CHAPTER SIX
Karen was jolted out of her memories when the vehicle swerved and spun round. Despite the state that the car was in, it was still able to move and with Beta Stephan's expertise, they were able to make it out of the sight of their pursuers. They rode into a forest and falling leaves dropped into the car "Would he be alright?" asked Karen in a croaked voice, to nobody in particular but Stephan answered.
"He would be more than alright Luna. Keep your mind at ease, you are not in a state to worry". How could she not worry?
The car rode through the forest for a while before coming out onto another clear road. The road had no other cars on it and the car rode ahead till a huge white mansion came into view.
"Beautiful!" Karen exclaimed softly and everyone in the roofless car smiled. The mansion was indeed majestic and can not easily be located by any careless or wandering human.
"Where are we?" Karen asked.
"Red Moon Pack"
Red Moon Pack? Karen knew she had heard of this pack and she searched the archives of her brain on what this pack is but once again, her thoughts were disrupted as they got to the gate. Two pack warriors that were not seen before suddenly came out from the sides and their expressions were grave till they came closer to the vehicle. Their expressions softened as they recognized their Beta and others in the pack except from Karen and they looked confused at the appearance of the car.
"Hi!" Karen greeted so as not to appear rude but they murmured something as a response before fixing their attention on Stephan.
"What happened to the vehicle?" they asked Stephan simultaneously. "I can't remember you guys being given rights to interrogate me."
Bowing deeply at once, they said "we are sorry Beta".
With a strange whistle, the gate was opened and the car rode in. Taurus jumped out of the vehicle without using the door while Stephan came round the car to open the door for Karen. Karen, who was still in awe of where she was, jerked as Stephan tried to yank the door that was proving difficult to open. Karen looked out to the beautiful white mansion, the artificial grass that lined the sides of the pack grounds except for the path in which the car had rode on - it was made of concrete pavers for vehicles.
"Can I lift you from the car?" Stephan asked cautiously. He could have easily ripped the door open but he noticed how noises startled her easily. The door was jammed and due to the fight and during the ride, brute force was the only way to have it opened.
"Sure" replied Karen and she raised her hands up in the air like a child.
"Let me!" Ralph suddenly said from behind them, startling Stephan and Karen. How did he get here before them?
He was shirtless and he was only wearing a black short. When he came closer to them, Karen noticed his hair was not packed behind his head as usual, was in a dishevelled state and flowed on his shoulders. On closer look, she saw a cut on the corner of his lower lip.
Stephan made way for his Alpha and Ralph lifted Karen out of the car. Her legs were secured around his waist because of how he lifted her but she didn't really take note because her eyes were fixed on the cut on his face.
Stephan also helped Dr Kate out but she requested to be placed down as soon as she was out of the car and Stephan reluctantly obliged.
"What…how did this happen?" Karen asked in a subtle tone as she tried to touch that spot on Ralph's face but he avoided her fingers.
"I'm fine. Let's get you to your room Miss Zayn" he said with a smile.
Ralph enjoyed the feel of her legs around him and he wished she could stay that way on him forever.
"Who were those people?" Karen asked enjoying the way he lovingly patted her head.
"Persons you have no need worrying about. They have been put in their place" answered Ralph diplomatically as he climbed up the stairs.
"That doesn't answer my question Ralph"
The pack warriors that stood at the base of the stairs looked at each other as they wondered who the lady their Alpha was carrying was and what she could mean to their Alpha that she called him by his name!
Two huge doors simultaneously opened to reveal the expanse of the interior but Karen could not see it as her head was on the crook of Ralph's neck. She was inhaling his scent.
"Good morning Supreme Alpha" about ten voices suddenly sang out. Karen suddenly stiffened, Supreme Alpha? Was there somebody else here? More importantly, The Supreme Alpha?
Ralph felt her stiffness and he switched the way he carried her and carried her princess style so he could see her face.
"What's wrong?" he asked but she said nothing to him as she tried to balance her hands properly on his neck as she looked around the room. All she could see were persons dressed in black and white that held brooms or carried trays and curtains.
None of them was the Supreme Alpha, then where was he and why were they bowing down towards their direction. "Supreme Alpha!" a small girl of five suddenly called out. She was wearing a little purple dress and violet shoes as she ran down the stairs.
"Supreme Alpha! Supreme Alpha!" Eva playfully chanted as a huge smile displayed on her small lips.
"Careful Eva" Ralph called out as he looked at Eva as she ran down. It suddenly clicked to Karen, RALPH IS THE SUPREME ALPHA. The Supreme Alpha of wolves and lycans alike is…is Ralph - her father's murderer.
She began to recollect and connect the dots.
"Supreme Alpha Ralph has called for a meeting" her dad had said that morning before going out.
He came back looking battered, bruised and injured from vital parts of his body. Her mother had her father's head resting on her lap as she wailed and asked him, "who did this to you?" and his last words were, "Supreme Alpha …". His eyes closed and all she felt at that moment was a suffocating darkness. She had hoped to be the Alpha of her pack, so she could find out who the Supreme Alpha is - before her cousin deviously took over - and take his head…but now, the Supreme Alpha she had hated for the three years Luke threw her into the dungeon, is Ralph…her Ralph. The man she was fast falling in love with!
He was no longer hers! "I have to get away from here and him fast, there is no bargaining this. For myself, for my parents, for Grey Woods Pack " she settled within herself.