Ace Of Alpha

Chapter 3 (Anguish Howl)

Chapter 3 (Anguish Howl)

RUST

I am here in the middle of the woods. It will be full moon later. I needed to secure some herbs for my sick mother. You might question where is my father. Well, he is overseas. You know that wolves don’t go to the normal human hospital to get treated so I am doing my best to get the herb that the pack doctor told me to. I looked up at the tall rock wall in the side of the mountain and I saw what I have been looking for. But it was situated above and my wolf surely can’t get that. I closed my eyes and take a deep breath before I felt that my body is changing into human form again.

Naked as the day I was born, I started to climb the rock wall, making sure that I will never slip. The herb is located some 70 to 80 feet high and falling is a waste of time. I am not bothered being naked tho, no one can see me here. I felt my muscles shake undearneath my skin. I pushed myself higher using both my feet and hands. Sweat trickles down my spine and on my forehead but I continued. This is for my Mom. Her safety will be in my hands now since Dad is away. I breathed heavily and my face is almost pressed against the stone wall. My breathing hitched when I looked down. If I will land back there, it will take me hours again and for sure the moon will shine already. I disregard my slight fear of height and I continued to go my way. I still have to climb twenty feet more.

I slowly released a shaky breath and tightened my grip on the stone to make sure that I will not fall. I can see the small herb above me but I can’t still take it even if I stretch my arms. I let go of the left rock edge and I swung my arm to hold on to the higher edge. I did it ten times and I sighed in relief that in front of my face was the herb itself. It has blue-green thick leaves that glistened and there is a red flower situated atop it. I pulled it gently to make sure that I can get the roots and I looked down again.

How on Earth will I climb down? I looked around but I know that it will mean so much danger to get down. It is easier to climb up but the climb will be deadly if done reverse. I heard the sound of the crickets and the birds chirping. They are about to head to their own homes. I looked up and I saw that the sky is starting to get dark already. Only a few stars were sprinkled above it to keep the moon later a company. I placed the herb in my mouth. My human form will be in serious injury if I fall but my wolf can handle the damage. I jumped down not minding the height of the place. I readied myself to shift mid-air. I heard what seems like cracking of the bones and I made several turns to ready myself in landing.

With a loud thud, my wolf fell on the bare Earth. I whimpered as I felt a small branch pierced my skin and I am massively bleeding. I tried to pull it off and soon, the blood gushed forth it. The place became quite. The air was crisp and cold and I felt my wound getting healed. I ran from that place when I made sure that I have the herb in my mouth. My paws dug the soil beneath me. I was moving past trees that were coming to my way. The fluidity of my moves and my heightened senses has something to do with the full moon that will happen later.

I can feel the wind that whips on my face. Despite the darkness of the place, I can still go on running in a maintained speed. I reached the Valley of Tears. I did not know why the old people named it so but whenever we are sad, we always comes here because the moon shines directly here. I halt abruptly at the center of the Valley. I am miles away from home but I need to be here. I want to try to do what they’ve been doing a long time ago.

I am already 24 yet I never have found my mate. I know that I have the responsibility to continue my lineage however, I never seem to find her – the other half of my soul. I sat down on the soft blanket of grass and looked up at the sky. The moon is starting to rise from the east. It’s golden glow is casting upon the places wherein darkness resides. I inhaled a lungful of air. My eyes trained upon the glowing ball above me. It took a good time of thirty minutes before the moon showed fully. It’s glow became intense and I felt it’s power – strong, as it’s light casted on me.

My blood in my veins pulsate and my heart rate picked up. I can hear clearer for miles, my sense of smell became heightened and so is my vision. I never removed my eyes on the beautiful full moon. I opened my mouth and howled towards it. I howled the pain I’ve been bottling up for years. I’ve howled the feeling of being incomplete. I howled all my anguish to it. I was silently praying in my mind. I wish that the goddess will bless me and I hope to find my mate soonest. If only an earnest wish will be granted, if only a howl of anguish will be heard by the goddess herself then I am pleading her to grant me my wish.

