Blair Fire, stood waiting for her groom of five years, but he was no where to be found. His friend Fredrick Stone, kept looking back and forth, he just didn't know what to say to her, or anyone else, whom had last seen the both of them together. The murmuring was getting louder, she could hear what every one was saying, and her eyes welled up in tears, that it blinded her.
Her mother Hilther Fire, could not hold herself anymore, she rushed to her, but when she got close to her, she didn't know if holding her, was the right thing to do at that time, but her instincts couldn't be wrong, after all, she is her daughter. Whenever she was feeling sad, she would hold her, and sing her a lullaby. She grew up too fast, but she could never outgrow her hold. She held her, as everyone could see that she too was crying along side her daughter. She kept thinking of all the right phrase to come up with, to soothe the excruciating cry, that was warming up to explode. "I think he will still come, Jayden isn't like that, he had wanted you for so long, there is no way he would just leave you on your wedding day? She didn't sound convinced herself, as her voice gave her away. That was the same thing everyone had in mind. Jayden had wanted Blair all his life, from High school, and he didn't even have the balls to say anything to her, when he finally did, she accepted immediately, for she had been waiting for him to tell her everything his eyes says to her. Jayden was everything a woman could ever ask for in a man, and she didn't hesitate to say yes when he proposed, but few weeks to their wedding, Blair could attest, that she had noticed he was drifting away from her, he avoided her on most cases, but she only thought it was one of those feelings that comes with getting married, but now that she is standing, waiting for him at the alter, when he should be the one standing and waiting for her, she didn't know what to think. Her heart was aching terribly, she finally looked up into the eye of her mother, and broke down into her arms. The tears she had been holding, could no longer fit in her chest, unless it comes out, like a bomb. "How could he do this to me? She cried. Her mother didn't have the answer to her question, but she is more willing to bring back happiness to her daughter, than anything else. She wanted to cry, just seeing her daughter cry like that, but she needed to be strong for her. "If he chicken out, at this time, then he probably isn't worth it". That was supposed to make her feel better, but it made her feel worse. She broke down even more, pulling off the veil, exposing her crystal eye colour, that was gradually turning to red from crying so much. Her tears was so intense, that the priest that was supposed to officiate the wedding, couldn't hide his own tears too, he rushed out of the hall, through the back pushing the tall mahogany door open. Blair looked behind her, and all she could see, were teary eyes. It felt as though she was the only one there, she was sinking, she was bleeding, she had to hold on to her heart, it almost felt like it would come out of her mouth. She should leave, but before leaving, she needed to know from Fredrick. She turned to Fredrick, who was probably trying to be strong, for his face, held no emotion, whatsoever. "Is he seeing someone else? She asked, but the way Fredrick raised his brows, she could tell, that she just asked the wrong question. But that was the only logical thing, she could come up with. "How can you even ask that? Jayden loves you". He defended his friend, whom he doesn't also know where he is. "Then where is he? She yelled. holding Fredrick by the collar. He allowed her vent, if holding his collar, and ruffling his shirt, would make her feel better, then he would gladly let her. "There must be a perfect explanation for all this". Was all Fredrick could say. Blair gently removed her hands from his collar, she even arranged his gray suit, that she had rumpled, but she had more questions. "He was with you earlier today, where did he say he was going? She couldn't believe Fredrick wouldn't know where his friend went. They've been best friends since like forever. They share secrets together. They could be called brothers "He excused himself, saying he wanted to go out for a few minutes in the woods to clear his head, and he said he wanted to be alone, I allowed him, but his few minutes, have turned to hours, I guess I would have to go into the woods to look for him". Fredrick didn't wait for her approval, or disapproval, he just raced out, while the congregation turned to look at him. Jayden didn't have any family members at sultan district, so there was no one to ask about him. Right from time, it has always been just him, no family, no one. Blair had always wondered where he came from, but whenever she asks him, he would say, he left the orphanage home, where he grew up, saying they didn't treat him well, and he wouldn't want to go back there, she didn't probe further, as questions, regarding his family, usually hurt him a lot. Gradually, everyone that came for the wedding, started leaving one after the other, until Blair, was left with her mother alone. Even her best friend Britney left her to figure out