Alpha's Substitute Lover

Prologue

Late at night, the noisy sound of rain, the sound of car tires scraping in the mud, the sound of bullets passing through the air, in the midst of chaos, I opened my eyes with a hard time looking at the killer chasing after me.

The rain poured on the muddy ground, and the giant wolf under me ran fast, the silver bullets under the full moon kept shooting at the running giant wolf through the darkness. The giant wolf quickly changed his running direction to avoid the bullets, but he failed. One bullet hit his robust hind legs.

"Owooooooo!"

The intense pain then swept over him, and he couldn't suppress a low whimper, but he still kept running, trying to take me away from the group of killers behind us.

"Isis!"

With the sound of a bullet piercing through the flesh, I clearly felt the hot liquid splashing on my back. I knew it was Isis' blood, but I couldn't do anything about it. I had never at any moment hated myself for not being able to transform as much as I did now. I longed to run and fight with Isis instead of just lying uselessly on his back and being led by him to escape as I was now.

"Aww-ooh~"

Isis howled again, and I knew he was reassuring me that he was okay. How could he be okay? I fought back tears and hugged him tighter.

The giant wolf was fast, but he was panting very heavily and seemed to be at the end of his rope. The huge panting sound came from deep in the throat of the giant wolf, like a broken bellow, each breath was incomparably heavy, and the speed of the giant wolf was getting slower and slower.

They were getting closer, and I could see them coming into view one by one, scattered behind us, looking like they were going to try to surround us. Having been shot, Isis' wound was seriously affecting his speed, and I could feel his strength draining.

This is not normal! Unusual weapons can't do serious damage to a werewolf, and these damn killers must have used silver bullets. Only silver bullets would weaken a werewolf that quickly.

With continuous running, and an injured hind leg, he couldn't last much longer, not to mention that he was now carrying me on his back, and at this very moment, even a little more weight would be fatal to the giant wolf.

He may be able to run faster without me, but I know he will not leave me. No matter how much I hate myself for becoming a burden to him, he will not leave me behind.

In 18 years, I've never been so desperate as I am now, with the killer closing in fast behind us and a huge cliff appearing in front of us. It seems that fate has destined that we cannot escape death today.

Afraid? I asked myself in my heart.

In the real situation of facing death, I surprisingly do not have a moment of fear, my heart is even very calm. I only regret that I haven't said a good farewell to my family, that my silly brother Rory can finally fulfill his wish of not having a sister, and that if I had known that my life would end at 18 I would definitely have let Isis know earlier that I wanted to be his unique Luna.

"Isis," I called out softly against his furry ear.

Isis always had insight into all my thoughts, and even if I didn't say it out loud, he understood my choice.

The bottomless cliff was close at hand, and the giant wolf didn't slow down in the slightest, the silver fur on his hind legs was soaked with blood and turned into a piercing dark red.

The moment the giant wolf leaped up, I held his neck tightly and closed my eyes, waiting for the moment of landing.

I knew my life was about to end. This was Oplealido's famous cliff, the 'Eye of Death', which was filled with an eerie fog all year round, and no one knew how deep the bottom of the cliff was. No one could survive the fall.

Bang!

With the loud sound of a heavy object hitting the ground, the violent impact made me faint instantly, and before I completely lost consciousness, I felt a warm feeling like being wrapped in a fluffy quilt. It turned out that death is not so terrible. I hope that this time Isis runs a little slower. Wait for me. And so I lost consciousness with a little relief.

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In the chaos I seemed to experience, I don't know how long, the sound of wind and weightlessness disappeared together, I seemed to lose control of my limbs, and to be honest, it felt awful. The pain as if I had been run over by a train brought back memories of everything that had happened before. Had I died? Why does it still be so painful after death? Where is Isis?

I guess I'm really dead. In a trance, I actually saw Isis as a youth waving at me, as if we were back to the first time we met like everything was so beautiful. But wait! How could he turn around and leave without taking me with him?

Looking at his back as he walked farther and farther away, I called out to him anxiously: "I.... .Is.... Isis!"

I didn't realize until now that my voice was so hoarse that I could barely make any sound. I struggled desperately to get up and catch up with him, but I couldn't move even with all my strength. I looked at the sky above me, tears flowing out of my eyes, mixing with the rain and falling onto the ground.

After finally struggling to sit up, the world seemed to instantly turn disgustingly black and white. I finally understood what the warm feeling of being wrapped up was all about, and when I touched the blood-soaked furs beneath me, I trembled and realized with unmistakable clarity a harsh truth.

I've lost him!

I've lost him forever!

Feeling the blood that was almost boiling in my body and the strong desire to transform, I was stunned.

Over the past eighteen years, I have heard my people describe this feeling countless times as if I could transform like them if I heard it enough. I had imagined how I would be happy when I transformed, and how it would make my family and friends glad for me.

Happy? Glad? No! I can't even describe the feeling of anger that was so extreme it bordered on hate.

Yes, after I finally felt my wolf I actually developed a hint of hatred. Why couldn't show up earlier? Why did it come so late after everything was irrevocable?

Everything happened very quickly, so fast that I didn't even have time to feel the pain from the first transformation before the transformation process was over.

I finally found my wolf.

On this day, I lost my wolf, and I gained my wolf.

Raising my hand to wipe the tears out of my eyes, now is not the time to be sad. Isis protected me with his life, and even though I miss him so much, I will not give up. I will survive stronger!

I stroked Isis' dull fur for the last time and took out the bullet that took his life. I will find out who planned all this and I swear I will make him pay in blood.