Chapter 12: Wolf King
Amanda arrives at the wolves' border at dawn, using her space shift. Her eyes scan the whole place before proceeding to move. The wolf's border was built with high walls surrounding its niches, adding a threshold between holding the walls together. The atmosphere looks so calm with the chirping sound of birds evident.
She starts to walk towards the threshold full of vigor. Her black attire matched her countenance. She had her raven hair tied up in a long ponytail, making her forehead visible.
Her boots kept creating deep holes in the snow, as she walked towards the threshold.
She suddenly stopped on her track and spun around with agility and caught the arrow flying towards her direction with speed with her right hand. She stares at the arrow in her hand and smirks, noting the poison applied to its head.
"Who goes there?"
A harsh voice thundered from the hidden space. She darts her eyes around the border in search of the owner of the voice. "I got a message for your king, from his Lordship Mergus."
Amanda announced as her eyes kept fluttering in wary.
Four-man wolves appear from their hidden spot while growling at her. They had their guns and arrows outstretched pointing at her in vigilance.
"What! Why?" The head of the wolf guard questions, groaning at her.
She scuffs and glances lazily at the head of the wolf's guard. "Will it be appropriate to impersonate your king?" She said with sarcasm moving her sight away from them like they are some dirt in her eyes. "You!!" The head wolf guard growls at her, Rendered speechless at her words.
The other three wolf guards growl at her making her sneer in silence. The head wolf guard gave her a once-over look and glanced at the Man wolf standing next to him. "Go inform the king." He orders through the mind link.
The man-wolf left to inform the higher-ups as he was told to. Amanda stares at the back of the disappearing man wolf and snickered.
'Milord was right about them. Bunch of dogs sniffing around.' She ridicules them in her mind.
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While inside the wolf Palace, Marcus was already present standing in the center of the palace hall while facing the wolf king. His face is full of calculating motives. At the throne, the wolf king sat on his chair emitting dominance and arrogance. He is a middle-aged man in his late 50's. He was wearing a dark robe that was designed with golden stripes around the collar. He had a few grown grey mustaches around his jawline.
Being the alpha and the strongest of his kind, he was made the wolf king. Despite having deputies and his executives his words alone hold power in the entire pack.
He was sitting down majestically on his throne with his Beta, a man around the same age as him, standing close to him, besides his seat.
They gaze intently at the man standing in the middle of the hall with a smile that looks irritating in their eyes. His handsome face alone irritates the wolf's king.
Marcus stands with his back straight facing the king of wolves in confidence. He raises the corner of his lips into a slight smile.
"Wolf king, it's my honor and privilege to be in your presence today!" Marcus exaggerated with a smile.
The wolf king dims his eyes in annoyance. His beta seeing his dark expression glared at Marcus and said with a stern voice. "Not like we invited You! Cut the crap, and go straight to the point!!" The beta said in disgust.
Marcus burst out loud, laughing his guts out while holding his stomach and bending back and forth. The wolf king grits his teeth and groans loud enough to silence everyone.
"Marcus, what do you want?!" he implores while raising his voice. Marcus stops laughing, waves it off with his right hand, and glances up to meet the wolf king's eyes.
"What do I want?" Marcus repeated the question in a calm voice, raising his right brows with a smile. He takes a close step forward, his expression turning serious. "I need your support." He declared in a strong tone.
The wolf king eyes him hard, giving him an arduous stare. He taps the hand of his chair slowly, reading every expression on Marcus' face. He cleared his throat and started. "What do you mean, Marcus?" He asked, raising a questioning eye. Marcus' eyes darken as he continued. "I need to bring Mergus down." He confessed. The wolf King exchanges a glance with his beta calmly. "Why involve me in your clan and personal grudges?" He asked mockingly.
Marcus' mouth twitched, shocked at the wolf king's response. He never saw that coming.
'What is this Wolf playing at?' He probed in his mind while keeping a straight face outside.
He probed further, not ready to give up yet… "Wolf King, You amuse me… You know Why?" He asked, raising his lips in a mocking smile, making the Wolf king's expression darken more.
He slaps the rest of his seat in a fit of anger. His breathing turned hot as he let out a dangerous growl. Marcus swallowed hard and kept his gaze locked on him. The wolf king beta intervened, giving him a stern look. "We don't have all the time in the world. You have just 5 seconds to explain yourself." He warns in a harsh voice. "Whoever the prophecy speaks of is a common trait to the six paranormal," Marcus said in one breath, stealing glances at their expression.
