"I see you are doing well for yourself Akya" l said to the woman who had grown to be a sister more than she was a friend over the past centuries. She was the reason l was able to stay hidden in the werewolf community for so long. When the current lineage of Alpha Kings overthrew me and sent out a bounty for my head she would be the one to cover my tracks and mislead them.
"It's very easy to be what they want you to be. That's how our kind has learnt to survive" she says wrapping her arms around my bodice in a long and comforting hug, the first l have had in over decades.
"Where have you been? l haven't seen you since the bedtime story books were created" she asked taking a seat in her consultation chair
"We really did fool them. Making our time on earth a stupid bedtime story helped us survive for so long but l can't pretend to be an omega for any longer" l said knowing the time had come as predicted for us to rise again from the trenches
"The North and the South are planning something dangerous that could potentially wipe out all the creatures, werewolves included" she spoke with tears in her eyes meaning she was getting a vision
"why would they want to kill their own kind?" l asked not understanding the logic
"The prediction has bee sent to all the supernatural species and they believe that if there is a 'species' more powerful than all then the only way to overthrown them would be to unite and destroy them even if it means wiping out all the creatures" she explained
"Are they that desperate for power that they would make such a stupid power play"
"The royalties are the ones who started this movement. What better way to overthrow your enemies than to send your dogs to do it..." she said, before she could go any further, there was a knock on the door
"come in" Akya called out
"Food is ready" Antonio said peaking his head into the room. Akya looked in my direction before walking out in the direction of the kitchen while Antonio cornered me at the door of the room
"You are in my way" l said crossing my hands over my chest while leaning on one leg
"what were you two talking about" he asked copying my stance
"We'll talk about it later, l am very hungry. I hope the food is edible" l said teasing him hoping he would stop his probing altogether
"later" he says leading the way to the kitchen.
With the prophecy coming true and the kingdoms now aware of what is to come, l have to find all the people who were part of my circle back when l was the ruler of the werewolf Kingdom because they are our only hope of survival
That was a rather strenuous task. I hadn't heard from any of them since five centuries ago. I didn't even know whether they were alive or not
Another problem was getting the Alphas on my side. Most of them believe that our history is a folklore. However most of them were too engrossed in fighting for the royalties approval to even know the difference between right and wrong
"thank you for the food, it smells divine" Akya said as we all sat at her dining room table
"it was a group effort but most of the credit will have to go to out Alpha" the gamma said giving props to his leader whether to score points with him or he was genuine, we would never know
"It was group effort, team work makes the dream work" Antonio said filling up his plate. It was silent after that as we all ate our food and it wasn't all bad. The flavour was bit off but it was well cooked
Dinner went by rather quickly and Akya led us to the living room to strategise
"what were you doing in the forest?" l asked her
"l could tell that someone important needed my help that's why" she said looking straight at me
"Alpha, you must be one powerful man" the Gamma said applauding his Alpha while l rolled my eyes at their oblivion
"And what happened? No one wants to tell me and l need to know for my own piece of mind" l asked the group
"Something unknown was out there, looking for something that none of us know. We have never seen or heard of the creature before. But once it smelt Akya's presence it disappeared into thin air" Antonio said
"That's strange, that means Akya has something it fears. Antonio why are you going to meet up with the other Kingdoms" l asked needing to piece together the pieces
"there is war on the horizon. The royalties sent an order for all the kingdoms to come together to fight against a common enemy that wants to wipe out the werewolf community" Antonio said. Akya looked at me already knowing that we had our work cut for us. They were sold a dream not knowing that the very ones they are defending are the ones who want to destroy them
"And what did the creature look like" l asked because if it was what l thought of then we were doomed
"it was small in size with one huge eye on the left side of its face and one gigantic foot bigger than its whole body. It had blooed red eyes that looked like they shot lasers" he described and my fears were confirmed
The war had already started and they were playing dirty, using the only creature that could destroy me to weaken my defences and get rid of me altogether
This meant that they feared going to war because they knew they would not be a victory.
"You said that the ancient Red wolf would come for my kingdom, when should we expect her?" Antonio asked Akya while his pose looked at him astonished by what they had just heard
"the ancient red wolf will come from our pack. That will make us the strongest pack in the continent" the gamma shouted like a little kid in a candy store
"I don't know days, l just know what will happen. She might be amongst your people without you even knowing" Akya said which caused me to choke on my own saliva
"Chris, l need you to contact the pack and find out if we have had any new additions to the pack on the last three months, if not try the last year" Antonio commanded his Gamma using his Alpha voice
"but enough of this talk, we have a long journey ahead of us tomorrow. Let's all get some rest." Antonio commanded before taking off on the direction of the room assigned to him
"I will be coming with you. We can't afford to lose you before the fight begins" Akya said before retreating to her room for the night