"They got her." Kogna said firmly in what seem like controlled fury.
"She was hurt before they took her, a head injury, I think," Nebulous added.
"Well don't think, old man. She hurt, they dare hurt her," The Alpha's was spiced with venom.
They were all quite in a contemplative mood.
The Alpha's heart gushed with a new emotion. The bitter sweet feeling was familiar yet alien to who he was now.
He was beginning to get curious about this sweeping emotions that made him want to cry and kill all that the same time.
Ravenously, his stomach twitch and rambled. He really missed Shilla. She would have fed him by now. He knows where to find her, he will pick up the trail later.
"Where is Nora?"
The alpha enquired from the two gunmen. "She must be on the duck with Mika," Kogna answered.
"Get me the ladies gunman. Nebulous, follow me…".
"Are you gon talk about the rescue of fish woman or some?" Kogna offered impatiently.
Nebulous hissed at Kogna incredulously, at this shallow utterance, but if anything will kill the man it will be his tongue, and how he used it.
The alpha walked away without a word and Nebulous followed him into the shack.
"What happened in the palace this morning old man?"
Stunned at this line of query, Nebulous stutter before managing to say; "can't you remember?"
"Will you simply answer the question?" The Alpha replied levelly.
What is wrong with this man, Nebulous wondered. He was now beginning to get spooked by all this. The man will get his neck snapped and wouldn't have any memory of it.
"You killed two Panther lords, and imprison one, lord Kanka. Now the five panther clan is in shambles."
"You are blaming me for what I did, you wanted a political alliance with them against Nka, but you were wrong. This is what they know, and understand very well, savagery, blood and death, and I will make sure I give it to them. They shall come crawling to me for their protection. We shall discuss politics after bringing Shilla home…" Kuga concluded curtly.
Nebulous couldn't quite figure the man could he?
"What if she is not where we think they have taking her?" Nebulous asked thoughtfully.
"I don't think, I know," Kuga answered, triggering Nebulous to wonder in his analytical mind.
Has he mated with her? How will he say he knows…. And if he is mated to this maiden, what will be the signifance with his bond with Ruby, his true mate?
It didn't take any serious thinking to know the heart splitting maigraine he was having on the side of his head wasn't his but that of shilla.
They dare hurt her… his heart inflame with fury, but anger is the last thing he will need to rescue the woman.
This is a trap for him, he knows but he is walking in nonetheless. He is the nightmare even the darkness and its ghosts feared.
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"Hey gunman, looking for me?" Nora said from behind Kogna, surprising him.
"Mad-king call, lady," He replied and Nora laughed. He have a way about him with sarcasm she likes.
"Already on our way there Kogna," Mika said, joining Kogna and Nora.
The two women took the lead on the forest path and Kogna fall behind. From here he could see the lights of the ship by the shore.
It will probably take the sweating men a whole week to off load the ship. Foremen in yellow working gear, reflectors and helmets instructs crew on the arrangement of building materials. The whare house was virtually completed as the sparkling light of the wielders emanates from the the site.
Kogna thought about what his life is going to be in this new strange new world. He had one thought on his mind. How to escaped this island. He knows he owes the man his life, but they square out all the differences last time he checked.
Kogna wished not to wrapped his mind around that, because that man is not Spooky, and his mind is not stable, he can turn on any of them any time.
And he is no cat among these cats; blood suckers and flesh eaters like vamps. Its freaky, and he has to find away out of this place.
That ship is probably his last ticket out of this place. He will be monitoring that ship. But rescuing Shilla is first on his mind at the moment.
Ahead, the women were now entering the shack of the alpha. Nebulous turned to leave. "tick, tick." The Alpha shakes his head.
"Tell me how I got this?" he turned to Nebulous and the two women, robbing at his left breast. This three people seem to look at him with a familiarity he didn't understand.
Over the past year his life had become a one way route. It had taken him sometime to realize he doesn't recollect events of the past, even the immediate past like the day before.
But all that was changing with this dream about a monster marking him on the breast, and surprising enough, he found a bite mark there, evidence that something has bitten him there, and he want to know the truth.
Whoever he was could not be spoken about, at least that's what all these people have avoided around him although they whisper behind his back.
He only knew about one monster, seeking out another monster to terminate it. that is his only purpose in this life. Vengeance and nothing but vengeance.
However, he wants to seek out this new phantom that seeks him out in his sleep to bite him and leave marks.
Nora and Mika looked at each other. The herb must be working after all. Looking at Nebulous, Nora said, "Maybe we can tell you what you want to know without the old man around."
The alpha closed in on Nora, but she returned his glared unfazed…. This particular damsel has always been bold in an annoying way.
What is she holding against him? he brood.
"Do you have it?" Nora nodded, handing to him the pocket of dried herb.
"It will help with the dreams and…..".
"leave!" He cut her off.
Nora stepped back and turned to leave, but the alpha pulled her into his arms and sunk his fangs deep into her jugular.