Wolves Of Nyx Haven

CHAPTER FIVE: MATTHIAS

The wind howled through the cliffs of Oldtown. It was the rogue-claimed land. His land. The land belonged to the outcast. The forgotten. To the ones who have nothing left to lose.

Matthias stood at the edge of the high tower overlooking his land. When he found it after being exiled,the place was in ruins but with his intellect and passion to make the place his and rule over everyone of them,he made it into something nice. With the help of other male wolves,they built fine houses and a towering gate which locked them from the outside world. Only rogues were allowed in with guards guiding the gate around the clock.

And with this,they didn't have a choice but to choose him as their leader. Their Alpha.

A scout approached, panting.

“What's the news,Erik?” Matthias asked.

“Serena Vale was rejected” He paused to catch his breath. “In front of the whole of Nyx Haven,Damien Blackwood rejected her” He completed.

Matthias stilled.

“What?” He asked to be sure.

Erik bowed. “Damien Blackwood rejected Serena Vale,the daughter of Alpha Kade Vale at his Alpha’s ceremony”

He was silent for a moment. Then a slow cold grin tugged at the corners of his lips.

“Finally,cracks in the empire” he murmured.

Matthias Graves was a rogue wolf,one who was exiled from his home. His pack.

War was coming. Of that Matthias was sure. And then that would be his opportunity to strike.

He knew Kade Vale like he knew the scars on his own body. The man wouldn't forgive a public humiliation–not to his pride and certainly not to his own daughter. Kade's ego ran deeper than blood. He wouldn't rest until he made Blackwood bleed for this humiliation.

And Blackwood? Damien was too cold and calculated to roll over. He'd stand his ground.

Even though they were locked away from the other packs,Matthias made sure he was informed on what was going on in Nyx Haven. He knew the name of the whole packs and their Alpha's like the back of his palm. Especially the Vale pack being he was one of them before.

He tried to know each Alpha’s strength and weaknesses and they had all hidden their weaknesses well only revealing their strengths.

War between the Vale pack and the Blackwood pack wasn't a possibility now. It was a promise.

Matthias turned back towards Oldtown stone hall with Erik trailing behind him.

“Prepare the council” He said to Erik upon reaching the stone hall. “I want every enforcer,every spy with me in this chamber within the hour”

Erik hesitated before saying,”You're calling a war council?”

“No,” Matthias said. “I'm planning a conquest” he concluded with a cruel smirk.

Erik bowed and left in a blur of movement, his footsteps fading into the fortress below.

Matthias walked toward a worn map of Nyx Haven spread across a long table. His fingers traced the territory lines—Blackwood land, Kade Vale’s domain,Hawthorne and all the other spaces in between.

“Damien just gave me the greatest weapon,” he muttered. “Serena Vale.”

She was more than just Alpha Kade’s daughter. She was leverage. A pawn. A key.

“If I find her before they do…” Matthias’s eyes darkened, possibilities forming like storm clouds. “I could use her.”

He could use her as he liked. Use her to Destroy Alpha Kade. To break Damien. And then he would sweep through the other packs. One by one until all of Nyx Haven bowed to him.

He turned to the window,wind lashing against the stone walls, as if nature itself sensed what was coming.

“Let the empire crumble,” he whispered. “And from the ashes, I will rise.”

His council came in–hardened wolves,scarred by exile–and they started making plans,for now,he would hold on but still the plan in place wouldn't hurt.

“So,are we attacking anytime soon?” Someone asked from his council.

“No. We watch. Let them attack each other,then we strike”

Matthias stood still as the council murmured among themselves. He turned back to the map one more time,fingers curling slightly as they hovered over Vale territory. Where it all started. His home. His family. His pack. Once he would have died for that pack. For that land.

He was a seasoned warrior of the pack. He loved the pack like he loved his life. It was everything to him. Until he met Evelyn….Luna. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever laid his eyes on. He fell in love with her immediately. But she was the Alpha's mate. He knew it was impossible for the both of them. Evelyn was even older than him but he didn't mind,he wanted her for himself.

Memories of her flashed in his mind. Her laughter echoed in the moonlight. Her softness while tending to her children. Her sweet voice whenever she visited the warriors quarters. He had finally been friends with her,and confessed his love to her. Wanted to run away with her. He was rejected. She was the Luna and running away with a mere warrior would cause a lot of controversy in the whole of Nyx Haven. It woukd be a disgrace to her. To Alpha Kade. To the Vale pack. And if they were caught. Alpha Kade would kill both of them without any mercy.

Then Alpha Kade had found out about what was going on. Matthias' infatuation with his wife,his own Luna. Alpha Kade who was merciless and messing with his wife? His possession? He couldn't forgive.

“You looked at my Luna like she belonged to you” Kade had growled the night before he exiled Matthias. “I can't let wolves like you near her”

The next morning, Matthias had been stripped of his rank and his name. Thrown into the wild like trash.

Not for betrayal. Not for disloyalty. For love.

And Evelyn had looked at him with pitiful eyes.

Now he was going to take everything. And have his Evelyn all to himself.

Let Kade and Damien tear each other apart. Let Chaos descend on Nyx Haven. Matthias would rise

from the ashes and just like he made Oldtown his,he would also make Nyx Haven his.