RION
Keigan assured for the third ti that Vivien was okay before I finally decided to leave the infirmary. I told Ares to assign warriors around the castle and instructed Raye to stay with Vivien, then Ares and I went aboveground.
Reaching the top of the tower, my jaw clenched when I saw our warriors, led by Diaval, standing beyond the tower.
About a hundred yards away was a huge pack of wolves.
"These people... they are from our continent. They are Arysian wolves," Ares muttered.
My blood boiled. How did they break through my wards? What the hell happened in the short ti I wasn’t in the Undercity? Is the entire continent under attack?
In the next mont, I was no longer on the tower but standing below, next to Diaval, who was in his wolf form. He gave a curt bow along with many of our warriors.
The big brown wolf across the clearing grumbled, taking a step forward, as if showing he was the leader of the pack.
But I was sure he wasn’t the Alpha King. I had never been to the continent across the western seas, but from the information I had gathered, Darec, the Arysian Alpha King, had grey and white fur with light amber eyes.
’Greetings, Alpha of Undercity,’ the brown wolf said. ’It’s a pleasure to finally et you. I am Lorcan, a Beta from the Arysian continent. I have to admit, your wards were pretty strong. They weren’t easy to break. All the packs in your continent have fallen, with their people under our rcy. Yours is the last one standing. Soon, our Alpha King will co here to see the last Diaj pack et its demise.’
My warriors growled in anger. Diaval was silent beside , but I could feel his paws digging into the snow.
I smirked, though my eyes were hollow.
’I don’t care if those packs have fallen under your rcy, but if you bastards think you can do the sa to my pack, you’re dreaming,’ I said with pure animosity behind my smile. My gaze sharpened like daggers ready to carve into their hearts.
’I heard from the other packs that the Celestial Wolf appeared in the Levian Pack about a week ago. And that girl is under your care now. Where is she? I’m curious how she looks, and if she is as powerful as the legend says.’
My shadows grew larger around , responding to the anger simring inside .
’So it was your people,’ I said, my eyes narrowing. ’It was you Arysian bastards who sent that corpse puppet and that spy into my territory. What you want in my continent is not our lands, but the Celestial Wolf. That’s why you are looking for the keys. I wonder, though... how did your king find out about the Book of Keys?’
The Arysian wolf laughed. ’You are right. We sent those dumb puppets to your place to get the keys, but that didn’t work. Our Alpha King figured we don’t need those petty tricks. We can just attack your continent and get what we need. We have been preparing for this. We have always wanted to reclaim our lost pride after you Diaj wolves trampled on us so ti ago. Your lands will be claid as ours, and soon all of your people will beco slaves. How does that sound?’
My patience was running thin. I couldn’t leave Vivien for long in her unknown state.
’Pardon , but I don’t have much ti to waste on you.’
I let shadows burst out from my palms, and in just a matter of seconds they grew a hundred tis bigger, streaking across the clearing.
Before the Arysian wolves could react, the shadows divided themselves and beca wisps that coiled around each wolf’s neck, strangling them with such force they could only howl in pain.
’If it was another ti, I would have spared a bit more ti to play with you, but this is not the right ti for gas.’
My warriors growled in satisfaction as we watched the Arysian wolves die by my shadows alone.
Soon, the wolves fell onto the snowy ground with either their necks broken or their bodies decapitated.
The wind blew, and my warriors’ cheer faded when soone spoke through the mist beyond the dead bodies of hundreds of Arysian wolves.
As the mist obscuring the figure dispersed, soone erged.
He was clad in white clothes, his hair dark as ebony, and his eyes light amber.
Despite the distance, I could see his features clearly. He seed to be a middle-aged man, and I could sll his wolf’s strong scent.
"You have amazed , Alpha of Undercity. Rion Morrigan, isn’t it? Morrigan... hmm... that’s a familiar surna. You must have hailed from the old Clan Morrigan."
"Alpha King Darec. You must be him," I said. A smile curled on my lips. "To what do I owe this pleasure? It is very rare for to have an important guest." I glanced at his hundreds of dead warriors. "I hope you don’t mind the ss."
Darec waved his hand once. "Sure, I don’t mind at all."
He tilted his head. "Why would I?"
Right that mont, sothing extraordinary happened. The corpses of the Arysian wolves slowly rose from the ground. They were still in their wolf forms, but sothing was eerie about them. Their eyes were hollow and beca a darker shade of gold, and they moved like they were... puppets.
And their scent... they didn’t sll like living creatures.
They slled like they belonged to the earth. Like they were dead.
At that mont, I pieced it together. It was the Arysian Alpha’s power. He could use dead people as his puppets. That was why he was so calm and composed even after I had killed hundreds of his warriors. He could still use them just the sa.
However, the fact that he didn’t care whether they were alive or not, as long as they could fight for him, made feel sick.
This motherfucker deserved the best room in hell.
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