"Don't you dare harm them or else.." Raf's vengeful eyes sharply stared back Damon's bloody-red orbs.
"Or else what?"Damon's claws dug a bit deeper to his neck . His wicked smile roses his lips upward.
"I'm not gonna harm them, I will kill them anyway, and no one could stop me from stealing the throne. Not even you!"
Damon pulled back his claws leaving holes upon Raf's neck.
" I won't kill you now, because you'll gonna be my beta wether you like it or not, it is your fate!"
Damon throw Raf to the living room which seemed to be messy as landed by a crashed plane.
Ill go now, son."
Without a word, Gregory turned his back and walk like nothing strange happened.
How's the fight this morning? Alpha Romeo asked him about the latest defence system established at north Orient were vampires often claimed possessions.
"Alarming"his answer. The pack needs more defenders, we shouldn't let vampires' penetrate the north from where we get halves of all our consumables.
Beta Gregory bowed his head to the alpha. "It was tough sir.The vamos allies had been tough throughout the discussion, they insisted that the north should be theirs."
"What's your plan then? " the alpha asked . "Well, I think we can figure it out with our seats at your winery?"beta suggested.
They got their way to the winery, Alpha Romeo tapped his shoulder , "I'll just have some minutes with Cassia, I'll tell her we're going to have a wine feast all night." he smiled.
Yeah, no worries "I could also text Raf that I'll be late tonight. " he said.
The conversation got even deeper as the night went late, they talked a lot, planned a lot while feasting wine. The alpha felt unusual, he stopped talking as he felt his world spinning into highest earthquake magnitude, "what's happening?"he looked at Gregory while alternately shutting and opening his eyes.
"Are you okey alpha? "Gregory looked confused of the alpha's actions.
"I'm not, Argh!"he shouted loud and kneeled on the floor, his claws grew, blinking yellow-orbs triggered by unexplainable extremity of pain that made his throat got dry and painfully hot.
"You poisoned me, aren't you?" the alpha looked at Gregory while standing in front of him without any movement or action that would eventually seek for rescue.
"Foolish alpha."he laughed hard, but didn't tell anything .
"You traitor,backstabber Judas!"Alpha pointed his fingers to Gregory even his sight got blurry and unclear.
"Hahahaha, Alpha, alpha, alpha.The great alpha Dark Lucian Romeo of the Pthalo Shadows of the Orient."
He continuously clapped his hands with grinning face showing his amusement of the alpha's fall . He deceived the alpha,put poison in his wine with wolfsbane's roots on it ,just as planned.
"That's for stealing the life, fortune and fame I deserved!You, bullshit alpha is such a fucking bullshit!" Gregory's uncontrollable voice got even harsh of contempt.
"Aaaargh! Alpha Romeo growled as he intently shifted to his lupine Amoux, the bravest,fastest eagle wolf alive in decades. Amoux collected his scarce strength to step his shaking long,boney feet backwards that he could be able to control the strange feeling. He tried hard to control his temper but with unbearable burning sensation throughout his insides denied self-control over impulsiveness while fighting against whirling and spinning sensation that made him fall from upstairs.
"Hahahaha" loud and clear, Damon's laughter aired through the sound-proof winery where they supposed to spend comforts.
"This is ridiculous!"a wild ferocious voice from the outside came hurriedly. In an instant, Aloha, Cassia's lupine destroyed the glass wall with striking claws that broke a part of Gregory's jaw.
"Disrespecting the alpha is a gravely sinful act, beta!" How cruel are you for doing that? Aloha's anger was visible to her yellow orbs growling like a predator ready to shatter fleshes of the opponent.
"Arrggh!" Alpha screamed in pain at the stairway holding his chest so tight.
Aloha hurriedly came over Amoux to save him from too much pain caused by the poison slowly penetrating each of his body systems.
Aloha mightily grabbed Amoux and carried him outside their house to escape from Damon's fierce, but to hold him until they got to the middle of the Forest where cures can be found.
"There's no way you can run away and ruin my plans Queen Aloha!" Just as he uttered such, Damon throw something combustible to the hearth that made it explode eventually creating an instant combustion.
They both growled towards the fire which about to spread throughout the living room.
"Wake Janica now, the alpha urged Aloha to jump-up to Janica's room on the 3rd floor." The fire's spreading upon our way out, I can't leave you here, we'll keep linking Janica through telepath, we have to get out and find the antidote." As said, Aloha immediately grabbed the water dispenser and poured themselves to get wet upon running through the fire, despite bleeding cuts and burns they both succeeded in coming out the house slowly ravaging their home where precious moments of happiness and love was built.
Fortunate enough they made safely get out from the burning house, though losing strength they both relied on adrenaline which barely extended their strength upon breaking glasswall, Numerous cuts and wounds dug into their bodies because of the debris from everywhere.
They ran fast as they could but at times, Romeo often stumbled by weakening as minutes passed.
"Hold on my love!" Aloha was strongly dragged him, consequently causing him more and more scratches at his back. Hopeless. Helpless.
One moment, Aloha was clueless of the approaching attack by three other werewolves. She fought hard with all her might, but with the state of feebleness, she lost count on the wounds she got from the fight,until helplessly defeated and tied by the enemies.
No one from your highly prominent family will be alive, your daughter?I will rip her throat the take her heart out, i'll make sure no one among your successors will ever be able to steal my throne away! Damon's threatening roar echoed upon the silent forest.
