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"Get your filthy hands off me you bastard! Did you know the consequences of capturing a pack leader?" Luna Balqis screamed as he twisted her ankle and turned her around in order to put a rope and tie her hands.
With straight and non smiling face, Cilix replied with anger as she pulled her out of the palanquin "Call me a bastard one last time and I’ll tear that unlucky face of yours apart. Then you'll know how it feels to be treated as an outcast" and instantly, Balqis kept mute.
He gagged her mouth and with brute force, he pushed her into a large sack that had breathing holes that has prepared beforehand.
Half of his men were outside guarding the area. Cilix left her for a moment to have a meeting with some of his men.
When he was done, Luna Balqis Kicked the with force, "Let me out, I might pardon you if you let me out slowly!"
Cilix walked over her with a smirk, "So you’ve removed the gag right? You're surely the Luna but unfortunately, you can never get out of this mess untill we get to where we're going!" He remarked and carried her up his shoulders while his men followed behind.
Despite her screams and struggles, Cilix bundled her up on his back and ran mightily through the woods with his men while her screams followed trails.
'Balqis, let's submit to our fate, Cilix won't let you leave!' Vera said sadly.
A tear slipped her face as Cilix continued to run with her in his back in the sack.
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Meanwhile, back at Agatha Pack. The senior wolves sat around a bonfire since the day is getting darker while the surviving pack members sat behind.
The atmosphere was eerie and unwelcoming as everyone seems to be busy with his or her own thoughts. The Luna is gone, everyone has a reason to think.
Lycan Xavier, one of the senior wolves stood up to address the crowd after the too much precarious silence seems to be too much.
"Since our leader is gone, anyone can voice out their opinions now and let's decide" He said. At first there's no response, everyone looked at each other.
Lycan Xavier continued, "Our Luna is gone!!! Has no one have anything to opine about it?"
"What did you expect us to say Lycan Xavier?" a beta suddenly stood up to defend. "She's the servant of the goddess so whatever that happens to her has nothing to do with anyone here I think?"
There's murmurs amongst the people but someone from the crowd interjected, "are we still going to get thesame amount of protection we got from the goddess when she's not here?"
"Quiet! Is she the one protecting us? I saw her when she fled, is that how a leader ought to do?" Another woman from the members asked which sparked controversies amongst the crowd.
Lycan Xavier tried to maintain the order before continuing, "We all know that she didn't do anything substantial. But have you all forgotten the moon that shone when she was born? If most of you are still young, I'll call on Gamma Tony to explain further" He explained and sat down.
An elderly looking wolf with a burnt tail stood up to address the crowd. Everyone calls Gamma Tony the ancient of days because he was the oldest amongst the wolves and knows alot of histories too.
"On the night she was born, a red moon appeared in the sky which symbolized that she is born to lead us all.We all are subjected to protect her because she was the leader of our pack!"
"What are you talking about old man? Did you think everyone are loyal because we supported her? Why must we protect her?" A young Alpha shouted everyone amidst the crowd seconded the motion.
Gamma Tony continued, "Her blood could raise the dead and her furs are key to immortality! We can't let her go!"
There's a brief silence before a lid cheer amongst everyone.
"So even you elders of the pack are supporting her because of her special abilities? Then we must save her from Cilix if she's that useful" Someone opined.
"No!!! Nothing can ever be done to her because without her consent, none of her abilities could work. Attempting to save is suicide she will come back to us willingly. It was said that there's someone that was fated to protect her from all harms. Whenever she's in danger, he'll always appear. I believe that chosen person would have known by now" The beta that talked earlier explained.
Everyone agreed to this once again. If the Luna of the pack has such abilities but could only be used with her consent, and everyone at Agatha has showed her real love since she was born, it's natural that she comes back. Even if she doesn't, the said person that was assigned to keep her from danger will definitely bring he back.
"Will she still be our Luna if she comes back?" Someone asked.
Lycan Xavier replied this time, "She's born to be our leader, she will always be but everyone, remember that Balqis is our lackey. No one will go to save her, she will come back willingly and till then, we should discuss who'll take over before she comes back"
There's murmurs amongst them then for a while before every gave thier words.
"She is not worthy of leading us. Why holding unto her? Only because of her special abilities" someone said and the others laughed.
The wolves of Agatha Pack rejoiced the absence of their Luna instead of being remorseful. Because of her special abilities, they all betrayed her.
Suddenly, a little boy interrupted the jubilation with his kite that fell on Lycan Xavier, "Don't you all think saving her will earn us her trust?"
"Who gives kids like you an opportunity to talk in pack meetings? Did you want an earful? No one will go to save her and it stays that way! We shouldn't show her how eager we were. Her useless parents are at fault for making her think she's above everyone" Gamma Tony retorted.
"But...." The little boy wants to talk but the glare from Gamma Tony's eyes made the cub retreated.
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