Fated Mate

Baku threw things around. He felt caged and that made him anxious and uncontrollable. Soon he’d be taking his frustration out on his pack.

“I can’t keep hiding out like a rat. We need to get rid of him now! Seth! Why is Cole taking so long! All I did was ask him to kill a family of weak humans, how hard can that be!”

Seth smiled. He was unmoved by Baku’s erratic behavior. “The humans will be back from their vacation tomorrow. They will be dead by the next morning. I thought you would want to kill two birds with one stone, so I set a trap for Ash-” Before he could finish telling his master plan, Baku interrupted him with an air of arrogance and a hint of mockery in his voice.

“Thinking and strategizing is my forte. Let’s face it, it’s not your strongest suit, but there is a first time for everything, continue.”

Seth clenched his jaw and fisted his hands tightly. Baku ignored his frigid frame, instead a sarcastic smile spread across his face. He knew what he had done, and better yet, he knew Seth would not be able to do anything about it.

“One of your men is following him. Tomorrow night he will alert him of the threat on his humans’ lives. By the time he gets back, it will be too late for the humans. We will catch him and kill his pack before he knows what’s happening. The rest is up to you to strategies. ”

Baku didn’t like the sarcasm in his last sentence, but he had other things worrying him. “Well then, what are you waiting for?”

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That one’s mine! Billy knocked Joe to the side and nabbed the deer he was chasing in his teeth.

Billy! That’s not fair! You’ve had three already!

So?

I’ve only had two!

And how is that my problem?

They were each holding one end in a tug of war. Their childish behavior was irritating Ash. Will you two stop that! Five more minutes and we leave. I don’t want to risk being seen, or Sabrina taking off with the car.

They were in their wolf forms, it was the quickest and simplest way to hunt. They were stronger now and the thuds of their paws on the ground spoke as much. Sabrina had decided not to hunt. She had no intention of ripping or staining her new outfit. She decided to wait in the car, if they took any longer than they already had, she would drive off with their back up clothes and without them.

They had driven for close to seven hours and had arrived in the daylight. They drove deep into the forest to avoid being sighted. They didn’t take the time to undress, instead they transformed immediately, ripping all the clothes on their backs. They had fed, slept then woke up in the middle of the night to feed again.

Ash stopped, and the others followed suit. He lifted his nose into the air and took a long whiff. There was another wolf close by, and it wasn’t Sabrina.

We have company… Billy your left!

In an instant Billy’s bronze wolf form ran into the forest and tackled the intruder down. The intruder immediately changed into his human form, knowing very well they wouldn’t dare kill him in this form. Ash’s pack was known to believe in fair fights.

Ash transformed into his human form and went after them. He stopped where Billy had the naked scared intruder pinned down. Ash didn’t like the fact Baku was always two steps ahead of him.

After a few minutes, Joe’s light brown fur emerged from the cluster of trees to join them. He’s alone. What does he want?

“I was just about to find out. What do you want and what’s Baku up to?” Ash said staring down at the soon to be dead man.

“I was sent to watch you, to make sure you didn’t interrupt him while he killed the humans.”

Ash’s entire body went rigid. Baku had found them. He thought they had left for good. He had hoped he would have gotten rid of Baku before they came back. If they came back, which they did!

Baku was going to destroy another family, another helpless innocent family. Ash couldn’t allow that to happen.

Ash struggled to catch his breath. He couldn’t see straight, he seemed immobilized, unable to even flinch. It was happening again. It wasn’t his family that was going to be slaughtered, that already happened, but for some reason he had a sense of déjà vu. He felt responsible for the humans, at fault and guilty for their inevitable fate. They were caught in a fight that wasn’t their own. Knowing Baku, he would make the man watch his family die before he killed him. That’s a fate no man should suffer.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Ash what if this is a good thing. Our existence should be a secret. They know what we are, that’s a potential threat to us. Billy spoke up and his words sent Ash’s anger boiling faster than it was seconds ago.

“They are innocent humans! They have nothing to do with this fight! You have never had your family slaughtered by evil, so you wouldn’t know the kind of pain and agony that comes with not being able to protect them! And if he was going to out us, he would have done so by now!”

After a long pause and a little calmer he added, “Rip his head off and cut out his heart, when you are done meet me at the car.” He ran as his body slowly shivered into his grey wolf form. He hoped they wouldn’t arrive too late. He couldn’t face that kind of guilt again before he had gotten over the one he was already suffering.

Before the intruder could utter another word, Billy had his head in his mouth and ripped it clear off. Then he clawed his chest open and took out his heart. Blood was shooting out of the torn arteries as he bled out into the earth. Billy threw his head aside and followed the rest of the pack to the car.