Darkness of the basement was unable to engulf the shine of silver dagger placed on the table before Alpha Eric. It was his father’s gift on his eighteenth birthday and first Mating Ceremony, a token of his wishing for abundance and happiness. Currently, it was Eric’s only bosom buddy, he was sharing his misery with it. Three bottles down, he was emptying the fourth bottle of whiskey like a mad man, an ominous thought was turning into a resolute decision in his mind. Being intoxicated by alcohol was not subsiding the fire in his heart, only elevating it further. On the quest to find something stronger than this, he got up with that dagger in his hand, staggering towards the other corner of the large room. “f**k!” Eric hardly moved a step or two forward and fell on the ground. He took de

