Benjamin was supposed to go see things for himself but that would mean he leaves the pack and still return if the news was true.
All the pack warriors, scouts, hunters, and even a little of the palace guards were assembled. The rest of the members, like the nursing mothers, pregnant wolves, pups, and the few omegas in the pack were led to a hiding spot underground and were heavily guarded. They hold the next generation of the pack if the current team doesn't succeed.
Momentarily, Benjamin left his warriors and commanded that they shouldn't follow him aside from his beta and gamma. With him leading the run, they arrived at the house of the pack shaman.
Because they had little time, the shaman had to consort the help of a witch to help him brew an antidote for the poisoned wolves and another to buffer the poison from affecting the warriors. It was against pack laws to let other kinds intervene in their affairs but the current events called for a bend.
Benjamin and his associates carried the liquid antidote and poison shield back to the gathered warriors. The ill ones drank the cure while the rest drank the deterrent.
At Benjamin's command, all the warriors raced behind him to the battlefield. The majority of them were lycans while the minority were well-built wolves. Crescent pack was known for their large population of Lycans and little omegas because they didn't accept them.
In no time they were at the battlefield that was a few acres away from the territory. The leader of half bull, half-man-creature came forward. To the surprise of the werewolves, he opened his mouth to speak and translatable words were heard.
"Who is your commander?" The minotaur commander shouted.
Benjamin who was standing in front of the army took a step forward. "I am the king of crescent pack. What is the reason for this senseless attack?"He said after transforming into his human form.
The commander had his head high as he stalk the spot he was standing with his flexing hands behind his back. "Something that belongs to our god was taken from where it was kept . Produce the thief and bring the artifact otherwise prepare to face the consequences !"
Benjamin's heart suddenly skipped a beat and the face of his mate flashed in his mind. Since the pack was connected to him, they felt his distress. "We have nothing that belongs to the mountain god, if you want war, war shall we give. ATTACK!!"
The battle ensured, Samuel quietly slipped out of the field and bolted in the opposite direction. He ran with all his might, following Dorothy's scent. Because he was known, he was permitted to enter black moon pack grounds but wasn't allowed to wander as he was forced to wait in the packhouse for them to go fetch Dorothy.
After explaining the situation to her, Dorothy shifted and ran out of her pack, leaving Samuel to cater to her son.
Samuel had Brian clung to his back as he sprinted back to the pack. He knew it would be unsafe for a pup to be on the battlefield. Putting him down, he said to the young prince. "Kiddo, something serious is happening and your father needs me by his side, you see these gentlemen." He pointed at the guards. "They will take you to a safe place okay? Be a good boy." He ruffles the prince's hair.
Brian didn't utter a word as his uncle spoke nor did he stop looking when his uncle ran off. His heart was beating erratically, a bad omen. His guards tried to lift him off the ground but the six-year-old remained rooted on the spot.
The two guards looked at it each other. How were they going to move this pure blood Alpha without injuring him? If he was a regular pup, it won't take them anything.
Suddenly, Brian broke into a run, his guards knew how fast those tiny feet were so they leaped in the air and shifted. The young prince also knew he wouldn't get far before he got caught so he rapidly dived into a rabbit hole that was big enough for his small size and kicked a red button above the entrance of the hole. A metal gate, the size of the hole blocked the entrance.
The guards who were just a foot behind Brian didn't dare touch the blockage, it was smitten with red mountain Ash, a poison even more toxic than wolf's bane... They gaze at each other in horror, the king will have their heads.
The special escape route Brian took was created as a precautionary measure in case the pack was ever invaded. The next on line to the throne can escape and return when he is fit to reclaim the territory, only the king, queen and prince knew of the route that directly led to the outskirts of the pack.
Brian kept crawling inside the mini tunnel that had moonstones lit up ahead of him whenever he was close. He needed to find his mama and papa, his instinct and wolf told him they were in danger. Yes, his wolf is not supposed to be active until after his shift but he was pureblood, the rarest kind of wolf.
Meanwhile...
The battle was becoming unfair , the werewolves had Agility, speed, and precision, the number of Minotaurs kept increasing, they were like an endless river of monsters. Many wolves lost their lives because they had to fight close to five or six minotaurs at a time. The Lycans were a bit luckier since they were faster but for how long?
"Stop!! I have what you came for, "Dorothy yelled at the top of her voice from a nearby hill close to the battlefield.
In her lifted right hand was the ruby she found only that was now a necklace. All the fighting werewolves halted at the sound of their queen's voice. Benjamin especially who had his claws in the throat of a minotaur ripped it off and tried to get to his queen but then his men and brother held him down.
