Chapter 26: Chapter 26

It was a few days to the first day of September, Avril's birthday. She had been on the island for approximately six months already, and the last two were spent as Dakar's special one. Their days were filled with affection for each other. Dakar always hide his insecurities and fear of being ripped away from Avril any day, and he tried his very best to make her happy all the time. Including making chicken as dinner almost every day, his precious chicken. With her sword fighting skills, she was almost perfect. Dakar was a good teacher and she was a fast learner. She was already good at shooting arrows too.

On this very fateful day, Dakar had marked trees with red paint and ordered Avril to shoot the red dots within five minutes. There were about ten trees and she stood a long distance from them. At first, she complained that she couldn't do it. ButDakar would have none of it, he insisted she at least, tried her best. And when she did, she successfully hit half the trees bullseye. The rest were either totally missed, or almost hit. She was so happy she jumped and screamed. But Dakar stopped her immediately.

“Stop!” he had barked. She froze immediately.

“What?” she asked but he raised his hand towards her, signifying she should stay still and quiet. Avril's heart began to beat faster, she had never seen Dakar acting that weird and it freaked the living daylights out of her.

“Something is coming”, he said and faced the direction of the ocean.

“Something? Like what?” she asked and he stood still without a reply.

“Dakar, you're scaring me”, she stated and ran to his side immediately. He grabbed her side and clutched her tight.

“What is it?” she asked again.

“It's a ship. The embargo over the island has been shifted. It's no longer an invisible island”, he announced and she gasped.

“Really? Which means the curse is getting broken even more? Oh my God! Do you know what this means, Dakar? We can leave here. You can finally go home!” Avril squealed and jumped on Dakar in a hug. He chuckled and pulled her down.

“I doubt it's that easy. Butlet's go and check”, he said and grabbed the basket of arrows.

“Why are you doubting?” she asked as she began to follow him.

“Because Remus is invisible too. No one knows where it is except the inhabitants. And Ihad forgotten it's location, remember?” he stated as he hurried along.

“You are the Prince of the kingdom, can't you just order it to show itself?”

“I don't know. Remus doesn't always obey except it's very Alpha. I doubt my father is dead, so it'll obey only my father”.

“Stop walking so fast. Wait!”

He stopped walking and looked in the direction of the ocean again.

“The ship has reached the beach. Men are coming down”, he stated as she ran to hold his hand. They began to walk together this time.

“Do you think we should follow them? Or should we stay on our island?” Avril asked.

“If we stay, we might not have hope of ever leaving again”, he answered.

“I don't want to leave. I feel this place is my home already”, she mumbled.

“Avril, hide your bracelet”, he said and stopped walking.

“Why?” she asked.

“We shouldn't trust those men. What if they're pirates?’

“Oh, okay. I get your point”, she said and removed the bracelet then put it in her pocket.

Dakar carried Avril and used his wolf speed to go to the beach. She hit his shoulder after they got there,to complain why he hadn't given her a warning first. Because it was startling when he suddenly took off with her like that. After dropping her on the sand, she looked at the ship and the men.

“Wait, that ship. No, no way”, she stuttered and began to move backwards..“What is it?” Dakar asked but before she could answer, a deafening bang sounded and Dakar gasped as he felt hot metal dive into his chest. He looked at the place the bullet penetrated his skin and realized it was a silver bullet. Blood trickled into his mouth and seeped out as his legs gave way and he fell to the ground. Avril screamed and fell beside him.

“Dakar! Dakar! Hey, look at me! No, don't close your eyes. Please, don't close your eyes!” she cried as he tried to keep his eyes open. But silver was too lethal for him. Suddenly, a pair of strong arms grabbed Avril and pulled her from Dakar.

“Let me go!” she screamed and kicked her legs in the air. She tried to use her new fighting skills against the person but felt a sharp sting in neck. She held her neck in surprise, pulled out the dart and fell downunconscious.

“Freddie is going to be so proud”, the man who had grabbed Avril muttered and pulled her from the ground unto his shoulders. He turned around and began to walk towards the ship while some men ran to meet him.

Dakar's eyes narrowed after the men that were carrying Avril away and the ones that were coming towards him. He got engulfed by a terrible rage and within seconds, he jumped off the ground and ran after them. The men in his front were startled and didn't move quickly. Unfortunately for them, his claws had elongated and it went through their necks. He used wolf's speed to try and reach the people carrying Avril. They entered the water and were running to the ship. He ran into the water and experienced the greatest physical pain of his life. He howled and ran out. He fell onto the beach floor and screamed in pain. His legs had burnt red and his insides were on fire too. Dojo began to take control but he fought hard to remain in his own body.

“For Avril”, he screamed in his head and battled with the other being that coexisted in his body.

“Avril!” he screamed out and shoved Dojo away. He laid on the ground, panting and bleeding from the chest and mouth. He head the ship horn and he sat up immediately. It was too late, the ship was already too far for him to reach, even if the water did not burn him. He grabbed his hair and cried. He had lost her.