We walked into the dark forest and went deep. It was after some time that I realized we had circled around and were heading to the mermaid’s lake. A chill went down my spine, recalling the last time I had went there with Stern. He had ran so fast, just thinking about it again nearly had me laugh. It had been so spooky. Had I felt something in the water, well, I did not know but there was just something so dark about that lake.We walked until we walked into the clearing. The lake was so dark you would even walk into it if you did not pay much attention. It was completely covered with hydrophytes, making it green. The closer we got, the colder it became. My arms came around my body, knowing it was going to be a very long night.The men circled around the lake while I just stood on one spot shivering to death.“ We will settle here.” Alpha Blackstone said with his rough and hostile voice that had me pale even more. I did not even know what we were doing there but I hoped they would not

The night turned from one of the worst to not so horrible. I just lay there to turn around and snuggle into Brum. I felt better by the time the sun rose up. The whole camp rose and dreadfully they asked me to hunt again but Brum being Brum told me to not even dare.They cried about tradition but Brum was not having it. He gave them one look and they backed down. I wished he had been there the previous night, I would not have committed such crimes.Instead of hunting, I went around the forest collecting fruits for them to eat. I was happy about it, feeling a bit better. I brought the fruits back and it was as if I had killed their favorite child.Alpha Blackstone ran a tantrum until I thought he would die, finally, but I guess it was not his day. They went away one by one to get refreshed and I was sure they got meat to eat back in the castle since they had rejected my fruits. I ate a banana then cleared the ash from the fire. It had been a lot. I was just keeping busy. Brum left, not

The people danced, sang and drank all night while the king made me compete with the drums while screaming his name. I begged for mercy but the beast granted none and he bent me in every position I could and ravaged me like the beast he was. I had never been that tired ever, just fainting into him. We were both drunk on the sex, him collecting me into his arms where he cradled me while falling asleep. I did not stay behind, tapping into his drifting mind only to also drift into nothing but darkness with him. As soon as he stirred, I stirred too since I was riding through his unconsciousness. I felt the confusion, the sadness as it fell on him. I heard him sigh with his face moving deeper into my hair and placed his lips there. My eye lids lifted open no matter how I did not want to. I could see that it was morning from the reflection on the wall but the sun had not fully risen to the sky. I watched the shades of the trees dance on the white wall, bending to all directions and seemin

The sun was up and the Alpha had to be buried soon, right with his wife and daughters. I was sure the pack mates were opening the grave that very moment, ready to burn his flesh then spread the bones with those of his loved ones.My arms let go, loosening up to slowly pull from him. My head tipped up to his, staring into his eyes which carried no life at all. He was a hollow, staring at them as if staring into the doors to the after life. It killed me. I gripped his hands, them cold, not knowing what to say.“ The pack will start the process to put the alpha to rest soon. We need to go down.” I said to him, my thumb rubbing on his hand, thinking that maybe just maybe that would give him some bit of strength.I watched, waiting for a reaction but nothing. He did not even blink.“ Logan, I do not want you to regret not saying goodbye to him, we will just go down then come back.” I said again, staring into him to see if I was going to get a reaction but nothing.I tried again and nothing

The next days were spent in the king’s office, buried in paperwork, planning, strategizing and keeping the pack afloat. Alphas walked in and out, meetings back to back. My spot was on the floor but that only lasted for a day. I had went to take a leak, coming back to find a huge desk and chair at the other end of the king’s office, the desks staring at each other. We practically spent every hour together but apart except for when he went to train or observe training. Brum was no where to be seen. He came to train and beat up all the warriors, calling them useless then walked away into the forest never to be seen until he wanted to beat more people up. Thinking about him just had my brain ache, not even knowing how to go about talking to him. But maybe he needed his time alone so we let him be thus tripling our work. We literally did not have a gamma nor a beta but we were doing well considering the circumstances. Forget sleep, we were just running on fumes but even with all that,