Unbeknown to Benjamin, in the split second he delayed, Dorothy already passed information to the pack with him blocked from the mind link. She said, <" hold down your alpha, this is the only way to save our pack." >
The commander's eyes glimmered when he saw the gem. "Go and get her, "he communicated to his men but before they can move Dorothy did something unthinkable.
She placed the gem on a rock and held a smaller rock above it. "If your monsters come close to me, I'll break it, "she cried.
Immediately, the commander waved his hand and stopped his men from moving." Do not break the gem or incur the wrath of the mountain god, "he yelled. He was also on top of a hill.
"I want the word of the god, that if I return the gem, he would never attack my people, "Dorothy bargained.
The commander did not agree, he closed his eyes and when he opened them, it was white and his head moved heavenwards. "The mountain god wants the one who found his sacred gem as a sacrifice, "he said.
"No! No! Never! Dorothy get out of here, now!"Benjamin screamed while still struggling to break free from the pile of werewolves on top of him.
"Do I have his word? Will he let my people go?"Dorothy asked with teary eyes.
"Yes, you have his word, "the commander said.
Dorothy felt a burning sensation on her arm and looked at it, a golden seal was imprinted on it with an inscription she couldn't understand at first but somehow, she translated it and the god promised to do her wish.
Dorothy looked at the commander whose eyes have returned to their normal color and nodded. The minotaur understood her and also nodded. She threw herself off the hill, smiling as she accepted her fate.
The minotaurs waiting at the bottom caught her and immediately cuffed her hands but didn't attempt to take the gem from her.
It was at this point Brian came to the field, he watched as his mother got taken away by the monsters he had never seen before and his father went feral. He stood like a statue, the fast lycans ran back to the pack and returned as humans with heavy chains, smitten with wolf's bane, their hands protected by thick gloves.
After some failed attempts, they succeeded in chaining the feral alpha who doesn't seem to recognize them anymore.
As Benjamin got dragged away, his eyes met with his son's and for a moment he regained his sanity but it didn't last long.
Samuel caught a glimpse of his nephew and ran to him, he knelt and hugged the boy. A tear rolled out of Brian's eyes. "I am sorry kiddo," Samuel murmured.
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The pack was in turmoil from the lost of their brave queen. Everything was halted but on the third day of their king going feral, the pack experienced the worst feeling, the detachment from their Luna.
It felt like a part of them had been torn out, most of the females cried others were passive Agressive. But the one who felt it most was Benjamin, his mate was dead. He felt his heart stop beating although it was still drumming. Tears rolled out of his red eyes , he looked up to the roof of the cage he was in and howled painfully.
He began to shift between his human form and his lycan form, as he repeatedly called out his wife's name. The pain he felt was worst than being burnt alive, it was like he was slowly dying from a knife piercing his delicate heart.
His pack members stood outside of the prison he was in with their heads lowered, lossing a mate was the worst thing to ever happen to a wolf.
Benjamin continuously slammed the wolf baned cage with his human form, regardless of how weak he felt or the crimson traces it left. He transformed and tried to use his claws but it only left scratches on the cage. He soon grew frustrated and began jamming his body causing the cage to begin to bend although he was also getting hurt in the process.
The guards overseeing him tried to come close to sedate him but he managed to stab them through the gaps between the bars.
Samuel rushed in and tried to get close to his brother but also got stabbed, it was as if he didn't recognize anyone, all he wanted to do was get out.
His claws now had the liquid resido of the wolf's bane from constant scratching of the cage making him more dangerous. The poison was in his system but the Alpha didn't care if it kills him since it tampers with the swift healing powers.
Brian entered the prison with his little feet slowly stalking towards his father as he sang."I almost called you from the depths just to know how you are doing and say that I am okay, I don't want to think about the distance, I miss you but I will be with you soon. I love you, l love you."
Benjamin looked his son's way as the song his wife sings to him everytime before she goes on one of her adventures poured out of his mouth. His shoulders slummed , he stopped trying to breakout and slowly sat as his son got close .
Brian secretly dragged the sedative injection from his uncle's hand as he passed the man. He sat close to his father and continued singing. With his little hand , he wiped away the blood mixed tears flowing out of his papa's eyes.
He waited for the right moment when his father shut his eyes to inject his neck.
Benjamin didn't struggle, he just let his son do it. He looked at the boy with half closed eyes but all he could see was his mate's cognac eyes...
Brian broke down after his father fell asleep, Samuel picked up the boy with difficulty because of the bane in him and hugged him, he was too young to be experiencing such heart burn. He took him out of the place as the guards entered the cage to give Benjamin the cure for the wolf bane .
One month later...
