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I COULD FEEL MY WOLF trying to take over but I pushed her back slightly, taking the lead.

We can do this together, I calmed her.

We had always been with each other since my first shift at the age of seven. The beast regarded me as her half, giving me her consent to kill this Alpha- even if it meant a path towards our own demise.

I stepped away from the one- hundred and twelve year- old Hellis. He smiled with pride for me. I told Hal the plan to urge the Elders, the pregnant women, and the children to hide in the basement of their houses and to open their doors to the connecting tunnel towards the open woods away from the pack. I had learned my lesson from my father. I wanted to save more lives so I made sure there'd be an escape route for them to use.

With Elder Hellis and Valor, a barrier could be made in the woods where my wolves would gather safely as they wait for us to return.

Elder Valor looked at me with doubt, but I stared him down with my assurance. "We will return."

Hal had the guards gathered in front of me, waiting for me to move out and meet the perpetrators. I furrowed my brows and a strong- wilful sensation filled me. The fear was gone and I swore to the moon that my pack would see the twilight once again.

"We will not be erased from the face of the earth."

I stepped in front of the warriors' lines, moving my feet as fast as I could as I led them out of the dark tunnel. The stench of blood lingered in my nose. Strength materialized in me that I pulled the iron gates apart unnecessarily because of fury.

Outside were wolves tearing each other limb from limb. My warriors were easily detected in number with the white Lupus masks on their faces. I shrieked a frilly sound as I saw dead bodies bathing in their own blood, heads decapitated, arms unattached, and bodies unrecognizable.

The enemy wolves quieted down and lost their focus on their fights as they looked at me. My brave warriors took this as an opportunity to rip them apart in vengeance. I grimly smiled.

My wolves were empowered by the dominance I radiated. Howling, I led the charge in front of my pack; biting my enemies with hunger for vengeance; clawing even those in wolf form and tearing their bodies as I cried for peace.

Warmth touched my back. Behind me stood my beta. I faced Hal with fiery eyes, my canines dripping with the attackers' blood.

It was only in slow seconds that he removed his Lupus mask and handed it over. He cupped my cheek and I saw firmness in his eyes.

"Blood doesn't suit your face, Alpha. Mortifera does not deserve to even have a glimpse of your face before he dies," he muttered.

If not for the gravity of this situation, I would've smirked at Hal's reverence but I stayed still and silent as he covered my face with the mask.

Where is he? I asked everyone using the pack link.

In front of the late Alpha's grave, one of my wolves replied.

That was all it took for me to lose my ability to think of my safety. How dare he stand in front of my father's grave?

I will kill him.

Without a second thought, I ran through the bloody battlefield, clawing enemies who blocked my path along the way. Hal followed me from behind in his wolf form. Heightening my senses, I felt a strange aura revelling in the cold atmosphere

My vision caught a man lifting a wolf with one hand, suffocating it by clutching its neck in a deadly grip.

Alpha. H-help. Agony surfaced in my heart as I recognized the helpless voice of my omega, Victor.

Gasping for air, choking in the hands of death, he looked at me with a pained expression. Tears threatened to spill from my eyes. No rank was ever low to me. We shared the same bloodline. He needed me. I growled just at the same time as the mastermind of war turned his stare towards my direction.

I ran on both feet and charged at the ruthless killer, fixing my eyes at him as his aura oddly affected me.

Crystal blue eyes were bathed under the blood moon light. His claws retreated and his hand loosened its grip from the almost lifeless Victor.

My feet strangely halted; my wolf restrained us both from the urge to kill the man in black cloak.

Only a foot away, he closed the distance between our bodies and I finally saw his full image. I gasped at the captivating effect of his body next to mine.

"My fated." He growled at the same time as my wolf declared him her own possession.

His hand touched the back of my neck and tears started forming in my eyes.

This can't be. Not him.

"No," I snarled.

He can't be my mate.

His grip tightened at the back of my neck, pulling some of my braided hair in a hurtful manner.

"My curse." He uttered, baring his fangs. My wolf could sense the arrogance in him.

Glad that he couldn't see my face, I snarled again in reluctance of the cruel fate the moon showered upon me. If I was his curse, then he was mine too.

He was dead- serious with accepting his destiny but I could taste the growing bitterness in his intensifying aura.

Pulling the Lupus mask from my face and harshly throwing it to the ground, my image was revealed. My tears found their escape. I felt weak in his eyes.

His gaze did not even soften but I unconsciously assessed his own, blessed with the features of a strong and handsome warrior- the perfect face of an Alpha who could rule the whole perimeter, success just lying around the bend for him to take.

But behind that was a dark and wilting soul.

"You are mine." He could say it a million times but it would not change me. I abhorred him already.

His eyes bore holes into my neck, I could picture the blood moon in his eyes.

No. I am not an assassin's possession.

I wanted to pry away from him- to run far away, but my legs remained weak and useless. My mind was in haze and my senses intoxicated like I had taken a shot of fire whiskey.

