Chapter 4
THE WHOLE place became a battle ground for our pack and the hunters. We didn't expect them to come on a night like this, given the fact that we were considered the strongest during this time... or maybe so I thought.
Maybe we weren't.
"Lu!" I screamed when I saw him fall, struggling to see his surroundings while his own blood was blinding his left eye. At least four hunters were trying to hold him down, but Luhence managed to get back on his feet and made a loud, terrifying growl.
I wanted to say I was amazed, but I knew that wasn't enough to scare the hunters away. It was... more like a cry for help from the neighboring packs, but with the conflicts going around Nirvana District, help was something I wasn't expecting to come tonight.
With my claws, I scratched the hunters attacking me right across their chests. Blood splurted out as their flesh ripped in front of me before they fell one by one on the ground. This was the closest encounter I have had with hunters since I lost mum, but with my anger thrumming into my veins, I had no time to think of myself anymore.
I sniffed the air and realized the smoke bombs were made of wolfsbane. It made us weaker and unable to shift into our wolf form. Most of us tried, but we all failed, and if we would stay here for another hour, our lovely home would certainly become the resting place for our whole pack.
My eyes roamed until I spotted Alpha Lawrence struggling to fight three hunters. Two were holding a chain wrapped around his neck while the other was aiming a rifle at his chest.
I didn't know what got into me. Maybe I wasn't as ruthless as him, so even when I could already feel the effect of wolfsbane in my body, I found myself running towards the hunter who was about to shoot him before I attacked the other two.
Alpha Lawrence fell on the ground coughing with blood. I went on my knees and anchored his arm on my shoulders, but before I could stand up to help him get back on his feet, Alpha looked me in the eyes with an unfamiliar expression.
"Nimpha?" he called, as if he was starting to hallucinate.
I swallowed the lump in my throat before I avoided his gaze. "It's me. The one you always beat up."
He wasn't able to respond, but I felt the pinch in my heart as if for the first time, we felt connected. His own pain and longing clawed my heart, and a few memories of him with my mom filled my head.
Alpha Lawrence looked so happy while hugging my mom. He was telling her how much he loved her, and the love he had for my mom lingered in my chest, bringing tears to my eyes.
"You loved her so much..." I uttered.
Alpha looked away. "I still do..."
I sniffed and did my best to carry him. "Then I can't let you die here. Mom wouldn't like that."
Guilt crossed his face. I knew he wanted to protest but I still dragged him out of the chaotic place before he completely lose his strength. I reached the falls and made him sit on the rock before I spoke. "I'll be back. Please try to wash off the wolfsbane in your body while I get the pack's doctor."
I was about to leave when Alpha grabbed me by my arm and stopped me. When I turned to him, his tears were already forming as if he had some realizations.
"Why did... Nimpha give you her locket? What did she tell you?"
I swallowed the lump in my throat. "She said I was a product of love... and that my dad will always be with me."
Before my tears could even fall, I pulled my hand from Alpha's grip and ran back to our village. I tried to fight and defend our place, but someone managed to shoot me a couple times in my limb ang stomach.
Luhence growled in a terrifying way. He ran towards the hunter who shot me and took him doubt without mercy. Our eyes met, and before I fell on the ground, Luhence managed to catch me.
"Hang in there, baby," he said in a raspy way before he brought me to the stable.
I was already struggling to breathe. The taste of my own blood gushed down my throat when Luhence forced me to get on top of Zoro, his favorite horse.
"Leave. Save yourself. I promise you I will find you," he assured.
I shook my head. "I won't leave you here."
Luhence held me by my arm then smiled. "It's gonna be okay. Please, leave this place and wait for me."
Luhence spat the horse and it finally ran. I had no choice but to guide the horse through the woods with tears clouding my eyes. I felt weak and with no sense of direction as we wandered in the deeper part of Nirvana District. When I couldn't hold on anymore, my body fell on the ground while Zoro continued to run.
Panting and groaning, I turned my body and laid on my back. My palm tried to cover my wound in my stomach while my tears fell on the sides of my face.
