Ivan POV

I heard someone keep calling me. The familiar voice is reverberating in my mind, calling my wolf and me. The voice fills with sadness, hopelessness, and worries. Who is there? Who is calling me? Why he is so sad?

I think I am the saddest person on the earth. Got abandoned by the one and only mate. The lover who supposed to completed myself as a whole being. The pain was so unbearable that sometime a crazy thought utmost successful ended my life. I may the strong alpha, also possess half a weak human.

When the pain and loneliness was so overwhelming, I lost to devil whispered and repeatedly slashed myself in the end. I stopped when it did not give me any better than get over the loss. And, a few hours ago, I think, I got a silent killer phone called from the dearest mate.

He finally wanted to sever our bond formally. At first, Cedric and I felt a greater happiness when we were hearing his voice, but the news broken our heart deepened. I stunted a few minutes to process every word he muttered.

Cedric howled in pain as if to begging him to consider the decision again. The howled was so heart breaking but I restrained myself from shows any weaknesses during the phone. Finally, it comes to the end. The sacred bond we shared with each other will break by tomorrow.

I don't want to wake up. I want to forever be trapped here. I don't want to face anybody. It is better to be alone than keep seeing the person you loved the most with someone else. I knew I deserved the karma yet the possessive side of me refuse to accept it.

Rylan has been mine since the birth, but I stupidly hurt him. I insult him to something that normal person can't have any control. So, what I am getting now? Nothing! The respect I always wanted to maintain can't replace the mate I had lost.

"Ivan, please come and save Allen." The mysterious voice again drifts into my consciousness.

Who was calling me? For what? Who is Allen? Why I must go to save them? Anybody there? A lot of questions swirling around the white wall as if I had trapped in my own heart. I look around but didn't spotted anyone else except me in this white wall box. Therefore, who was the owner of the voice that keeps calling me?

"Ivan, please come and save Allen." The voice again pleaded in the most worry tone.

Who? The voice was so faraway yet familiar. I sighed raking the voice that could match it until Cedric shout our mate's name.

Mate- Cedric whines inside my head.

MATE? As if the same person who had broken us? Why is he calling me? For what purpose? Why he need me to save somebody I never know? Allen? Where had I heard the name before?

Mate? Are you kidding me? There is no way he will contact me. He hates me to the core. He avoided and distant himself like I am some contagious terminate plague. – The bitter word left my lips like a hot lava.

Mate needs us! Mate needs our help! He is in trouble. - Cedric anxiety has contaminated me.

Are you sure? He has another man to protect his wellbeing. - I said in brooding mood.

Please Ivan, Mate needs us. Please help him as a one way to atone our sin. – He keeps begging in low whimper.

"Okay." I finally surrender under his plead nor I really protested to save him. I just tease Cedric to see his feeling after being hurt so much.

Apparently, the situation has close our relation. We are not in rocky relation anymore. The problem have made us becomes one as if supposed to be since birth. Yet, I unconsciously see us as two different identities far in my heart.

Now, the question is how I want to escape from this white trap wall. How I reached and who had placed me here? The wall designed like a mental institution room except it didn't have any door or window.

Put your resolve to break it. This is not the trap, this is a part of your will. The latest news we got from our mate have knocked off your mind aka coma. – Cedric shouts in my mind.

Coma? I never expected it. – I laughed maniacally.

We are in pack clinic. Currently, nobody watched us. This is an opportunity for us to runaway without the obstacle. – Cedric tells me.

I still was thinking how to break out this wall. Then, a bad vision comes in my mind. The vision shows me the gruesome death of my mate and son. My heart leaping so badly that cause my vision got red with terribly shaking.

Now I remember who Allen is. He is my one and only son I have and future alpha for this pack. What happened to him? Why my mate's plead desperately? Maybe the rogues have started their war campaign.

Due to the vision, the white wall collapsed into nothingness revealing the dark space. The force from lacking the oxygen and a sign of panic attack had me successfully escaping the coma. I open my eyes that still blurring from coma effect.