He hadn't taken his eyes off my face but his calloused hand was holding me in a possessive stance of security. His plump lips twitched and the desire to touch him involuntarily crossed my mind. Fuck this bond.

"What's your name, mate?" he asked. No emotion could be taken from his voice.

I gulped and remained silent but my wolf was yelling at me to answer.

"Freya," I said softly, still bearing the alpha tone.

Growls and howls returned in my ears. Hal indiscreetly snarled at him as he roared for the enemy to let me go. Hal vowed to protect me the moment he became my shield.

Hal... I tried to tell him to stop in the mind link but I couldn't continue my words, knowing that my mate was ready to pounce at him any time.

This Alpha's power was incredulous and unabashed. His aura splayed vigour and rhythmic assurance that death would always be cast upon his enemy like a natural portent.

Freya, do not accept him, Hal warned me.

Mortifera quickly eyed Hal from behind my shoulders as if sensing our talks behind his back. I winced in fear for Hal's life.

I can't lose you too, Hal, I said.

"And who are you, kid?" Mortifera brashly mocked my second-in-command.

I couldn't see Hal but I knew he was angry and hungry for a kill.

"Alpha Freya's beta," he said each word with emphasis.

Mortifera returned his gaze. I looked down at my father's grave with my tear stained cheeks.

"I can't believe such a senseless, emotional, weakling like you is this pack's Alpha," he remarked with arrogance and I tasted disgust in him. The bitterness insulted me.

My wolf growled in annoyance with her fated partner's indiscreet words. The nerve of him.

"Stay. Away. From me," I spoke, clenching my fists in a display of authority.

As if my act of dominance was a mere plague for him, he pushed my body away, letting me fall to the ground but Hal was immediate in catching me with both arms.

My tears were gone and the wild tingles the enemy gave me moments ago felt like conjuring- a staged moment of attachment.

I stood up even if Hal pleaded me not to take a step near the enemy. Obnoxious blood- boiling fuelled my body. He would have a real taste of me. Bitter and sour, he deserved it.

"What do you want from us? Why ruin the well- deserved peace of my pack with your dirty hands and your dirty motives? You disgust me as much as I disgust you." I could no longer hold a bark to his insults.

Step. His eyes glowered in a mix of gold and red.

"Watch your mouth, little wolf."

Step. He removed his cloak and his canine teeth extended. A display of anger. I surely hit a nerve.

"You utterly disgust me," he mouthed.

Step. He stared me down, his ill- temperedness hazing the distance between us.

"How cruel," I boldly stated.

His brows curled just as his jaws clenched in agitation.

"Fate is so cruel for two alphas to be mates. How incredulously cruel." I spat.

"You do not want to challenge me, mate," he stated in an arrogant tone.

"What if I do?" I bravely retorted. He just stated an invitation that I was more than willing to take.

"Mate," I added with stealth.

He snidely snorted. The cold breeze passed us by but my body repelled it with the burning anger in my heart.

"I refuse to answer an obvious result."

It surely hit my guts. The Alpha in me grimaced at the insult. He thought I was powerless because of my gender. I could tell by his words and the way he was mocking me.

"Why? Because I'm a woman?" I questioned the obvious. Hal was fast on his feet right in front of me as the dangerous Alpha stepped forward and eyed me with a smirk.

"No. Because you're not yet a woman. You're just a young, helpless girl, little wolf." He drawled. "And you are my curse. An obvious curse."

He did not move from where he was but that smug smirk in his face was something that I wished to wipe away with a resounding slap.

Clenching my fists in anger, I kept myself calm. He was playing tricks on me, wasting my time, stalling. There were wolves fighting for their family's lives out there. I had to think of a way to stop this battle.

Even if he was an enemy, my wolf confirmed he was our mate. It was unquestionable though hard to believe. The moon really had an amusing taste at pairing. She could be laughing at me for finding mine as an enemy.

I was standing in front of him when I declared to kill him moments ago. This time, even thoughts of that were being stopped by my wolf.

"I know what you're thinking," he spoke in a low tone. His voice was deep that even the wild animals surely found him frightening.

I gulped as I watched him step forward, pushing Hal away like a piece of paper. I gasped as my protector flew to a tree trunk hardly. My eyes were fixed on the glaring man in front.

"You do not show concern to a useless wolf like that," he growled and pointed at the aching Hal.

I kept myself guarded, my toes curled inside my shoes.

"Hal is not senseless! You are!" I growled back. Our wolves were fighting for dominance as Alphas.

Gold versus gold, our eyes sought different prizes from this inner battle in our midst.

The sound of my wolf pack was depleting at each second and he noticed this as well before snapping another dark look at me.

"I'll make it quick and easy." He effortlessly broke the silence, gaining my full attention.

"My army will cease its attack but you have to bow down to me," he sneered.

"To hell with you."

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A/N

Yey. Chapter 2!

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