The Call North
409 Words
Snow split under Ethan's claws.
Alpha Hunter circled him slowly. "Again."
Ethan lunged — controlled this time. Stronger. Focused.
Progress.
Then the air shifted.
Not wind.
Pressure.
Ethan froze mid-step.
His wolf snarled violently inside him — not in challenge. In fear.
The ground beneath them darkened. Frost turning black in thin, spreading veins.
Alpha Hunter moved instantly, shoving Ethan back.
The presence was back.
Stronger.
Not touching Ethan's body.
Touching his Alpha energy.
Feeding.
Ethan dropped to one knee, gasping. "It's pulling—"
Alpha Hunter roared.
Apex dominance detonated outward, shaking trees bare of snow.
The presence recoiled — but it didn't retreat fully this time.
It lingered.
Testing.
Measuring.
And then —
It shifted direction.
Not toward Ethan.
Toward the river.
Alpha Hunter felt it.
Something was there.
Someone.
Alariel knelt in the snow again.
But this time she wasn't alone.
The air around her warped slightly — subtle, nearly invisible.
She didn't notice.
Because she couldn't feel what wasn't awakened.
The ancient force approached carefully.
It tried to sense her wolf.
Nothing.
It pressed deeper.
And for the first time —
It encountered resistance.
Not from a wolf.
From a seal.
Powerful.
Ancient.
It recoiled sharply.
Something about her was not prey.
It was… contained.
Hidden.
Protected.
Alpha Hunter returned to the journal.
He read the last unfinished entry.
"If the seal ever weakens, she must not awaken alone. The witch will come for her immediately."
Alpha Hunter's jaw hardened.
He didn't know who Alpha Edward Rowan meant.
But he knew this:
Diamond Sky Pack was not facing a rogue threat.
This was something older.
And if it escalated—
Ethan would not survive it alone.
Alpha Hunter stepped outside and dialed.
Elara answered on the first ring.
"Hunter."
Three syllables. Calm. Steady. Queen.
"I need you here," he said.
Alpha Liam looked up immediately from across the room.
Elara didn't ask unnecessary questions.
"What happened?"
"Something is feeding on Alpha energy. It tested Ethan Rowan. It's growing bolder."
Alpha Liam's storm energy flickered low.
"And?" Elara pressed.
Alpha Hunter hesitated just a fraction.
"It moved toward the river."
"Is someone there?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Then I'm coming."
No mystical pull.
No blood awakening.
Just strategy.
Just protection.
Just sovereignty.
Alpha Liam stepped closer. "If this is the same force that drained Alpha Edward Rowan—"
"It won't drain anyone else," Elara said evenly.
Her eyes glowed faint gold and silver.
"Prepare the north."
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