The room only accompanies by the machine beeps and an IV drip. I pull out all the wires that attached to my body. The heart machine goes straight line. The sudden movement from stand up had made me land on hard tiles.

My feet like jelly-o. I used the bed to support my weight and stand again. With a shaking legs and lightheaded I used the clinic wall to guide me outside. Fortunately, nobody around here today or I get a lucky day for not bump into anyone. Once outside I strip from the clinic gown and Cedric quickly takeover.

He asked me to rest first considering I was weak after manage to run out from the clinic. We passed the border, ignoring the shout from the patrol team. Despite being weak Cedric still manage to outrun the patrol team. I know he is not in his best condition too just like me. We run straight to Northern Night Pack that take one and half hour.

The border was eerily quiet without any patrol team. The dry blood scent assaults my nose. What really happen here? Did my nightmare become true? I was trotting around the border praying that I can meet someone to inquire the answer. Finally, I find someone who standing at the borderline.

"Who is there? State your name." Cedric huffed in an annoyance getting an order from Beta class. The man wearing the brown shirt with cargo pants as he aimed the bow to us.

"I'm Cedric an Alpha wolf belongs to Ivan Kendall from Crimson Moon Pack."

"State your business here?" The Beta still questioned me without lower his bow.

"What happened to your pack? The whole area reeks with blood scent?" I choose to ignore his questioned.

"There are rogues attacked two days ago. The great alliance is slower than poop to assist causes great casualties from our side." He sneered to my direction.

"My condolences... sorry for the loss." I honestly replied disregard his rude comment.

"Hahaha, that's all what the great alpha can offer I guess. I afraid that I must reject you from step into the border. The alpha wasn't here." He shrugged his shoulder with reluctant look.

"Where he is?" I can't contain the patience talking with this annoying Beta anymore.

"Search his nephew. The rogue had taken the poor kid." His shoulder slumps as the word left his mouth.

"What his name?" My heart is beating loudly with the news. Please that is not what I had thought.

"Allen... Allen Nightshade. He was missing around four hours ago." My heart as if wants to jump after heard the answer. No! This is a dream, right?

"Which direction they're going?" Cedric voice sounded as if in feral. The leaves vibrate when a pure rage force hit it.

"West direction..." The man disappears before I can ask any further.

Weird man! - I can hear Cedric muttered. Without any delay, we dashed to west direction.

Cedric special ability is scented memories. The ability enables us to memories people's scent once we meet them. We sniffle around the bush to find the scent we are seeking.

Got it! – Cedric said before sprint along the lingering scent. It takes us two hours before we spotted the cave guarded by filthy rogues.

The air is full of the scent of blood. The river has limited my sniffle to detect any further more. I transform to the human back, used the river to cross over there. I rubbed the mud all over my body once I get into the nearest bank. The mud covered my natural scent.

They're still not notice my presence the time I got close to them. I tried eavesdropper the guard's conversation. They apparently discuss the disgusting thing that makes my blood boiling at high level.

"It must really enjoyable tasting the fresh meat from alpha bloodline. Wonder if the leader will share the little kid with us." One of the guard talk about the bullshit thing.

"Foolish old dick! You think he will share the prey this time. He needs to deliver the kid to the hunter by tomorrow morning." The other one gulp the alcoholic in one go.

"The hunter just requested us to bring the kid. They didn't state that he must stay virgin." The first guard smirks.

"Dick!" He said before leaning on one of large rock with heavy lids. I calculate the area carefully and count the rogue. My mind starts planning the wise plan.

I wait the good an opportunity to strike the group. The five guards stay wake up when the rest going to sleep. One of the guard comes in my direction, apparently to pee. I covered his mouth and killed him in an instant.

I wear his clothes that smell so stinky with the rotten flesh and walking to the guarding area. It seems that, they did not notice I have swapped with their friend. It's impossible for me to attack them in one time. I need a new plan.