what is happening to her alone. "It is going to be fine". She heard her mother's encouraging voice, but she nodded in disagreement. "It is never going to be fine, especially if I find out that Jayden left me for another woman, it would never be fine". She cried, but her mother nodded her head, as she doesn't believe that Jayden left with a woman. "He isn't like that, I believe something must have happened to him, and I think, instead of sitting here and crying, we should be looking for him". Her mother pointed out, and she looked up at her. Truly, Jayden , isn't a man to just chicken out of what he had worked towards for so long. Maybe something had really happened to him, and she should be more worried about finding him, instead of crying. "You are right mother. What if he was attacked by some thieves in the woods? She covered her mouth with her palm, as she had another thought of what might have likely happened to him. Ahh! What if a wolf or a wild animal got him? Jesus! She exclaimed, She was so scared, she held her mother by the arm, looking into her eyes, to see if she looks as scared as she does, but she looked really calm. "Don't think of such things, but we should look for him, I will call your uncle Badmus, he should send out a search team around the woods immediately". Blair was so happy she has her mother around. Even if Jayden really did leave her, she would be very happy, to know that he is okay, and if being okay, doesn't include her in it, she would still understand. That is how much she loves him. After the call to uncle Badmus, her mother held her by the waist, and led her home.
Jayden stood in the middle of a meadow, after watching Blair for a long time from a high roof top.
How he even got to the roof was still a mystery to him.
It broke his heart into million pieces to see her looking so beautiful in her wedding dress, yet very sad.
How could he tell her the truth? worst of it all, he doesn't even understand anything.
It all started like a dream, but then, it generated to something that controls his reality.
In his dreams, he is usually chased by a wolf, but after running, he faces the wolf and defeats the wolf in his human form, but after the wolf is defeated, he ends up shape shifting to a heinous wolf, which usually scares him, and he always ends up waking up in a sweat.
He remembers the first time he felt his dream so real, He had been on the bed with Blair, they usually just lay side by side, enjoying each other's company, without getting too intimate, as she is from a strong christian background, and wanted to keep her virginity till she was married, but on that fateful day, as she lay beside him on his bed, her lush breast almost lay bare Infront of her, as he could see it clearly, from the Cotton brown blouse she had on, which shows her cleavages.
Just watching the two mounds of delight before him, he couldn't control himself.
Her breast had to be the most beautiful pair, he had seen in the whole district.
He allowed his imagination run wild, imagining seeing her bare breast before him.
Her eyes held so much need. She seem like she had plans to seduce him that day, and he was seduced already.
She probably could not wait for the night of their wedding, as she crawls up to him and envelopes his lips with hers, in a wet and very passionate kiss.
He shook his head to snap out of the thought, for the wolf inside of him started reacting, and his dreams could be viewed right Infront of him again.
He remembers telling her that it was not the right time to get intimate, and that they should both wait.
The disappointment on her face was enough to send him back to bed, but the animal inside of him was stronger, that he found himself running outside to ease himself, by the time he got back inside, she was gone.
He didn't get to see her again till today.
He had thought everything would be fine, but it isn't fine.
How can one just wake up and become something else?
"I need to travel back to River island, the orphanage home where I grew up, I need to know what is happening to me". He spoke to himself.
Believing he might find answers there, for mother Lauren, the oldest nun at the orphanage home, used to look directly into his eyes, telling him things that relates with this wolf trait.
He looked back at the Town he was leaving, and though he was very far from the church, where he would have tied the knot with the love of his life, he could still hear her voice inside of him, crying, and begging him to come back to her.
,His anger started welling up.
He had suffered too much to survive alone.
He worked all his life to ensure he went to school.
He got good grades and even got a scholarship, but non of those achievement, were important to him, as when he told Blair his true feelings, and she told him she had waited so long for him to say something, for she feels the same.
That alone, made him so happy, and they started dating.
Why did evil not find him all those years, when he was alone. why did it come now?
He kept asking himself.
Then he dropped a tear, and then, it started happening again.
The reason he had left Fredrick, saying he needed to take a walk in the woods, to clear his head was happening again, he was loosing sight of things.
