Mateless (English)

Episode 7

WE arrived at the exact location where the explosion happened. We saw injured warriors who battling for their life. We saw shards of silver bullet that may cause why there are lots of injured packmates here.

"Rescue everyone and secure the perimeter," Arvy commanded the second patrol. This is getting rougher than we imagine.

I sniff the air I can smell blood, metal, and the emotion of a certain rogue pack's lust for blood.

I signal everyone to be alerted and secure the perimeter. We cannot let our guards down especially right now that everyone is panicking.

The enemies are smart, and I have the guts to say that someone leads them. Rogue is mostly driven by anger and wanting to kill someone, eat flesh, and sniff blood. They are not as smart as everyone thinks they do. So it is easy for us before to hunt them down and stop them from attacking.

But few individuals can tame them and use them as a personal army. Especially those who know dark magic and witchcraft. Not all witches are evil, some are friends who teach us how to protect our pack from another magic user, casting disease and havoc on every territory.

I heard a very boisterous growl and a rogue werewolf jump straight to me, but I manage to sidestep and target his neck. I am still on my wolf form so I am ten times more powerful.

Rogue showed from every corner of the forest. They are in their human form, and they have knives made from silver, but the handle is made from wood so they are not affected by it.

I am right, someone is controlling them. This is alarming especially on how they became more dangerous than before.

"Kill them all!" Mike shouted the pack warrior who leads the group.

We all fight for our lives. I am more skilled than others so I am very confident in my ability to protect everyone.

From my back, I kick the tall man with red eyes using my feed and bite his legs off. The fight became more bloodiest. The supposedly happy festival that we wait for became something like this, murderous and tragic.

All in all, we manage to kill fifty of them, and some three-pack warriors did not manage to survive.

But I heard a very strange noise coming from the back of the big tree. I transform into my human form and wore my shirt and shorts.

And I am more than scared to see Mr. Beckett showering on his blood. He is whimpering and holding for his dear life. The damage on his body cannot keep it up, he can't make it now.

"Someone! Come here!" I growled. I saw our current alpha and his son, Arvy running in my direction.

They were frozen when they saw the pitiful old man.

"My friend," the alpha whispered and kneel on his dying beta.

"Bastard, do not cry for me... You are not like that..." Mr. Beckett manages to speak.

The alpha shakes his head. "You will leave. I will send the most skilled pack doctor here! Do not give up!" The alpha insisted.

But Mr. Beckett smiled like he accepted his fate.

"You know it is not possible anymore. My time is up, and I have to go somewhere, my wife is waiting for me there," he said.

I covered my eyes using my hand to hide the tears. I am sobbing silently but it does certainly breaks me inside. I do not want him to go. He became a father figure on us.

"Dad,"

Elven walks silently on his father's body. "Dad, you can't leave me now. My mom left me, you can't leave me now," he said begging for his father's life.

"As much as I want to stay here, I can't. My only regret is not staying on your side and cannot watch you grow to be this powerful, smart, and brave young beta. Help the future alpha to build this pack."

Mr. Beckett kisses his son's forehead before closing his eyes and leaving this world for the rest of the time.

What we heard is the cry from this war.

I hate wars, no one has to win this war. War brings nothing but death and misery. This will be something that I will remember for the rest of eternity.

We manage to clean the pile of bodies and do our job. We will make a funeral for those who did not survive this war.

I know that this is just starting. There will be lots of complications in the future.

We decided to end the festival because that is the right thing to do. We cannot celebrate this, and it is ashamed to do so. I know that our goddess will understand our situation. She will understand why we ended this festival so soon.

Currently, we are on the pack territory house. Our beloved beta's body is currently here, with the other three-pack soldier's bodies, and we will mourn for them for almost three days.

Arvy is comforting Elven. Arvy is Elven's best friend, and he knows the pain he is bearing right now. It is not an easy thing that we can accept losing someone so important to us.

When Arvy said that he needs to do something, I immediately comfort Elven.

"I do not know how hard it is for you to lose both of people you love the most, surely it is not easy, and if I am on your shoe, I will also feel that it is so heavy and so hard, and we can't accept this fact so easy. I also lose my mom. I know that feeling, but I manage to stand up and face the reality because I know that our goddess has a greater plan for us."

He manages to smile just to show us that he is stronger. "I will fulfill my promise to dad, he will be proud of me, they will be proud of me."

I smiled at him and pat his head. "They are proud of you no matter what happens."

I excuse myself and I have to go home. I still need to change my bloody clothes and have a rest. I know that it is still heavy inside of me to say my last farewell to a man that supports me before, the one who taught me not to give up, because there is a greater plan for me.

If I will have an idea that this will be the last day that I will see him, I should hug him tighter. He was like a father to me. And I will miss him for eternity.

