Kabanata I

A/n: so ayon dapat talaga pag completed ko na siya ipapublish kaso di ako makausad pag nasa drafts lang siya so I decided to publish it now. 😁

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SA ISANG madilim na lugar ay mayroong isang nilalang. Isang babaeng sugatan at halos pawian na ng buhay matapos ang laht ng pagpapahirap na natamo sa loob ng sampung taon sa kamay ng mga nilalang na masaol pa sa demonyo kung umasta.

"Lilith!" bahagyang tumibok ang puso nito nang marinig iyon kasabay ng pagtayo ng kaniyang mga balahibo habang mas binibilisan pa ang pagtakbo dahil maaaring maabutan siya ng mga humahabol sa kaniya.

Her eyes turned red as she increased her speed, doing her best to run away, to escape from that hell she's trapped into for a decade.

"Lilith!" Saad ng isang dumadagundong na boses.

Nilukob ng takot ang kaniyang dibdib habang pilit na lumalayo. Nang bigla na lamang siyang may mabunggo na bahagyang ikinakabog ng kaniyang dibdib kasabay ng panginginig ng kaniyang kalamnan na sinalubong ang katakot takot at malamig na mga titig nito.

"S-Sino ka?" nabalot ng takot ang mga matang tanong niya sa lalaking nakasuot ng itim na maskarang balot na balot ang buong katawan, maging ang kaniyang buhok ay hindi mo maaaninag.

Ngunit mayroon itong katakot takot na awrang bumabalot sa kaniyang. Ramdam na ramdam niyang mas nakakagimbal ang taglay nitong lakas kumpara sa councils na nagpahirap sa kaniya.

The man just looked at her coldly making her tremble.

"N-No. . . Please, I 'll do anything! Huwag mo lamang akong ibabalik sa impyernong iyon!" hagulgol niya, hindi makagalaw bagama't gustuhin habang unti unting papalapit sa kaniya ang lalaki.

The mysterious man chanted some words in a cold manner. That is the last thing she heard before she fell into a deep, comforting slumber. . .

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Howls of a lone wolf searching for his mate can be heard in a deep frozen forest.

It's dark and cold, yet he could feel the warmth of his mate, his Luna as he ran as fast as he could to search for her.

Mga alulong ni Alpha Hendrix ang bumalot sa buong kagubatan sa kaniyang panaginip habang hinahanap ang kaniyang mate na muli na naman niyang makikita.

At katulad nang unang panaginip kung saan ito'y kaniyang natagpuan ay nasa isang nagyeyelong lugar siya habang ang gubat ay nag aapoy ngunit hindi iyon sapat upang maibsan ang nakamamanhid na lamig.

"Mi Luna. . ." Hendrix Kayden mumbled the moment he transformed back into his mortal form as he saw the familiar figure of a silver haired woman.

His breathing hitched as his heart started pounding.

Kahit pa panaginip lamang ay alam niyang totoo ang kaniyang nadarama.

At batid din ni Alpha Hendrix na pareho lamang sila ng kaniyang Luna ng nararamdaman.

"I finally found you," madilim ang mukang sabi nito habang titig na titig sa babaeng unti unti ay humarap sa kaniya at matamis na ngumiti.

"You seem mad, is my Alpha's patience running out again?" Malambing nitong wika

Tila ba natunaw ang pagkabagabag na dinaramdam ni Alpha Hendrix nang marinig iyon.

His Luna went near him as she gently touched his face.

Bahagya siyang napapikit doon at hinapit ang kaniyang bewang.

"I'm sorry I couldn't meet you for days, I couldn't sleep," the woman smiled at him softly.

"I wonder what you look like? I often forget it the moment I wake up, it seems like the two of us does," the woman chuckled but it felt cold.

She's cold yet she is the only one who could give him warmth, even through his dreams.

"Meet me then," seryosong saad ng Alpha na nagpangiti lamang sa babaeng umiling.

"I can't. . . Hindi maaari mahal ko," sambit nito saka pinatakan ng masuyong halik ang kaniyang labi.

Even if they are aware that they can only meet each other through dreams. The two fated souls could feel intense and burning desire to feel each other's warmth.

But there is something that is stopping them.

Isang bagay na hindi mawari ni Alpha Hendrix kung ano. Dahil sa tuwing magsasabi sila ng tungkol sa isa't isa ay tila ba hindi nila iyon marnig at maging ang muka ng isa't isa ay magmimistulang isa lamang misteryo pagkagising nila.

"Bakit hindi?" takang taong ni Hendrix sa babaeng kaharap.

"Tell me, mi Luna," sambit niya sa malalim at baritonong boses na mapait lamang na nagpangiti sa babae.

"Even if I wanted to, I couldn't. . . " mapait itong napangiti roon.

"I shouldn't ask for more than this my love, this is more than enough for me," dagdag niyang nagpakuyom ng kamao ng Alpha.

"This is not for me, I've been waiting for you for so long, Luna," mariing nitong saad na nagpailing lamang sa babae.

