FIRST QUARTER
Chapter Fifty-Three: Setting Off
The meeting ended up with a sour air.
In the end, the plea for the ceremony to begin was denied, and when they questioned the Alpha about it, he simply said,
“Both of them agreed to not participate in the ceremony just yet. It would do more harm than good if we force the two.” Alpha Ragnarr stood up. “Not agreeing now doesn’t mean they won’t do it in the future. Leofric is still the future of the pack, and Mallory is the fated mate of the future ruler of the pack. Both of them are bound by fate."
Alpha Ragnarr looked at them, but at the same time, it seemed like he was looking at another dimension. His eyes were straight but scattered.
“No one escapes their fate.”
No one was able to insert a word after that.
Mallory noticed a sudden change in the atmosphere after he said that. She observed them and thought,
It was
FIRST QUARTERChapter Fifty-Four: Hazen“Do you think I can see Hazen?” Mallory asked when Alpha Ragnarr sat in his seat.Alpha Ragnarr looked at her, then at the breakfast on the table, and couldn’t help himself. He laughed.Mallory frowned, “what?”“Oh, I apologize,” he said, stopping his fit of laughter. “You see, I just came back from the morning meetings and can’t wait to eat my food. I did not expect to get greeted by a sudden request.”"Oh," Her face heated up. Mallory suddenly felt guilty and ashamed. She apologized with a small voice, but still pressed on for answers anyway, lest the alpha would forget about it.“… Well, yes.” The alpha seems to be in a thought. “I guess you can?”“Huh?” Mallory blinked her eyes in confusion. What does he mean, he guess?Before she could ask what he meant by that, he hurried her to eat, and before she knew it, she was being guided somewhere.Mallory thought she would be guided underground, where the prison lies, but to her confusion, the guar
FIRST QUARTERChapter Fifty-Five: Life-Saving PendantMallory entered the Throne Room with large strides. Without waiting for anyone to greet her, she spoke first. “Alpha Ragnarr—”But she bit her tongue just before she could speak and looked at the crowding people just below the throne. They were circling the round table of the Throne Room, furiously discussing something. They kept on looking at the table, and Mallory concluded that whatever it was, it was on top of the table.Mallory pursed her mouth, not wanting to disturb anyone anymore. She slowed her strides towards the table and peered over one’s shoulder. There, she saw what they were fussing about. Looking at it made her furrow her brows. ‘What is this?’It was a diamond-shaped vial pendant. She took a closer look to see what was inside the vial and thought it was liquid, but she saw it moved flowy, like air. The vial contains a heavy gas-like substance that keeps on circling inside the container. It had a sinister color of
FIRST QUARTER Chapter Fifty-Six: Expedition That night, inside the Alpha’s chambers. A pile of papers was on his desk, and the ink slightly splattered messily on the wood, the lamp flickering in every slap of the wind. Alpha Ragnarr sat on his chair, and after having the same posture for some time, he leaned his back on the chair and then stretched his muscles. His trusted aid who was silent all the time, walked up to check his condition. “Alpha, it’s time for bed.” He said softly. “In a bit,” the alpha said, then thought. “Do you have that thing I’ve asked you?” “…” The trusted id sighed in his head. It seems like the Alpha has no plan on resting just yet. He dug the papers from the compartments of his clothes and presented them to him. “Here, Alpha. Just like you asked, I have here the list of the participants of the expedition.” The alpha took the list from his hands and took his time reading. Then, his eyes came across a familiar name. His eyes flashed in a thought, and he
First QuarterChapter Fifty-Seven: Bad Premonitions“Alpha Leofric, the traces end here.” His subordinate walked next to him and stated what the scouts discovered.He felt his subordinate eying him from behind. Afraid that he would read the letter in his hands, Leofric indifferently folded it and stuffed it in his pockets. Although he did this, the subordinate can guess where it came from.It was a letter from the pack. Even with him away, he’s being updated with letters written by the head servant.His subordinate feigned ignorance, and waited for the Alpha’s reaction to the information he brought.Leofric furrowed his brows and stopped his steps. His subordinate similarly stopped and looked at him standing in the middle of the forest, his eyes sharply gazing in all directions, wanting to see the traces of the blood-sucking creatures.But just like what his subordinate said, the traces ended here.“Go on,” Leofric urged him to talk more.His subordinate didn’t dare to dally, he went