No, I wasn't in pain only because I was shot and might no longer last another day. I was worried about Zenios, about Luhence, and the legacy of my mother I would've earned for her tonight if none of these happened.
I couldn't believe that I'd die this way; a hopeless pup with nothing remarkable I could leave as I faded into dust. Yes, I miss my parents, but a part of me always tells me that there's something more I must accomplish in this life before I reunite with them.
I coughed blood and struggled to breathe while I stared at the full moon up above. My heart was filled with agony, wondering why she was so loved, yet all she did to me was make me regret being alive.
My eyes shut as the gentle evening breeze caressed my wet cheeks. If this was my fate, then so be it. But it looks like Moon Goddess wasn't done with me yet, because before I finally lost consciousness, a familiar pair of golden yellow eyes met mine. My heart went wild as his strong arms scooped me from the ground. His scent smelled like the sweetest fragrance that ever lingered in my nostrils, and the way his chest offered me shelter made me question whether Luhence was really my mate or not.
Mate...
Auror whispered weakly inside my head. Her voice sounded as if we were finally safe, but when light illuminated the man's face and I realized who it was, my heart almost stopped from beating as fear thrummed in every vein in my body.
"Alpha Calgary..."
Chapter 5I could hear murmurs from somewhere. There were voices I couldn't recognize and I could tell by the way they were talking that they weren't happy with what they were discussing.I even heard a few words that slowly awakened my spirit as if it had been dormant for a long time. Their conversation coincided with the heavy rain, while I tried to blink my still heavy eyelids.Attack.Fight.Hunters.Zenios.Zenios ...My pack. What happened to our pack? Where am I? Luhence? What happened?I tried to open my eyes and scanned the whole place from the white-coated walls to every single object inside. None of it was familiar to me. Everything was foreign to me, including the scent that lingered inside the room.This wasn't my home...No matter how shitty my living situation was in Zenios, that was, without a doubt, the only home I had.Where am I?Starting to panic, I tried my best to pull myself up. I groaned when I felt the pain in every fiber in my body, as if I got slammed on the
Chapter 6MAYBE it was out of fear that even when my body was sore all over, I was able to get on my feet to run. Calgary watched me as I weakly twisted the knob. He's obviously enjoying seeing me struggle just to get away from him, but the smirk on his handsome face made me eager to leave his territory.I gritted my teeth as I struggled to walk. With my hand on my wounded tummy, I dragged myself towards the stairs and tried to hurry. Calgary's footsteps echoed behind me, and the more he was getting closer towards me, the harder my heart banged inside my chest.I can't die here. Not in this forsaken place, not when I still hadn't earned my mother's pride in Zenios.Her face appeared in my head, and as I hurried down the stairs, all my hardships in Alpha Lawrence's hands came inside my mind. It gave me the motivation to jump down the stairs as I shifted into my wolf form. I landed on all fours, and before I ran outside, I glanced at Calgary who was standing on top of the staircase, loo
Chapter 7"Damn it!" I hissed as I tried to remove the chains on my ankles. That heartless son of a bitch really tied me up in his bedroom, leaving me with no choice but to sleep next to him or hurt my back by lying on the floor.I sighed as I gave up. Auror felt so tired inside me, and if it wasn't for my pride, I would've laid on Calgary's comfortable bed by now, but instead, I sat on the floor and rested my head against the wall. How long would he keep me here? He's been sleeping soundly for a couple days while I had no choice but to sleep while sitting on the floor. If this was his way of teaching me a lesson, I'd rather go back to Alpha Lawrence and let him hurt me all day long.Familiar steps began to echo outside the room. I watched the door swing open, and when Calgary saw me looking at him, he flashed his annoying smirk before he shut the door.I quenched my eyes at him as he walked towards the rod where my chain was linked. He then wore his leather gloves and removed the sil
