Ralfs was taken to a stone cave, the safest home for the wolves. Jack was also taken there and locked up as their prisoner to be punished for his crimes. All these years they had wanted to capture Jack, and today they finally did, with the help of Ralfs, the Alpha who had been missing for years.
Ralfs' body lay on a large stone, rectangular in shape, like a mattress slat. Sarah treated his wounds with guilt and a little fear. Not only would she be punished, she would be hated by the wolves who had raised her all these years.
20 years ago, Emma found Sarah floating in the river in the forest, in a baby basket made of bamboo. She took care of her as if she were her own child and taught her many things about werewolves. Besides Emma, the other wolves consider Sarah to be family, and vice versa. The wolves consider Sarah their goddess of protection from the greed and cruelty of humans. They guarded her for 15 years, until Sarah was finally adopted as a child by Mia's family.
Sarah's story is similar to that of Tarzan, who lived in the jungle with various animals. The difference is that Sarah lives in a wolf pack environment in the rock cave where she is today.
Ralf's wounds were covered with crushed herb leaves. The ordinary wolves and a few werewolves that could turn into humans stood waiting for the Alpha to awaken. They had no doubts about Sarah's treatment.
"He'll wake up soon. Take it easy. The poison from this knife has been absorbed by these leaves," Sarah told them.
In his subconscious, Ralfs remembered the bitter events of his past. A woman with a face similar to Sarah's always made him smile. She was his beloved and her name was Luna. She was the youngest of the Owein wolf pack, the child of an Alpha. But one day, Luna stabbed him through the heart with that silver dagger that was known to have a deadly poison like a silver bullet that could kill werewolves if shot right through the heart. After piercing Ralfs' heart, Luna shot the silver bullet into his chest, following the trail of Ralfs, who was thought to be dead at the time.
Ralfs survived the incident with the help of the Omega wolf, he is Petter, who had always been loyal to him.
It happened 60 years ago, when Ralfs was 20 years old and still enjoying his youth with his love. On his identity card it says that he is now 27 years old. But in reality he was 80 years old. His face, however, has not aged a bit and still looks like a man in his 20s. It's all because of the elixir of youth that Petter gave him.
Ralfs opened his eyes spontaneously and his hands immediately grabbed Sarah's neck, choking her, and sat up. He was like a man possessed, staring at Sarah with his big blue eyes.
"You betrayed me. You killed me that day, and today I will kill you," Ralfs said.
"What are you saying, sir?" Sarah slapped Ralfs' hand.
Ralfs got up and laid Sarah's body on a rock. His hands wrapped around Sarah's throat until she could barely breathe. Sarah felt helpless, weakened until her hands could no longer stop Ralfs. Her expression became resigned, considering that the person she was facing was an Alpha who was respected by the wolves. That look of resignation made Ralfs remember the events of that night when they had slept and spent time in the hotel.
Ralfs removed his hand from Sarah's neck and staggered out of the cave. He passed several wolves and ignored Emma's calls to him. Emma and several other werewolves had just come out of the dungeon in the cave.
Ralfs stood in the middle of the forest, calming his mind and mentally communicating with Petter. Petter, the man with the jet-black curls, drove his car and picked Ralfs up at the edge of the Tenebris forest road. Petter helped the injured Ralfs into his car with curiosity until he asked Ralfs questions.
Ralfs dismissed Petter's questions and told him to drive the car and take him home. Ralfs held his chest, the pain making him hiss. Sarah's face and past events haunted his memory, leaving him frantic, confused, and unable to calm down.
At home, Petter treated Ralfs's wounds with his herbal medicine, which he kept in the medicine room. In that room, bottles of his concoction were lined up on a wide shelf, with different colors visible from the clear bottles.
"Death poison. Where did you get that poison?" Petter was shocked. "Blood palm leaves from the village of Sanctus. That village disappeared a long time ago. How could this leaf be found? Who treated you before?" Petter was curious and eager to hear Ralfs' story.
Ralfs adjusted his position on the bench in the living room. He looked at Petter and made a cold face because he didn't like the question. He didn't want to talk about Sarah, whom he still knew as Luna. Ralfs grabbed the medicine bottle from Petter's hand and left.
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Sarah looked at Ralfs from a distance, from above and from the back of her seat. Her eyes did not move from watching Ralfs teach the class. Her memory flashed back to the incident two Sundays ago when she and Ralfs had gotten into trouble. Since that incident, Ralfs was teaching again today.
Sarah felt dizzy to the point of nausea. She ran from the classroom to the bathroom. Her friends in class watched her and gossiped, especially after they heard that Sarah no longer lived at Mia's house.
"Poor woman's illness. Maybe she's pregnant," one of her classmates gossiped in a low voice.
Ralfs listened to their gossip and remembered the events of that night.
Katty threw a book at the gossips.
"Mind your own lives. Don't be hypocrites," Card threw angrily.
Katty left the class to go with Sarah. She was afraid that Sarah might need her help.
Is Sarah really pregnant? If so, how will Ralfs react?