Bane of my existence

Chapter 10-Bane

After all these years of living a life bereft of all meaning and my heart bereft of love I’d finally found my mate. I was ecstatic and felt alive and overwhelmed but it was short-lived, for someone had dared to murder a member of my pack!! Mine!!! And had carried out the act in the most brutal and gruesome way. The victim was Kat, a girl barely in her teens. She was one of the very few people who were close to my heart. I cared about all of my pack members but there were only a few who I considered family and she was one of them.  She was beautiful and fearless. It didn’t matter to her that I was the alpha, she was like a sister to me and she didn’t fear me like all the rest did. Whenever she spoke to me casually I would pretend to get mad at her and she would proceed to tease me by saying “oooo Alpha... Scary” in her childish tone and it would just send us both into fits of laughter. Even on that day, she had come to my study just when I was about to leave. She excitedly told me that she wanted to go to med-school. When I asked her why, she said,

“Because I want to help people and save lives. “

But don’t you think it’ll be difficult?  You’ve yet to control your phasing properly and you never know what might happen? I asked her concerned.

She just smiled at me and said, “Where’s the fun in doing something easy?”

I liked that about her. No matter what you told her, she wasn’t one to get discouraged easily. She would try and if she failed she would try even harder. She was brave and strong yet gentle and kind. I remember the last thing she told me before leaving,

“You may fool others by your staunch attitude but you can’t fool me. I’ve seen your heart and I know  that  someday, someone will see you for what you are and love you without any conditions. You deserve all the love you can get and I promise you will. “

“And when you do, don’t forget to thank me, Alphaaaa”  She went off laughing , leaving me behind , speechless. I pondered over what she said for a very long time after she left, but didn’t make much of it.

It was three days later when I met Luna and I think I understand now what Kat was trying to tell me. Kat was no more. She was gone and her dreams and hopes along with her. It was unfair, how good people go through such bad things, things they don’t deserve. I was burning inside with anger at the thought of her murder. I was heartbroken but I knew this wasn’t the time to be sitting around drowning in misery, for someone was out there murdering and I had a feeling that whoever it was wouldn’t be stopping at just one.

Just then Tyler walked in, ”Alpha we’re ready.”

I nodded and walked out with Tyler to where about ten of the strongest hunters of my pack were gathered. They were talking to each other but all fell quiet as they saw us walk out. I looked at each one of their faces. I could see hints of worry in their faces and I could understand why but more than that I could sense anger and determination in them to catch the one responsible. Sam, Jake, Renee, Lily, Jason, Oliver, Jeremiah, Leah, Shane and James.  I knew each of them. I could feel their eyes upon me, waiting for me to give my command. They were eager to begin the hunt.

“I want whoever it is that did this, found. Bring them to me alive. I want to take care of that bastard responsible for this. Nobody but me lays a hand on him. We split into two groups. Jake, Jason, Sam, Renee and lily, you go with Tyler. The rest follow me. Search every corner of the forest and nearby areas. I don’t care where the bastard may be hiding, I want him found. Let’s move”

We morphed into our wolf form and set out quickly.

“We’ll find the one responsible Alpha.”  Said Tyler.

In our wolf forms we communicated with each other through our thoughts. We could link our minds to each other’s. It was convenient as It didn’t require me to speak out loud. But sometimes it was quite inconvenient, as I felt like others were privy to my thoughts and I hated it. But I could control who could and could not enter my mind. But Tyler was an exception. That stupid bastard my best friend, he could slip in and out of my thoughts with ease, but well he was the strongest one in our pack after me as he came from a bloodline of one of the strongest werewolves , ‘the Lumineers’.

“Time to hunt”, I said to my group and they quietly nodded in agreement.

We ran into the forest.