Moon pack was still Mourning their Luna when the news of their alpha regaining sanity hit them, it was rare for anyone to come out of the feral bond of lossing a mate.
Brian was the most estatic, he had lost alot of weight since his mother passed. He tapped his feet anxiously as he waited for his father to come out. He even had a bath, eat his meal and combed his lush brown hair and held it together in a low pigtail, as a prince should, something he hadn't done in a while.
"Papa!"little Brian exclaimed as his now slender father came out with his uncle.
"My boy!" Benjamin said weakly, he dropped on one kneel and hugged his child.
Brian told his father expectantly. "Papa, I prayed to the goddess everyday so she could free you since she took mama. I thought she didn't like me and didn't answer but here you are papa, you are well and you will take care of me and we'll be fine! " He stoked his chin like an old man as he added,"I will find a way to thank her but how do you thank a god?"
Benjamin forced a smile but his eyes carried his sadness. He stoked his son's hair. "Brian, you know papa loves you right? " He asked and Brian's brows furrowed as he nodded slowly. "You will make a great king , I am sorry, you deserve better but I..I ..I ... Can't be the father you need, I am nothing without your mother, I can't do this without her. I know you won't understand it now but if you find your soulmate you will, I am sorry..."
Brian looked at his father in confusion, his uncle left them to reunite but now something in him wanted the man to return. He watched his father kiss his forehead and it felt as if it was the last. The man pushed a wall and a secret passage was revealed, it was one of the many secrets of their pack manor. The passage lead to different parts of the house but most importantly,it can get a person out of the Manor unoticed because scent get lost behind those walls.
For a few minutes, Brian couldn't assimilate what happened until his heart began to thump violently. "Uncle!" He screamed but didn't wait for a reply before entering the secret passage his father followed.
Samuel ran into the room in time to see the wall closing and dashed in.
Outside, Brian followed his escape hole after realizing that his father used the escape tunnel meant for his mother .
Samuel came out too late, he only saw the special escape route for the queen blocked with red mountain ash barricade and same thing for the little prince.
He instructed the guards not to follow him as he shifted and ran out of the house.
Brian pursued his father who was already in his lycan form with all his might. He didn't know where the wolf was going but he didn't want to abandon him although he was growing tired.
When they got a place with a lot of greenery and mountains, he heard his father yell his mother's name. He began to rain curses on some god, calling it, weak, unfair and unjust . To his uttermost surprise, the mountain refused to let him entered when he passed a peculiar rock.
He became picnicky and began to scream his father's name as he hit the invincible barricade.
A sudden flash of light got him hiding his eyes behind his hands, then he heard a voice that got his ears bleeding. "You dare to insult a god?! You will pay with your life!" The voice said.
Brian forced himself to look at the light and got a glimpse of a shadowy figure of a nine tailed man.
As the light faded, Benjamin laid on the floor lifeless. "Papa! Papa! Papa!"Brian called .
With his last strength, Benjamin looked at his son and smiled weakly. "Finally with you, mate."he said and Brian read his lips.
A tear dropped out of Brian's eye but he wiped it away, his eyes became redder as he watched his father decompose rapidly till he became dust. <"Father is gone..."> His wolf cried.
Brian still adamant to let his tears pour , he mind linked his wolf,<"no tears, he doesn't deserve it, he Left us. ">
Origin , his wolf whimpered, his soulmate is broken.
Brian turned around with a blank face but met his uncle's gaze. The man hasten his steps and bent to hug him. This time he didn't know what to say, he had said sorry so many times,he just carried him away from there.
He didn't know what to tell the pack,he only witness his brother decomposing and he didn't want to further trumatize the boy by asking him questions.
*
All the members of Crescent pack gathered under the great Kupa tree their pack spiritual rites were performed. They were on their knees as the shaman chanted the incantation prayer for the goddess to accept their deceased alpha.
Their hearts felt heavy, it has been three days since he detached from them during this period,the pack had been attacked by Black Moon pack who somehow found out about the death of their alpha. The attacking pack's alpha wanted to conquer their pack since they had no leader to challenge him head-on.
The warriors managed to ward off the attackers but they knew they would be back. Samuel challenged the alpha of their queen's pack to a duo but the sly Alpha just smirked and told his troupes to retreat.
After the material Burial, which was burying all Benjamin's possessions, Samuel was made alpha. He led the pack on their first hunt with him as they howled into the night.
Brian watched them with the same expression he had when he last saw his father as they ran, he turned and returned to the packhouse, a different person he had become.
During his teenage age, he went on a lot of battles which wasn't necessary since he is a prince but Brian was an adrenaline junky. He joined every group in his pack, from hunter to warrior to scout, and earned the respect of all in his age group.
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