"Hey, mute makes us a warm water." I grit my teeth when one of them smacks my head. Mute? So, the previous rogue was a mute. Wonderful. I stand up and get to the said place. A screaming from the cave mouth takes my attention. It is an adult screaming.

"The torture begins again. That is the price he must paid for dared to attack us earlier." I bring the warm coffee and serve them one by one. It seems that the rogues just take a light sleep when they all wake up after smell of hot coffee getting into them.

I bring the last cup to the last rogues. My lips smirk when watching they sip the deadly coffee one by one. Good job foolish rogues. You make my job less troublesome. I sneered inside. The poison will take the effect in less notice way.

In thirty minutes or so, one by one the rogues fell asleep. The sleep to the hell. They should have thankful me for giving a mercy dead unlike the usual me. Called me a coward or what I don't care. I need to preserve myself well to release my son and his stepfather inside the grimly cave. In addition, I don't know how many rogue inside there too.

Giving the current strength I have, I couldn't take them all. If I died before saving them, then it was meaningless. One benefit befriend with witch is learning their way to concoct a deadly poison. The locket I always wore is the poison container actually.

The last person who died is slightly having a convulsing sign before his eyes dilated white. I scout the cave from the entrance. Shit! The passageway so dark but with werewolf sight we can adjust to it very well.

"Who are you?" A snare sound behind me. I turn around and spots three rogues standing there. Seem like my calculation was off.

"Who am I? Oh, I'm your dearest dead ripper." I immediately transformed into their shocked face. They also transformed and encircled me.

One of them attack me just like what I wished. I fight them and in same time highly guard because three to one is disadvantage enough in my state. I managed to kill two of the rogues already. The last one seems so persistent and cautious with his attack, but then he still lower than I do.

When I see an opportunity I going straight to his neck, but his dodges cause me to bite is shoulder. The bastard lets out the alarmed howling. I bite off the chunk of flesh before aiming to his neck. The alarmed howled effectively warned the members inside judging from the thunderous footstep heading up to an entrance. I catch my breath and Cedric use all his healing to seal the open wounds.

"Well, well isn't this is the almighty snobbish Alpha? What make you come to my humble cave?" This one eye rogue was psychotic that tried to kidnapping one of the pup from my land few years ago. The permanent scarred on his face was caused by Terrance.

I snarled in his direction as his signal his members to attack me. I need to break my limit. The weaknesses were not a valid excuse when I face the rogue. Their attack causes the new sealed wound open again. The blood poured out from my body like a river.

I ignore the pain that is searing across my body. I fight the five more rogues before their leader decided to join the fight as well. I let go the last one of his minion lifeless body. My focus was on the bastard that reeks with my son's blood.

Cedric and I become one with revenge. This time we are losing all the logic when thinking our son's condition. The vision I have in a coma come like a tsunami wave causes us to leak out a feral growl. The growled caused the leader ears flattened. He may a leader to the rogues but I'm still above him.

We attacked him without guarding ourselves. That is okay because he is the last rogues. The blindly attack sometime could create the opportunity to kill the opponent. However, my attack has become sluggish because the blood loss and blurry eyesight. The leader kicks my stomach make me flew and my back hit the boulder. He smirks above me when aiming my neck. I howled in pain when his canine penetrates the tender flesh.

No! This is not the end yet. I need to save my son. He needs to stay alive. My mate will devastate if he is losing our son. Please Goddess, at least let me save the poor boy first before you take me to your side. We muster the last strength and kick his body, making he flew. Cedric hastily take over and run to the rogue.

Ignore the blood seeping up from our neck Cedric quickly aim the rogue's neck and snapped it. We rolled into the soil to catch the breath. After a few minutes, we trot slowly in blurring sight deep into the cave. The light finally greets us with a great rancid blood overwhelmed the air. I quickly my step to the sobbed and whimper voice.

The sight that welcome was so gruel. Allen was there with tears stained face and chained on his left legs. In his laps is his bloody stepfather head. He screamed and called his stepfather repeatedly. He snarled once I close to them.

"Uncle, daddy wouldn't open his eyes. Help me... please." He said to me. I put my ear on the Alfred's chest. His heart still response in weak wave.

