Luka's POV (Point of View)
"Alpha,a rogue family have been spotted near the pack borderland".my beta mind links me.
"Alright,hold them up until I get there" I say.
I quickly run out of the pack house and head in the direction of our pack outskirts. Luan,my wolf wanted to tear them up immediately, but I kept him under control. On getting there, I see a family;a woman and a child of about 7years.
The woman lay on the ground crying and I see the figure of a man who I guess is her husband. He lay motionless on the ground. The little boy's face was full of fear as he must have witnessed his dad's death.
"Woman, what are you doing here?" I ask as calmly as I can.
She doesn't reply but instead, she stands up and walks towards me. My beta growls as she gets closer and I can hear the child whimper in fear. I raise my hand up motioning for him to return to his former position. She gets to my front and now she is less than a metre from me. I see she is broken. She grabs my suit with so much courage and I am surprised. I push her back and she lands far away from me. I rush to her and feeling my claws extract and in a swipe, I end her life.
The child breaks down in tears as he lost both his parents in a day.
"Take him in and let him work as a slave'" I command.
"Alright boy, let's go" I hear my beta say.
I run and head towards the abandoned land where my mom's remains lay. As I get closer, i start i remember the painful events which I experienced 18 years ago.
Flashback
"Slash"went the sound of my fathers whip landing on my mothers back. I fought back the tears that trickled down my sore cheeks,while doing the work my Dad asked me to do. My dad was a wicked alpha. His brutal laws and methods of ruling the pack, made him known all around the country. He was harsh even to his wife and me his son. Most days, beating us till we faint. He also made me work each day and would later call me for training when I'm done I don't know what kept my mom from leaving as she tolerated all he did.
I hear her cry out in pain. As I finish my labour, a loud crash came from my dad's study where they were. I looked out of the window and I saw my mother who had already shifted into her wolf form running out of the pack house. I ran out of the large room which I was cleaning and unlocking the front door, I leave the house ignoring my father's call.
I tried mind linking her, but she had blocked everyone including me out. Being a thirteen year old child, I hadn't shifted yet and I was a slow runner. A loud howl cut me out of my thoughts."Noo" I screamed as a thought wafted into my head. On getting to the pack borderland, I see her body on the ground and looking farther, two large wolves with an unknown scent ran into the woods.
"Mom" I called.
She raised her head and looked at me. I knelt down and laid her head on my lap.
"What happened mother?" I asked while in tears.
"Rogue" was all she said and then her eyes closed slowly and she was taken away from me.
"Noooo!Mom,you can't do this to me" I cried feeling like my heart was being ripped apart. I laid down there for sometime, and looking into the forest,I see a silver eyed wolf grinning..I was lifted off the ground by two hefty guards. I cried, kicking my feet in the air wanting to join my mother as my world crumbled.
As we get back to the pack house,I look through the window and i see my father sitting with a whip in his hands on the couch in the rear end of the living room.
Taking a deep breath, I push open the door leading to the living room. On seeing me, he stands up and walks to me.
"Hey boy" he says as he swings his whip. I wince as the whip makes contact with my skin...
An hour later
I wake up with a heavy headache and while trying to stand up from the cold floor,I fall down back which makes me wince in pain. While remembering the painful events of the day, I trod to the bathroom feeling unending pain. I put on the shower and enter the little tub which I own.
End of Flashback
Ever since then, I've had no one except Leah, my sister who's currently in London. I don't have a mate, and I don't need one. I run the affairs of the pack single handedly, not having time for relationships after my experience with Priscilla, I won't get into another relationship. I'm feared all over North America. I am the must ruthless and dangerous man to have ever ruled this pack. Wolves whimper just in my presence. If I have a mate, I might lose that status, so I'm better on my own.
Autumn's POV (Point of View)
After my mom's death, life in our pack has been so hard. My dad has been so brutal in my training. As his mate was gone, he has been so depressed and the only option he had left was to turn to heavy drinking. Most nights, he would leave to drink himself to stupor all night with His friends and come back in the early hours of the morning. How he gets home, I don't know. Sometimes, he would come back and beat me to pulp. I suffered greatly, most times asking myself if truly I was his daughter.
Flashback
One night, my dad came back after his usual drinking. I was on my bed in the smallest room which was the attic. I heard the hatch of the door unlocked. After sometime,I heard his loud footsteps coming upstairs. He walked to his door and paused. I then heard his footsteps coming towards the little flight of steps leading to the attic. Before I knew it,my door was flung wide open. He walked to my bed. I stoop up readily for him.
