THANOS P. O.V
It was relatively bright on that faithful morning, the morning breeze in alliance with the sun graced the entire mystic Nova. The only nuisance that wrecked it all was the metallic scent of fresh blood.
I, together with Nektarios and Pantelis, strolled down the woods. " I see them now", I said as I pointed ahead. We moved toward the scene, as the buzzing sound of flies crammed the air. "Wow this is bullshit, they're many" lamented Pantelis as we scrutinized the wolves lying lifelessly on the ground. "Fifteen in number, these people are still proving to be stubborn. This time, I vow they'll smell it and will never relish the scent, sir Thanos" said my other colleague, Nektarios. He was appointed by my father as the head guard. I moved toward a little dead wolf. His abdomen was slashed which revealed some intestines. He must not be more than sixteen. "The Ever Moon Empire is calling for war and they'll experience it to the fullest if care is not taken"
The Mystic Nova and the Ever Moon empires have been great adversaries for more than two decades now, though great friends before. The proximity was so much that other kingdoms envied them. Both empires related together and avoided anything that would cause rifts between them, and they benefitted from each other. At a time, humans began migrating to the kingdoms which resulted in the existence of Lycanthropes. The humans and werewolves maintained a cordial relationship. My father, the great Adonis never wished to mate with a human. Not that he had anything against them, but he portrayed them as "weak". But as fate may have it, his true mate was a human, my mother, Lady Stacy. He didn't fall in love with her instantly, but when he did, he never traded her for anything in the world. He adored her more than treasures. As a result, their four kids, including me, were born Lycanthropes.
According to my father, the Great Adonis, the image and reputation of the Ever Moon Empire were tainted by the late Sanctis, a very cruel fellow who wanted to wipe off the whole Mystic Nova Empire at any cost, because of some selfish motive. His evil was passed unto his progeny. When he was still living, he was a great friend to my father until he made a covenant with the devil himself, to halt the existence of the Mystic Nova empire. Blood has been shed due to the hostility between both kingdoms. Right from time, the Mystic Nova has been the center of renowned talents, outstanding alphas, and Betas with extraordinary strengths, incredible technologies, and other resources. The past kings and heroes of the Ever Moon had no issue with this, not until the devil himself was coronated as King. It wasn't up to three full moons of my father's demise and the latter followed suit, as I said earlier, not without instilling that dark seed into his offspring. I was also told by my mother that I was brought into the world the day the alpha seer of the Mystic Nova prophesied that she would be giving birth to a great alpha, who through him, would fight and obtain peace back to the two kingdoms. The name I bore was given to me by my mother. That was about twenty-six years ago. As I was growing up, I knew that a tremendous responsibility will be awaiting me. You might be wondering, at twenty-five, if an alpha like me hasn't a mate yet. I was paddling in anguish when I even realized that my fated lunar, Anastasia whom from what I discovered, loved me at first sight was from that bloody empire. When I first met her at the masquerade ball party hosted by Alessandro, I needed no one to notify me she was my true mate. I hated that fact but fate cannot be altered. At that party, nobody recognised me; I went there uninvited for another purpose but incidentally, I found my lunar. Anastasia is the daughter of Sir Stamatios, the regional alpha of the eastern territory of the Ever Moon, and also a a crooked man who never wanted any other person as his daughter's mate other than Alessandro. That is the magnitude of his disdain for people. Instead, he coerced the innocent young woman into doing what was totally against her wish. If fate could be altered, nothing would ever connect his daughter and me. He once worked in handy with their late king. And is also arranging her with Alessandro, late King Sancti's first son and my worst rival, who claimed he loves her and would go miles to have her for himself, fated or not. As if not enough, my immediate younger brother has his fated mate as the sex-starved and ill-mannered Styliani, the late noble king Sanctis adopted daughter who wanted me as her mate at any cost.
As the next King to be of the Mystic Nova, I vowed to myself that every enmity between the two empires must end. The people of the Ever Moon are nice. Though some of them have twisted into merciless monsters. I'll offer those the chance to get back to their sanity, but if they turn down the grace, I'll kill them. The wicked once must perish, and the good ones, live. Not that I can't do it alone with the type of strength I possess. Though a Lycanthrope, I'm a very strong alpha with unique strength. Witchcraft runs in my genealogy. My mother's to be precise. Probably one of my great-grandmothers as I was told. But my mother, though human, isn't affected by this. None of her marital relatives I've ever known was, not even her mother, my grandmother, and none of my siblings as well. I learned that witches possess extraordinary powers which I never knew till I became sixteen, which was also, my first time shifting. It was disastrous that I almost hurt my mother. That was when I realized that even the pheromones I emit when angry are capable of killing people around me. Nobody knew I possess such powers apart from my parents, the seer, and Cecilia, who was the head maid and my nanny. Even while growing up, I have never exhibited my powers. Thank goodness that I learned how to control it on time. If not, I don't know the number of persons that would have died because of me. Then on the other side of having the personality of a witch, if not for the fact that I was the king's son, I doubt that I'll still be alive today because generally, werewolves and witches have been foes for years. I was divulged that when still a baby, at seven to eight months of age, I began performing the activities of a warlock. Everyone in the kingdom despised me even as an infant. No one, except my parents, and the other set of people mentioned earlier, dared to come close to me. People were wishing for my death despite the alpha seers' prophesy. To lessen the story, I'm a lycanthrope and a warlock with peculiar abilities. I love taking up a fight with those that dubbed themselves, indestructible. Pantelis and Nektarios were my childhood friends whom I took as brothers too.
