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The night after the funeral proceedings.
The Alpha, and the other higher ups of the Kendall pack were having a meeting at the meeting room in the packhouse. They were in the middle of a discussion when someone had interrupted them, saying that there was someone who would like to meet with Lachlan.
Narrowing his eyes, Lachlan frowned as he discreetly sniffed the air.
'What is he doing here?' he thought as his gaze turned to the door. He nodded to the shifter who announced and the latter quickly opened the door to reveal a man with a short but lush salt and pepper tinted hair.
The man walked into the room with his head held up, befitting of a shifter who had been an Alpha for more than a century. Everyone, including Lachlan could see the powerful aura oozing out of the shifter's body.
When the man stood on the other end of the table, staring at Lachlan in the eye, Lachlan also stood up and nodded. "Alpha Isaiah."
"Alpha Lachlan," the man returned.
"Please, have a seat," Lachlan invited as one of the triplets immediately grabbed a seat for Isaiah.
Isaiah nodded as he sat down. The two of them stared at each other across the table. The other shifters in the room fell silent, as the two Alphas sized each other up.
Then Lachlan broke the silence by asking politely, "May I ask what brings Alpha Isaiah here?" however, he ended the question with a sarcastic remark. "If I'm not mistaken, when my packmates first came to your pack, they weren't welcomed at all. So, should I return the discourtesy they faced before to you?"
Everyone in the room fell into another moment of silence after Lachlan's words. They could feel the tension in the air and the anger whirling in Isaiah's aura due to Lachlan's rude words.
However, the anger slowly subsided once Isaiah calmed down. He took a deep breath and said with a gruff in his voice, "I apologize for our pack's rudeness." Although he did not bow, the sincerity in his voice was enough. It was unthinkable for an Alpha to apologize to another Alpha, much less to their subordinates. Hence why the Kendall packs weren't offended when Isaiah only apologized.
Lachlan just nodded, accepting his apology as he crossed his arms across his chest, leaning against his seat.
Then Isaiah continued, "The reason why I have come here is to ask for you help."
"Help?"
Isaiah nodded. He then began to talk from the beginning. About how the Cairin pack was remotely under an evil shifter's control, who also has a powerful warlock by his side. And that they held his granddaughter as a hostage. He doesn't even know how she was at the moment, whether she was living well or tortured. He told them about his son's death under the shifter's hands, which surprised the Kendall pack. They knew that the previous Alpha died but they did not know the cause of death.
"But why now?" Reginald voiced out, a frown marred his strong face.
"They had sent another amputated finger of my granddaughter's," Isaiah said grimly, drawing gasps from the female elders. "I'm worried that they will torture my granddaughter more. And I don't want that to happen any longer. She has been held hostage for fifteen damn years! I know that my pack and I can't do it alone. Even now, my pack is being watched by that damn warlock!" he cursed.
The Kendall pack fell silent as they contemplated what Isaiah had been telling them.
"The ones that we have encountered in the forest before were their people?" Reginald asked again.
Isaiah nodded. "Yes, we couldn't do anything about that. They controlled the forest as well."
All of them fell silent once more.
"So, what do you need help with?" Lachlan asked, his arms still crossed across his chest.
"I implore for your cooperation in seeking retribution for my clan," Isaiah said, a determined look in his eyes. "And in return, I will tell you about something that you might be interested in."
Lachlan narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "And what is that?" he asked slowly.
"About who Dane really is."
-----
"Dane?"
Erick staggered back when he saw the shiny thing in front of him suddenly morphed into a wolf. A huge familiar wolf that was taller and towering over him. But the weird thing was that the white streak on his back was more defined.
"Dane, is that you?" he asked again.
The shiny huge wolf had his eyes closed as he stood at his hind legs. It looked as if he was dreaming, standing quietly in front of Erick. Bright light surrounds his whole body, illuminating in this world of darkness.
"Dane?" Erick repeated, peering up at him.
Just then, the wolf suddenly had his eyes open wide, as if he could hear his name being called. Slowly, he lowered his head and looked at the young man in front of him.
"Erick?" he said in his raspy voice.
Erick began to smile widely, happy that he finally found someone in this darkness. "Dane, what's going on?" he asked, as he looked around him. Again, darkness greeted him as it surrounds the two living beings.
Dane ignored his question with a question of his own. "Wait. What are you doing here, Erick?" he asked, squinting his eyes at him.
"I don't even know how I got here!" Erick exclaimed, spreading his arms wide. "The last thing I remember was playing games with Hamish and suddenly, I'm here."
Dane growled softly under his breath. "I guess it's time."
"Time for what?" Erick asked, looking confused.
