CHAPTER 2: QUEEN MAGDALENA
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ZANDER'S POV
More than a dozen vampires were discovered near the borders of Wolf's Pond. I had been uncertain to why suddenly they were creeping so close to my f*****g borders.
My wrath was flourishing. No one should defy me. I am the demon wolf and I had this feeling that something was going on beneath my nose that I knew nothing of.
"Carson, round up Declan and Duncan, tell them to go to the location of the Beeswax Motel and survey those vamps."
Carson's eyes glossed over and I knew he passed on my orders. "They're on it, Alpha."
Now the quicker I got to that f*****g meeting, the quicker those bastards would get the f**k off my premises.
I requested everybody to be there, so I mind-linked Allen to assemble all the werewolves 18 and over to the field outside. There was estimated to be around two hundred thousand werewolves coming.
Fuck, Zoey! "Carson, where the f**k is my sister?"
"Alpha, I know you told me to keep an eye on her, but the girl gave me the slip, man. I'm telling you she's gonna be the best tracker in the pack."
Carson was right. My little sister was an excellent tracker. She could pick up scents from miles away and she could also hide her tracks pretty well.
"What are you still standing here for? Go f*****g find her," I yelled.
Zoey had been sneaking off for weeks now, she thought I didn't know because I never asked her about it, but now that we had vampires so close to our borders we had to keep safe, so I ordered Carson to keep an eye on her. I didn't know why they were here or which clan they were from. I did not trust them one bit.
30 MINUTES LATER...
"I didn't find her Alpha, I don't know where she went."
"What the f**k you mean you didn't find her? Where is my f*****g sister?" Carson flinched at my outburst.
Gidian was out of control, he was howling for me to let him free. Zoey was always disobeying us. She was the most unruly wolf of them all.
"Good morning, Alpha Zander."
I directed my awareness towards the owner of the voice. "Welcome to my abode, Alpha Fabian, it's my pleasure having you," I greeted the old wolf.
Fabian Wormington was one of the few Alphas that I did not associate with. He was conniving and vindictive, just like his father and Alpha before him. "There's no need to be modest, young Alpha, I know you despise me," he spoke with a glint in his eyes. "Let's walk together since we are both heading to the gathering."
I led the way, but something felt off. I could smell death, but it was unnatural.
VAMPIRES! On my land and there were thousands of them. I was about to shift and sound the alarm. "Relax, young Alpha, they were invited."
"Invited by whom?" I wanted to know the person who invited those abominations to my lands, so I could rip their head off.
"The Supernatural Counsel, " he deadpanned.
You got to be f*****g kidding me! Why the f**k is the Counsel here?
"I thought this was a werewolf only meeting?"
Fabian offered me a deceitful grin. I could tell he was thrilled about something and that something was someone else's misfortune.
He rubbed his palms together and for a second I saw an ominous expression in his eyes, but it disappeared as fast as it appeared. "Ah! Alpha Zander, you don't have a phone, how do you expect to know what's going on in the other supernatural communities?"
Fuck, he was right. I have to tell Carson to get me one of those telephones.
"So what do they want and why are they here?" I questioned.
This must had been critical for the Counsel to be here.
"I know as much as you do, Zander and that's that they request this meeting for us all to be present," he grinned.
"I can smell his lie."
"Me too, Gidian."
"So they decide to use my lands without asking for my permission? THOSE FUCKERS!"
"We all know you occupy the largest territories, there was no other place that was big enough to host so many supernatural creatures."
FUCK! "What other creatures are here, other than werewolves and vampires?"
"Faes and Witches," he answered.
"I f*****g HATE WITCHES."
As soon as we arrived at the gathering an authorative voice welcomed us.
"Alphas Zander and Alpha Fabian, it's so convenient of you to join us."
Oh f**k, it undoubtedly was serious, the f*****g Fairy Queen was here.
"It's lovely to see you, Queen Magdalena," Fabian and I bowed to the enchanting beauty, and then we took our seats.
"We do not have time to wait for anyone else. Our Queen needs to get back to the Fae world ASAP, it's not safe for her here, " Alfonso spoke. I hated that guy, he lived in the Fae world as Queen Magdalena's advisor. He was human, and he was responsible to administer all her businesses that occured outside the Fae world. I had a few meetings with him myself. The guy rubbed me the wrong f*****g way.
"It's ok, Alfonso, I'll take it from here," the enchantress stated. Her skin looked like it was made up of actual gold, her hair was a beautiful mixture of gold and baby blue, and her wings looked like crystallized sugar. It was marvellous.
I glanced around trying to locate my cousin, Lucian, he was the emissary for the werewolves, but I didn't see him. I saw the ambassador for the vampires. His name was Nicholi Winterbourne, he was the oldest vampire alive and the King of his undead people. Next to Nicholi sat his wife, Katherine Winterbourne and their daughter, Danika Winterbourne and for a vampire, she was f*****g hot. An empty seat was next to Danika, it was most likely for her brother Dimitri, who was known for his womanising ways. For some reason, I did not remember ever having the pleasure of meeting him.
The next seat beside them belonged to the harbinger for the witches, Isis, but she was also missing.
"Let us begin," Magdalena spoke. "Supernatural creatures have been going missing, and some have been turning up dead."
I could hear thousands of loud gasps from the crowd.