He felt airy on his skin, and with just one look at his skin, he could not believe his eyes, he became more hairy, too hairy as a matter of fact.
He immediately hid his hands, but it was almost impossible for him to keep any part of his body in one place.
Suddenly, it came rushing at him like a wave, which pushed him to the ground, He immediately covered his eyes, scared that someone might see him, but then, his hands, that was on his face, also started changing.
He removed his hands from his eyes to look at his hands, the darkness of the hair on his arm, showed that his eye glows yellow, gradually, his arm could no longer be recognized by him.
It started changing to that of an animal.
"Leave me alone! He cried in pain, but that was the only statement he was able to make as a human, for his body, as he could feel, twisted, and kept twisting, in an unnatural manner.
His bones reshape, and no matter how much he tries to keep it all in, his bones, wouldn't stop shifting, to form a lycanthrope humanoid.
Before the complete transformation, he felt an immense pain, his fangs could cut through the thickest of skin, just with a feeling, but somehow, he never lost his heart, as he still sees Blair, in his transformation.
His heart was so heavy, but he could not control it.
He opened his mouth and screams in pain.
He got up in fear, trying to run away from himself, but all he could see running, is a heinous wolf, then again, something extraordinary happened, while he was running, he is suddenly brought to a stop, then he fell on one knee, with his hands backwards, his chest forward, he opened his mouth, and the cracks could be heard, he was still transforming.
It seem to be taking different turn.
Initially he could feel himself a bit, but then,
he touched himself, and couldn't believe that what he had seen in his dreams were actually real, and it was happening to him.
After turning fully into a wolf, he started running off to the nearest River.
He just wanted to see what he looks like.
If he hadn't asked his friend that he wanted to take a walk in the wood, he would have probably turned into a wolf in the church, and he wouldn't have been able to look at Blair.
She would be too worried, she would cry, and that would break his heart the more.
He kept running, and howling, until he got to the River, and looked at his reflection in the River, he started crying, even though there were no tears, his wolf personality seem to be too strong to feel anything.
His only happiness was that, Blair's image, isn't completely gone.
His heart also, isn't completely gone, he still loves her very much.
Admist his thought, his predicament, his fears, he was suddenly distracted by the barking dogs, and he knew they were searching for him.
"Uncle Badmus". He thought in his mind, but he couldn't say the name.
And though they were still far, just looking back, he could see them.
He could see even things that were Miles away from him.
He was coming with some of his men, with their search dogs, and there was Fredrick.
They shouldn't see him, but he knows that the dogs might find him before they do, with their heightened sense of smell, and truely, they started barking towards the river.
Jayden rushed to hide somewhere, but dogs being wolves, still found him, but just looking into their eye, with his eye glowing, and wanting to eat them up raw, they stopped barking, and went back, leading the men to a different direction.
Jayden was shocked, for once, he forgot all about his predicament, and started calming down, and soon, he gradually changed into his human form, but he was now naked.
He was in the middle of nowhere, to get to the next village, would not take him long, but he would really scare people.
It is not usual for them to find a naked man roaming the area, so he decided to improvised, by making use of the fig leaves around him, to cover at least his private area, but still, he couldn't enter the next village like that, so he decided to wait, till the day goes down, so he could get into the village, and maybe steal someone's clothes.
He kept walking with the leaves around his waist, he made sure to avoid eye sight, so he doesn't scare anyone away.
As he moves in his human form, he could only think of one person.
Blair Fire, who would have been Blair Jayden, if not that, he couldn't just look into her eyes, and lie to her, about being the same person she fell inlove with, and he doesn't know, what really happened to him.
The Demini pack elders had to hold the meeting, to talk about having a new Alpha, since king Arthur is badly wounded.
They continued to murmur as they gather in the palace.
"We should just tell him what we think, and not mince words, we need to crown another person the Alpha, since he doesn't have a son". One of the elders pointed out, while another hushed him.
"Don't say it that way, you will break the heart of the Queen, and she is such a good Luna, she is just not fated to have a child of her own, but she treats us all well".
The first elder didn't like the others tone.
"Are you saying I am unappreciative? The fact that she treats us well isn't the point, the point is that the Blackmoon pack will take this opportunity to attack us, we need another leader as soon as possible".
