Chapter 4

"Adolph my father is the Alpha of the most powerful pack; the Crescent pack but we chose to expand our territory and now I'm the official ruler of the Serene pack" he tossed the arm on the floor.

It was easy to tell he wasn't just an ordinary wolf but he looked more like a god with his smooth and perfect face unlike a typical wolf's rough face filled with scars. He looked really young but spoke and behaved like a full grown wolf.

"No you're not!" Asher tried to fight back with his broken arm but Alaric brought him back to the ground with a kick. I couldn't bear the much amount of pain Asher was feeling that I didn't realize when tears started to flow freely down my eyes. I still loved him and couldn't bear him in pain.

My face met with Tala's face and there wasn't a tiny feeling of pity on her face, rather she was busy gawking at the new boy.

"Courtney!" Alaric called and the whole students gasped again, no one had dared to call the school's mistress by her name, not even Asher himself.

"Yes master" she kneeled before him with her head bowed leaving the whole school in awe. My thoughts were right because I doubt he was just a mere Alpha heir, he appeared stronger.

"Next time try not to raise an alarm else you won't like it, you could have made these kids end up dead if I hadn't sealed the door. My men wouldn't think twice before killing them all if they had ran out that way" he threatened and I stared at how her shaky knees trembled before him.

"Take care of your kids, make them behave well, and also teach them respect!" he ordered and she immediately responded with a "yes master!".

His face fell on Asher who was groaning in pain on the floor. He was about to give him another kick but I couldn't bear it in me any longer. My wolf, Lora, couldn't bear it anymore, it was deeply breaking our hearts.

"Just stop it!" I yelled at Alaric as I ran to where Asher was laying in pain. Never had I imagined I would actually make my voice be heard in a place filled with a lot of people like this, not to mention being in the presence of death himself.

The whole school stared at me as I kneeled on the ground beside Asher and covered him with my body in an attempt to help him.

He was the son of an Alpha and was supposed to immediately heal, but with the throne being taken away from him I doubt he would heal on time.

I bit open my wrists and tried to feed him my blood since I came from a renowned and special family but instead, he shoved me off of him making me hit my head really hard on the floor. I couldn't hold back the tears in my eyes as I winced in pain on the floor with tears flowing freely, neither could I tell if they were from the impact of the fall or from the fact that he wouldn't even let me help him.

I looked up to see Alaric staring at me with a confusing emotion on his face, he immediately walked away from the hall with his fists clenched together and I realized he left with anger boiling in him but why should he be angry. I had expected him to hit me or probably give me a punishment for raising my voice at him but he just left.

"To your classes!" The mistress ordered with a shaky voice as she embarrassedly stood up. Everyone hurriedly left for their various classes before she would transfer her aggression on them.

I spotted Ariel standing alone in the middle of the hall with hurt in her eyes,I was sure she didn't care about her brother but for the fact that her father had been brutally killed by the so-called rogues.

She was the main reason why the Alpha allowed rogues to stay in the kingdom despite their dreadful threats. Her mate was one of the rogues that landed in our territory and because of their relationship the Alpha let rogues come into our territory in an attempt to let other wolves find their mates. He did it for her but he's also dead because of her.

Her eyes were heavy and filled with tears but she was trying to control it. I have never seen her cry because she happens to be a really strong wolf and it broke me to see her hurt. Her tears were going to fall but she ran away from where I was.

Asher had started to heal by himself even though it was a slow process but he was now on his feet as he angrily leaped away from me without glancing at my face or saying a word to me.

I decided to take whatever was happening to me as fate, perhaps I was never meant to find a true mate who would love me equally. My wrist had healed back and I wiped away the blood stains on it as I ran to look for Ariel.

I knew where she would have ran to, the spot she likes to go to whenever she wanted to be alone to clear her mind off of some things. The last time I saw her this sad was when the Luna passed away and I felt like a really bad friend for choosing to help Alaric without considering the fact that she also had just lost her father.

"Ariel!" I called out her name on arriving at the school's abandoned classroom that she somehow turned into her own personal space.

On entering the room I spotted her seated on the bare floor with her back turned away from me. I walked up to her and sat beside her as I rested her head on my shoulders while stroking her hair, she didn't bother to wipe her tears away and it hurt me more to know she was this pained, it was literally the first time I've seen her cry yet there's nothing I can do about it.

"Aren't you two supposed to be in your classes?!" A familiar thick voice growled in a tone that came out as a command rather than a question.