Filed to story: Wolf Crying Mate of the Alpha by Jazz Ford
‘Alpha Bennet, what brings you here?’ Why did you kidnap me?
‘Welcome, Luna. I see you’ve settled comfortably in your small cell,’ Alpha Bennet chuckles.
I scoff, ‘Comfortable is far from the term I would use! Now answer my question!’ I shout.
‘So, dramatic,’ Alpha Bennet says, ‘And I didn’t kidnap you for starters. Kadva did,’
‘Who is Kadva?’ I ask.
The hooded figure stepped forward. He held his hands out, and they began to glow. A blue magic sphere appears in both of his hands and transforms into balls of water.
‘I’m Kadva,’ he introduces himself.
‘How did you manage to do that?’ ‘Who are you?’ I enquire, astounded by his powers.
‘Kadva is a mage,’ Alpha Bennet interrupts the conversation.
‘A mage? My coven sisters would really love to meet you, well, before you kidnapped me, of course, but I’m sure they’d want to meet you for less than pleasant reasons now.’ I frown.
‘I’m just following orders,’ Kadva says in defence.
‘Following orders? You work for the wolf council?’
‘The one and only,’ he says in an uncomfortable manner.
Despite the fact that Kadva kidnapped me, I can’t help but think he’s not really an evil guy. I’m curious to what they have against Kadva to force him to do their bidding.
‘I’m not sure why I’m here. Why did you have me kidnapped?’ I look up at Alpha Bennet.
‘How would you feel if this planet was free of humans?’ To live in a world where we are no longer required to keep our powers hidden. ‘To be able to shift into our wolves without being hunted down and slaughtered by humans?’
‘This planet was made for humans. It was never intended to have supernaturals on it in the first place.’ Books dating back a thousand years can be found in the Shadow Crest library’s forbidden room. I read one book in particular. It documents the history of supernaturals. We did not come from here but from another dimension called Mysteria. To answer your question, I would not feel right if humans no longer existed, especially in their own world where they are meant to be. I prefer to leave the humans alone and return to Mysteria if given a choice. But I’m not sure what my k********g and confinement here has to do with this?’
Alpha Bennet bursts into laughter, ‘You were supposed to say how wonderful living in a human-free world would be. Your priority should be for your own species. You’re a disgrace to all werewolves.’
I jump to my feet and lunge at the bars where Alpha Bennet stands, ‘You’re lucky I don’t have my wand and that I’m behind these bars. The wolf council is the disgrace!’ I shout.
Alpha Theaton laughs. ‘And the Luna hasn’t even heard the best part of all this yet,’
‘What part?’ I ask, knowing I’m not going to like what I hear next.
‘The part where Magnus will never see you again until your blood-flame the vampire king wipes out the human race,’ Alpha Theaton grins.
‘H-He won’t do it!’ I yell.
‘Oh, but he will. He was going to do it once, and if he wants you back, he will have no choice but to do it.’
I glare at Hank, ‘This is why you were back in Shadow Crest? You were spying on me? How else would the wolf council know that Alec is my blood-flame?’
Hank smiles proudly at himself, ‘You should have killed me when you had the chance,’ he laughs.
‘Oh, don’t you worry, Hank, the next opportunity I get, I will kill you,’ I warn. He stiffens and stops laughing.
I lower my gaze, concentrate, and try to mind-link Reaper, Magnus, and anyone else from my pack, but nothing happens. I glare up at Kadva.
‘You did something to sever my mind-linking ability, didn’t you?’
Although I can’t see his face under his hood, I can sense he is highly uncomfortable. He remains silent but nods.
‘Please, Kadva, I have to tell Magnus not to free Alec. I don’t want the human race to die because of me. My life is not worth the death of billions of innocent people!’ I plead.
Kadva takes a step back and walks away.
‘I have to agree with you, Luna. Your insignificant life is not worth the life of even one human being. Kadva takes a step back and walks away.
‘I have to agree with you, Luna. Your insignificant life is not worth the life of even one human being. But both of your lovers will think otherwise, so sit tight, sweetheart, because the world is about to change,’ he says, laughing along with Alpha Theaton and Alpha Amir. They take their leave.
‘You’ll be sorry!’ You will all be sorry! Please, no one should die!’ I yell at the top of my lungs through the bars.
They slam the door shut behind them, and I drop to the ground against the cold wall. I need to get out of here, and I need to put a stop to this. I chew on the rope, and the prickly fibres in my teeth feel like nails on a chalkboard. The rope is now frail enough to snap. With my hands now free, I slowly and thoroughly inspect every inch of the cell for any flaw or vulnerability through which I can escape.
When Magnus wakes up, he discovers that Nina has not yet gone to bed. Magnus peers out the window to check if she is still by the moon tree. There’s no trace of her.
‘How come I can’t smell her scent?’
‘Nina?’ He shouts as he walks down the hallway and then down the stairwell. Lilac and May are the first ones to leave their bedrooms.
‘Alpha Magnus, it’s like three o’clock in the morning. Why are you shouting?’ Lilac asks, adding a yawn
‘Have any of you seen Nina?’ he inquires. ‘She didn’t come to bed with me last night,’ he adds.
‘When was the last time you saw her?’ May inquires. ‘She was under the moon tree with Reaper. I’ll go wake him up and ask him if he knows where she has disappeared to. Not that he can tell me, but perhaps he can show me,’
As Magnus approaches the moon tree, he notices Reaper, fast asleep with his beak tucked beneath one of his wings.
‘Reaper, Reaper, I need you to wake up,’
Reaper stirs awake, stretches his wings, and clicks his beak.
‘Nina didn’t come to bed last night. Do you happen to know where she went? Can you show me where she has gone?’
Reaper begins to caw and screech in response to this. He seems troubled that Nina isn’t here. As he searches for her, he takes to the sky. I shift into my wolf and run after him. He will have a better field of vision than I will, flying in the air. Nina may have been injured and might be unable to move. It would explain why she never came home, but she didn’t mind-link me. I try to mind-link her, but the connection is gone. Reaper makes his way into town. I shift back and inspect the forbidden room, but she isn’t there. After that, we head to the lake. ‘She was here at some time throughout the night. I can smell her scent,’ I say to Reaper as we look around.
As I approach the lake, I notice a rock that has been weirdly positioned near the water. I see a note under the rock and pick it up. Reaper takes flight and settles on my shoulder as I raise the note up to show him.
‘Alpha Magnus, if you want your precious Luna returned alive, you are to free the vampire king, and he is to eradicate the human race. Once the human race has been annihilated, that’s when your Luna will be returned. If you both refuse this order, then we will kill her, and then we will destroy your entire pack declaring you an enemy to all wolf packs and kill every single pack member.
Regards,
The Wolf Council’
Reaper squawks and flies around in a crazy manner across the air. While I fall to my knees in shock and in response to the ultimatum that has been placed before me, I raise my eyes to the sky.
‘Luna, I will get you back one way or another. I will bring you back home safe where you belong. I promise you,’
Magnus shifts and returns to the packhouse. Reaper perches on his shoulder. The sun is just beginning to rise in the sky. Everyone is already awake and alert after May and Lilac awoke the entire packhouse to notify them that Nina has gone missing.