r the tenth time while I washed the d

ected to honour the Alpha’s Call at the first sight of the full moon. Alpha Zavier would howl to call his pack and those who could, would tend their human forms and gallop into the woods for the fi

a asked, pausing her

d only for our empathy and service. Monica as a Beta could hear sounds hundreds of metres away

s in the kitchen paused at that. It was still early evening

, their ears picked up the sound of people rushing away, I still couldn’t hear anything. M

le were running, yelling, doors slammed here and there, rattling the pack house. The other o

me asked the frozen room. It pulled

e door behind amber as she exited the kitchen on legs that quiver

her hands propped on her hips. “If we were under attack, sh

re we? The sacrificial lambs?” I went back to washing the dish

e an appearance for the past three years. They didn’t consider me a part of

As the kitchen was downstairs and I stood facing a window while washing,

a hushed voice. “A hundred of his wolves ju

of royal bloodline on the entire planet. The na

. The prince was cursed to wander the earth with his people for his fathers since so for the past tw

on our continent but then, he wouldn’t be Prince

repared f

ared for a takeover by

fifty packs. His army grew, with the members of his p

Prince Valens w

an early age – The Prince who would

riors outside continued to discuss. “The encroachers a

a Zav

meet

n discussing. They turned at that moment to see me, having been lost in their panicked conversation. “Were you eavesdropping

e everyone staring at the interaction between Claudia and I. Half the others girls alread

hing plates when the Alpha

g the plates. All the girls stared at me with wide comical eyes until Claudia burst into loud laughter, sl

ned in on her laughter, convinced I was saying nonsense. “Not the Boogeyman? N

a Valens exists?” One of t

ta?” Another

burst open and

“What are you all still doing here?” She screeched. “Did you not hear the Cursed Alpha Prince and his pack are here?” The laughter

e kitchen while the other gi

to the stairs that led to the pack’s underground safety

m to be. “Alpha Zavier won’t let him take over like that and we can’t be here to see that

on its head and turn into a jungle, r

k. He would not let it go without a fight. The Alpha Prince would win. He’d been conquer

allegiance to her Alpha no matter what a

f those that belonged to my pack. Their howls were familiar to me but these weren't. T

s to a year, assigned an Alpha in his pack to lead in his absen

ith the spirit of

le flocked en masse through the doors of the small building t

our movement when we tri

lowed us here. People overtook us as we paused. The enforcers let them go without a pause but

d raised hard eyes to me. I swallowed at the l

I took another step back. “They won’t allo

t a traitor int