"Then can you wait longer? I know this is selfish, but I couldn't act rashly Alpha," tumulo ang isang butil ng luha niya roon na agad na pinunasan ni Hendrix.

"You're in pain again," sambit niyasaka muli itong niyakap.

"Who hurt you? I'll kill it whoever it is," mariing sambit niyang nagpailing dito.

"I'll be the one to do it, my mate, I'll make him pay, I will avenge my home. . ." kuyom ang kamaong sambit ng Luna ni Hendrix.

Ramdam na ramdam niya ang galit at sakit na nadarami nito. The same feeling he felt when he first met her through his dreams five years ago. . .

"I will find you Luna, as soon as possible, and I will help you, I promise," seryosong saad ng Alpha Hendrix na nagpangiti lamang ng tipid sa babae.

And just like every time he is with her through dreams, they spent their whole night together. He almost didn't want to wake up, but his mate leaves early.

Nang magising siya sa isa na namang magandang panaginip ay walang emosyon ang kaniyang mga matang nakatanaw lamang sa labas ng kaniyang bintana.

He couldn't feel any emotions again, he couldn't feel anything. He's alive but he doesn't feel like he's living after thousands of years of being alive.

The emperor who reigns over the biggest and strongest pack, the empire whom all kingdom fears to mess up with.

Alpha Hendrix Kayden the oldest and strongest were wolf alive.

The wold who cam from the direct bloodline of the first creation of the moon goddess, but also the bloodline who betrayed her.

That is why everyone believes that Alpha Hendrix is not given a mate.

Something he almost believed in, until he met his mate through his dreams. The only place he could feel, the only place he feels very alive and warm even if it's snowing as long as he could meet his Luna.

Ngunit katulad ng isang panaginip ay nalilimutan niya ito sa kaniyang pag gising. Hindi niya maalala ang anyo ng kaniyang Luna, maging ang pangalan nito, sa pagmulat niya ng kaniyang mga mata.

Ngunit alam niya, alam niya sa sariling totoong mate niya ang kaniyang kinikita.

Ang kaniyang Luna na tanging sa panaginip niya lamang nahahagkan. Isang mapait na katotohanang hindi niya matanggap, kaya't pilit niya itong hinahanap.

Nakapagtataka lamang dahil kahit gaano pa siya makapangyarihan ay hindi niya talaga ito mahanap.

"Devon," he called someone outside.

Wala pang isang segundo ay nasa harapan na niya ito. The emperor's ghost, the one who kills for him and does everything cleanly having no trace, without anyone knowing his existence.

Someone who had no sound, presence let alone smell. 

The dangerous pawn of Alpha Hendrix. . . Fatal as a sharp wind that could kill anyone in the Alpha's way, in a second, without hesitating.

"Yes, mi lord," nakayukong saad nito kay Alpha Hendrix na madilim ang mukang binalingan siya ng tingin habang ibinubotones ang kaniyang suot.

"Have you found any lead to the oldest witch?" he asked without even looking at the man as he stood up from his bed. His golden eyes were being touched by the rising sun, making it shine even brighter.

"I apologize, but I haven't, Alpha. Nimue is too careful, it's as if she is not existing at all," he reported, napatiim bagang doon si Hendrix.

"Are you sure she's still alive? everyone knows that she's already dead, just saying," His beta who just got in said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Shut up Aztect, I am not talking to you," mariing sambit niya sa lalaki na nagpangisi lamang dito.

Aztect, his most trusted man, whom he raised when he lost his parents thousands of years ago in the hands of vampires during the war a very long time ago. Son of Alpha Hendrix Kayden's deceased father's beta.

"I know that Nimue is still alive, I could still feel her disgusting magic, I just don't know where that witch hag is hiding. I have something to ask her," Hendrix hissed.

The reigning Alpha wanted to ask the strongest witch about he dreams he is having and if she had a way for him to find his mate.

Malakas ang kutob niyang kailangan nito ang tulong niya.

"Devon, I want you to go back to the Lunar temple and find me a lead,about my mate, For now, Aztect will be the one to find  a lead about Nimue instead," utos niya.

"H-Ha? Oy Alpha 'wag namang ganyan! alam mo namang mainit ang ulo saakin nung matandang 'yon!" Aztect frowned. Remembering how he used to annoy the witch when he was a teen ager.

She turned him into a frog after that for a hundred years.

"Mas takot ka sa kaniya Aztect?" tanong ng Alpha na nagpatikom ng bibig ng kaniyang beta na napakamot ulo na lamang.

"Ewan ko sa inyo, lagi niyo na lang akong kinakawawa, niyuyurakan, pinagsasamantalahan, inaapi at inaabuso! break na talaga tayo Alpha! hmp! Ayoko ng maging Luna mo! " arte nitong walang emosyon lamang na tinignan ng Alpha.

Napanguso doon si Aztect.

