Chapter 6

Chenguang’s POV

That wasn't a surprise to me. Jie has always loved the Alpha King. She has said it to my ears countless times. She will even want to go to war just to see him not minding if she could get killed but mother wouldn't allow her. I wonder why she's fallen for that beast of all good and mighty men around. Well it's Jie's problem not mine. I know she would be dead jealous of me and I just wish something could happen that would replace me with her.

"Isn't it too dangerous for Jie?" I said softly so that it wouldn't look as if I didn't say anything.

"So it is for you. At least Jie wants it but you don't. Well in all, just be careful. Longwei Shen isn't someone to toil with. I don't want you dead minutes after you get there. At least spend some time there" she said, patting my back gently.

I don't know what her last statement is insinuating. Does that mean she wants me dead but not too quickly? I didn't mind. At least she came to console me. I nodded my head.

"Milly will come help you prepare. You are going in grand style" she smiled at me.

I looked at her but didn't return the smile.

"Why?" I ask instead.

"So that the wolf pack coming to get you will think you are one of our treasures. Mother said it will make the truce more valuable" she explained.

I didn't need someone to tell me their intentions. It was obvious. Her answer is not for the reason I requested.

"I mean, why are you suddenly so nice to me?" I clarified.

" Oh that" she smiled stiffly. " You are leaving for the Lion's den and the least I could do is to come give you comfort little sis" she said, stood up and then walked away.

I watched her as she left and closed the door, then my tears began to fall again. If my grandmother wasn't dead, she wouldn't have allowed any of this to happen to me.

"I miss you so much grandmother" I wept.

Longwei's POV

" Handlers can't be trusted," I said to my mother.

It's been years since my father killed himself and I became the Alpha King. I was still very much angry with that handler that brought about all these things happening to me. Not that I didn't like my new appearance. In fact I love my wolf and its wings but I couldn't stop being angry at myself for watching my father kill himself while I did nothing.

"It's never your fault Longwei, your father chose his part and there's nothing you could do about it" my mother does tell me any time she notices I'm brooding about my father's death.

But I wouldn't stop getting angry. I had made sure to warn all those that witnessed what happened not to say a word. I made them tell another different story that I killed my father. My mother objected but I won't let my father's name be ruined. He died quite early and I won't give him a tarnished name again. I'll rather take the blame, than to see my father and the pack be ridiculed. He might not be good to me but I'm still grateful to him.

I've been asking questions about the prophecy and only a few things were said to me. Even the few words weren't well explanatory enough. My mother said that only the old ones can tell me what this prophecy is all about. She then said the more I ask questions, the more trouble I might get.

In our pack, we couldn't find an old one that lived long enough to witness the prophecy and tell us about it. This kept me wondering. What happened to them all?

I was only sixteen when my father died and now I'm thirty four. I've started to believe that all the things the handler said were lies. I know when a prophecy is said, there are some things that do happen. Nothing about me is so different except that I'm a wolf with wings. Well that's not new since I'm not the first one to be with wings.

My mother once told me the story of Jumei, the first wolf to have wings in history. He is said to be the most powerful. She said the moon goddess allowed the wings so that Jumei would save the world. Now she believes I'm Jumei reincarnated and that I don't believe.

"No one can be trusted, my son. We just have to take the risk" she replied.

" But I don't want to marry a handler, they act like witches" I objected.

Not handlers of all the people in the land. I hate them and I don't hide it.

"Longwei Shen, this is for the Kingdom. It's a sacrifice that would bring peace to each kingdom and you have to pay the price my boy. This long wait has to stop. It is your destiny".

Not that I'm so much in love with wars. In fact I love to make peace but not at the expense of one of them coming to my territory. I hate handlers. They are very tricky and can never be trusted. I don't know what brought about the war between handlers and werewolves but I'm not ready to know. What the old handler did years back has made their hatred become personal for me.

“And moreover because they have magic doesn't mean they are witches. Witches are too brutal. That's not a kind word to say to someone," my mother scolded me.

I didn't agree with her but I said nothing to that.

"Let's look for another way to make this truce work. I'm not ready to marry a handler. Moreover I still have a mate to meet. What if my mate shows up and I'm already bound to another?" I asked bluntly

I love my mother but I don't like the way she's forcing things on me.

"According to history, the moon goddess gave Jumei an opportunity to choose any female he desires. He is not bound to a mate".