Chapter 40: Chapter 40

Just at the same time when I got into the Royal Packhouse, Darren stepped out, just like he already saw me coming.

"Hey, you forgot something?" He asked making me sigh, I can't believe I came so late that I was unable to find out anything,

I looked up at his face and something was weird, he looked more fierce with just a glance, his muscles were larger and stronger, every part of his skin was as tough as you can ever think of,

"I came looking for you after I couldn't find you at the camp where we were all preparing for the war" I replied scrutinizing his whole body,

He shrugged, let out a short smile before shifting into his wolf,

"Let's go back and finish up that pack who dared me to my face, I never knew Javier had been my enemy for years and he had been hiding it, I had even thought he was a good friend and was looking forward to being his In-law as his son would be marrying my daughter, but it was all tricks!!!" His voice growled so deep with rage and sadness,

"Javier is so deceitful and cunning, so cruel to went as far as killing our daughter, he will pay dearly with his life!" I gruffed and also turned into a wolf, we both sped back to the camp,

I kept my gaze on Darren and could see a purely different man, there was a different aura of power oozing out of him, I just can't help but wonder what he did to himself, what exactly was giving him such a power that were sending goosebumps all over me,

I think I got to watch and see how today turns out, I'll watch and see how far he can survive fighting both the Red Moon Pack and his warriors which I'll control their minds and make them attack him.

That would be after I makes sure Dorian dies too, I just found out he is being held by the Rogues.

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Derrick's POV.

"This is our only chance to bring Darren down!" Stan my Beta yelled at the top of his voice,

"What are you insinuating?" I asked with an arched brow,

"We have reduced drastically, our men are strong but few in number, the Red moon pack had waged war against Alpha Darren and his pack, we should join hands with Javier to fight Darren who is our single enemy!" He explained and my eyes glistened at the good suggestion he brought out,

"Stan, you are right!" If we can join hands with them and bring down Darren, we would. have peace again and would have nothing to fear!" I beamed and rubbed my palm In glee,

"We should kill him before going to form that alliance, leaving him here would cause more problem and distraction!" Stan suggested again gesturing at the young prince of the Blue moon pack, Dorian who seemed to.be unconscious from the torture he had passed through.

"But I think we should keep him and make him a slave instead of killing him, that would make us more like a hero in the eyes of other packs" I smirked and he sighed and nodded before walking away,

I followed him from behind,

Dorian's POV.

I heaved a sigh of relief, a sign of life, you can't tell how fretted I had been hearing I should be killed,

I can tell the man named Stan had the deepest hatred for my father, he must wish all the evil on earth to befall him since I came here, he had always spit out angry words filled with pain, Dad had caused him a lot and his quest for revenge is far more than that of everyone in the pack,

Right now, I could have been dead if Derrick the Alpha hadn't brought of that suggestion. It would be better being a slave than a dead body,

The chains were still around my wrists and ankles, I can't move away from the position I was but even if I wasn't chained, there was no way I can leave here, not for the locked door but for the broken bones and intense pain that was all over my body, I had been beaten to a pulp, Stan had unleashed all his wrath on me.

I moved my body to a sitting position and regretted it immediately as I felt my whole body set on the fire of pain that went deep into the bone,

I was surprised I didn't die.

My mind flashed to Elena and I wondered if this was what she had been passing through, I have watched her being tortured not by normal whip but that which had wolfsbane over it, I had seen the whip year her skin too.

She would scream and I'll laugh at her, was this the kind of pain she always goes through?

Oh no...

Hot tears found their way down my cheeks, I think I can understand what pains were because right now, I'm into it,

I sniffed tears and developed a great pity for Elena, my heart had been bleeding in pain because I was being tortured for what my father did but then, Elena had been rejected and tortured intensely for what she never knew of, a toddler had no power to kill a strong Luna like her,

She was unfortunate to come out at the same time when her mother was destined to die, did she killed Lilian the Luna for real?

If she was that cruel and powerful, many should have died in her hand since she lived in the Royal pack, if she got the great power to kill Lilian from birth, she would have saved herself from all those tortures we put her through...

Another roll of tears flooded down, not for the pain I was into but because the torturing scenes of Elena just kept flashing through my mind, no one had ever cared about her...

I was sure my father would win the war as he never failed but then, why did Javier pull such a stunt of killing my sister?...why did Jason lie to everyone?..what would be my mate after everything?

I was lost in thought when the door of the room sprang opened and three guards walked in,

I stared at them wondering why they were here when they should be at the war side.

"What....can...." My voice hitched as they all turned into a black wolf and before I could say or do anything they pounced on me with those claws and sharp canines which drugged into my body deep sending sharp excruciating pain that made me lose my breath.