The light in the Beta eyes flicked. He glances at the Wolf king, his face filled with questions on what next. The Wolf king never changed his expression for once as his darkened gaze remained on Marcus. "So, how do we come in?" The Beta went on to question Marcus.
Marcus snaps his fingers in the air.
"Simple!" He emphasizes, making the Beta furrow his eyes at him.
"My brother will surely want to pledge an alliance with you, Wolf king. Just reject him once he does." Marcus explained, with a stern voice.
The Wolf king burst into laughter leaving Marcus in a confused state. He pauses and looks at Marcus with a face filled with disgust. Marcus stares at him, his eyes laced in confusion.
"Marcus, if I may ask, what will you offer me," The wolf king inquired, his hazel eyes staring at him unblinking. Marcus gently stepped closer again and spread his arms wide with confidence.
"Power, we will rule –The Mystic World together, and scrape all the antagonism as long as we work together." he declared, grinning hard.
The wolf king sighs deeply and relaxes well on the backrest of his seat and glances at his beta who smiles knowingly at him.
The wolf king glances back at Marcus and clicks his tongue. "What a nice offer," he said, sarcasm obvious in his words. He shook his head, in pity. "A charming offer indeed!," his Beta added, after him.
Marcus with a confident smile cast on his face stares at them in anticipation.
His face flops on hearing the next word dropped by the Wolf king "Marcus, I don't mean to be rude but... Am not interested in your oblivious offer." The wolf king let out with sarcasm. Making Marcus' face fall in embarrassment. "Wolf king…"
Right, then, their wolf pack emissary walks into the palace hall with prestige. He gently places his hands on his right chest and bows his head in respect facing the Wolf king. "Let your reign prolong, sire!" He greets.
The Wolf King glanced down at his bowing subordinate and smiled. "You may rise,"
The Emissary stands up straight, not giving Marcus standing beside him an eye.
"Sire, The Vampire clan, sent an Envoy who seeks your audience." He informed him.
The Wolf king threw his gaze on Marcus whose forehead is now creasing together with six lines as he was gritting his teeth in anger. "That was unexpectedly fast, send them in," he commented while waving his hands at the Emissary. The emissary left afterward.
Shortly after he left, A slender figure step into the palace hall with elegance. The Wolf king's eyes narrow at the slender figure whose black attire accentuates her beauty. Her eyes shine full of confidence as she walks in and stops at the center of the hall and acknowledges him. "Amanda, Pays her Greets the Wolf king." The wolf king nods his head in acknowledgment as a calm smile spreads across his lips. 'Mergus sure knows how to surround himself with trusted aid' the Wolf king commended in his mind.
"You may rise," he asserted, seeing that she refuses to stand from her portrait. Amanda smiles and raises her head with her shoulders straight. "My pleasure sire," she said, sneering inside.
Marcus scuffs at her actions. Amanda paid no glance at him and took a little step forward blocking his view to face the wolf king.
"I wonder what I owe this visit," the wolf king asked, leaving an underlying meaning in his words.
Amanda smiles beautifully and brings out the golden scroll given to her by Mergus for the Wolf king to see.
"His Lordship, The Vampire lord 'Mergus' invites the Wolf king and his royal household to his humble palace, for the moon festival," Amanda announced with a lovely voice.
The Wolf king raises his eyes, at the unexpected invite. Amanda kept a charming smile on her face. Marcus watches in silently at the side. The Wolf king glances at his Beta who nods his head in understanding. The Beta steps down from the throne and walks up to Amanda and takes the golden scroll from her hand, nodding lightly at her before going back up to the throne and handing the scroll to the Wolf King.
The veins on Marcus' skin pop out, creasing out of his forehead, as he watches the interaction going on in front of him. He's on the verge of losing it. He watched as the Wolf king handed another white scroll to his Beta who stepped down again and handed it over to Amanda and returned to the side of the Wolf king. He can't hold his frustration any longer. He glared daggers at the Wolf king who didn't pay him a glance. Sneering down to his nose, he glances back at Amanda, who smirks lightly. He scoffs at them and leaves the palace hall with large strides.
The palace hall returned to a mid-silence. Amanda broke the silence, bowing her head to the Wolf king. "I will relay your message well, to his Lordship," she taught. The Wolf king nods at her words and waves his hands at her.
"I will take my leave then," she said with a slight bow of her head and left the palace hall.
The wolf king stares at her disappearing figure with a deep expression. "Sire, what are you thinking?" His Beta asked, concerned. The Wolf king smirked slightly. "What Mergus is thinking." He countered, deeply. Leaving his Beta confused.
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