He was about to get a response from yet another elder, when they heard a deep Baritone voice clears as the long mahogany door open to reveal king Arthur limping towards them.
He was assisted by his Queen, who would never show up to any gathering unattended, even if she is in her room, she would still represent an epitome of beauty, with her shiny brown hair and large green eyes that changes to a fierce amber, whenever she wants to shape shift.
Her dress, made from the purest of silk with a matching velvet gloves and jewelry carved out of gold and embedded sapphire stones. Around her neck, was a native emerald necklace, with colours matching her eyes.
"Please sit here". She says to him, but no matter how weak king Arthur feels, he would never show such weakness in front of his subjects.
He raised his head, and took a good look at all of them one after the other, which is his usual style, before he starts making his speech.
He knows why they have come, and with his friend's encouragement, he is going to tell the world, the truth, no matter how much it would hurt his Luna.
"I know why you are all here, to seek for a new Alpha, and just as the prophesy have said, that a great king will come from my loins, and up until now, you haven't seen him, that is because, my heir, was not borne to me by Queen Marinara". As soon as he said that, the entire room lit up with murmurs from the elders, they are not sure if they quite understand him. His best friend Zeta Luther wanted to speak, but he stopped him with his hands raised.
I got this". He whispers, but he didn't see what was coming to him, as his Luna kept looking at him, wondering what he was saying.
She doesn't know if he is just saying those things to buy more time, or he is actually saying, that he has an heir outside.
One of the elders was bold enough to speak up.
"If we understand well, the king is saying he has a son, borne to him by another woman? The king looked at his wife before answering, for he could see that her eyes were already changing to fierce Gold, but she tried keeping it all in, by closing her eyes, making her lashes clap together, she swallowed hard, then she sighs, before walking away from the meeting.
King Arthur followed her with his eyes, before looking back at his subjects.
"You will all hear from me later, but right now, I have a more pressing issue to handle". He dismissed them with a raise of the hand, but his best friend Zeta Luther remained.
"What do you plan to do now? He asked him, for they don't even know where the boy is".
"I have to go to Submarine to find Mogana, she should be able to help me". He replies, but his friend looked even shocked.
"What do you mean by that? Mogana is a witch, and we wolves have no relationship with witches, why would you want to visit her, we could always find your son, with the help of our sorcerer". Arthur didn't know how to break the news to his best friend, but he knows there was no way he would hid it anymore, he had hidden it for too long.
"Mogana is the mother of my son". The revelation was not only heard by Luther, Marinara also heard it, this time, she couldn't just stay quiet, she couldn't keep it all in. She howled in pain, her husband had broken her heart, and the heart of the pack.
After the war amongst witches, wolves and humans, it was discovered that the real enemies are the humans, so the witches lived among the wolves, in harmony, they had no issues, they shared things in common, and helped each other in different ways, until something happened, a witch living among the wolves fell inlove with a human, whose number one priority was to hunt wolves for tearing his family apart, the witch, shared details with this human, who in return killed her and the wolves he could get, ever since then, the wolves banned the witches to stay on their own, never to be seen close to wolves again. No wolf was ever allowed to be seen with a witch let alone to have anything to do with them, but sadly now, at that time, before king Arthur found his mate, he was having a mind blowing sexual affair with young witch Mogana, who is now the most powerful witch after the death of her mother.
The room was silent for what seem like forever, before Queen Marinara spoke up, when she opened her eyes.
"You slept with a witch? She was asking.
"That was before I met you, she was my lover, I didn't even know she was with child, she told me about being with child on the day their banishment was announced, and I thought she would get rid of the child, since we would no longer be together, but she didn't".
Queen Marinara was quiet again, biting her fingers thoughtful, before asking again.
"If you have not been seeing her behind my back, and breaking the pack rules, how then did you know she kept the baby, how did you know she had a son?
"She visited me in a dream. You know I don't dream, but if I dream, then it should be taken seriously. She says I should come to her, and now I have to, no matter how sick and wounded I am, I must see her". The Queen didn't have anymore question, with hands akimbo, she shook her head and walked away, leaving Arthur and Luther to do their things.