Chapter 15: The Codes
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Thomas Silvermoon is always abiding by the codes given by the werewolf council. Within the codes, there are some rules that strictly forbid any pack to annihilate too many innocent werewolves' lives, regardless of the circumstances.
Therefore, fifteen years ago, when Thomas decided to take the reign as the rightful ruler of New York City, he chose his method wisely which only caused minimum casualties. Thomas challenged the current leader of New York City at that time, James Violet, for one-on-one combat. It was a long fierce battle, where the alphas of both sides were equally powerful.
Even though Thomas had more physical power than James, he knew that James was a dangerous man. James' claws contained the deadliest poison of all time, bestowed upon him from his wife, the Luna of Violet pack, Viviane Violet. Luckily for Thomas, before engaging the battle, Lea Silvermoon had presented him with her protective skin barrier, making his skin much thicker and harder to penetrate.
When James failed to poison Thomas due to his thick skin, Thomas quickly took the opportunity and landed a deadly blow on James' head, killing him instantly on the spot.
Yes, fifteen years ago, Thomas Silvermoon had killed James Violet in the duel and successfully took the reign over New York City with minimum casualties. Forcing the Violet pack to leave their pack house, which later became known as the Silvermoon Mansion.
However, fifteen years from there, the Violet pack decided to seize what belonged to them. Leaving Thomas to wonder whether his decision was wise enough to follow the code.
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Thomas POV
Zack Violet stands in front of me with an annoying grin plasters on his face, standing behind him, numerous men of the violet pack who mostly are betas.
‘I see, so James’s eldest son has already grown into an adult and now he is seeking vengeance.’
“What is the meaning of this visit, Zack, haven’t the werewolves codes stated not to cross each other's border without permission?” I asked him, trying my best to be civilized even though I don't like it.
He sneers at me like a hungry coyote, he looks similar to his father, just plain ugly, “I came here to attend your party, Alpha Thomas, I want to pay my respect to the future Luna of Silvermoon pack.” His responses followed by a disturbing high-pitched chuckle. “At last your good-for-nothing son finally found his mate after banging half dozens of women in town. Moon Goddess must be really generous to let the infamous playboy of NYC be able to produce an heir, oh wait,’ he paused, making a pretend shocking expression, “I heard your son’s mate is a boy… No grandchildren for you then Tom… Served you right!” Zack then laughed at me like a maniac.
I am starting to regret my decision. ‘I should have pummeled this boy’s head along with his father 15 years ago,’ my thought exactly when I heard him mocking my family.
‘But if I annihilate the violet pack now, it will only enrage the werewolves’ council. That’s the risk I cannot take, especially when Noah hasn’t submitted to Drake yet. I must act wisely!’
I channel all my rage to my fist, I gripped it tightly so hard it almost bleeds. “Zack if you come here only to mock on us then you are certainly not welcome, please leave! While you still can…” I emphasize my last word carefully, to make sure that he could hear it as a threat.
“What if I don’t want to leave?” Zack sneered, challenging me in my own territory.
I took a long sigh, ‘I see, he seems to ask for a war. If I manage to only kill Zack, the rest of his men probably will retreat, and then this matter will end with minimum casualties. I am glad that Drake is at Noah, he is always a losing cannon every time he handles a matter like this.’
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Sadly for Thomas, he was wrong, because suddenly he heard his son roaring like a mad beast from behind his back.
Drake Silvermoon was running amok passing his pack and charged toward Zack Violet in frenzy. He punched Zack on his face, made him fly two meters away with a broken jaw.
After Zack landed on the ground, he stood up with the aid of his men. He glared at Drake, “You’ve made a great mistake Drake,” he shouted and was about to cry.
But Drake ignored his threat, “Where did you take Noah? Answer me!” he shouted, his voice made the Violet men tremble in fear.
Hearing Noah was gone made Thomas and Lea shocked, they were questioning each other.
Zack tried to hide his fear by playing dumb, “Noah? Who? Ah… I see, did you mean your male companion?” Zack chuckled again with his annoying high-pitched tone. “I don't know where your gay lover is.” He paused and rubbed his injured cheek, “No wonder you became gay Drake, cos you hit like a girl!” He taunted and then hid behind his men.
Provoked by Zack's mockery, Drake charging toward him only to be intercepted by his men.
“What did you call me?” Drake spitted, “Your dead meat Zack” he ran toward Zack, pointed his fist on Zack’s face. But Violet's men quickly protected his future alpha.
The Silvermoon men who were just watching the event up until now, ordain to aid Drake, but he quickly gave them a signal to stop, “Leave them all to me! You guys just stand there and watch while I’m breaking their skulls.”
“Drake wait!” Lea who stood near her husband shouted, “be careful of their claws, it poisoned!” She tried to warn his son of the danger of the violet poison, but Drake ignored her, he couldn't think straight at the moment and kept attacking everyone who stood in his way.
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The Moon Goddess had favored the Luna of Violet pack, Viviane Violet, with the violet poison. The poison that could paralyze the enemies in an instance and kill them as soon it reached their heart. Viviane was able to bestow all violet men with violet poison in their claws, which made the Violet pack one of the deadliest packs in the world.
One of them managed to scratch Drake’s arm while he was trying to pursue Zack. Leaving a scratch mark on Drake’s skin. But Drake ignored the wound and kept punching whoever came to his way. His eyes were locked at Zack, hunting him like a mad beast.
Zack was trying to escape Drake’s assault; he was running around, relying on the protection of his men while once in a while mocking at Drake.
“You’re a fool, all my men were blessed with poisonous claws given by my mother, soon you will feel numb, your body will turn violet and you will DIE!” Zack screamed laughter.
“Really?” Drake let an evil smirked while showing his scratched arm, “my hands are perfectly fine and the one who will die here is you!”
After looking at Drake’s hand, Zack panicked, ‘my… my… mother’s poison is not working? WHY?’
Aware that he couldn’t win, Zack decided to flee.
Zack Violet ran quickly toward the front gate toward the entrance gate of Silvermoon mansion, while his men prevented Drake from proceeding.
But Drake saw it and responded quickly. He jumped over Violet's men and landed just right in front of Zack.
He then grabbed Zack’s collar with his left hand, “I’ll ask you again and this will be your last chance, where is Noah?” Drake roared, made Zack Violet pissed on his pants.
“I…I don't know,” he answered and cried for mercy, “please Drake, don't kill me.” He pleaded.
“Wrong answer,” Drake spontaneously punched Zack’s head in one blow; it shatters into pieces, spurting his blood all over the place.
‘Pfft, weakling…’ Drake mumbled.
After their alpha was killed, the morale of Violet's men dropped significantly. They became afraid to continue the war. One of them even was trying to negotiate with Drake to let them go.
“You have killed our alpha, then we ceased to surrender, p-please let us go.” one of them said.
“We promised not to cause any trouble with your pack again,” another one added.
But Drake only snorted and stood still in the front gate, blocking the Violet pack to escape. His eyes were glowing yellow, he sneered for the lust of blood and the thirst to kill.
“Drake just let them go!” Thomas ordered.
“NO!” He roared, “They have taken my mate, they took Noah!”
“We don't know what you are talking about, we didn’t take your mate!” said one of the Violet men.
“No use negotiating with him. Let’s attack him together!” one of Violet’s Betas gave the order, followed by the agreement from the rest of the pack. They roared and charged toward Drake all at once.
At that time, Thomas Silvermoon knew that abiding by the code was no longer an option. For this reason, he decided to use another method to prevent the wrath of the werewolves’ council, which was … not to leave any witnesses alive…
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