Alpha Princes Hidden Mate

5- Twins?

The market was bustling with activities as people went from one shop to another trying to bargain for the foreign goods. It was one in a year opportunity to get foreign products at reasonable prices and that attracts a horde of citizens from all over the Kingdom of Ardor. Although that day, the annual market fair was buzzing more than usual. There was an excitement and anticipation growing within the werewolves standing around the Alsia square looking towards a stage assembled in the center.

Two cloaked figures were standing in the corner down an alley trying to blend in with the crowd of the excited wolves waiting for contact. Suddenly a person, wearing the local attire of the Alsia town and a red Turkish hat, rounded the corner from an antique store and entered the shadowy alley.

"Moon seed" said the man in thick middle eastern accent,

"Ruby" replied one of the cloaked figures while pushing a bag towards the man.

"Is this the complete payment?"

"Yes, 20 gold coins and 30 silver"

The man snatched the bag of coins, weighed them in his end before opening and checking the contents. Once satisfied with the full payment, he took out two brass tokens the size of medallions with square holes punched in the center and a few words written in some ancient language. The man gave them the coin before disappearing into the crowd. 

A loud horn echoed throughout the square as a hush fell over the entire area. The cloaked figures still remained in the safety of the dark alley to watch the strange proceedings that were being held at the square. Whispers filled the otherwise silent square and some gasps could be heard from where the procession of a group of warriors proceeded. 

They watched as some Alsian warriors brought two shackled figures, their faces covered with black cloth and threw them on the stage where the alpha of Alsian pack was standing along with the beta and gamma. It was as clear as the sunny day that this was a public execution.

"Wolves of Alsia and Kingdom of Ardor, today is a great day for not only Alsia or Kingdom of Ardor, today is the day for all werewolves around the world. Today we are going to write history, today we are going to get rid of the curse put on our species."

As soon as Alpha finished the words, beta came forward and lifted the hood off the two prisoners, who by their scent were a part of a pack of Kingdom of Ardor only. 

A wave of shocked gasps and rising commotion around the square put the two hooded figures on edge. When they were able to see what the commotion was all about, their eyes got wide with shock even when they tried hard not to show their emotions, not that anyone could see them with hoods standing in the shadowy alley.

The pair of eyes were of same blue shade, one a little lighter though,  same pointed nose, same chapped and busted lips and the same sharp jawline, stared out towards the shocked crowd. The level of fear was rising within those present there as they saw two identical twin werewolves shackled and kneeled on the stage.

"YES, MY FELLOW WEREWOLVES, we have caught these ABOMINATIONS, trying to sneak into the human kingdom through our pack, OURS" roared alpha followed by angry agitated words of the mob.

"They are abominations, devils, you should kill the alpha......"

"Yes, yes, kill them. This is a bad omen......"

"Kill their parents as well who brought the devils to our homes....."

"Kill them.....kill them......kill them......" chanted the crowd

"SILENT" boomed the Alpha

"There is no doubt they are going to be killed but as a fair alpha, I will give them a chance to persuade me otherwise. I am giving you two filth a chance to say what you want" Alpha said while kicking in the gut of the prisoner closest to him.

The prisoner went down coughing and spitted the blood in his mouth before standing on his shaky legs.

"You call us abominations, US." he again coughed and threw the excess blood. Even though his voice was hoarse, the power behind it couldn't be mistaken by anyone. The cloaked figures also sensed the alpha power clearly behind them. 

"We are the miracle of the moon goddess. We are going to bring the change this world needs and we are also going to be demise of those who are doing wrong, creating imbalance like your wretched alpha here" 

Saying this he spitted on the face of alpha and laughed hysterically. Everyone was frozen, not even the voice of breathing could be heard in the entire square. The prisoner or the Alpha twin was regaining his posture slowly, so was his brother who was also standing besides him now. 

Before anyone could compose themselves loud booming sounds could be heard all around the market. And before anybody could blink, the market became a chaos with werewolves running here and there. Slowly a grey smoke started to fill up the stage area. 

Sensing the coming danger, the two cloaked figures decided to leave the place before they could get trapped in a mess that was not theirs. Just as they were about to turn, one of them caught the eyes of a figure with a covered face helping the twins get off the stage with the help of some other disguised werewolves.

A wave ran down his spine as the familiarity behind those mature brown eyes made him frown. Though there was nothing he could do as the smoke thickened and the person disappeared from his sight.

The two cloaked figures dusted their cape as they entered a small camping cottage deep inside the woods outside the border of Alsia pack. The cottage was camouflaged behind the huge overgrowth within the forest.

"I believe, my information was correct and you got the tokens", smirked Andrew as he came into the view.

"Don't Andrew, just don't" a deep firm voice said as Eros took the cloak off and hung it beside the rusted old door of the cottage.

The accommodation was not good, well not good to house a werewolf prince and his team but would have to do for the task and safety of the crew.

