Zalen’s POV
The alpha would probably be dead now. I cried as I ran off towards… I didn’t even know where I was going but I knew I had to go somewhere far away from where I was, far away from where the alpha had been captured and I had betrayed him by running away from his enemies.
I had always prided myself on being his most loyal subject if not one of his most loyal subjects but I couldn’t believe that I had just ran away from him to save myself. I had just-hours ago to be exact-picked my survival over my loyalty.
I was a traitor. A real disappointment to my master and I hated myself for what I had done. I couldn’t stop hating myself.
“Master!” I cried, falling down on my knees and sobbing hard.
I thought of making it up to the master. I wondered what it was that I could do. What if I go back to save him?
I hissed at the thought as it came into my mind. That was a foolish idea and a suicide mission. They would have killed the master by now and I would only end up getting killed if I go near where they were.
Even if they hadn’t killed the master, it was unlikely that I could save him. I was alone in this as others had run off and I couldn’t break the alpha out without help.
I wondered why the alpha had killed the general but I didn’t judge him for what he had done or hate him for that. He must have had his reasons for killing the general and I strongly believed that. I didn’t think that anything could make me give up on the alpha and wondered why the others hadn’t been like that and had been so quick to give up on the alpha.
Hadn’t they been loyal to the alpha? That was who I had been loyal to. I knew and cherished the alpha before I knew the general.
You just gave up on him. I sighed as the thought came to my head and cried again. My subconscious was right. I hadn’t been any different from those who hadn’t bothered to fight with the alpha. What was the point of going into the field with the alpha to fight when I escaped to save my life when the alpha was captured and the others started getting burnt?
What else was left to do? I wanted to avenge the death of the master. There must be something that I could do to make the alpha’s death worth it. I had no doubt that the blood moon wolves must be preparing to back to their hometown now. They must feel so relieved that the master was dead. They could be having a celebration at the moment and the thought of that made me angry.
I hated that they were happy while I was grieving. I had to stop their happily ever after. They didn’t deserve it. Master wanted them miserable and that was the mission I had assigned myself to carry out now, even if it cost me my death. That he was dead didn’t mean that his dream had to be dead. I was going to let master live on through me.
I smiled as an idea popped into my head and it was the best I’ve had so far ever since I had been thinking of what to do for the past two hours.
I walked into the land with confidence and a readiness to die. I should have died with the master but it wasn’t too bad if I died here if it meant that I could avenge the master. Maybe this was why I had escaped. I had run for this. My life had been spared so I could do this.
They would have sensed my presence by now and I wasn’t surprised when I saw the men coming towards me. I scowled when I realized that they weren’t more than two. What was this? Were they just two who were monitoring the territory of their border? Why were they lax with their security? Was it because they weren’t at war? They shouldn’t worry too much. They were about to go to war.
I hated that there wasn’t more than two soldiers though. I wanted them to be much more like that. I had hoped that there would be at least ten soldiers rushing to meet me. I wanted the attention. I needed it like I needed to breathe. I wanted everyone to know that I was around. I needed to be escorted through the town by more than these two soldiers that I was looking at so the people can wonder who I was and what I was doing here.
“What are you doing here, rogue?” One of the two soldiers asked.
I was glad that they recognized me. I didn’t have to explain myself. I loved that we had gotten the introduction out of the way.
“Don’t you know you are trespassing, rogue?” The soldier asked again when I didn’t respond. “What are you doing here all alone?”
I smiled at them, loving how annoyance flicked in their faces at my smile. It was a nice question that they asked but they weren’t the ones I was going to give the answer to.
“I want to meet the alpha.” I said.
They were angry as I expected them to but I wasn’t ruffled. It was the alpha or I was going to have to find another way to see him if they didn’t let me see him now.
“How dare you!” They bristled with rage. “How could a mere dirty black wolf think of being in the same room with our alpha? You think he has the time for you?”
I wasn’t mad at them. They were only doing their duty. I would have reacted that way if someone had walked in unannounced and dared to ask for an audience with my late master.
Had they just called me a mere dirty black wolf? I shook my head at them. As if they could be more dignified than my master. I was ready though to be called anything as long as I got to see the alpha and complete my mission here. I had to pay my respects to my master the way I knew best.
“Leave now before we strike you down.” The other soldier growled.
As if I was going to leave. They would have to kill me if they wanted me to leave here. They appeared to have seen the resolve in my eyes as they looked at each other, communicating with their eyes. They seemed to have passed a message to each other as they finally looked at me and seemed ready to listen to me.
“Why do you want to see the alpha? You know your kinds aren’t wanted here.”
“I have an important message that has to do with his pack to deliver to him.”
The two soldiers looked at each other and nodded. “Let’s go.” They said, flanking me on both sides as they led me towards the town.
I smiled as I walked. It was time to meet the alpha of the blue river pack and cause some trouble. This would be fun. I hoped I would get to watch the show but knowing the temperament of the alpha of the blue river pack, I doubted it.
I didn’t care what happened to my life as long as the blood moon wolves get miserable. Finally, the blue river pack and blood moon pack were going to have the war they needed to have but have been putting off for ages.
I felt like I deserved an award for being the catalyst for the war both packs had been trying so hard to avoid.