Chapter 8I lifted my head when the door opened. As I had expected, it was Beta Lynel again who would attend to me. For some reason, Calgary had me transferred to another room and stopped seeing me. His Beta said he had himself locked up for several days, unable to control his own wolf. Something Calgary has never experienced before."Morning," Lynel greeted with a smile.He was, by far, the nicest member of the Claivan Pack. Whenever Lynel was taking me outside so I could heal faster by connecting to nature, most of their pack members would glare at me as if I had done something terrible to them. I just assumed that it was because I was from Zenios, and all of the packs in Nirvana; Zenios, Claivan, Prudence, and Mayhem, were in conflict because of something Calgary did in the past.I pulled myself up and followed him. "Your big bad Alpha still locking himself up?" I couldn't help but ask as we walked down the stairs."Nope." He looked at me with a slight smile. "He went to Mayhem to
Chapter 9Because of the collar Calgary gave me, I was finally free to move around the house, but I still can't go outside without supervision. I got bored in my room, so I decided to go downstairs and see what I could do while I was waiting for them to bring me dinner.I found an old piano down the hall. It was dusty and looked untouched for years. I sat on the chair and opened it before I started checking if it was still working. Good thing it was. When I was young, Mom would usually play piano for me. I even remember hearing her play in the middle of the night downstairs. When I tried to come see her once, I saw someone sitting on the couch, silently watching Mom as she played her favorite piece.Now that I'm grown up and I remember it, I realized that it was probably Alpha Lawrence.My chest hurts. Maybe Mom was deeply in love with him, too. That's why I often see her staring at Alpha with so much regret. Whenever she put me to sleep, she would always tell me how much of a good ma
Chapter 10My gaze drifted from the ceiling to the door of my room when it opened. Calla went in first while holding Calgary by his hand. She's even carrying her black furry cat as she smiled sweetly at me.Calgary touched his jaw, a little shy, probably because his daughter requested to see me. Calla didn't bother me anyway. She's a nice kid and I knew how it felt like to not have my mom around, so I pulled myself up and motioned my hand to call her. "Come here, Calla."She let go of her father's hand then walked towards me. Calla doesn't talk. I still didn't know why yet but I made a mental note to ask Lynel tomorrow.When I heard Calgary clear his throat, I looked at him and waited for him to speak."She wants to sleep here... with you."Calla stared at me as if she was begging me to say yes. I smiled back at her and tucked a few strands of her brown hair towards the back of her ear. "Of course, you can. It would be nice to have a roommate who's really sweet."Her innocent eyes gli
Chapter 11: His Painful ConclusionCalgary and I took the trail leading to Zenios. We were pretty much silent the whole trip, but when we were nearing the cemetery and we had a vision of the man who used to beat me up almost every single day, Calgary noticed that I began to feel uncomfortable."Are you sure you wanna talk to him? I heard he wasn't nice to you," he asked.I swallowed the pool of saliva in my mouth when I sensed the underlying concern in his tone. That was new, and I shouldn't have been affected by it, but Auror felt happy that Calgary wasn't that rude to me anymore."Yeah. I'm familiar with his ruthless side. It's not like I'd hide behind you if he'd throw me a deadly gaze." I inhaled a deep breath down into my stomach. "Let's just go."Calgary led the way until we reached Alpha Lawrence. He was sitting in front of my Mom's tomb, staring at the withered flowers lying on her grave while he was holding a half-way done bottle of whiskey. He didn't even bother looking at u
Chapter 12: Healing HimI refused to entertain Calgary's conclusion about me being Alpha Lawrence's daughter. My Dad loved me so much, and if Calgary was right, then that means I must hate Alpha Lawrence even more. They said parents could feel a connection with their kids. If he really was my real father, how come he beats me up with no remorse? Didn't he feel anything whenever he was hurting me? My chest tightened with the thought. I let out a heavy breath and decided to come see Calla instead so my mind would be busy. After leaving Calgary's house, I walked towards his grandmother's home where Calla usually stays when Calgary wasn't around. I heard he went with Alpha Quira to talk to the council. The council is consists of some elderly members who no longer stays with their original pack in Nirvana to prevent any bias decisions. Lynel said their grandmother was offered a seat in the council of Nirvana but she politely declined because she didn't want to leave Calgary and Lynel.