aiden tried to look around to find out what was wrong. He gasped when he saw werewolves fighting fiercely around him and things immediat
*Blood Moon Pack*"I won't ask you again! Where is Jared?" Aiden's voice was thick with fury. His expression was even worst: his eyes had narrowed into slits and his face was dark with pure fury. He looked like one who had just appeared from hell and he looked so vicious, he was unrecognizable."Let - - me - - go!" Cider tried to speak but Aiden's grip on her neck was so tight that she could not breathe. She kept kicking and hitting Aiden all in a bid to release herself but Aiden was too strong for her. She could not get away."Let mama go! Let my mama go!" Tiny voices filled the room and Aiden dropped his gaze to see who they were. They were Jared's pups and they were both pulling at his breeches and hitting him with their little fists. Aiden raised a brow at that, wondering where they had both come from but he pushed the thought away and simply tossed Cider violently to the side. She fell with a thud and slightly hit her head on the side of the bed. She yelped at that.But what she
*Blood Moon Pack* Alpha Velvet followed suit, even though she was confused. They got out of the room and out of the pack where the battle was raging. The Night Scars warriors were already exhausted by that time and only a few were still fighting bravely. The rest were either pretending to be dead or actually dead. The sight made Alpha Velvet's heart squeeze in pain. Aiden finally stopped walking but he still held onto Cider's hand tightly."Stop!" He yelled and surprisingly, everyone heard him. The warriors paused in their tracks and all eyes turned to look at him."Stop!" He yelled again, his voice resounding in everyone's ears. "I've got your Luna." He yelled again, deliberately pushing Cider so she fell to her knees. "I'll kill her if you don't stop fighting."Murmurs filled the air as everyone seemed to be speaking at the same time. There was confusion on everyone's faces."Silence!" Aiden yelled again. "Yes, it's me Aiden! I'm back and this time, I've come to take my revenge.