The Alpha and the Leone Wolf

Episode 12 — The Ancient Library

Kyle’s POV

The staircase seemed endless.

Every step we took carried us deeper beneath Silvermoon.

The sound of the battle above slowly disappeared.

No screams.

No weapons.

No howling.

Only silence.

Jail’s hand remained locked around mine.

Justin walked behind us, constantly looking over his shoulder.

“You’re sure this place is safe?” Jail asked.

Justin shook his head.

“No.”

I glanced at him.

“Then why are we going down?”

“Because whatever is down there has been waiting for you.”

That answer didn’t make me feel better.

We reached the bottom.

A massive stone door blocked our path.

There were no handles.

No locks.

Only two symbols.

A silver crescent.

And a golden wolf.

Jail stepped toward the silver symbol.

I stepped toward the golden one.

The moment our hands touched them—

the entire door began glowing.

A voice echoed through the chamber.

“Blood of the Alpha.”

Jail’s eyes widened.

Then another voice answered.

“Blood of the Leone.”

The symbols connected.

“Bound by fate.”

The door opened.

A cold wind rushed past us.

I stepped inside.

And stopped.

Books.

Thousands of them.

Ancient scrolls.

Stone tablets.

Paintings.

Weapons.

Statues.

The walls stretched so far into darkness that I couldn’t see the end.

Jail whispered,

“This place is enormous.”

Justin stared around in disbelief.

“The Council said the Leone library was destroyed.”

I touched the nearest shelf.

Dust fell from the ancient books.

“It wasn’t destroyed.”

I looked around.

“It was hidden.”

Justin nodded.

“From the Council.”

A strange feeling passed through me.

I could hear something.

Whispers.

Hundreds of them.

I turned.

“Do you hear that?”

Jail looked at me.

“Hear what?”

I walked toward the center of the library.

“The books.”

Justin frowned.

“Books don’t speak.”

“These do.”

I placed my hand against a massive black book.

The cover immediately opened.

Golden light poured from its pages.

Words appeared.

THE HISTORY OF THE LEONEWOLVES

I stopped breathing.

Justin stepped beside me.

“That’s the original record.”

I began reading.

Before the first Alpha kingdom, there were the Guardians.

They were called Leonewolves.

Their purpose was not to rule.

Their purpose was to protect the world from what lived beyond the Shadow Gate.

Jail looked at me.

“So the Leonewolves were guardians.”

I nodded.

The next page turned by itself.

But the Guardians possessed a power the Alpha bloodlines feared.

Justin whispered,

“The ability to command wolf instinct.”

Another page turned.

The Alpha bloodline possessed the power to command the body.

The Leone bloodline possessed the power to command the blood.

Neither could defeat the Shadow King alone.

Jail’s eyes widened.

“They needed each other.”

I looked at her.

“Alpha and Leone.”

The next page was covered in blood-red writing.

When the Alpha and Leone bloodlines unite, the Gate can be sealed.

I felt the bond between us pulse.

Jail looked at me.

“So our bond…”

“Was part of the prophecy.”

Justin shook his head.

“No.”

We both looked at him.

He pointed at the next line.

“It says something else.”

I leaned closer.

The words were fading.

But I could still read them.

The bond must be chosen.

I stared at the sentence.

“What does that mean?”

Justin answered quietly.

“It means the prophecy can’t force us.”

Jail squeezed my hand.

“We chose each other.”

The library suddenly shook.

A book fell from a nearby shelf.

Then another.

Then hundreds.

Justin drew his weapon.

“Something’s coming.”

The lights along the walls went out.

One by one.

Darkness surrounded us.

Then—

a whisper.

“Kyle.”

I froze.

That voice.

My mother’s voice.

“Mom?”

Jail grabbed my hand.

The voice came again.

“Follow the light.”

A small golden flame appeared at the end of the library.

I walked toward it.

Justin followed.

Jail stayed beside me.

We reached a stone table.

On it sat a single object.

A silver box.

My heart began racing.

I knew it before I touched it.

“This belongs to my father.”

Justin stared.

“How do you know?”

“I remember.”

I picked it up.

The box opened.

Inside was a letter.

My hands trembled.

The handwriting was unfamiliar.

But somehow—

I knew it was his.

Kyle,

I stopped.

My vision blurred.

My father had written my name.

I couldn’t continue.

Jail touched my shoulder.

“You don’t have to do it alone.”

I took a breath.

Then continued.

If you are reading this, then I failed to keep you hidden.

My chest tightened.

I need you to understand something. Your mother and I never abandoned you.

Tears filled my eyes.

We loved you more than the world could ever understand.

I wiped my face.

Justin looked away.

He was crying too.

The Council will tell you that the Leonewolves were monsters.

They will tell you that we caused the First Blood War.

Do not believe them.

I turned the page.

The next sentence made my heart stop.

The First Blood War was started by an Alpha.

Jail went completely still.

Justin whispered,

“Which Alpha?”

The page turned.

But the name had been burned away.

Only three words remained.

THE KING OF SOLARIA.

Jail stared at me.

“The King?”

Justin shook his head.

“The royal family…”

Before he could finish—

the entire library shook violently.

A roar came from above.

Then a voice echoed through the stone.

“FIND THE BOY!”

The Council.

They had entered the library.

Justin drew his sword.

“They followed us.”

Jail stepped forward.

“Then they’ll have to get through me.”

I looked down at the letter.

One final sentence remained.

There is one person you must never trust.

My heart raced.

Who?

The final words appeared beneath it.

The person who tells you your mother is dead.

I looked at Justin.

“Who knows whether she’s alive?”

His expression changed.

“Only a few people.”

“Who?”

Justin hesitated.

Then he said,

“Your mother.”

I frowned.

“That doesn’t make sense.”

Justin looked toward the darkness.

“It does if someone is pretending to be her.”

A cold feeling moved through me.

Suddenly—

the woman from earlier appeared at the end of the library.

The woman who had claimed to be my mother.

She smiled.

“Kyle.”

Jail immediately stepped in front of me.

“Stay back.”

The woman looked at Jail.

“You don’t understand what you’re protecting.”

Jail’s eyes narrowed.

“Then explain.”

The woman smiled.

“I can’t.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m not the one you should be afraid of.”

The library doors exploded open.

The Council poured inside.

The elder pointed directly at me.

“SEIZE THE LEONE!”

Jail transformed.

Justin transformed.

I felt my blood ignite.

The woman smiled sadly.

“Now you’ll finally learn the truth.”

She raised her hand.

The entire library came alive.

Every book flew from the shelves.

Ancient symbols illuminated the walls.

And a giant map of Solaria appeared above us.

At the center was a black circle.

Justin stared at it.

“The Shadow Gate.”

The woman nodded.

Then she looked at me.

“And your father is standing on the other side of it.”

My heart stopped.

“My father is alive?”

She smiled.

“Yes.”

A thunderous roar came from beneath the library.