I gasped and yelped trying to free myself but how would I do that when I was chained and my bones were broken, I was weak to the core and could only grunt in pain as they slashed and tear my skin,

I think I was destined to die with my sister in the end.

My blood gushed out from every part of me, my strength was going, I found no power to shift, there was just nothing I could do as I felt my body being torn by these bloodthirsty wolves,

I saw one of them raised his long sharp claw and fixed his gaze to my thumping heart,

"Stan wants you dead and not tortured!" I heard him say and tears fell off my eyes.

With speed, he made to dig it in making me shut my eyes but then, I felt nothing...

Was I dead already?

Slowly, I opened my eyes only to see another wolf with a brown fur fight with the three others...

I arched my brow wondering who it was or why he or she was saving me, I can tell I'm still in the rogue's den where everyone hated me, so who is this?

The fight was fiery and bloody as my savour wasn't relenting for a second, it was like someone ready to give out everything to save me...

After some minute, the three wolves were lying on the floor motionless as their heart got ripped off by the strange wolf who came in at that moment.

I could only stare in amazement at her strength but then, I was still curious to know who this was...

The wolf turned to me weakly and exhausted before shifting into the human form,

"What!!!... Sophia!" I exclaimed with my eyes widened,

I couldn't believe my eyes, I wasn't dreaming so what the hell is happening??...how did she come here?

Her eyes fell on me and I could see she was damn weak and exhausted from the fight, there was bloodstained all over her pant and bra, she took out her the school uniform which was tied over her legs when she shifted and wore it on,

"Sophia..." I called her name but then she won't look at me, it was like she was afraid to look straight into my eyes again, I just need to know how she did this,.who told her I was here??

"How did you..." I couldn't finish my word as she picked a sword lying on the ground and slashed it through both sides of the chains making a loud clanking sound before it broke off,

She did the same to the ones over my feet,

"I'm I still nothing to you?" She asked and sitting right beside me, her eyes wet with tears,

Her words made me recall what I had said to her in class, she had always crushed on me but I wasn't in for love not when I'm yet to drill the holes of all the women in school, I'm a Playboy and wasn't in for any relationship but then she loved me and I knew it but I would keep turning her down.

Just today, I had bluntly told her she was nothing to me.

I darted my gaze to her face and it fell deep into those pretty brown eyes,

"Dorian, I'm here to save you, I took the risk because I...love you, you might never love me for a second, I might be nothing to you, but my nights had been filled with thinking of you, when I sleep, I kept having you all over my dream, it's fine if you don't love me, I'm here to save you and I'll help you out of here, you can choose to come with me to my Pack or go to yours even when there is war there, maybe you prefer that than being close to me...." She paused and sniffed back her tears,

"I know I'm foolish for saving you, I don't even know if we are mates, what matters is that I love you, I'm sorry for ever disturbing your life..." She yelped and took my hand to help me up my feet.

"Sophia" I called out and she turned to me with those tears,

Her eyes seemed to affect me, I could see the pure passion in them, my eyes went over the wounds she got just for fighting for me.

I couldn't help but got my heart racing, I swallowed the lump in my throat and made a deep sigh to calm my nerves,

I had decided never to fall in love, that had made me lock my ability to perceive the scent of a mate, I wasn't ready to be trapped by it.

"You loved me this much?" I asked with a squinted eyes and she sniffed looking away...

"I'm sorry, I must look so clingy, obsessed and stupid in your sight, after today, I'll never come close to you anymore" she mumbled slowly like she was forcing those words,

I opened my mouth to say something but then a strong flavour and heartwarming scent filled my nostril making my eyes widened...

She also cringed and her eyes brightened...

"You are my mate!" We both said out at the same time and gasped before bursting into a short laugh.

"So....we are mates?" I mumbled and she covered her face with her palm shyly,

"Will you reject me?" She asked blinking those sexy eyes,

I laughed and held her slender waist,

"I rather die than reject you, let's leave here before another wolf comes here to kill us, and mind you, I'm heading to your Pack, your father the beta would be proud of his strong daughter who was able to bring down three men at once" I smirked and she blushed,

"Dorian, I still don't believe it is true, we are...." She chuckled and I held her palm as we both ran off,

"Until I mark you, you won't believe it is true that we are mates." I said slyly to her making her laugh softly,

I was surely going to come back to my Pack to make things right, I don't know how much evil Dad had done, I don't know how much death he had caused and the people he had put in pain, but one day, I'll return to set things right, I'm the heir to the throne of the Blue Moon Pack, I need to be alive...

"Go in there and kill Dorian, he is the heir to the throne and we can't let him live!!!..." I heard the voice of Elf clearly, the voice of my mother, I heard it with my sharp hearing ability from the distance I was and that shocked me...

"Who was that woman making that order?" Sophia asked as we sped off,

"My mother" I replied feeling my heart heavy, why would my mother want me dead?