Great Adonis narrated everything to my brothers and me before he passed away. What caused the animosity between the two kingdoms was simply greed. As stated earlier, the Mystic Nova possessed lots of endearing and wonderful traits other kingdoms lacked. The great King Adonis was a very strong and peaceful man. An alpha who ruled his kingdom well and took care of his empire. He was adored by the people, and cherished by his cabinet ministers, the regional alpha of the east, west, north, and south. Before his final breath, he left only one utterance to me "Conquer and revive peace" Those pieces of words served as motivation, and advice, and have been an intent I still look forward to accomplishing. I rose and turned to my friends; "No other person did this other than Alessandro. The blood of these innocent people is crying for Justice. It's enough already. Prepare yourselves, we're going to the Ever Moon tonight to obtain justice for these innocent souls. Nobody should know this, not even my brothers. If there's a need for us to be on our four, then so be it. Remember, we're not hurting the innocent ones, we'll exterminate the guards that executed this inhumane act. no guns, but any other weapon goes. Our mission tonight will serve as a warning". "Yes your majesty" both chorused. We buried the dead wolves and returned to the palace afterward.
Night arrived so quickly. The half-moon was shining brightly. We prepared and sneaked out of the palace, into the woods. We shifted at once and ran as fast as we could. Traveling from the Mystic Nova to the Ever Moon taking up a vehicle is about one and a half hour drive. We followed through every possible shortcut and in less than two hours, we arrived at the Ever Moon. On shifting back, we smelt the distinctive scent of other wolves. We have been familiar with our scents since childhood. So at that moment, we knew we'd got company. We were alerted immediately. "Don't shift yet" I whispered to my colleagues as we analyzed the ten alpha bodyguards who have already surrounded us. We stayed put and faced them as they hovered around us like a beast aiming its target on its prey carefully. I recognized Tommaso, the head guard of the Ever Moon empire. "We are indeed honored to have you here with us, Lord Thanos. You deserve a proper welcome don't you?" he howled in a way no human around could decipher, just wolves. Then the others whimpered mockingly. "Stick together, attack my signal. They shall die tonight. All of them" I glanced at Pantelis "Remember what I taught you" then at Nektarios "No mercy head guard. I repeat, no mercy" he nodded. Then to Tommaso "Why did you do that? What did they do to deserve death" His countenance flashed with a hint of laughter. I'm still waiting for the right time to come, to demonstrate my full disposition. I seldom wish for my friends to know about that now. Even my siblings are ignorant about it. If not, the laughter of this fool right now would be the most terrific howl ever recorded in history. "Those wolves transited their limits, lord Thanos. They wouldn't have died that way if they were submissive enough. All the Mystic Nova denizens should bow to every guard of the Ever Moon. A constitution made by Lord Alessandro himself " he uttered blatantly. Don't even know that the almighty Alessandro made a silly law. Now I'm going to give him a piece of warning, these guards must die and rot in hell tonight. "I'm going to be sending a warning message to Alessandro tonight, you all must die. Attack!" I yelled and the fight began. Three alpha guards swooped upon me. Then the other six fought my two colleagues. While Tommaso only stood and watched. I loved the way he supervised because if he'd ever get the chance of living tonight, he would describe the death of his fellow guards to his almighty lord better, but I doubt he'd have such luck. An alpha guard tried to drift over me while I aimed at his throat. He dismounted his throat directly to my teeth and I ripped it off at once. He fell heavily on the grassland as blood gushed out of his throat. He wiggled a bit before dying. I stared at Tommaso and was satisfied with the glint of amazement I saw in his bloody eyes. Then I turned to the other two guards and saw a gleam of fear in theirs. I approached them quickly, the bigger one strived to hit my face and I ducked it in an instant. Then I swooped upon his back, tucked my arms around his abdomen, and threw him backward with a robust force as I fall on my back. He flew off and grim!!, his head slammed into a nearby tree. He died that instant, then the last one made to run and I sped to him quickly. I scanned it and I figured he isn't up to nineteen. I held him close as something flickered into my mind. "Who amongst you killed the little boy wolf?" he was trembling as he tried to hesitate."I need an answer now!" I howled unto his face. "I..I..did, I'm ..so sorry, pl.. ease spare my. life." he stuttered as he whimpered. "You didn't spare him, you're so heartless" Then I lacerated his guts the same way he did to the little boy wolf. I stared at Tommaso again and he quickly shut his almost agape mouth, I smiled. He has never seen me fight before. Then I darted to my left to see Pantelis slashing the stomach of the last living wolf while Nektarios was staring. The alpha guard died in an instant. With our bloody mouths, we gathered jointly. Then pivoted to where Tommaso was standing only to discover he has disappeared. I veered around again "He must not make it alive tonight. His scent is still lingering all over. He must be found and killed! C'mon let's find him".