CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
"Why isn't anything working?" asked Beta Stephan in complete distress. He was beating himself up for Ralph's condition, blaming it on himself that Ralph was in that state because of him.
"I also don't know why the sedatives aren't working. I am as confused as you are!" half yelled Dr Kate.
She has administered all the sedatives that were available in the pack and all of them are the strongest sedatives for supernaturals but they didn't seem to be working properly on Ralph. The sedatives only seemed to have weakened him a little as he had not broken free from the second set of chains they had used but they still felt the sedatives hadn't done much because he would make a loud growl once in a while, causing the chains to rattle and their hearts to quake.
"I need to get the bullet out of his system and he needs to be unconscious for me to do that"
"That I know, just do something, anything and fast. You are the doctor here!" shouted Stephan.
"What do you mean by that Mr Stone?" asked Kate as she turned around to face Stephan.
"I said you are the doctor here and that you should know what to do because you have been nothing but…but…"
"Say the word Beta…useless, unhelpful…Do you think I know what else to do to him and I am not doing it?" shouted Dr Kate.
"You shouldn't speak to me like that"
"And you should also not speak to me like that!" said Dr Kate with blazing and almost teary eyes.
"Guys!" hollered Dexter in a scared tone but Beta Stephan and Dr Kate kept yelling at each other.
The beast was looking at the two things that were outside its cage with its red eyes and its elongated canines without any form of evident recognition.
Beta Stephan was greatly peeved at himself and Dr Kate was equally anxious as she had no idea what to do anymore.
It yanked at the chain forcefully and one of its forelimbs was freed. The falling of chains attracted Beta Stephan and Dr Kate and they whipped their heads towards the source of the sound.
"Fuck!" cursed Dexter.
The beast yanked at the chain holding its second forelimb but this chain didn't bulge.
"We need the strongest sedatives you have got Kate" said Beta Stephan as he positioned himself to shift in case the beast successfully emancipated itself.
"Graaaaaaaarrrrr" roared the beast.
Dr Kate began to fix a needle and syringe with shaky fingers and Beta Stephan noticed her movements. He placed a hand on her shoulder and she turned to face him, "I'm sorry I yelled at you Kate. You are doing just fine! I just couldn't get a hold of myself there as…"
"You definitely didn't seem like yourself. We would have a proper conversation once we get our Alpha back but for now, let's do that" said Dr Kate as she tried to maintain a professional stand.
The beast yanked at the chain this time and the chain fell off, pulling some parts of the wall out.
At that moment, Karen arrived at the supposed basement where Ralph was being kept but it was no basement - it was a dungeon and it reminded her of the one she was in. She wanted to run out of there immediately she got there but she braced herself as she heard one more heart rending growl from Ralph. She followed the sound as it got louder and louder.
Ralph's beast took a whiff of the air and it perceived its mate. It jumped at the cage that was being powered with electricity and the charge seemed to stop him. Angry that something was delaying him from being close to its mate, he threw himself at the cage and it crashed down.
Electricity crackled beneath its paws and seemed to be powering him up.
Karen had finished fixing the sedative but the issue was how to inject him now that he was unrestrained. It was at that moment Karen found the room that held Ralph and she appeared at the door.
The beast turned to the entrance and those in the room followed its line of sight and they saw Kate.
This wasn't going to be good! What was she doing here?!
Karen took a cautious step into the room and the reddened eyes of the beast watched her step. She trained her eyes on the beast before her - its silver fur had spurts of blood all over and Karen hoped in her heart that it wasn't his.
One of the beast's eyes was still red and the other its normal human colour.
Ralph wanted to force himself to take control of his beast as on seeing Karen, his blood rage seemed to calm but the blood rage in him was so strong.
The blood rage was due to a battle his ruthless father had made him fight. His father had a harem before he met his mate and his mistresses had sons for him. These sons wanted to rule after him but only the son of a mate can possess the blood and power to rule over all Pack Kingdoms. His father wanted him to kill his half brothers but he refused and so his father had created a life or death battle where all werewolf and lycan pack members had come to watch all the sons of their Supreme Alpha fight. He didn't want to kill them but they were intent on killing him to possess the title, so he had to protect himself. The fight lasted for seven whole days and at the end of the seven days, he was the only lycan standing.
After that battle his dreams had all been blood filled and haunted. Due to sleeplessness and the constant guilt in his heart, he almost went feral, uncontrollable and mad.
Against werewolf and lycan laws, his mom had gone to consult a seer who had said that the only way the dreams would stop and he could regain his sanity totally was by a strong sacrifice. His mother had sought for what could be and when she couldn't find anything strong enough, she had given herself up for the sacrifice. The dreams stopped but his father was the one to go ferocious due to the pain of losing his mate and he went on a killing spree.
Ralph was the one who had stopped his father and by stopped, he had killed his father and this time, what he faced was greater than scary nightmares, he began to have episodes and he would lose himself from time to time.
The only cure was for him to find his mate and he had waited for close to a century before he finally found her.
Ralph returned back to his human form but his beast was still in control. He held his head in pain and pure anguish and Karen was distraught.
She took a step towards him but Dexter said from behind her, "no Luna, it isn't safe" and Dexter came to stand before her, though his body was visibly shaken. This angered the still uncontrollable beast as the view of its mate was blocked and it returned back to its beast form.
"Fuckk!" cursed Stephan and he shifted to his lycan form.
Dexter also shifted and as Ralph ran towards Dexter, Stephan raced towards his Alpha. A fight ensued as the three lycans clashed and it seemed the room they were in was going to cave in.
Dr Kate ran towards Karen and handed her the sedative she had prepared.
"This would help" she said and Karen collected it.
"Be careful and know that the only reason I'm giving you this is because you are the only one that can control him"
"I'd be fine. Ralph would never hurt me"
"But not his beast…be careful Luna"