Max's Pov
I am now really hesitant to use Laura. I am not sure whether my plan will work or not. This girl is so nice and pure hearted that I am feeling very guilty for what I am planning to do with her. How can I use the one and only person who gave me love and warmth of family. The affection which I have longed for since my parents' death.
I met Laura fo the first time in a forest. My pack was out to patrol the forest but I was the one who smelt an unfamiliar and sweet scent. That scent was completely new to all of us. Grandpa said, " Max, can you smell something? "
"Yes Grandpa. ", I replied.
" Can you tell us what do you smell? ", he said.
" This is a very fragrant smell. Oh! It is scent of a perfume and....beef. ", I said.
" NO. You are wrong. Completely wrong. I did not ask what kind of scent is that, stupid boy. I asked what is the source or cause of this scent? Why are we smelling an unfamiliar scent in our forest? ", he said, in frustration.
" Oh, I am sorry Grandpa. I didn't get what you meant earlier. ", I said.
" How will you become the Alpha of our pack with this brain of yours? How can I rest when I know that i can't even handover my pack to my own grandson? Do you really want me to select someone else to take over the pack and become it's Alpha? ", he said. Anger was clearly visible in his eyes.
I was already in my wolf form but still I immediately bowed my head and said in a low voice, " No Grandpa. I am really sorry. I will work harder and try to focus more. I am really sorry. Please forgive me. I really want to become Alpha. I can take care of our pack. "
I want to become Alpha. No, I need to own the pack. I am not a greedy or ambitious type and I have never even been that but, there are only two things I want in this world. First is become Alpha of our pack and the second and most important thing is to avenge my parents' death.
My parents died when I was 7 year old and I saw them die right in front of my eyes. The way they shouted at me to run and save myself. They used their last breath to protect me. I can never forget my parents' pleading eyes. They kept on telling me to run and protect myself. I still wake up from nightmares. In those nightmares I see my mother and father die, right in front of my eyes and I am unable to do anything.
I have to take over the pack so that I can avenge my parents' death. I have just these two goals in my life. I need to take over my grandfather's pack and with the help of my pack, I have to avenge my parents' death.
"All elders of the pack will keep an eye on you and if we feel that you are not worthy enough to own the pack, we will select someone else. Be on your toes, all the time. ", Grandpa said with a frown.
Grandpa has always told me to forget that night. He tells me that I am not strong enough to take my revenge. He tells me to forget everything. He says that he is not ready to lose me too. I mean how can he think that I can forget that my parents were killed? If my father and mother died that night, so did his own son and daughter-in-law. I cannot believe he is still expecting me to forget everything. That is why I can't tell him that I need our pack for my revenge.
"Yes Grandpa. I will keep that in mind. ", I said.
" Ok, ok. Now everyone, let's go and see whose scent is this. ", Grandpa said and marched forward, followed by the pack.
We reached where the scent was strongest and found a girl of same age as me wandering alone in this dense forest. She was wearing perfume, but was also sweating. It looked like she has been walking for a while.
I said, " I think one of us should come in our human form and talk to her. She will get scared if we go like this in front of her. "
"What do you mean by that? Who cares if she gets scared or not? Let's see why she is roaming in our forest. ", a young wolf of our pack said and marched forward.
" But.... She will.... ", before I could complete my sentence, he was standing in front of her.
I tried to stop him but he did not listen. When that girl looked at him, unlike other girls who would scream and shout for help, she looked all around as if trying to find an escape. She saw that she was surrounded by wolves now and she had no escape. I decided to come in my human form and talk to her but, before I could do that, the young wolf who did not listen to me pounced on her.
She just screamed, " Help me.... " and started throwing her hands on that wolf to protect herself. Wow! This girl is so brave. How can she think of fighting from a wolf, I wondered.
Grandpa said to that wolf to come down and he followed him. We started retreating but I could not contain my curosity and started moving towards her. That was very stupid of me.
She said, " Don't come here. You will be in danger. I will kill you. I will kill you all, if you will hurt me. Go. Go right now."
I liked that she was so brave but I wanted to see how much. I did not listen and kept on moving forward. Then, out of nowhere, she started throwing laser beams at me. Luckily, she missed me otherwise I would have been dead now.
After throwing one beam, she lost consciousness.
We carried her back to our den because we could not leave her there. We put her on a rock and she looked exhausted. It looked like it was the first time she used her laser beams.