
The second half has already started. Zach is still on the bench. Daryl is out, replaced by Liam.
"Zach, don't you want to come down and play? Why do you keep asking the coach to replace you with someone else?" dary asked half-screaming. The noise of the spectators almost made his voice unheard.
"I'm fine. Just... Just don't want to play" Zach said.
"But why? Didn't you wait for this match?" ask Daryl again.
"Well, I just don't want to play" Zach said. Daryl could only sigh. There's a reason of its own, of course, why Zach didn't play.
"Zor." Brad sat next to Zach. "Why you?"
"It's okay." said Zach lazily.
"Don't joke. I know there's something" Brad said again.
"I just... Just don't want to mess up this game."
"What do you mean Zach?" Brad frowned.
"I haven't been able to control my powers, remember?" Zach reminded.
"Try Zach." said Brad.
"You want me to get angry and turn into a wolf?"
"Of course not. I'm sure you can control it." Brad's convinced. Zach breathed a rough sigh.
"It's not that easy, Brad. You know that."
"Zach, you really need to get it done. That's for yourself. That's why Adrian is so hard on you."
"Don't reveal him."
"Bas stubborn." Brad shook his head.
A whistle sounded. Something happened on the field. Zach stand make sure. Several people from the medical team entered the room. Zach sees Jacob being swept out of the field.
"What's wrong with her?" ask Daryl. Zach shrugged his shoulders.
"Payne! Coming in!" coach Robbins' orders. Oh naw.
"But sir.. I..."
"No but-but Payne, get in the field now!" the coach said but Zach was still silent in his place. "Didn't you hear me Payne? Get into the se.ka.rang field!"
Daryl pushed the body of Zach who inevitably followed the will of his coach. Zach enters the field and prepares for his place. Adrian came to Zach.
"Focus Zach, concentrate. I know you can. It's your chance to learn to control your powers" Adrian said slowly. But Zach heard that clearly. Zach breathed.
He's so scared now. He doesn't want to fight at the moment. He does not want to make mistakes that hurt others or expose who he is.
The whistle sounded again. The ball is already floating in the air. Zach's team got the ball. Liam tried to herd him away from the opponent. Liam sees Zach unattended and passes on to Zach. Zach receives the ball without running. Just stay in place.
"Payne! What are you doing?!" shouted coach.
One opponent approached and tried to grab the ball but Adrian who had also reached where Zach was standing immediately took the ball from Zach and ran away.
The whistle sounded. Adrian scored the numbers. Zach saw coach Robbins standing with his angry face.
"Are you okay, Zach?" ask Adrian. Zach just shut up.
"Zach!!" call Adrian. This time he also shook Zach's body. Zach. "Why you?"
"I'm..."
"Come on Zach, I know you can." said Adrian, patting him on the shoulder and passing. Yeah, I should be able to. I can't keep avoiding.
The ball goes back past Zach. This time Zach was not just silent, he was following her. Zach tries not to use his wolf strength. Zach ran and was already next to the ball holder. Zach took the ball and got it! Zach can take the ball without hurting his opponent. But Zach was confused, all his friends were on guard and many opponents were already standing in front of him. Zach is on three points. Zach tried to throw the ball and...
Brakk!!
Loud thumping sound about the bouncing board. The board was rocking great. Zach forgot not to use his wolf strength. Oh not anymore!
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"Stop...!!"
A loud voice told the person running in front of him to stop. But the man didn't stop. They passed through a lush forest. Before long the person running in front turned into a dark brown-colored wolf. Seeing that, the person running behind also turned into a wolf as well. Gray hairy wolf.
The gray wolf still continued to chase the dark brown wolf. The gray wolf took a foothold in the rock and jumped towards the dark brown wolf.
The dark brown wolf fell. The gray wolf was on top of it. The dark brown wolf rebelled. He tried to bite and scratch. The gray wolf is overwhelmed. He took off his grip. The dark brown wolf was already standing on its four legs. He growled loudly. The gray wolf also no less loudly growled.
'Who are you?'
'Who are you yourself? Why are you attacking me?'
'Because you know something you shouldn't know'
'me? No, you misunderstood. I don't know anything.'
'I don't believe you.'
'You should have believed and you better let me go.'
'No. What's your purpose here?'
'I was just passing by. This isn't anyone's territory, you know that. So I'm free to pass through here.'
'You can fool others, but not me.'
'Aakkhh alright, alright. I'm confessing. The pure-blooded Alpha does exist and you're protecting him, right, Austin?'
'It's none of your business!'
'This is definitely my business. You know how many packs want the pure-blooded head? Many Austin. So don't get in my way if you don't want to get hurt.'