"What??!? I was just saying I knew info GIVEN by ME will always be correct. Isn't that's the reason you called for me all the way to Ardor crossing the vast ocean" exasperated Andrew.

"Can you again tell me why this guy is here AND WHY THE HELL IS HE YOUR BETA, EROSSSS...." gamma supreme said incredulously while jumping on the bed.

"Pot calling kettle black" snickered beta supreme which got him a glare from the gamma supreme.

"ENOUGH, we don't have time for your childish acts. Get yourself together. We have got a huge problem at our hands" Eros boomed.

As the alpha voice seeped into his command, all the other three wolves present there straightened their posture. They could now sense that Eros was at edge for some reason and would be good for all to not make him tick.

"So you are saying that there were twin werewolves in Alsia? Are you both sure you were not hallucinating?" a flabbergasted Andrew asked Eros and gamma supreme after hearing about what happened at the city market square.

"Andrew" Eros said sternly

"Okay, okay. Give me a few to digest the info please. This is really strange. I have never heard of a she-wolf giving birth to multiple pups. I thought of them as urban legends."

"What urban legends?" Eros quickly asked Andrew.

"You are kidding right ?!!!??" Andrew narrowed his eyes at his three other companions who were looking at him with serious gaze

Seriously, a werewolf doesn't know these legends.

"How could you not know about these legends? They are the most important of the werewolf history curriculum. I mean I guess it was not there for Eros. But you two, haven't you gone to school?"

"Whatever Andy Mandy, just tell us the legends" gamma supreme said.

"Yeah, well if you really want to know. They were just legends or that's what I used to think. But first I need some popcorn."

"It is said that Moon goddess and Human goddess used to compete amongst them a lot. They are said to be sisters by the way." Andrew said while popping corn in his mouth.

"So one time, many, many moons ago, I am talking like millennia ago, the Moon goddess got jealous of her little old sister's creations aka humans. So she decided to create one of her own, more powerful and more dominating than any man. She created Lycans. Birthed from her own blood, they were said to possess some of the magical powers similar to the moon goddess.

They were the first creatures of night as per legends. They were humans that could change into wolves when fully transformed. They were almost four times the size of a normal wolf and two times the size of present day werewolves. It is said that they were able to partially shift and were more comfortable in that form. That is the reason, they are represented in many paintings as the wolves walking on two legs and gigantic in height compared to a human.

Although they were the most powerful creatures on the earth they were very few in numbers. Since they were made of goddess, flesh and blood she could only create a handful like six or ten. Number is unknown.

Eros can you pass me that orange juice. Yeah, no no no the next one,. Yes, yes that. Oh thank goddess, my throat became dry due to speaking so much." Andrew said while slurping on the juice and then belched out a loud burp before relaxing on the sofa he was seating.

"Andrew, continue before I throw you out as the fodder for wild animals" barked Eros

"Chill man, what got your panties in a twist. So, where was I before I got rudely interrupted. Yeah right.

So as I was saying, they were just a handful and reproducing was a very difficult task for them. After a decade or two, a lycan female would be able to give birth to one lycan pup that too would not be able to survive long. After centuries of trying and not being able to have a pup, one lycan female became feral and went on rampage. Though other lycans were able to get her under control, they later found that many of the villagers who survived her attack were under some kind of transformation due to the lycan venom coursing through their body. They were transforming into normal or well present day werewolves.

And that is how my friends we, the werewolves came into existence. Tada the story is finished"

"That's it, that's all you have got, Andy Mandy" said a flabbergasted gamma supreme

"Haaa... Haaaaa.... no of course not I was just kidding. Man, give me some credit, I am a royal Beta after all.

So after the werewolves came into existence, Lycans took them under their wing, caring for them as their children. The Lycans became the first royals for the werewolves. The most astonishing thing about the werewolves was that they could give birth to a litter of pups at a time. Lycans were very happy as they were no longer alone. And after a few centuries, they became huge kingdoms under Lycans. Within the werewolves rose some who wanted power, who no longer wanted to be under the rule of Lycans as they saw Lycans different from them. Though Lycans were very powerful, they were still handful compared to thousands and millions of werewolves. They took advantage of their strength in number, ambushed the Lycans and eradicated their existence from this world. 

This angered the moon goddess and she cursed the entire werewolf species. According to her we were ungrateful to their creator, so as the creator of their creator, she had the right to punish us. And punish us she did. So she cursed us. She took away the ability of werewolves to give birth to multiple pups at a time. From then, only one pup was born to mates and a maximum of two pups in total. After that the she-wolves turn barren as we know today. 

Slowly the werewolf population started dwindling. We were on the verge of extinction when one Luna, said to be an ancestor of the Valor royal family, prayed to the moon goddess to forgive them. She was also one of the few who tried to defend the Lycans.

