The chosen sacrifice
1287 Words
Dorian's pov
An old man interrupts our prayer in the cathedral and attracts everyone's attention to his words. He is hiding his body under a black blanket, his boots are covered in dirt, and a white bandage sheathing his one eye.
“I found her.”
“The sacrifice!”
His eyes perked up with his announcement.
The members divide in two lines and create a path for Silas Houston. A devilish smile glints on his mouth and he walks over to that man, standing a few steps ahead of the main gate.
“Is that so?” Silas twitch a brow.
“Who is she?”
His tone is calm as usual.
“She has long blue hair, blue eyes, unique scent, white rosy cheeks, innocent smile, and resembles the blue rose.” The man's description stunts everyone in the Cathedral.
A wolf with blue hair is very rare.
“Where did you meet her?”
Silas further inquiries.
“In front of the Rosemary church.”
“Do you know anything else about her?”
The man's face turns to disappointment as no comes out of his mouth. He fails to satisfy Silas with his half information.
My feet step forward.
“I know who she is!”
Silas shifts his gaze to my face and crosses his hands behind his waist.
“Liana Baker.”
“She goes to Wind Falls College. I have noticed her blue hair more than once but she's an omega...so no one really cares about her.”
“She's a nobody!”
“Her family lives on the outskirts of Velverine and runs a small flower shop.”
Silas is very impressed, I can tell from his greedy face smiling viciously.
“How do you know so much about her?” His interest is piqued.
“My mom is a wedding planner, so she deals with Liana’s parents for flower arrangements…sometimes I accompany her to their shop.”
Liana Baker is a rare beauty. It is hard to take your eyes off her. She is an omega and that's the only reason why her presence is ignored.
Otherwise, her looks are to die for.
“She turned 20 this year.”
Silas' gaze lands back on that man's disappointed face and he clutches his left shoulder in his claws tightly.
“You deserve a reward, my friend.”
He takes out his gold chain wrapped around his thick neck and passes it to the man as a reward for the information.
“Thank you so much, lord.”
The man turns around and takes one step ahead, yet a sharp dagger rips through his chest from behind…and the one holding the dagger's handle is none other, but Silas Houston himself.
He turns around, blood gushing down his mouth, and his eyes widen at the backstab by his lord. The gold chain falls from his grip onto the floor and he kneels in front of Silas's feet. His trembling palms touch the gray concrete floor as his breath slowly starts to strangle his thick neck.
Everyone else stays quiet and watches his struggle on the floor.
A drop of his blood topples on the floor from the sharp point of the dagger and with that, he takes his last breath.
Silas turns his head to the two parted lines in front of him.
“It was supposed to be our secret…how the hell did this man know?” His voice groans angrily.
The man was a mere cleaner in this cathedral. No one, but only the members are allowed to know what happens inside the closed door of this cathedral.
“Must have overhead our conversation.”
I answer.
“You all should be careful.”
Silas warns.
“This is our only chance to rule the world, so don't you dare mess it up.” His voice raises even more.
We kneel in front of him and thump our chests with our tight fists. Our heads lower and our eyes staring at the floor.
“Inform all the members of an urgent meeting in two hours.” Commanding that, he leaves.
The moment his presence is gone, we lift our heads and stand back on our feet.
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In April 1999, a small secret society was formed to help those who were weak and couldn't protect themselves. The society founder was none other than my father, Cesar King, and his two friends, Silas Houston and Lucien Raymond.
They named the society
The Night Wolves since the society comes out of hiding after 10 pm in this old cathedral.
The society helped a lot of wolves against our enemy clans but after my father's death, things changed.
Silas and Lucien established their control in the society and became lords. Helping wolves was no longer the sole reason, power became the purpose.
Two of them want to conquer every corner of Velverine, rule the five clans, and reach the highest power.
Their greed crossed every limit to the point that they involved themselves in various rituals…that demanded sacrifice to an ancient evil deity.
There's a huge black statue of that deity in the ritual area of this cathedral. A powerful witch named Flerena performs all the black rituals and sacrifices for Silas and Lucien.
Silas and Lucien not only got involved in rituals but many criminal activities. Those two are our lords, so we serve them without questioning their orders.
Even if it means to paint our hands red with an innocent's blood.
Thanks to her incredible power and foresight, Lucien Raymond became the Alpha of our Crest Moon clan. The previous Alpha and his family committed suicide by stabbing their hearts.
The cops failed to find the reason behind the family's sudden suicide. Later, the dead were framed for killing innocent wolves of their own clan. This fake revelation made Lucien Raymond a hero in everyone's eyes and earned him the Alpha's title.
In December 2022, Flerena made a prophecy that shook everyone in the society to the essence.
A girl born with a unique scent will be the key to the ultimate power. On the full blue moon night if the man she will choose as her mate marks her and then sacrifices her to the deity…he will become the supreme Alpha.
Supreme Alpha, powerful of all, who will rule Velverine and the five clans within it. Even the black magic won't be able to capture him.
No one will be able to defeat him.
The world will kneel in front of the power gifted to him by the deity.
But there was a catch…
Only young males between the ages of
21 - 23 will have the opportunity to participate in the ritual and receive a powerful gift from the deity.
Silas is 49 and Lucien is 30.
Silas started a secret competition among the society members. He thought he would make the winner his pawn if he couldn't participate himself.
The girl's choice is most important.
You can't force yourself upon her, kidnap her, or torture her. She needs to choose her mate herself with full freedom. All you can do is seduce her, manipulate her, or make her fall in love with you.
As per Flerena's prophecy…
The girl's unique scent will be revealed once she turns twenty and then the real competition will begin…to become the supreme Alpha.
I, Dorian King, vowed to win the competition to eliminate Silas and Lucien.
Now that the sacrifice is revealed.
Liana Baker will be on everyone's radar.
But winning this competition won't be easy because the cathedral is filled with tough competitors, especially the ones who will start a bloodbath to trap her.
The Maxwell Brothers.
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