'Facing you alone will be very easy.'
'Oh, that's where you got Austin wrong. I'm not alone.'
From the darkness of the night appeared a few more wolves. They growled furiously and prepared to attack Austian. Austin howled loudly and prepared. One of the wolves jumped high towards Austin.
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Geck... Geck... Geck..
The sound of knocking on the door in a room.
"Get in" said the room owner. The door opened and a young man was standing there. The room owner looked.
"Dan, what's wrong?" said Kei.
"Uhm.. Sorry to interrupt your majesty but there's something-"
"Aahh Ian, how many times have I told you not to call me that if we were alone."
"But our majesty is not-"
"Good good night" said a voice again.
"A!!" peek at Kei and immediately stood up.
"Yes, I am Cavril my lord." Cavril bent his body.
"What are you doing here?" ask Kei.
"You better go downstairs. Alpha Oston and alpha Sebastian have been waiting for you" Cavril said.
"Dad? What's the matter?" Kei looked confused. His father came without notice.
Kei immediately headed downstairs and sure enough. He finds his father sitting with alpha Sebastian and also George. And there were three other people he didn't know.
"Dad?" call Kei. Everyone stood up and bowed, as well as the three people he did not know. "Why did you come unannounced? Is there a problem?"
Kei sat on the chair that was provided. Everyone looked at each other for a moment and then finally spoke.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you first but there's something important you should know" Kei's father said.
"What's that?"
"Have you ever heard of the Orychant army?" ask Kei's father. Kei frowned.
"Whatis that? Never heard of it" Kei said.
"If you've never heard of it, it's only natural that Orychant's army hasn't been around for a long time."
"Let me explain. In the Viking Age, there were two of the strongest tribes in the world. The Lykort and Hykort."
"Kei read that. The Lykort and Hykort tribes were the first werewolves, right?"
"They were the first tribe, when the witches cursed them into werewolves and that made the Lykort and Hykort tribes the first werewolves in the world. After that the spread is done by biting."
"Then... Mean dad? Isn't it just our pack now, Lykort? Hykort is extinct father."
"No Kei, it turns out we were wrong. Hykort Pack is still there. They've been hiding all this time."
"Why are they hiding?"
"If that... Let Alpha Moon Hykort explain. Please alpha."
One man of Kei's father's age stood up and bowed and sat back down.
"My name is Dustin, Dustin Payne. I'm the alpha of the Moon Hykort pack" said Zach's father.
"Alpha Dustin, explain it to me" Kei said. Zach's father nodded.
"We're hiding because we've always been a target. Our pack is not as big as the Moon Lykort pack. Although from the pack you are always born king Lycanthrope, but because your pack pack is large, so no one dares to destroy your pack. Different from our pack. Our little pack plus the pack will always be a threat if king Lycanthrope is born."
"Why is that?"
"Because from the pack we will be born pure alpha offspring."
"You mean?" Kei frowned.
"Orychant Force. The army consisted of the king Lycanthrope, one pure alpha descendant and two pure beta breeds. From the pack of Moon Lykort there will be descendants from the king of Lycanthrope while from our pack there will be pure alpha descendants. Usually when one of the king's descendants becomes the king of Lycanthrope, then pure alpha offspring will exist" Dustin explained.
"But not always Kei." added Kei's father. "When your grandfather and several kings were before, there was no pure alpha descendant. Only twice, when the first king, Eros and Rahes."
"Then why would it be if pure-bred alpha was born?" this time Ian asked. All eyes were on him. "Sorry I'm presumptuous."
"It's okay Ian, you're a beta now. You deserve it." said Kei's father. Cavril patted his son's shoulder.
"If the king is born, there will be division among the werewolves. There could be a war between two camps. The camp agreed with Kei's whereabouts, with the camp disagreeing. And it's gonna be very dangerous. Could destroy our civilization, werewolves and all will be affected. If so, the witch will intervene. Especially the chosen ones."
"Dian? What's wrong with her?"
"Kei, Bian will take your power and curse us. So all werewolves, will return to being fully human. Kei, we are cursed creatures. If the curse is taken then we will return to normal, ordinary humans. And only Bian can do it. Because the chosen one who cursed us and only the chosen one can lift the curse" explained alpha Sebastian.
"Bian has told us, to solve our own problems. And he also warned us that if an ordinary human were to be hit by the greatest impact of all this, he would intervene. We all know what he's going to do." Kei's father added.
"Then what should we do?" ask Kei.
"We must merge into one and seek out those who support you again. It's the only way" said alpha Sebastian.
"Or.. We're re-establishing the Orychant army" said Zach's father. All looking.