"The Queen speaks the truth. My brother had been taken a few weeks ago and his ash was returned to us in a paper bag two days ago," Nicholi announced.
"Who is that powerful to kill an original vampire?" A vampire from the crowd asked.
"That I don't know, but that is why we are here, apparently the culprit has been only taking the strongest of us supernaturals. Carlisle was not only my brother, but he also possessed powers of seduction, like myself and my son," Nicholi confessed.
"Talking about your son, where is Dimitri?" Magdalena implored.
"I do not know. The boy does what he pleases," Nicholi said. The Fairy Queen scoffed.
"Sorry, I'm late." Our heads turned to the pretty woman strolling towards the Counsel.
"And who might you be?" Magdalena inquired.
"I'm Prudence, your Majesty, and I'm here to represent the community of the witches. Isis couldn't make it. Someone has been after her, but we don't know who. She's in hiding, but several of our most powerful witches have been captured and I know why," Prudence noted.
The crowd of supernatural erupted in chatter.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" I shouted. "Prudence, what the f**k, tell us why they are being taken."
"Someone is taking them and draining them of their powers."
Fuck! It made sense.
"So that is why they are trying to take Isis and that's why they killed Carlisle, Lucian and Boswell, my fairy trainer," Magdalena gasped.
"Pardon me your Majesty, but did you just say they killed my cousin, Lucian?" My heart was pumping with rage.
"Yes, I'm afraid so. They also murdered his mate, Naomi."
"AWHOOOOOOO!" Gidian and I got angry. "When I get my paws on whoever is doing this, I'm going to f**k them up."
"Easy, Alpha, easy." I felt a familiar arm on my shoulder and looked to see Carson giving me a serious look. He and Lucian were great friends. The Knights and the Danvers were like family.
"So who is representing the werewolves now?" I had to ask. With Lucian dead, the werewolf seat was now empty.
"That is why we are here, Alpha Zander. We would like to appoint you," the king of the bloodsuckers stated.
"Yes, Alpha Zander, it is best we have the strongest on the counsel. The position was yours, to begin with, but because you didn't have a mate, we gave it to your cousin because he was next in line, and he had a mate," Magdalena explained.
The f*****g counsel and their rules. A werewolf must be fully mated to be a part of the counsel. Our temper was a problem and since only our mates' touch could calm us, then we had to find them first.
"But I'm not mated."
"I forgot about that, " Magdalena sighed.
"I have a suggestion, if I may speak your majesty?" Fabian took the floor.
I knew this fucker was up to something.
"Go ahead, Alpha Fabian."
"Thank you, your Majesty. You see, I have never heard of an Alpha passing the age of 20 and not finding his mate...so..."
"What's your f*****g point, Fabian?" I barked.
"I suggest you take a chosen mate," Fabian grinned.
"Abomination!" someone exclaimed.
"Preposterous!" an elder wolf howled.
"I will do no such thing, that's a disrespect to the Moon Goddess," my wolf was on the edge.
"SILENCE!" Magdalena warned. "I dislike the idea of a chosen mate, but I am not against it. I want to hear what Alpha Fabian has to say." Fabian's smile widened like the Cheshire cat.
"Thank you, your Excellency. I suggest Alpha Zander take my daughter as his mate. Her mate died before they could meet and Alpha Zander is at the age where most Alpha's starts to have pups."
This motherfucker!
"That is not a bad idea," Magdalena said. "Alpha Zander, is it true you had travelled and searched every pack in the world and still haven't found your mate?"
"Yes, but I know she is out there."
"Is it possible your mate is possibly dead? We all know a powerful Alpha will not be mated to a human, an Alpha's daughter seems just your fit." Magdalena looked over to Fabian. "Let's see this daughter of yours."
He bowed, and then he called his daughter, "Amy, could you come up here, darling."
A young she-wolf made her way to Fabian. She was wearing Steve Urkel glasses and an oversized granny dress. Another she-wolf was helping her to walk. The poor girl looked like her legs were deformed.
"Amy, what's wrong with you, why are you walking like that?" Fabian asked. He took a sniff of the girl and shouted, "You smell like f**k!" and then he slapped his daughter across the face, sending her tumbling to the ground.
I hurried over to them, just in time, I caught his foot before he could kick his daughter. "We don't hit women, Alpha Fabian, especially ones who won't fight back."
"What the hell is going on in here?" I heard the concerned voice of my sister. I glanced up and saw a young vampire taking a seat beside Nicholi, I recognised him from the Beeswax Motel. My eyes met his cold eyes, and we held each other's gazes. Before I could answer my sister, Fabian spoke again.
"It was you, YOU are the one who f****d my daughter. I can smell you on her. So you f**k her but won't mate her, " Fabian spat.
"What the f**k are you raving about, old man?" I was confused.
The young girl wailed in pain and I told Carson and Allen to hold on to Fabian.
I crouched on my knees next to the daughter, her scent hit me like a bullet, visions of the naked she-wolf that I f****d the previous night came flooding to my mind. I moved the hair from her face, and I was instantly greeted with soft, brown eyes.
OH! MY f*****g MOON GODDESS.
It was the girl from last night.
Her eyes searched mine, and I felt awful for how I treated her.
"So, you're Alpha Zander?" Her frail voice asked. I nodded my head, "I guess we meet again."
"I guess we have."
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