Beware, Minor Sexual Content Below
I tried to stand up but I was pushed on the bed with so much force that my legs went numb. In a minute, his zip was pulled down. He came to the edge of the bed where I was and tore my dress into two exposing my full breasts. As he grabbed them, I kneed him in the crotch.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh" he shrieked out in pain as he jumped down and winced in pain. I got up to run, as more adrenaline surged through my veins but as fate would have it, my dad gave me a heavy blow on the left side of my stomach. I fell on the bed and he came closer.
"Dad, please" I pleaded in vain. In a minute, my cotton panties were off my legs. I saw it flying in the air pass my face to the other side of the room where it landed with a soft thump. He came closer and was about to penetrate my hole with his bulky length when my canines extended and I bit on his shoulder blade deeply.
"You bitch" he shouted as he staggered and fell down holding where I bit him. Now is my chance I thought as I stood up and ran to the window ready to jump out when...............................I felt a sharp pain in my back. I noticed he pierced my back with his sharp claws. He threw me on the bed. As he was about to press his weight into me again, when I bit his shoulder again, this time I went deeper. He left me a second time. Blooded gushed out so fast soaking the sheets and the remains of my shredded night gown. I ran towards the window and I turned. I saw him shaking due to the loss of blood and I felt sorry for him. In no time, he stoped moving. I jumped out of the window. My wolf begged to take control and with her constant whining, I couldn't bear it again.
I shifted quickly and bolted towards the forest. I kept running in no particular direction, when I heard a large howl. I knew what that meant. In no time I would be found. My dad was the beta of our pack. As I got to the borderlands, I slumped due to loss of blood and energy.
I woke up chained in my human form. Someone had been merciful to clothe me. I shut my eyes trying to remember how I was caught yesterday, but I couldn't recall. I just hoped I would be killed soon as life was so unbearable for me. I remained in my cell for days without food or water. The Alpha of our pack had gone to our neighbouring pack to settle some pending cases. He would be back back today so I'm likely to face my judgement today.
Two hours later, two guards unlocked my cell door and I was lifted up by two men hefty. I was taken to our pack center. As we got there,I noticed that all the pack members were present including children. Alpha Daniel called me and without giving me any chance for explanation, he banished me from the pack.
I was escorted by two guards and the Alpha himself to the border lands."Go and never you set foot on The Blue Moon's pack again. From now, you are a rogue wolf and if your scent is ever caught anywhere close to this pack again, I will personally snap your neck. Now go!!!he roared.
End of Flashback
Tears wet my cheeks as I remembered how greatly I suffered as a rogue wolf. Today, the weather is nice, so I'm going for a quick run to satisfy my wolf. I leave the little cabin which i found abandoned a few months ago. As I open the front door, I let the fresh woody scent in and in a minute, I start running.
I quickly shift into my wolf Ava and bolt towards the forest. I love nature a lot especially the feeling you get when you're running and hearing the sound of your feet on the soft forest floor. I get to a stream and pause. I bend down to drink water. As I start drinking, I hear a twig snap not to far behind me. I turn swiftly and I see a large male wolf with lust filled eyes. I know what to do next. I take off in the opposite direction.
The wolf howls and runs after me. Over the years,I have gotten used to this. Not wanting to lead him to my cabin, I try dribbling him in an attempt to lose him but he did not give up. As I look back, I see that he is closing in. I decide to make a new decision. I have been running from wolves since I was banished, and I have never tried fighting back. I stop running and face him.
We circle each other for a few minutes before he lunges at me. He tries landing a blow on my chest, but I dodge easily. In my old pack, my dad made sure I trained so hard and I wasn't going to let all those trainings go down the drain just like that.
I launch an attack on him and bite deeply on his legs. He whines in pain and pushes me off strongly. He lunges at me again, this time with so much speed.
His head makes contact with my side and I fall on my back. I feel a sharp pain spike in my right leg making me to release a whine as he leaves my leg.
My blood mixes with dirt as it rolled down my leg. I get up with a lot of difficulty. The slightest pressure, cause pain to shoot through my body. He got a good bite on my leg I thought. He grins as he looks at the injury he gave me and it occurred to me that he won't stop there. He must think I won't put up a fight. He runs at me as I get my balance and while trying to go for my neck, I push him with my body and he lands on the ground.
Now's my chance I thought while running to him. As he raises his head up, I bite deeply into his neck and I taste his blood. When he dies, I shift back and while wiping his toxic blood out if my mouth,I make way back to my small cabin.
