The Black Dynasty
“Of course! I’ve been such a fool Lehi; I’ve been seeking infidelity from the wrong end!!!…. Of course, Lucas De’ Clan would never cheat on his mate, he’s an alpha, he has enough strength to resist even the strongest of my enchantments, but Ava… Ava is weak, and besides… she seems like she is more of a slut than he is.”
She raised her eyes to the tree, “thank you… thank you so much for your help, Lehi, but there is one more favor I would like to ask of you before I go.”
“I already know what it is you are asking for.”
“Of course, o knowledgeable one, there is nothing that can be hidden from you, then can my request be granted?”
“I will grant you this request because I know it will be your last, you are a very powerful witch Susannah, and I would have wished for nothing more than you to have used your great powers for the betterment of mankind.”
“And I too would have wished that my people were never slain, but we can’t always have what we wish for, can we?”
The tree ignored her question, granting her wish, “If you want to resurrect Ray Devlin from the dead, you must find his remains where it was buried by his murderer. You must take the ashes to the river of life, I’m sure you know where it is, beyond the blue mountains in the north; the only river that remains warm and unfrozen in the coldest part of the earth, there you will revive the body through your dark magic. Of course, you know that the soul will not be able to return to the body, Ray Devlin will be like an empty vase in your hand, with no mind of his own, perfect for you to control.”
Sabrina began to ready her wings, “thank you o knowledgeable one, I will never forget your help, if truly this is the last time I will come here, then I will carry the memory of your good deeds to the grave with me.” She then launched into the sky, leaving the hidden valley in the direction of the moonlight territory to find Ray’s cremated ashes, and then after her plans of raising the dead man, she had a wedding to stop.
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It was nearly sunrise when Vulcan Darin, the leader of the Black Dynasty (known by popular demand as the rogues) received a visitor from an old friend in his mighty castle, built on one of the territories he had claimed from the pack leaders.
“You have a visitor sire,” the guard who had brought him into the waiting room said.
“This visitor had better be important for you to drag me out of my bedroom so early Konark, else you can kiss that sweet head of yours goodbye.”
Konark nodded to the guards to bring the visitor into the waiting room, the two guards dragged a chained Sabrina in, removing the sac they’d used to cover her face.
Vulcan gave a strange look at Konark, and then at Sabrina. “I’ve never seen you before, who might you be?” He asked her.
Sabrina smiled, “I take a bit of offense that you do not recognize me Vulcan,” Sabrina then revealed her true face to him for a split second, the face of Susannah.
“Oh goddess! Susannah, you scared me for a second,” he then turned to the guards. “Release her at once! She’s a very honorable guest.”
The guards removed the chains from her hands, letting her free so she could continue the conversation with their leader.
“When you told me you would be wearing a different face, I didn’t believe it, now I know there is nothing you can’t do Susannah, you could have even killed my guards and stormed in here if you wanted.”
“You’ve always underestimated me Vulcan, my powers are much stronger than you can possibly imagine, and by the way, I’m called Sabrina now, not Susannah.”
He held her hand, and led her to sit with him in the balcony. “To what do I owe this special visit, dear Sabrina?”
“First let me thank you for the show you helped me put on with your men the other day, because of your help, I am now an omega of the dawn pack.”
“You owe me a huge price for that Sabrina, Lucas De clan’s wolf nearly killed two of my strongest men.”
“You will get your reward for your help in due time Vulcan, but now I’ve come to ask you for another favor. I am moving on to the next phase of my plans to kill the leader of the dawn pack.”
Vulcan creased his brow. “What is it you want this time?”
“I need you to send a small army of rogues to attack the dawn pack.”
“After what happened the last time??? Never!!! Only a small encounter with their alpha, and two of my strongest have never remained the same ever since, you want me to send more to their deaths? That will be suicide for my men, the dawn pack is the strongest, we’ve not even been able to overthrow the moonlight’s leadership for years talk less of the mighty dawn pack, it would be an impossible battle for us to win.”
“Nothing good comes without a price Vulcan, and of course, I know that your forces cannot win a battle against the dawn army, I am not asking for your men to overthrow the dawn pack now, that would be impossible given their tremendous forces, instead, I want you to stop a union. A joining between Lucas De’ Clan and his mate.”
“Lucas De Clan is about to be joined? He’s a powerful alpha Sabrina, a wedding for someone of such high ranking as De’ Clan would be attended by many Alpha’s from around the globe, they will fight by his side if they were ever to discover that the dawn pack is being attacked at any moment.”
“That’s why we have to strike as early as possible before the leaders come to the occasion, and by early, I mean immediately because the wedding is this evening, they will marry under the moonlight so we should attack by dawn, that should be early enough before the other leaders begin to arrive.”
Vulcan shook his head. “This is no small favor you are asking for Sabrina, surely many of my men will perish.”
“I know, but like I said, nothing good comes without a price, I only need them to show their face around and retreat once they’ve killed a few dawn soldiers, only a foolish alpha would be marrying in the midst of war, Lucas will have no choice but to postpone the wedding if he finds out that the rogues have an eye on his territory, it’s the only way. We have to stop that union if I ever want to kill Lucas De’ Clan. The dawn pack is useless to me, once I kill their leader, I will hand over the territory to you. Think of how much power will be at your fingertips once you take control over the dawn pack, you’d be unstoppable Vulcan Darin. Think of all the wealth and power that will be in your possession.”
Vulcan took a minute to process the words, and then, “Ok, Sabrina, you have convinced me well enough. This had better work, I will send my men to attack the dawn pack at first light.”
Sabrina grinned. “Thank you, and there’s one more thing, when the survivors of your army retreat, I want them to leave behind a prisoner.”