When I came inside our house, they are all silent. I saw that they also have small injuries from the last fight.

"You fight again," my dad said with disapproval in his tone.

"Dad, I have to, or else there will be more victims to that fight. I cannot just stand up and do nothing, you know me," I clear out.

"I know, Mace, you are like your mother. You are being reckless again, and what if something happens to you?" he asked again.

"I am not a child dad, and even though I am a woman, I am more capable of protecting myself and others..."

I shut my eyes and gave up on them. "I am tired, exhausted and I do not know. Can I rest? I can not think that I will be awake for a second." Because I might pass out.

My dad sighs, and he knows that I cannot keep standing here this exhausted because I might not handle this exhaustion.

He nodded. "Okay, have a good rest, but we will talk about this tomorrow, first thing tomorrow, Mace."

I nodded back and go upstairs. I walk straight to my closet and took a clean piece of towel. I went to the bathroom and filled the bathtub with water and soap. I strip my clothes and dip my body into the water. I sighed and relaxed trying to sum up all of the events for today.

The supposedly happy and nontragic event turns into a nightmare. Truly that death is inevitable, but knowing how our enemy became more dangerous gave us much more complications.

I know that Arvy will be put under so much pressure since there will be a challenge for him this early. I think the best solution is to find the real mastermind here.

Rogue is like a virus, they can multiply on time without knowing that they can dominate one's territory. That is shocking and frightening.

And the only way that we can manage to mitigate the effect of this new problem is to find the real culprit behind it. This is a no-ending cycle.

The rogue will keep going on a higher level of being dangerous if we will not do something about it.

I felt much better after that bath. I thought that I can sleep more peacefully after that but it still keeps bugging me.

It has been a year since my last duty as a pack warrior. I was out of service because my dad insisted that I should stop the scouting. I know that they are just being mindful of me, but sometimes I wish that they can trust more of my capabilities.

MORNING came and I still feel restless about what happened. I hope it was just a dream but I have to face the reality.

I go downstairs after doing my usual routine. I have to cook breakfast for us, or my boys will starve.

I go straight to the kitchen to cook a hearty meal for them. I know that they are still a little bit upset about my sudden decision and rush. I mean, I know how they became overprotective about me since mom died years ago, and I am the youngest o and only daughter of this family.

I am scrambling some eggs when they go down and looking not in their best mood.

"I will be really sad if you will stay mad at me, give me a cold shoulder, maybe I should get out of this house," I said to them. My dad looks shocked at what I have said.

"You are just joking, right? Mace?" Dad clarified.

"I am not. You know I do not deserve to be treated like this. I act through my instincts last night. I know that life and death situation happen a year ago, and I almost died that time, but that will never gonna be happening again. I swear that I learn my mistakes and I am stronger now. If you will. let me stay weak, let me stay dependable, how can I be better? How can I manage to protect myself," I asked them.

They look like someone who is scolded. I will not tolerate this cold treatment. I have been through a lot, and I am so done facing all of those s**t in my life. I will be vocal about what I feel right now.

DAYS have been passed, and this will be the last of Mr. Beckett's burial. He will be put on the graveyard of heroes, honoring his great contributions to this pack.

Arvy is on my side and we are just waiting for the ceremony to start. Elven was devastated... He looks tired and sleep-deprived but I understand his situation. I am the same when we the time that my mom died.

But I believe that he is stronger he will become stronger because he promises me that. He promises it to his dad and mom.

"Are you okay now? Your dad and brother?" he asked me. I am always opening up to my mate about my situation right now.

I have not so many friends. Some of them did not lose longer for a reason and I do not know what it is but it is fine for me.

And now that I found my mate, I am also hoping that I have someone that I can lend my ears to and someone who can listen to me.

"Much better than the first day. I know that they are just being worried about me. But most of the time I am turning upset because they cannot trust me," I told him.

He sighed. "I know what you feel, but I also agree with them. You can not get rid of that feeling from them, that overprotective behavior because of what happened before. You were almost killed by a powerful rogue before, and that was the time you are scouting our hunting ground. They were low-key traumatized by what happened, and I am sure that they are just thinking about your well-being."

"Okay, I get that point..." I give up, I knew my mistake. But of course, it would not stop me from helping if I can and I have to.

The final goodbye has started and the whole fields were filled with sobs and cries. I know the pain of losing someone.

And what I fear right now is my life one's getting harmed, because this rogue issue became more uncontrollable and very alarming to this point.

I saw Arvy thinking deeply and analyzing the situation. Sometimes I want to slap my face so hard that I will get amnesia. Because I always forget that my mate has his trouble right now, and I find a time to bother him with my rant.

But from now on, I swear to be on his side forever.