Autumn's POV(Point of View)
I take a shower to wash away the stench my body must be giving off. As the water cascades down my body,I feel my stress being washed away together with all the dirt. I dry myself and walk to my little closet at the rear end of the room which had my little belongings folded inside. After getting into my favourite pyjamas, I make hot tea and go to bed.
I hear a canary chirping on my window sill as I wake up. "Urrgh" I grumble not wanting to get up. I stand up and head towards the bathroom with my head aching badly. "Fuck" I mutter as my head makes contact with the bathroom door before I clumsily push it open. After performing my usual morning routine,I go to my make shift kitchen for a light breakfast. After breakfast,I leave the cottage for a run in my human form.
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It's evening now, and I'm going for a hunt. I morph into my wolf and I allow myself get carried by nature. I walk very far, hoping to find a delicious steer somewhere. I cross a crystal blue river and head to the edge of the forest, slowly trotting. In no time, I see a large steer in the middle of the dark forest. I crouch down not wanting to reveal myself, before running towards it. It senses me and starts galloping. After a tiring chase, I jump in the air going for it's throat when I hear what sounds like a low growl. Looking back, I see two large brown male wolves looking furious.
I leave my steer and flee, thinking they will go after the steer and not me. To my surprise, they bolt after me closing the gap between us. I ran very fast, my paws hardly touching the ground. I get to an area which smells funny and looks darker than the other part of the forest. I look back, and see them near me. Without thinking, I run into the dark side of the forest. I keep running without looking back and when I don't hear their paws, I stop. I see I lost them . As I'm still dazzled about why they had let me go so easily, I smell a deer nearby. It was so much smaller than the first I killed, but u decide to go for it anyway. I wait for sometime, resting in the soft ticklish grass. When I start running, the deer kicks off too. I kill it with no stress and when I'm about to start enjoying my kill, a loud growl startles me. A big black wolf raises it's head in the air and gives an ear splitting howl . Not long, five other wolves emerge from the heart of the forest and surround me. All staring at me with their large eyes. I try to run away, but my weak legs betrays me. Before I know it, I'm tackled to the ground, the first wolf that saw me, sinks it's large sharp canines deep into my ankles. Blood oozed out of my injured ankle as I try standing up. A wolf pushes me down by nudging my side. I thought if the short time I spent on earth full of misery and how my demise won't be felt by anyone. As the first wolf raises it's paws, ready to end my miserable life I hear a deafening growl and a big black wolf with blood red eyes leaps forward making the others make way for him.
"Mate,Mate" Ava says to me. Looking at him in the face, I see his large head and his blood red eyes scares the living shit out if me. His scent was intoxicating, a piney and earthy like smell that attracted me to him and his aura was powerful. Ava lets me have control back as she's weak. I see him wearing only trousers. I look at his well toned muscular body with his perfect abs glistening in the sunlight. He picks me up in his arms and I shut my eyes blacking out.
Luan's POV ( his wolf)
Today is hunting day, a day secluded traditionally for all the males above 20 to hunt. I love hunting a lot especially that satisfying feeling I get when I tear the flesh off my catch.
We're currently in the forest. I see a large steer and I'm about to give it a good chase, when I smell this sweet strawberry like scent that makes me go crazy and makes me follow it. "Where are you going" Luka says in my head. I ignore him and start running towards it. I'm almost there, when I hear a loud howl.
"Mate. Mate's in trouble" I tell Luka.
"Mate?, I don't have one" he says . I ignore him again and once I see our helpless mate naked surrounded by my pack's guard wolves ,I growl.
" Don't take a step further" i mind link then. They obey and retreat, creating a path for me to advance. I give Luka back control.
Luka's POV
I quickly remove my shirt and cover the girl up the best I can and carry her as she has fainted already.
"Selina, quick come meet me at the pack house and bring your medical equipments with you"
"I"ll come right away" she says as I close the mindlink
When I get to the pack house, j see her already inside
"What happened Alpha?" She asks
" There's no time for explanations, just do your thing and leave. I thunder heading to my quarters. After an hour or so, Selina mindlinks me telling me that the girl would be up in about 4 hours, and she'll need something to eat by then.
I still can't believe the Moon Goddess gave me a mate. Not just any mate, a rogue wolf. That not possible, she can't be my mate
"You better get used to the fact and accept her" Luan tells me.
"Oh please, just shut up" I say blocking our link. I fall down on the king sized bed in my room and let sleep take me on a distant journey.