So in short, the goddess heard her pleas and said that a time will come when werewolves will be ready for a change, then some twins will be born who would help in bringing the lycans back and lift up the curse. Most werewolves don't like the fact that lycans will again roam this earth so they think of twins as abominations and would be killed on sight. 

Don't you know about the rule in each kingdom that if twins are born to any mates, they have to hand them over to the royals, you know what they would do to them. And I also heard that King Dimitry tried to change this law many times but failed.

So yeah that is it." Andrew exhaled a deep breath and relaxed.

The other three, were still reeling with the information overdose and how little they knew about the werewolf world.

That is why you did what you did mother, father. 

“We are the children of the moon. Light will shine on us….”

“till we stick together even when the night seems dark”

That was the last thought before Eros retired to his room.

The next day was a little gloomy as the sun never bothered to come out of his hiding place behind the dark greyey clouds. There were a few traders and caravans ahead of them as Eros and beta supreme went ahead towards the entry gate of the Sinclair Kingdom, the human kingdom besides the Kingdom of Ardor.

Soon it was their chance of verification to get entry in the human settlement.

"Token," said the guard in a stiff voice.

Eros has noticed how stiff every one of the guards were. There was a sinking feeling in his gut as he also noticed the construction of the high walls as Alpha Jerome had informed. 

They are indeed using silver, the only metal able to hurt us werewolves. Humans are indeed trying to protect them from super naturals. But protect them from whom in particular when there was 'The Concord' in place to protect them?

"Yes, sir. Here are two brass tokens. One for me and one for my partner." Eros was snapped out of his thoughts as he heard his beta's voice.

"You're names and purpose of visit"

"Yes, I am Jeremy and this is my partner Noah. We are here for the trade of spices from Eastern Asia."

"Eastern Asia you say" the head guard said while giving tokens to his subordinate for rechecking.

"You don't seem like you are from Eastern Asia."

"HaaaHaaa, you are absolutely correct sir. We are from American kingdom and are here to sell spices since our partners from Asia were not able to come here themselves."

"Sir, these tokens are authentic" came the guard to inform the head guard.

"Of course it is. We are regular traders here in this kingdom sir." said the Beta very smoothly.

"Okay, you may go. NEXT"

And just like that Eros and beta supreme entered the Sinclair Kingdom that was forbidden for werewolves from some time. Although they were not at all ready for the sight that greeted them inside the kingdom. There were several guards posted all around the streets that were almost deserted save for some citizens here and there along with the traders that entered the city.

What was more disconcerting was that they could not see even a single woman there. They had always heard that humans were very proud, especially females. They were a fierce species but right now it didn't feel like that.

Suddenly a loud cry broke the sullen silence. Eros and beta supreme glanced at each other and then quickly ran down the street from where the voice came. They could already see a crowd forming ahead of them. They pierced the circle of people to reach the center where an old couple was crying hysterically. Just then the circle opposite them parted to make way for a man in his early forties. He looked regal not only from his clothes but from the way he carried himself. 

Hmmm....King Sinclair

The elder couple were soon at the feet of the human king.

"Please my lord save my daughter, they... they took her too. She was only left of three of my daughter. Those monsters took her too" cried the lady.

King Sinclair sighed and urged them to stand.

"I know how you are feeling Martha, I know it very well"

Eros could see a far away look on the king's face and he could feel that the King indeed knew what the couple felt.

"I promise we will get justice for all our daughters, sisters and wives. I assure you Martha, if I am not able to get  you your daughters back, I would get you justice. Those mutts, those disgusting furry mutts will pay each and every penny for your tears Martha."

"But King what about 'The Concord' shouldn't we ask the help from royals, they would definitely help" said the beta supreme. Eros gave him a look for drawing attention towards them.

"Who said this, step forward." Beta supreme stepped out of the crowd.

"Are you new here young man."

"Forgive me my lord. I am coming here for the first time. Our partners used to come here in our stead. Though they never told us much about this kingdom"

"Understandable. Sharing news outside these walls is strictly forbidden. To answer your question, young man. What Concord are you talking about?"

"The one set down for the peace and safe"

Beta was cut short as the king laughed loudly.

"I know what Concord is on paper. But do you know that it is just there for mockery. I went there, to that Kingdom, Ardor. What did they do, they never allowed me to enter their Royal pack boundary as well. I was chased out from there, I lost many of my warriors at the hand of those filthy wolves. THERE IS NO CONCORD after they decided to take away our daughters, our females and for what? To use them to satisfy their NEEDS, TO MAKE THEM THEIR SLAVE TILL THEY FIND THEIR MATE. And funny thing they even keep them for fun even after they find their so called mates. PATHETIC. 

We are on our own, son. Concord means nothing. So if you have a sister, daughter or wife, I suggest you lock them up somewhere that night monsters cannot reach."

Saying this, the King turned and left the two dumbfounded werewolves to gather their jumbled thoughts.