The search
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I ….I …Just…Bella Stammered
“Tell a lie to me and I will kill my only daughter right now…." The Alpha threatened standing from his throne with fury
Her heart raced with speed as she would never want to lie to her father especially when he was angry.
“Who is that young man…?" The Alpha asked, sounding so sure.
Bella, knowing that she had been caught since she saw Toyo in her father's inner chamber, knew that she couldn't tell a lie not just for the fear of dying but the fact that she had been caught.
“He is…He is……" She further stammered.
“Get me your men, all of them, no one should be exempted. Go far away down to Zumba Region and get me that Lunatic of a hunter now……….."
The Alpha Bursted angrily at the chief Steward, Zuna.
The Zumba Region is some miles away from the Silver Crest.
Zuna gathered the nine stewards that served in the castle and went down the road in search of the hunter with the address given to them by Toyo.
“Jamen, get the cart ready," Zuna ordered.
The road from the Silver Crest down to Zumba Region was a long and tedious one.
“I don't seem to recognize this path from the address given to us by Toyo," Zuna said as they got to Zumba Region.
“We can always ask"
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"Excuse us, Please, we are in search of a popular and skilled hunter, Alex. We believe that he is from this Region" Zuna said to a passerby.
"Is everything alright?"
"Yes, we require his services and we would love to see him."
"All of you ?" The Passerby asked suspiciously seeing their great number and how armed they were.
"Yes, all of us..We are from a neighboring kingdom". Zuna lied
"Ooh, Maya?"
"Yes, Maya… We are from Maya" Zuna lied again
"Okay, the hunter lives just two poles away from here. His chambers have a very colorful arrangement"… The Passerby said
"Thank you. Take this little thing from us as a sign of appreciation". Zuna requested
"Don't worry, I was just helping"
Alex had gone out as usual to check on his traps and from there, went to see his Grandma, Elder Mar. The stewards from the Silver Crest couldn't find him when they arrived at his house.
"Check from the Rear" Nona, one of the Stewards said.
"We have gone around and there is no entrance"
"We have been waiting here for almost an hour now, let's go back and tell the Alpha that we could find him, " Griffin, one of the Stewards, said.
Griffin is one of the stewards known for his quest for leisure and pleasure. He was never allowed to embark on any Urgent assignment by the Alpha because he would never deliver. He was still a member of the stewards in the Alpha's Castle because his father was a friend to the Alpha before he departed.
"Griffin, you know the Alpha so well and how no one should fail at his orders". Zuna reminded
"Moreover, we don't need your opinion here, we know you too well," Zuna fired further.
"We just have to wait till he returns. We have been told he lives here" Nona said
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"My son, I see trouble raging, Be careful". Elder Mar warned his son as they said goodbye to each other.
"Grandma, I know you too well… Please, Unsay what you have just said" Alex pleaded
"I only say what the gods reveal, Be careful my son"
"Alright Grandma, I will"
"Bye, Ma"
"Bye."
Zuna and Nona decided to wait for Alex in front of his house while the others stayed back in the Cart. That would give them a space to disguise properly and help them either convince Alex or forcefully take him to the Alpha.
"I think he is the one approaching, he looks like he is the very powerful hunter that has been talked about by his stature and looks". Nona said
"It seems like"
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"Good day, Alex" Zuna said to him as he came closer to his chambers
"Good day" Alex replied raising eyebrows in wonder at who those young men were standing on his way into his chambers
"Can I be of help?" he added
"Yes, we need your help," Nona said this time
For? Alex asked.
"We want you to follow us to our Kingdom," Zuna said
"For what? I don't even know you two" Alex said
"Our Kingdom is a Few miles away," Zuna said
"And so?"
"It is the Silver Crest" Zuna said
"The Silver what?" Recalling that he had heard that name from Bella
"Yes, is that familiar to you ?"
"Not really" Alex lied
"The Alpha sends for you"
"I don't have a business with your Alpha, Excuse me, please" Alex fired back in defense trying to push them out of his way.
They resisted him further and it almost led to a mini-fight. Zuna beckoned on the other stewards to help them tie him up
"Since you are trying to create a fight, we won't spare you". Zuna told Alex as they tied him up and placed him in the Cart.
"Jamen, Fire on, Don't stop on the way" Zuna ordered as they got into the cart.
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Zuna took Alex into the Inner Chamber of the Alpha when they got to the Castle
"Greetings, the Great Alpha, We have him here, he tried to resist us but we had to tie him up to bring him here…" Zuna informed the Alpha.
"So you are the Lunatic, the i***t that had the guts to come close to my princess," the Alpha said as he stood up from his throne heading to slap Alex.
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