JAYDEN
I gave up on calling Catriona after several times calling her and hanging. up on me. I know that she’s angry about us telling her to stay in her room and lock herself in. “Jerome told me that there were rogues roaming around at the pack house. After a while of inspection, Jerome said that the rogues were not a threat. I asked Sandra to check on Catriona and tell me if she’s fine.
The next day at night after completing some of the tusks I came here for, I told everyone to get ready for the fight. I can’t wait any longer for five days to end. I have a lot on my plate already so I need to get this done once and for all. I have a pack of my own to take care of. Jerome is my Beta, I trust and know that he can manage the whole house in my absence but still I have to be there as an alpha. He is a good leader and all the pack members love him.
What I think about now is Catriona and my unborn son. When Catriona asked me whether I am happy or not about the pregnancy, I didn’t answer her because I didn’t know what to answer her at that moment. But the truth was that, am happy that I am going to be a father. But the question is, will I be a good father to my son? “Will I get enough time to spend with him? Because being an alpha is a lot, it means responsibilities, it means restless.
Inside my bedroom, that I was given…. I got a text message from Catriona telling me that she has a doctor’s appointment tomorrow. The doctor told her she has to get an ultrasound. Alright, be careful. I texted back.
There was a knock outside the door. I told the person at the door to enter. Another alpha from another state came and bowed his head at me in respect. Alpha, the fight will start in a few minutes. He said. What is the time? I asked him. It’s almost midnight Alpha. He replied and I followed him outside where the fight was going to take place.
Jerome did a great job on setting here. Everyone here thought the fight would take place in two days. I decided to do it now unexpectedly without them getting themselves ready. I chose ten strong wolves with the alpha blood in them. They have to fight themselves until they remain two. The remaining two will have to fight each other, and the winner will be the next alpha of ( the strong blood pack). I was motioned to my seat, when they saw me they all bowed to me in respect.
When everyone was on their seats and silent, the ten men shifted into their wolf forms and lunged at each other. They were all strong and good fighters, but the black wolf with brown tail caught my attention. His moves were quite unique from the other ones.
It didn’t take so long after the eight wolves got defeated, they all moved out of the ring fight. Without wasting time, the remaining two pounced on each other. They were both black wolves but the other one had a brown tail.
They fought, snapping teeth on each other’s throats mercilessly. Blood started oozing out of them, both. The fight was now on fire… the crowd was shouting so loud with their Wolfy sounds supporting their favorites.
After what felt like forever, the black one won the fight. I saw the pain and disappointment in the brown tail’s eyes. They shifted back in their human forms and bowed at me. I matched forward towards them and asked them their names.
I am Paul Jones Alpha. The winner said.
Am called Reign. The other one said.
I announced Paul Jones as the winner and a new alpha of (the strong blood pack), and announced Reign as his new Beta.
Reign, you don’t have to be discouraged because you lost the fight. You have the alpha blood running into your veins, so as his new Beta, it will be your responsibility to protect and respect your new alpha. Losing the fight does not mean the end of the world. I see the sadness in your eyes right now but I would like to remind you that this is your pack, your family. You have to join hands as a family and protect this pack. “Understood? I asked Reign. Yes, Alpha, I understand. He said with his head bowed down. “Good”. I said. They shook hands, hugged and the crowd applauded happily with loud shrills.
I patted on both their shoulders and headed back to my seat to join the other pack members. They all kept quiet for a minute, and they all bowed their heads down, to their new alpha showing him their respects, and said at the same time…. long live Alpha.
When everything was over, it was really late in the night. I want to go back in the room and put my head down to rest. Paul Jones came to me wanting to talk…
Let talk tomorrow about you and everything. I need to rest a little, and you should all do the same. It’s very late. I told him. As you wish Alpha. He said.
Tomorrow I have work to discuss and finish with the other alphas. And after that I will go to the werewolf school. I took a hot shower and tucked myself into the covers. I am so worn out. Then sleep, and tomorrow finish whatever work you have to do because I want to go back home, to my mate. I miss her. My wolf said.
