Chapter 2

Conor was restless that night and so was I. He was howling and wailing inside my head, begging to take over. The pull of the alpha bond towards our mate is no joke. And the fact that we took years and years to find him makes it much stronger. It hurts so much to deny the bond and the current crisis involving the pack's security is adding more pressure on us.

The next morning, we prepared early to travel towards the south pack. I'm so exhausted and Gabriel somehow noticed how restless i am, he suggested to bring along one of our men to drive so that I could take an hour or so of rest along the journey and due to my undeniably exhausted mind and body, i agreed to it.

I've been in piles of needles and thorns since this case started so it is very difficult for me to get some sleep from then and last night is my last straw. I didn't even get a wink of rest due to Cornor restlessness.

"You don't look so fine Con" he muttered in a stern voice.

"Yeah, Conor's being so peachy" I remarked but the prick at fault is currently resting like a baby.

I leaned my forehead on my right arm then closed my eyes. Honestly, a nap sounds very interesting to me right now. As I get lulled deeper into the deepness of my sleep, from the darkness a pair of vivid purple eyes began gazing back at me. It was staring softly and lovingly over me that I can't help but get swayed by those bewitching pair of orbs.

'MATE!'

'MATE'

'MATE'

'MATE'

"ALPHA!"

Immediately, my eyes shot open, seeing the limp body of our soldier, lying pale and breathless- dead. The knot in my gut twisted even more when i wasn't able to find Gabriel where he was sitting. For a moment, I lost it till I noticed him standing outside fighting someone and that's when I snapped.

"Dang!" I cussed jumping instantly to attend in the situation. An ambush? Like seriously? I slammed the head of one of my attackers in the hood of our car then snap the neck of the next, blood was dripping from my clawed hand as I stalked cautiously.

Gabriel let out a loud howl to alert the pack nearby. And not so long after, help was coming from all directions. Good thing we are confronted in a place where some small packs are nearby. All the attackers who's still alive immediately flew away which Mike had already has wolves chasing after.

"Alpha, we've captured one of them but he clawed his head then snap his neck. It killed its own."

I give a slight nod to Mike, he's the alpha from the east pack. Everything was jumbling inside my head like a mess and I'm furious from the fact that we lost another soul and I wasn't able to do anything just because I was taking a damn nap tsk!

"Ok thank you mike." I tapped his shoulder then walk towards my beta who'd just finished talking to someone on his phone.

As I thought everything over, I realized that this attack isn't just an ambush to kill us but to instill their threat that they are not afraid to die. My jaw tightened from that thought. Someone behind this is surely sick in the head, sending spawn like that can only be done by some psycho who really do lost its mind and humanity.

"Conrad, I think it is better to just go back on our pack house. You look far worse now. Let's just pay the south pack visit some other time." Gab suggested. I wanted to disagree and proceed to the plan but my body was now a mess and so as my mind. I can't even think well right on my current state so with no other choice on hand, I agreed to his suggestion.

When we're almost back, my wolf turns agitated. Conor's clawing on my mind, fighting for dominance. He wants us to get out of the car and as soon as i did. The air was filled with familiar scent of mint and wild flowers. The musky and comforting scent of forrest floor had my heart jolted erratically. Conor started screaming again inside my head and it hurts so much. I'm almost at my limit.

'Mate'

I bared my fangs, growling. I know exactly who he is, standing outside our boundary. This is too much!

"What are you doing here?" I gritted in a half human- half wolf voice. This is not the situation I expect to get when I get home but this is what I've got and this whole thing is pushing me on my limit before blowing off. So today isn't a very good day huh.

I can see Conor's victory grin as we stare at this vampire smiling so brightly on us. He was acting nonchalantly as usual as if things like going on the enemy's side doesn't bother him in the least.

"Wow, I can clearly say that you, ware wolves doesn't carry much of a hospitality eh?" He muttered in a cheeky grin. "Aren't you supposed to invite me for a coffee or even inside at least?"

Gabriel's confusion was rolling around his face but he still choose not to say any inquiry nonetheless. When i didn't move, the vampire cleared his throat then showed us the letter we sent him the other day. I tried my hardest to calm down especially Conor who's trying so hard to win our control. I'm not up for any more complications so I'm putting more effort on keeping Conor at bay.

"I'm here to attend to the letter you sent the other day. Alpha, shall we take this in a closed door conversation?" And he's back on his authoritative voice. I shot a quiet glance to my beta nudging my head, signaling him to continue driving inside the pack house. I'm tired to argue so might as well finish this right here right now.

Black BMW's followed our track. There are three of them to be exact and i don't smell anything good coming from this. Wolves are very much hostile when it comes to them.

"Conrad are they-"

"Yeah and that *** was their king" I spat.

"ooh.. seems like you're holding so much grudge towards the guy" he snickered.

I almost slap him on his head but i remember that he's driving. Gabriel was my beta that's for a fact but he's also my best friend since bud. That's why he could sense my distress even from a thousand miles.

"But Conrad, before we put them into sentence why don't we hear their side first? This matter is no joke and we can't just point the blame in their clan and declare war against them. This is not something we should act impulsively" Gabriel muttered. "Cause honestly, the way you're acting just now, you are already deciding to condemn them with no solid proof."

I held my silence after that or just as until we get back. Pondered things hard and tried my hardest to look in this situation maturely. Gab's right. Maybe I'm letting my stress and emotion drives the worse out of me. I must think straight this time and don't let personal issues tampered my sense of reasoning.

Once we finally arrived, Gabriel was meet by his mate, she clung into him like a child but the following cars was set every pack members to into halt. I could feel the bold distress of each members as they realize who we brought inside our boundary.

"Everyone, they are the representative from vampire clan and they are here to attend to the situation we're currently having right now." I announced to calm down their fuss which only helped a little. Having vampires for the first time is quiet a hard experience. Some of them are baring their fangs and some are ready to attack.

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