Dane turned to Erick and said, "You will need to find the other parts of my soul. I'm actually incomplete. I didn't tell you this because I thought I had time…" he then looked up, away from Erick's penetrating gaze and continued, "But I guess the time is now."
He looked at Erick again in the eyes and said, "You will understand sooner or later." he looked at the side and continued, "Look at the area where you found the Adorosa plant."
"Wait what?" Erick asked, still looking confused.
And before he could ask more, Dane has slowly faded into nothingness. And the next thing he knew was that when he opened his eyes, he found himself on his bed.
His mother was sitting next to him, cradling him close to her body, crying her heart out of worry. Lachlan stood behind her, with his hand on her shoulder, trying to calm her down. Hamish and his parents stood at the other side of bed with Paccia who was sitting on the bed in front of them.
What confused Erick was the clothes that Hamish was wearing. He could have sworn that he wore a different shirt the night that they played games together. After his mother had calmed down, he was shocked to find that he was actually unconscious for two whole days.
Paccia had been casting her spells on him ever since Hamish had called for help two nights ago but failed. She was baffled as to why her most powerful spells don't even work on him. She also thought it was weird that during the two nights, she could not feel his soul presence nor his wolf soul, as if the one on the bed was an empty shell.
So she was surprised once again when he suddenly woke up as if nothing had happened. And she could feel the two resonating souls inside him like the usual.
Paccia placed a hand on Erick's forehead and asked, "What happened, child?"
"I don't know. I suddenly black out and the next thing I see was all darkness," Erick explained, still confused.
"Did you remember anything? About what happened?" Lachlan asked.
Erick looked up to look at his father and said, "All I remember was Dane."
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The night after the funeral proceedings.
The Alpha, and the other higher ups of the Kendall pack were having a meeting at the meeting room in the packhouse. They were in the middle of a discussion when someone had interrupted them, saying that there was someone who would like to meet with Lachlan.
Narrowing his eyes, Lachlan frowned as he discreetly sniffed the air.
'What is he doing here?' he thought as his gaze turned to the door. He nodded to the shifter who announced and the latter quickly opened the door to reveal a man with a short but lush salt and pepper tinted hair.
The man walked into the room with his head held up, befitting of a shifter who had been an Alpha for more than a century. Everyone, including Lachlan could see the powerful aura oozing out of the shifter's body.
When the man stood on the other end of the table, staring at Lachlan in the eye, Lachlan also stood up and nodded. "Alpha Isaiah."
"Alpha Lachlan," the man returned.
"Please, have a seat," Lachlan invited as one of the triplets immediately grabbed a seat for Isaiah.
Isaiah nodded as he sat down. The two of them stared at each other across the table. The other shifters in the room fell silent, as the two Alphas sized each other up.
Then Lachlan broke the silence by asking politely, "May I ask what brings Alpha Isaiah here?" however, he ended the question with a sarcastic remark. "If I'm not mistaken, when my packmates first came to your pack, they weren't welcomed at all. So, should I return the discourtesy they faced before to you?"
Everyone in the room fell into another moment of silence after Lachlan's words. They could feel the tension in the air and the anger whirling in Isaiah's aura due to Lachlan's rude words.
However, the anger slowly subsided once Isaiah calmed down. He took a deep breath and said with a gruff in his voice, "I apologize for our pack's rudeness." Although he did not bow, the sincerity in his voice was enough. It was unthinkable for an Alpha to apologize to another Alpha, much less to their subordinates. Hence why the Kendall packs weren't offended when Isaiah only apologized.
Lachlan just nodded, accepting his apology as he crossed his arms across his chest, leaning against his seat.
Then Isaiah continued, "The reason why I have come here is to ask for you help."
"Help?"
Isaiah nodded. He then began to talk from the beginning. About how the Cairin pack was remotely under an evil shifter's control, who also has a powerful warlock by his side. And that they held his granddaughter as a hostage. He doesn't even know how she was at the moment, whether she was living well or tortured. He told them about his son's death under the shifter's hands, which surprised the Kendall pack. They knew that the previous Alpha died but they did not know the cause of death.
"But why now?" Reginald voiced out, a frown marred his strong face.
"They had sent another amputated finger of my granddaughter's," Isaiah said grimly, drawing gasps from the female elders. "I'm worried that they will torture my granddaughter more. And I don't want that to happen any longer. She has been held hostage for fifteen damn years! I know that my pack and I can't do it alone. Even now, my pack is being watched by that damn warlock!" he cursed.
The Kendall pack fell silent as they contemplated what Isaiah had been telling them.
"The ones that we have encountered in the forest before were their people?" Reginald asked again.
Isaiah nodded. "Yes, we couldn't do anything about that. They controlled the forest as well."
All of them fell silent once more.