“I wish that you will lead me to my other half. I hope that you will allow me to meet my Luna. The one who will be beside me and I promise you, oh goddess! I promise you that I will do whatever it takes to have her by my side. I will make her make my queen and I will treat her right,” I said in my mind. I am afraid but I don’t want them to know that. I am the Alpha of my pack and so there is no room for weaknesses. I always stand proud and mighty in front of them. I always show them that I am a leader that will never shake even when threatened.

I am not afraid of the enemies tho as I am confident for I have won countless battles in my life. I became known as the Alpha of the most dangerous pack and many Alphas envied me but I never felt happy about it. I was never afraid of death yet I am afraid that the goddess really have cursed me never to have a mate in this lifetime. I am afraid to be alone. I sometimes have deep thoughts about the future. How I want my life would be when I have found my mate but all of those are just wishful thinking. My other peers have found their mates when they were just 16 years old. While some of them have found it later around the age of 19 and 20. Even the younger generations have found their mates. I really want to laugh at my situation. Everyone have bear pups already while I remain single. I have already visited all nearby packs but none of the she-wolves there are my mate. I even went to the city in the hopes of having a human mate but my attempts all failed.

After I howled, I felt that something heavy from my chest was lifted off. I can function normally again – normal I mean, how I used to be. I will become the cold and dominating Alpha once I go back to my pack. I will be what my pack sees me fit. I can’t change my fate though. I was born to be the Alpha and I should stand for it. I rose from the ground and I breathed heavily. There formed a cloud in front of me, a collision of my warm breath and the cold air that formed a mist and it disappeared seconds after. I readied myself for the run for miles. My paws dug the soft damp Earth beneath me and I can feel myself connected with nature – free as wind and as fast as it passes by.

My heart was pumping so fast against my chest as the adrenaline level in my blood spiked up. I avoided several trees and boulders along my way, gliding from one side to the other. This forest is some sort of maze and it is thrilling in my part. I have gone deeper to it and I wanted to wander the possibilities it offers but my duties always forces me not to – like it is putting an invisible barricade of what can I do and what things I should not and can’t do. I twisted my body for a blind curve. I made surre not to miss. With my speed right now, I am sure that I will end up down the cliff if I can’t turn perfectly or if I can’t halt in time. My lungs were stretched to its fullest capacity and I held my breath. I closed my eyes and I felt my muscles in the torso and legs coordinated to make my stunt possible.

I heard the wind that whistled behind my ears creating a split-second distraction for me. As I opened my eyes, the perfectly illuminated path was the first thing I saw and darkness beside me, stretching for miles like an endless abyss. I continued to run downhill whilst panting. The wind was cold yet my body feels hot. I have seen how the forest has been shaken by my presence, the crickets seems to stop from its happy song as the leaves shake and the stones rubble under my feet. The night owl that was perched in one of the branches of the tall trees that I passed by, looked at me with confusion before settling into its hole it calls home. It seems like all the night creatures that senses I am passing by goes inside their respective abodes to avoid the danger it might encounter. Yet I was far from giving them that.

My mind sails back home – to the pack house where my sick mother is and to my Dad overseas. I am sure about the safety in my pack. For sure the Beta and Gamma has done their respective parts in making sure that our place will be just fine. My absence will not make any drastic change – at least that’s what I believe right now. I passed by the thick lines of trees and I could see the border already. Finally, I will be back home again.

You might ask me why I risked to get out from the borders and why I did not just let my other wolves get the herb for me. Yes, I risked the safety of the pack in my absence but I made sure to come back as soon as possible. A lot of things might happen in my absence and one of those is an unexpected attack by the rogues however, I am confident that they will not dare come here most especially when the moon turns into a full one because the amount of energy increase that it will give us will be overwhelming. I trust my other officials in guarding the whole place. And no one knows the exact location of this herb except me and I need to save my Mother, the still reigning Mother Luna of the pack.