"What do you mean Dustin?" ask Kei's father confused.
"The pure-bred alpha has been found and confirmed to be present" Zach's father said.
"But you said you wanted to join where your pack is protected?" everyone is confused.
"That's right. From the beginning we were ready to join and fight. But it turns out... Something is unexpected. A pure-bred alpha is already in our pack."
"Uhm.. Sorry I'm confused" said Ian again. "What's the difference between pure-bred alpha and regular alpha?"
"Pure-bred alpha will be alpha from birth. Just like Kei. He's not an alpha because he was passed down by his father, but he's been an alpha since birth" Kei's father explained. Ian nodded.
"That means you... The pure-bred alpha exists?" ask Ian again.
"Yes, he exists. Her... Is my son." Zach's father let out a long sigh. "But there's a problem."
"What's that?"
"He just became a werewolf."
"What?!" all surprised.
"You mean he used to be an ordinary man?" ask Kei's father to make sure.
"My mate, the luna from my pack is an ordinary human being. Even so, he should still be a werewolf. But strangely not. He was indeed a werewolf but his werewolf soul was like...Buried."
Everyone looks at each other confused.
"The wolf-man soul exists. I can feel it just... It was buried too deep inside him. And a while ago I woke him up. So he hasn't mastered his powers." explains Zach's father.
"Then how did you know he was a pure alpha descendant?" ask alpha Sebastian.
"Hulder. The fur is dark green. Her eyes are red and another... Moongoddes marks on his forehead."
"That's the sign. He is a pure descendant."
"I'm afraid he's in danger right now. My bet just got word from one of the gammas. Someone knows where my son is."
"We need to hurry. We can't let the pure-bred alpha be in the wrong hands even if he hasn't mastered the power of his wolf. We have to help him, Kei. He's your alpha companion" Kei's father said. Kei was silent for a moment then nodded.
"alright. We brought him here." Kei said.
"Let me get the squad ready" said alpha Sebastian.
"From Lykort too." Kei's father followed.
"No, there's no need. It doesn't take a lot of people. Enough of the gamma that I trust and also Ian of course and myself. I'll go see you myself... What's your son's name alpha?"
"Zach, your highness. Zachary Payne." replied Zach's father.
"Zach. Alright. Alpha leave one person out of your pack to show us the way. Alpha can go back there first to protect your son. Keep him safe until we arrive" Kei said. Kei was getting used to talking and taking firm decisions. Ian was so proud of him. Ihh Kei, who was nulis was also proud.
"Are you sure you're going to Kei?" ask father.
"Of course Kei's sure, dad. He's my alpha escort, my confidant. So it must be me who gains Zach's trust."
"Hm.. A good way. I agree but please be careful."
"Therefore I invite gamma trustankup as well as the strongest. Jake, Mike, Kian, Jason and Moles. Did you allow him alpha Sebastian?"
"of course. If that's what you want."
"Thank you." Kei smiled. "Tomorrow Kei will say goodbye to Tania. We leave at noon."
"alright. Don't you want to bring in troops? To take care of you."
"Kei doesn't want to be too flashy... With fewer members it will also be easier to move around" Kei said. Kei's father nodded.
"That's a good idea. But if there's anything, call us. We'll be here soon" said alpha Sebastian. Kei nodded and smiled.
"certain."
"Is Tania okay if you stay?"
"He'll be angry, of course. But I'll explain it to him. Can you ask the troops to guard him?"
"of course. Don'worry. The queen will be fine."
"Hmmm... Excuse me.. Does the king have a queen?" ask Zach's father. Everybody laugh.
"Of course, but unfortunately still can not be claimed by him."
"Wait a minute, why mention the claims?" kei protests.
"That's true Kei. You wouldn't be complete with him if you didn't claim perfectly" said George, who had been silent.
"Whoa.. You're this. From just now just silent but so business claims why so fast?" Kei shook his head. George laughed amusedly. "I don't want to talk about that perfect claim. I'm still in school and Tania is too. Huh! Just make it dizzy."
Everyone laughed at Kei's complaint.
"Then.." continued Kei. "If we've found a pure-bred alpha who's going to catch me, then who's two?"
"One beta later from Zach's betas and it hasn't been found yet. Because Zach just became a full-fledged werewolf, he hasn't been looking for a female" Zach's father said.
"And another one has met." continued Kei's father. Everyone looked at Ian.
"Sa-my? I beta it?" ian asked in surprise.
"You're Kei's bet, it's definitely you" Kei's father said.
"I'm proud of you Ian" Kei said as he patted Ian on the shoulder. Ian still couldn't believe it.
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