The Lycan

The Divide

There had been a wide gap between Drogo and Sessy after they lost their daughter in a hunt 21 years ago. Things immediately turned sour between them as their love for each other diminished. Drogo wanted an heir badly so he abandoned Sessy and started mating with other potential females in Mordor. They all came in different shapes and sizes as no one dared refuse their alpha. It was even counted as a great honor mating with the Alpha.

He wasn't fully assured Catrina would be heir since she was not his child. His actual plan was to use Catrina as a weapon until she was no longer needed or until she was killed in battle.

Sessy however, had grown a connection with Catrina after she lost her baby barely months after giving birth. She wouldn't recognise her baby six months after even if the baby survived in the woods.

Drogo dropped his cup and walked close to his Luna, he stroked her hair gently with his right arm as he pulled her close to himself with his other arm. Hugged her and smelt her partly damp hair as he continued to stroke it repeatedly.“We will find our daughter” he spoke calmly to her ears. “I have sent a pack of my council members to bring her back to us.”

As reassuring as he sounded, Sessy could smell trouble and danger looming. She knew they'd kill her Catrina.

Back at the bad lands, Catrina could feel life gradually leaving her. In her subconscious, she remembered the good times with her adopted mum and dad. She could remember all the love from her friends in Mordor, the successful hunts with her mum whenever she lead a pack. All these memories flowed ceaselessly as she bounced rhythmically on the back of Antonio as they sped away to sanctuary.

Antonio needed to make a decision to save Catrina’s life. Looking side to side as the other wolves ran along with him, he began considering the option of a group feeding. All the Rugarus with him numbered about 12. They could all donate their blood to her to feed so she wouldn't die. He knew what he needed to do as he began slowing down. Baxter- one of his most trusted flanker slowed down looking at him with surprise, “why are we slowing down?! Aren't we supposed to zing continue straight to sanctuary?”, he asked with concern. The other wolves circled back and came around Antonio and by this time he had already stopped.

He put Catrina gently on the ground as he returned to human form. “What are you doing? We wouldn't make it with her alive this way?!” Baxter asked again and this time more aggressively.

“We need to all feed her” Antonio replied with a calm, controlled voice. “Gather round!” Antonio said as he rose up, with Catrina in front him, quickly they all formed a circle around him and Catrina.

They would all cut their lower arm and squeeze blood into Catrina's mouth in turns to wake up her thirst for blood. Antonio on the other hand would hold her down just in case the effects of their ‘zing’ were hard on her and she turned violent.

As they began slicing their lower arms and blood oozed out, Catrina slowly opened her eyes as she could smell blood, she growled calmly looking up at Antonio who already had held her tight in his arms. One by one, they stood over her to drop blood into her mouth, her growl increased as she struggled to move her head from the blood trickling through her lips.

“Be Calm, I'm trying to save your life!” Antonio said, trying to hold her head in position. Catrina kept struggling but she was too weak to overpower a strong Rugaru like Antonio.

As more blood trickled through her mouth she began getting stronger and fought Antonio more fiercely, he beckoned on them to continue until he was sure she drank quite enough blood to keep her going.

After a while Catrina stopped struggling, her growl became more stronger as blood poured into her mouth, this time, she began anticipating the drops of blood before they came. She was opening her mouth to drink already. When Antonio noticed this, he asked them to stop as he released his grip on Catrina.

Catrina stood up quickly as life came back into her. “What did you do to me?!” She screamed at Antonio. “Why did they stop?” she asked, her hair slightly rough. As all the wolves kept their gaze on her, she knew something was odd. She looked at herself and knew she was naked! She tried putting her hands on her chest and lower area to cover up as Antonio handed her a free gown to wear and she immediately put it on.

“Who are you people?” she asked as she tried to escape. Her first instinct was flight as soon as she woke up back to life.

“We saw you at the hill running towards us so we knew you were being chased” replied Antonio with a sorry face. She stood at a distance as she kept looking around her. The trees whistled as a cool breeze blew on their faces. She didn't know whether to avoid her ‘supposed captors' or to go with them hoping they were her allies. She was still growling, making all the Rugarus to back off her for the time being.

After a while, she beckoned Antonio to come close to her. As he walked close, she signaled and said, “that's far enough!” “Where is your sanctuary?” she asked as she stared straight at his face. “Not quite far” he replied with a compelling look. After looking thoroughly at all of them as they gathered around her, she knew she was really out of options. First, she has been exiled by her own people and even chased into the woods, secondly, she is in the midst of people who saved her life as it is and all that kept ringing in her mind was “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”, as it looked, the Rugarus were her only friends and ally.

Catrina looked at Antonio who was already by her side, “would I get more blood?” She asked fiercely. “Of course you will” Antonio replied almost immediately with excitement in his eyes.

Looking around, she walked through their midst, got on the road and spoke as she walked away, “what are we waiting for?”

They all followed immediately after her as if she were the alpha giving orders.

By this time, darkness had began casting its shadows across the country. The Lycans after their futile pursuit strolled sheepishly back to Mordor.

The pack leader-Zadok knew he would be killed for not carrying out the mission successfully and bringing Catrina back.

He asked the others to go right ahead of him lieing that he wanted to rest. As the other continued, Zadok tore open his ligament muscle with his sharp claw- he wanted to bleed himself out so he won't have to bear the shame of facing Drogo as a failed pack leader.