DRIVEN

chapter 3

DEMEGRA KINGDOM

( lycanthrope land)

"there is no cause for alarm my Lord, our troops are advancing and in no time we match upon KRIPGIN, we'll occupy both the forbidden valleys and their land. victory will be ours". General Killian my long time friend as well as army commander assures me.

That's good to know Killian, I can't wait to have those bloodsuckers beneath my feet, begging while I Rip their hearts out.

"Any news from the borders?", I ask.

"Nothing yet my Lord", he answers.

"okay then I'll be retiring for the night"

I stand up and make my way to my tent in the middle of the camp.

I see my two trusted guards at the entrance to the tent, they open the tent and bow down as I enter.

once I'm inside, I move towards the map overlooking the 5 (five) kingdoms of krypgin, demegra, skeygi, Badok, Edoj.

I see how much ground my troops have covered already and I see how close we are to achieving our greatest goals, that is having total control of the forbidden valleys, it has been one of the lycans prized possessions and those bloodsuckers think they can take it away.

I had tolerated their shenanigans enough and now it's time for all these to stop, we won't waste anymore time with them, what we lack in numbers we make up in size and strength.

my lycan pack is the strongest there is, we have never lost any war before and we surely won't loose now, those vampires won't have our land, my people once settled on the land long ago during the reign of my great forefather Vanik.

however the then vampire king lucious attacked my people and took the land, my people were forced to resettle on the mountain side where we have continued to reside before now.

This time I'm here to reclaim my land once and for all, and expand my kingdom to once again be glorious. I sit down and take a look at the letters I've received from the vampire king since the war began. he speaks of a truce between us both, I laugh at that cause he knows he is loosing. He talks about needing a rare plant for his sick wife but I don't care to pay him any attention cause I know he is weak and loosing a mate makes one weaker.

I have seen many men run mad or die from the loss of their mate and I wonder why the goddess is so cruel to her children that way, I mean why does your soul have to be tied to a person to the extent that if the person is hurt then you'll also be hurt and if the person dies then you can never be sane again.

I talk based on my experience with my parents, my father died and my mother became a shell of her former self, she refused to eat or even live, she even forgot about us her children, my sister Elisa was just 3 years at the time, and she needed her mother's love and attention which she never got, my mother wallowed in tears till she committed suicide in order to be with her mate.

she couldn't bear the torture of being alone in this world. since then I've looked at the concept of mates as a death sentence, I can't stand being with someone for eternity someone whom our love will be decided upon by a goddess somewhere who thinks she can control us as she seems fit.

I can never allow myself to get tied down like that, I have been alone making my decisions myself and living my life as I deem fit, I won't let anyone control me in that way. I can never bow down and let a woman have that much control over me.

when I feel like settling down I'll choose one of those princesses from a far away lands and wed her to have my heirs and then I can continue living life as I deem fit, but for now I'm still young and I have all the time in the world before then, so let me have fun while it lasts.

if loosing his queen will favour us then the vampire queen best be on her way to the underworld where she deserves to be and get the place ready for her spineless bastard of a mate, cause I'm sure I'll be sending him there soon to join her and then they can rot in hell for all I care. I have already come this far and I am not ready to leave without my price, that valley will be mine

I take off my amour and get ready for bed, I lie on the bed and listen to my men telling tales and teasing each other. This men have become family to me, they have been there for me when no one has, they protected me when they felt I was threatened. They have laid down their lives countless times without number, they not only see me as their king but also their brother, friend and confidante.

I will give my life to these men, I must ensure that we wrap up this war on time so that they can go back to living their lives without worry, I have lost a few men already and the thought of that saddens me alot, I think alot of how I'll begin to explain to families once we get back to demegra.

I know that my people understand that there must be casualties in war and that sacrifices must be made, I know that they don't see me as a lesser king because of it. I know that they have faith and trust in me to always do what's best for them and that is why I am going to do whatever it takes me to get our people's land back for them.

That is my vow which I must fulfill without any distractions.