"So, what do you need help with?" Lachlan asked, his arms still crossed across his chest.
"I implore for your cooperation in seeking retribution for my clan," Isaiah said, a determined look in his eyes. "And in return, I will tell you about something that you might be interested in."
Lachlan narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "And what is that?" he asked slowly.
"About who Dane really is."
-----
"Dane?"
Erick staggered back when he saw the shiny thing in front of him suddenly morphed into a wolf. A huge familiar wolf that was taller and towering over him. But the weird thing was that the white streak on his back was more defined.
"Dane, is that you?" he asked again.
The shiny huge wolf had his eyes closed as he stood at his hind legs. It looked as if he was dreaming, standing quietly in front of Erick. Bright light surrounds his whole body, illuminating in this world of darkness.
"Dane?" Erick repeated, peering up at him.
Just then, the wolf suddenly had his eyes open wide, as if he could hear his name being called. Slowly, he lowered his head and looked at the young man in front of him.
"Erick?" he said in his raspy voice.
Erick began to smile widely, happy that he finally found someone in this darkness. "Dane, what's going on?" he asked, as he looked around him. Again, darkness greeted him as it surrounds the two living beings.
Dane ignored his question with a question of his own. "Wait. What are you doing here, Erick?" he asked, squinting his eyes at him.
"I don't even know how I got here!" Erick exclaimed, spreading his arms wide. "The last thing I remember was playing games with Hamish and suddenly, I'm here."
Dane growled softly under his breath. "I guess it's time."
"Time for what?" Erick asked, looking confused.
Dane turned to Erick and said, "You will need to find the other parts of my soul. I'm actually incomplete. I didn't tell you this because I thought I had time…" he then looked up, away from Erick's penetrating gaze and continued, "But I guess the time is now."
He looked at Erick again in the eyes and said, "You will understand sooner or later." he looked at the side and continued, "Look at the area where you found the Adorosa plant."
"Wait what?" Erick asked, still looking confused.
And before he could ask more, Dane has slowly faded into nothingness. And the next thing he knew was that when he opened his eyes, he found himself on his bed.
His mother was sitting next to him, cradling him close to her body, crying her heart out of worry. Lachlan stood behind her, with his hand on her shoulder, trying to calm her down. Hamish and his parents stood at the other side of bed with Paccia who was sitting on the bed in front of them.
What confused Erick was the clothes that Hamish was wearing. He could have sworn that he wore a different shirt the night that they played games together. After his mother had calmed down, he was shocked to find that he was actually unconscious for two whole days.
Paccia had been casting her spells on him ever since Hamish had called for help two nights ago but failed. She was baffled as to why her most powerful spells don't even work on him. She also thought it was weird that during the two nights, she could not feel his soul presence nor his wolf soul, as if the one on the bed was an empty shell.
So she was surprised once again when he suddenly woke up as if nothing had happened. And she could feel the two resonating souls inside him like the usual.
Paccia placed a hand on Erick's forehead and asked, "What happened, child?"
"I don't know. I suddenly black out and the next thing I see was all darkness," Erick explained, still confused.
"Did you remember anything? About what happened?" Lachlan asked.
Erick looked up to look at his father and said, "All I remember was Dane."
The night after the funeral proceedings. The Alpha, and the other higher ups of the Kendall pack were having a meeting at the meeting room in the packhouse. They were in the middle of a discussion when someone had interrupted them, saying that there was someone who would like to meet with Lachlan. Narrowing his eyes, Lachlan frowned as he discreetly sniffed the air. 'What is he doing here?' he thought as his gaze turned to the door. He nodded to the shifter who announced and the latter quickly opened the door to reveal a man with a short but lush salt and pepper tinted hair. The man walked into the room with his head held up, befitting of a shifter who had been an Alpha for more than a century. Everyone, including Lachlan could see the powerful aura oozing out of the shifter's body. When the man stood on the other end of the table, staring at Lachlan in the eye, Lachlan also stood up and nodded. "Alpha Isaiah." "Alpha Lachlan," the man returned. "Please, have a seat," Lachlan invited as one of the triplets immediately grabbed a seat for Isaiah. Isaiah nodded as he sat down. The two of them stared at each other across the table. The other shifters in the room fell silent, as the two Alphas sized each other up. Then Lachlan broke the silence by asking politely, "May I ask what brings Alpha Isaiah here?" however, he ended the question with a sarcastic remark. "If I'm not mistaken, when my packmates first came to your pack, they weren't welcomed at all. So, should I return the discourtesy they faced before to you?" Everyone in the room fell into another moment of silence after Lachlan's words. They could feel the tension in the air and the anger whirling in Isaiah's aura due to Lachlan's rude words. However, the anger slowly subsided once Isaiah calmed down. He