"Don't worry, son. He is still alive... he strong enough to knock out the dead reaper." I found the tools to break off the chain.

"They pulled off all daddy nails, cut his limbs one by one, and whipped his body.... they were laughing when daddy screamed in pain. It was all my fault... because I bite the rogue." Allen was screaming in hysterics.

God damn it! How dare they let the innocent boy watched the whole torture session? I regret giving them a gentle dead. I grabbed the boy into my body, embrace his tiny body as I whisper the soothing word. His finger goes limpid as I hear his breathing become even. I put him onto the floor and immediately transform into a wolf. I lick all the deep wounds on Alfred body.

Unfortunately, there is no way the medic team can patched back both his legs and arms because the rogues had burned the severed parts. His legs and arms were in the fireplace. I can't hold the wolf form too long. I find the rope and tie Alfred behind my back. For now his wounded place had closes.

I carry Allen and Alfred, fighting with my own pain as I walked through the dark forest. I prayed I didn't meet any foe on my way back. I used the long way and taking a few breaks. I heard Alfred groaned behind me.

"Who are you?" He said in a groggy voice.

"Nobody... don't talk too much. You're still weak." I advised him.

"How about Allen?" he suddenly wriggles and whimper when hit the sore part.

"He safe..." I almost stumble down.

"Leave me and take the poor boy back to my pack, Ivan. I've permanently disabilities and didn't wish for him and my family sees me like this." He pleads for me.

"At least you're still alive. Don't be an ungrateful bastard. The kid needs to see you alive to alleviate his guilty. I hate to say but you mean a lot for both of my mate and son. You must continue to live for their sake or I wouldn't forgive you forever." I said make him stop from said nonsense thing.

In the end, my strength finally gives up. I lost all the strength and my eye become more blurry before I feel like wobble in the air. I am minding both people in my front, back, and choose to fall with my left side. Thankfully, they did not take too much impact from the fell. Allen did wriggle but didn't wake up.

"Ivan!" A familiar voice sounded close to me. I am glad that the help coming at last.

"Terrance takes Alfred and my son to their pack. Promise me that you will exclude me from rescue them." I take a relief breath as Terrance tie off Alfred from my back.

"It will be possible if your Beta who the one whom deliver them." I roll on my back and keep my son in my arm.

"So, how?" I eye Ralph.

"Let me send them. Terrance, you can bring your stubborn alpha back to your pack land." I roll my eye hear his annoying order. My heart feels heavy as I kiss my son's forehead before giving him to Ralph.

"I couldn't detect your wolf." Kai's whisper as he lifts my head onto his laps.

"He fell into deep dormant. I will grateful if someone can erase my presence in my childhood memory. I don't want they feel indebted because it's my duty to protect them. " They are nodding except Alfred, who protest.

Ralph puts his palm on my son's forehead. His eyes glow with an eerie gold color. After a few second, the invisible force smashed his hand. Ralph frowned before something dawn into his mind. Then, his vampire brother appears with another one vampire.

"Rion, can you teleport this boy and man to their respective pack." The man was grumpy before take Alfred. "Kurt I need you to heal this stubborn man. We are heading back."

"Oh dearest brother don't take me as your teleportation tools." The vampire said before vanished with Ralph.

"You shouldn't take another reckless stunt, cousin." Kai said the same line as before. He transform to massive black wolf.

"I have too... you too will take the same path as me if something happens to your family. Love can drive us crazy, Kai." Terrance lifts me on Kai's back. Use the rope to secure me. I lost the consciousness not long after Kai start running faster to my land. I pray they will stay strong to face with the situation.

A/N

Hey guys, so what do you think about the latest chapter? Have I disappointed some of you? I guess the answer is yes coz in short time Alfred has gotten his own fan base. And, the story had stepped into downhill zone. However, don't ask me how many chapters left. Hehe So, good night for whomever in the same time zone as me. Love you guys so much...

P/S  Enjoy one of my favorite song.