Aztect, the Beta of the Midnight Fangs Empire who could even take down a whole kingdom's army without a sweat. Is now flipping his invisble long hair as he retreated with a swaying butt.

Nagbibiro lamang siya ngunit masyado namang sineryoso ng kill joy at boring niyang Alpha. Napangiwi na lamang siya nang maalala kung paano siya kinutya ng mga miyembro ng pack sa loob ng isang daang taon noong ginawa siyang palaka ni Nimue dahil sa pagkairita nito sa beta ng Midnight fangs.

Nailing na lamang doon ang pinsan niyang si Devon saka tumingin sa gawi ng Alpha.

"Mayroon pa po ba kayong ipag uutos Alpha?" tanong niya sa malamig na tono na ikinailing lamang nito habang nakatingin lamang sa labas.

Hindi na nagsalita pa i Devon saka tahimik na umalis na din upang sundin ang ipinaguutos ng Alpha.

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Unti unti ay iminulat ng misteryosang babaeng puno ng galos ang kaniyang mga mata. Mga matang kakulay ng dugo at ang kaniyang buhok naman na abot sa kaniyang hita ay kulay abo.

Bumungad sa kaniya ang isang hindi kilalang lugar, malayo sa madilim at mabahong silid na kaniyang kinamulatan sa loob ng sampung taong pananatili sa impyernong iyon.

And from the window, she could see a very beautiful view of tall valleys that seemed golden as the  rising sun embraces it.

It looks very beautiful, i fascinates her. Ngayon lamang siya nakakita noon.

"W-Where am I?" nababalot ng takot niyang saad saka napayakap lamang sa kaniyang sarili.

Hinang hina siya't nanakit ang buong katawan. 

In their world, they have a very long life span, the wouldn't age and wouldn't get sick, they wouldn't die unless someone kills them. Immortals who's regeneration isn't fast or instant just like what the myths says about those creatures.

But they are indeed strong, their speed cannot be compared to a mortal and even if thy don't regenerate instantly, they heal faster than mortals does.

"Sinong naririyan?!" kinakabahan niyang tanong dahil pakiramdam niya ay may nagmamasid sa kaniya.

The same feeling, a familiar aura that the man whom she last saw before she lost consciousness, had.

'Where did that man take me?' she asked at the back of her mind. 

Naramdaman niyang may papalapit sa pintuan na kaniyang ikinatakot. She noticed that she had no chains, and is not on a cage as usual.

And when she is about to escape, a beautiful woman already got inside. She had tan skin and turquoise mixed with navy blue hair. Her hair is styled boyish but some are still left long that she braided. She had tattoos all over her arm and piercings on her face.

But still she looks very beautiful. Her skin is also bronze colored, it compliments her beauty.

She looks wild and intimidating, but her smile is bright.

"You're finally awake!" she said while smiling ear to ear. 

Her blue eyes were looking at her delighted, far from those wicked and disgusted look she gets from those beings who tormented her.

Bahagya siyang napaatras at takot na tumingin dito.

"Don't be frightened, I am a friend," she smiled at the woman while keeping her distance, cause she looked uncomfortable.

"My name is Sierra, midnight fangs' healer, also the best pack doctor of empire," she introduced herself proudly.

Weird, cause pack doctors doesn't usually participate in fights, yet she feels how strong the woman is.

"M-Midnight fangs?" she asked shocked. It is he name of the pack that she always hear the councils are talking about. And how they wanted to take down it's ruler.

"Yes, ghost took you here last night after his mission in the Lunar temple.

"Ghost?" she asked confused.

Wala siyang naiintindhan sa mga nangyayari.

Ibig bang sabihin nito ay nakatakas na siya sa lugar na iyon? 

'I wish I really did. . .' she silently hoped.

"Don't mind that popsicle," the doctor chuckled.

"How are you feeling?" she again asked. 

Somehow, she feels comfortable with her.

"I still feel weak, I couldn't move much," sagot niyang nagpatango tango rito.

"Do you remember anything? what is your name?" muling tanong ni Sierra na nagpailing lamang sa babae.

"My name is Lilith. . ." she introduced herself to the woman in front of her.

For some reason, she could still feel those hot stares looking at her carefully, it makes her feel anxious. 

She could smell a very fragrant smell nearby. Isang amoy na ngayon niya lamang nasagap ngunit sapat na upang mabilis na pakabugin nito ang kaniyang dibdib.

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"It seems like the woman couldn't remember anything but her name, Alpha," Devon reported to Hendrix while he is out hunting with Aztect who also just got back from his mission.

"She was tormented and experimented by the councils. Hindi ko mawari kung ano bang klaseng nilalang siya para pag interesan ng mga ito, pero naraamdaman kong isa rin siyang lobo," dagdag pa niyang ikinadilim lamang ng muka ng Alpha at kuyom ang kamaong ibinaling ang tingin rito.

"Observe the councils and investigate further," he ordered.

Devon bowed his head.

"Yes, Alpha," he responded and left.