I smirked. Don’t start now, let the man sleep. I blocked him before he said anything else.
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I was in the woods running trying to catch up with my wolf that was also running to catch up with someone. He finally stopped at something that looked like a pond. It didn’t look good at all and the smell that was coming out of it was disturbing….
Something at the pond caught my eyes and I moved closer to it. The bottom of it was like a cracked glass. I saw something that looked like hair wavering trying to come through the cracked glass. Watching this scene made so sad and i don’t know why.
My wolf got up on his paws and started running heading into another direction. I tried to follow my wolf but I was stuck in the mud. I don’t know how and where it came from. Still stuck in the mud, I started hearing voices of the angry wolves fighting, snapping teeth at each other. I started seeing blood everywhere and the laughs of the ugly voices I know too well. I covered my ears to stop the laughs but it was for no use.
I closed my eyes and started thinking about Catriona from nowhere. “And why am I thinking about her? I was about to block her in my head , that’s when I remembered her beautiful smile. And as I did so, it started drizzling from nowhere and the voices disappeared.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Catriona sitting on the back of my wolf. She looks like an African queen goddess. Her bottoms were made perfectly for my wolf’s back. She gave me a simple smile without showing her teeth. Her dimples made her smile look more beautiful. She raised her hand at me asking me to go to her.
Don’t run away from me , I will always be there to protect you. She said, I wanted to run to her and take her hand but refrained myself from doing so. I don’t want her to see my perceptiveness. If I go to her, I may end up hurting Her as well. I had the worst relationships in the past which I don’t want to encounter. And above all, she’s human. I must be the one giving her protection. I saw her smile disappearing from her face. “Don’t underestimate me Jayden Evers… You don’t know my weight. She said,
I turned around to leave and stopped when she said….
“Even if you don’t want me in your life, I will protect you and your people. That is my vow to you. She said,
“Don’t push her away son…. She’s the one for you. Said the familiar voice.
I averted my eyes from Catriona to the familiar voice. “My mother…
I woke up and rubbed my eyes in frustration. “What kind of dream was that? I asked myself. I got a little smile because I saw my mother again after a long time. I went to the bathroom, did my business and came out and put on the clothes. It was already 8am in the morning. This is not my time to wake up, I usually wake up at 6am.
I didn’t have time for breakfast because I wanted to finish everything early and head back home. I called Paul and gave him some guidance about what he has to do as a new alpha. After that, I called the alphas and finished the work we had to do. The meeting took some good hours but finally ended.
I and some of the alphas went to the school. It was a long drive to reach school.
Inside the school, I met the principal who I appointed. We greeted each other and he led me into the office.
The reports you sent me, says that the students keep on increasing each month. I asked. Yes Alpha, it’s true. The principal said. And why is that? I asked. In my opinion, I think they get bitten by the rogues. He said.
You think they get bitten? I asked him with a serious tone. Am.. sorry about that alpha. They get bitten. And the dormitories where the boys sleep are almost full. He said. “I’ll take care of that. I told him.
I want you to get the qualified and well trained students to take patrols in the area. I will do that alpha. He said.
How about the students that transform? How do they feel after the transformation? I asked.
Some of them get scared and try to run away. We pick them on the roads and some in the woods unconscious. Said the principal.
That means you don’t have enough security at school? Add more security around every corner of the school and prevent them from running away in those hard times of theirs. Write me all the requirements and the other stuff you need for the school and give it to me. And I don’t want to see those kids alone in their hard times of transformations. I told him. Alright Alpha, we will do as you said. He said.
Good… by the next time I come back here, I want to see everything in order. I told him.
I spent most of the time at school doing little things that needed me done. I have to add another dormitory for both girls and boys.
My phone was in silent mode from morning. I did it intentionally because I didn’t want any distractions. I reached out for it and found eleven missed calls and one text message from Catriona and five missed calls from Sandra.
Let me hope it’s not bad news….
I opened Catriona’s text first before I called her.
“Since you refused to answer my calls, I will tell you from here. I can see her typing the message with a gloomy face. And it brought a smile to my face. I continued with the message….
Am pregnant with twins.