First QuarterChapter Fifty-Eight: CyrilA week later.A guard dozing off on top of the wooden gates jolted awake from the sound of the hooves of the horses. He stood up alertly and used his enhanced senses to look through the woods. Since his Blessing was seeing far away, greater than their wolves’ eyes, he was assigned as a lookout at the gates.The guard squinted his eyes, and then widened them when he recognized who was riding the fastest and leading horse.He ran to the edge of the gates, then looked down at the idling guards and yelled. “The young Alpha is back! Prepare to open the gates!”His loud, booming voice echoed throughout the area, jolting everyone awake. It didn’t take long for them to pull on their gears and pull the chains down, opening the gates just in time for Leofric’s squad to enter.Horses and wolves ran inside, rustling clouds of dust on their trail.As the last person entered, the gigantic gates closed once again.The expedition squad, which supposedly had a
First QuarterChapter Fifty-Nine: PreparationsFew days ago…Mallory led Cyril and Oddny towards the tent of the leader of the expedition squad.They bypassed a lot of werewolves who were furiously chatting about the training. Excitement was clear on each of their faces, and they were brimming with energy. However, they did not forget to greet the Luna when she passed by them.The Luna, however, was in a rush. She had a grim look on her face, making the others nervous as they looked at her.They can’t help but ask themselves, what happened?Cyril and Oddny almost couldn’t keep up with her, almost losing her every time she took a turn. Fortunately, their eyes were fast enough to catch the edge of her hair or clothes.When she arrived in front of the tent, there were guards standing outside. They saw her approach and stepped forward to stop them when Cyril opened his mouth first.“How dare you get in the way of the Luna?” He said sternly, his eyes looking at them in cold glint. “Let the
First QuarterChapter Sixty: Western TerrainThe morning came creeping in without anyone noticing. They were all exhausted from the settling they had done yesterday, from building the tents, building campfires, make-shift chairs and tables, cleaning the surroundings out of weeds and insects, and snakes.Everyone was snoring away except for the guards on shift.Mallory woke up earlier than she had expected. When she opened her eyes, the unfamiliar ceiling brought her defenses up until she remembered that she was outside the forest. She stared at it before standing up.As she stirred, Oddny, who she made to sleep on a bed inside her tent, also stirred. Mallory paused her movements. Then when Oddny went back to sleeping soundly, she sighed in relief and stepped out of her bed.Mallory grabbed a coat from the hanger. She knew how biting cold it was outside at a time like this. She also took a thick blanket. Then, after wrapping herself up, she went out of her tent.“Good morning, Luna.” C
First QuarterChapter Sixty-One: The Hunting GroundsThe next morning, they met at the end of the camp. Mallory saw her group flocking together like a bunch of excited animals but then scattered the moment she arrived. Mallory ignored the blatant rejection in their eyes and stood next to them. Cyril, who was standing far away, looked at her anxiously.Mallory smiled at him, reassuring him that everything would be fine.It’s been the third day. All these days, she’s been on guard as she doesn’t know if something would really happen, but fortunately, just like Trevon said, nothing did. Maybe it was truly just her imagination, and she had nothing to worry about.Soon, their instructor arrived.“Let us wait for the other to get completed before heading off.” Their instructor is a female beta. She had short hair, almond-shaped eyes, and a powerful, intimidating aura. “We will be exploring the forest at the best we can so you’ll have a better gist of where to hunt and to settle for the ent