No! I will never let you get my daughter, she's innocent, no one among your pack could ever take her away. I swear to the Moon Goddess, I'm gonna torn your pack all of you!"
Aloha growled louder to disagreement on Gregory's threat.
Numerous howling tension gets more and more threatening, even the chorus of howls by some other wolf's around .
"Are you insane Cassia? She has to die or else your pack will soon vanish as the curse!" Damon continued arguing Aloha.
"Spare my daughter!" Amoux glared upon him struggling, showing claws and longer teeth full of anger.
You're daughter is a curse Cassia!" "She's a human, a worthless fucking human!,This pack would be in total chaos with such a worthless future human alpha!"
"Mama!,Papa!" Janica's screamed loud along the dark forest full of bloody-red orbs of murderous werewolves howling towards her.
"She's here!" A Delta from the opponent's pack growled, while it continued indefinite howling as if a warning to everybody.
"Anak!", "My princess!" Aloha scream out with wide eyes, "Go away princess, save yourself!".she added.
"What's happening ma?" Please let me know what is happening?" with trembling voice and shaking legs she ran towards Aloha, but someone with hairy arms red-eyed monster is holding her tight with his pangs ready for belligerent attack against Janica.
"Let my daughter go!"Romeo screamed. Werewolves around them kept their howling so louder after another. "Kill us if you want, but spare her life. Let her live as human, because she's a human!,she's innocent and pure". There's no way your pack could be threatened by her existence, she's nothing but weak mortal." Her Romeo found some strength for long utterance that made Gregory's head turn upon him.
" I don't believe in your lies, the mighty Alpha Dark Lucian Romeo Valdez of Dark Pthalo Shadows of the Dawn" Don't you ever think of fooling me! I'm way better than you! I must be the alpha of the Dark Pthalo Shadows but your father chose you and not me who did all his commands and even willing to serve with all might!,but I was disregarded because of such foolish young and weak as you are who even raised a human child in your Luna's womb! You are a failure,and can never win the fight I will offer.
"Beta Gregory! How dare you for betraying the Alpha!" Janica screamed in anger, that if only she could barely shift and transform into a strong and powerful werewolf to kill the bastard beta.
A wild laughter roared around the forest from the Beta .
"I should kill you now,Alpha, Or, I should kill her instead" pointing Janica,that in a blink of her eyes was already held with Beta's furious arms wrapping her neck from behind holding her tight that gets even tighter in seconds.
The alpha strongly trying to unclog himself from being tied. He cried out his loudest howl as he wanted to save her daughter form being killed .
"Janica!" Her Cassia shouted but was even more wounded and weaker as she fought Damon's numerous allied werewolves.
"You and your daughter shall be killed, for me to become an alpha,the throne is for me,and not for anyone stupid as you!." said the enemy Beta.
"No, please spare her life, she's a human, why aren't you convinced?"
She's already 20 years-old but not even one among werewolf traits had she manifested." her mother Cassia cried so hard.
One moment and another, werewolf hold Cassia's neck as the Beta Gregory said, If you're not gonna be my Luna when your alpha dies, I would even be pleased to kill you first" he said, in a second,the pointed claws of the werewolf dug into her mother's chest and pulled out her heart.Then, she fell down lifeless as what the Beta uttered.
Mama! Shaking tone of Janica's agonizing scream as she witness the cruelty of killing her mother.
"Mama!Mama!" she cried so hard and felt herself gets even stronger and her eyes got blinking yellow-orbs triggered by the anger and pain of seeing lifeless mother .
Seeing Cassia's fall, Romeo howled even louder in agonizing his luna's death , he hopelessly urged himself to avenge Cassia,but slowly getting even weaker as the poison he took from the wine mixed with wolfsbane got continuously streaming throughout each vein. It was a well-planned deception by the Beta whom he embraced as a family, trusted as a brother, he gradually losing strength with blood from scratches,enduring pain from burns and bites he had during the earlier fight with other wolves.
"Don't worry alpha, you'll gonna die then. Enough of your heroic reigns for I will replace you because I am far more capable and powerful than you! Weak alpha!" Gregory's level of anger rised up even higher.
"There's no way I could live happy now that Cassia's gone, you may kill me now beta,but please spare my child!" her father's voice of defeat.
"If that's whatyou wish alpha!" Gregory scratched Romeo's neck and more blood flowed out from his wounds.
"Princess",her father mind linked her. She looked at him who's eyes were already shut closed and gets weaker and even weaker."Yes papa,"she replied.
"Don't know how to say goodbye, it's too painful that we're going to be parted by death. If only I was able to despise the deception, I shouldn't have taken the wine. I was poisoned, it was their plan all along. Our home where memories of happiness and cheers have vanished and burnt by these wolves.Please live longer , be a human and spare yourself from the curse, the werewolf in you must've been a gift but now, a curse. Spare yourself away from danger. I'm sorry princess,I am a failure for I failed to protect you and your mother."
"No, papa. Please don't say that .I can shift now, I know,I can be better and stronger papa" her unstopping tears flowed from her eyes looking at her father,the Alpha".
She screamed like a human while almost howling like a wolf in anguish of bearing the traumatizing agony.
"Please daughter. Live as a mortal, as a human , my princess, I love you, my ALUNDRA."
Her father called her Alundra, her lupine name.His voice faded and heart stopped beating then, she couldn't even hear any heartbeat, and that's the moment she realized... "This time, I am alone".