took a deep breath and said with a gruff in his voice, "I apologize for our pack's rudeness." Although he did not bow, the sincerity in his voice was enough. It was unthinkable for an Alpha to apologize to another Alpha, much less to their subordinates. Hence why the Kendall packs weren't offended when Isaiah only apologized. Lachlan just nodded, accepting his apology as he crossed his arms across his chest, leaning against his seat. Then Isaiah continued, "The reason why I have come here is to ask for you help." "Help?" Isaiah nodded. He then began to talk from the beginning. About how the Cairin pack was remotely under an evil shifter's control, who also has a powerful warlock by his side. And that they held his granddaughter as a hostage. He doesn't even know how she was at the moment, whether she was living well or tortured. He told them about his son's death under the shifter's hands, which surprised the Kendall pack. They knew that the previous Alpha died but they did not know the cause of death. "But why now?" Reginald voiced out, a frown marred his strong face. "They had sent another amputated finger of my granddaughter's," Isaiah said grimly, drawing gasps from the female elders. "I'm worried that they will torture my granddaughter more. And I don't want that to happen any longer. She has been held hostage for fifteen damn years! I know that my pack and I can't do it alone. Even now, my pack is being watched by that damn warlock!" he cursed. The Kendall pack fell silent as they contemplated what Isaiah had been telling them. "The ones that we have encountered in the forest before were their people?" Reginald asked again. Isaiah nodded. "Yes, we couldn't do anything about that. They controlled the forest as well." All of them fell silent once more. "So, what do you need help with?" Lachlan asked, his arms still crossed across his chest. "I implore for your cooperation in seeking retribution for my clan," Isaiah said, a determined look in his eyes. "And in return, I will tell you about something that you might be interested in." Lachlan narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "And what is that?" he asked slowly. "About who Dane really is." ----- "Dane?" Erick staggered back when he saw the shiny thing in front of him suddenly morphed into a wolf. A huge familiar wolf that was taller and towering over him. But the weird thing was that the white streak on his back was more defined. "Dane, is that you?" he asked again. The shiny huge wolf had his eyes closed as he stood at his hind legs. It looked as if he was dreaming, standing quietly in front of Erick. Bright light surrounds his whole body, illuminating in this world of darkness. "Dane?" Erick repeated, peering up at him. Just then, the wolf suddenly had his eyes open wide, as if he could hear his name being called. Slowly, he lowered his head and looked at the young man in front of him. "Erick?" he said in his raspy voice. Erick began to smile widely, happy that he finally found someone in this darkness. "Dane, what's going on?" he asked, as he looked around him. Again, darkness greeted him as it surrounds the two living beings. Dane ignored his question with a question of his own. "Wait. What are you doing here, Erick?" he asked, squinting his eyes at him. "I don't even know how I got here!" Erick exclaimed, spreading his arms wide. "The last thing I remember was playing games with Hamish and suddenly, I'm here." Dane growled softly under his breath. "I guess it's time." "Time for what?" Erick asked, looking confused. Dane turned to Erick and said, "You will need to find the other parts of my soul. I'm actually incomplete. I didn't tell you this because I thought I had time" he then looked up, away from Erick's penetrating gaze and continued, "But I guess the time is now." He looked at Erick again in the eyes and said, "You will understand sooner or later." he looked at the side and continued, "Look at the area where you found the Adorosa plant." "Wait what?" Erick asked, still looking confused. And before he could ask more, Dane has slowly faded into nothingness. And the next thing he knew was that when he opened his eyes, he found himself on his bed. His mother was sitting next to him, cradling him close to her body, crying her heart out of worry. Lachlan stood behind her, with his hand on her shoulder, trying to calm her down. Hamish and his parents stood at the other side of bed with Paccia who was sitting on the bed in front of them. What confused Erick was the clothes that Hamish was wearing. He could have sworn that he wore a different shirt the night that they played games together. After his mother had calmed down, he was shocked to find that he was actually unconscious for two whole days. Paccia had been casting her spells on him ever since Hamish had called for help two nights ago but failed. She was baffled as to why her most powerful spells don't even work on him. She also thought it was weird that during the two nights, she could not feel his soul presence nor his wolf soul, as if the one on the bed was an empty shell. So she was surprised once again when he suddenly woke up as if nothing had happened. And she could feel the two resonating souls inside him like the usual. Paccia placed a hand on Erick's forehead and asked, "What happened, child?" "I don't know. I suddenly black out and the next thing I see was all darkness," Erick explained, still confused. "Did you remember anything? About what happened?" Lachlan asked. Erick looked up to look at his father and said, "All I remember was Dane."
