2 2nd Wing

The old fire that was ignited in my heart made me growled lowly and scoffed at the idea of how one can be easily blinded by love and making the most stupid decision in the history of decision. I sped up and bolted through the familiar damp trail trying to control the burning urged to kill or ripped something.

As I move through the wood, a little rustling of the bushes hit my ear as I passed through, knowing that the smaller animal trying to scurry away not willing to be tonight’s prey. The cool wind and the earthy smell managed to calm me down and kept my focus on the run.

My feet picked up speed as an unknown scent filled my nose. My mind started to race, thinking who in the world would be stupid enough to step into another territory. The intruder was a couple of feet away from me. But I’m not risking my pack by attacking blindly without knowing their ability. I howled for my beta.

Slowly from the darkness, another set of thumping of paws matched mine. A familiar warmth filled me but doesn’t cool down my rage. Just great, this full moon was doing things to me. First the memory rush, now some asshole thinks they could intrude my land? I swear to all existing gods; this night couldn’t get any worse than this as I’m tired as hell and really need to let some panted up rage out.

“What do you seek my alpha?” he asked sensing the urgency and my tense state.

“Do you sense it Araxiel?” I studied his face as he sniffed the air.

“Dead or alive?” he asked once more jaw clenched and looking tense than before.

“Alive, I have my own plan,” I growled as I strained my brain of any torture method that I would be using tonight. Araxiel speeds up into the shadows as I turned back to my layer.

The doorway to my layer came to view after a couple of minutes’ zig-zagging through the woods. I can guarantee that no human would think that a soul inhabits the cave. The exterior gave the vibe of somewhat a haunted cave but the interior, well that’s another story that I loved to share.

This cave had been the packhouse since the day we were cast out. It used to be the fallen who followed Dagon Lycaon residence; a family home as some might say, but after the war between Lycaon and Atos, most had moved out scattered all over Canada and some beyond the border. We’re still connected through the pact link.

As you can see the Ambersky Pack was one of the largest packs and as I mentioned before we were known as the fallen that given the power to shift into wolves apart from other angelic power that for some reason we still hold. And based on that knowledge that was why were chosen to locate our settlement in the woods. It’s easier for us to train the younger pup and the most important aspect of our life, it’s easier for us to shift into our wolf.

No human would be harm and no wolf be threatened. That my friend what I would point out as the peaceful coexistence between the normal and the supernatural. Okay done with the politics, where was I, oh yea, our pack ‘house’ as we considered it was build based on the cave system and equipped with the latest technology.

I did say we live away from civilization but we do keep up with the current trend. Some of the pack members even had their own day time jobs and so do I. How do you think we could afford all of the luxuries?

Turning to my left, I made way to the personal quarters which were located on the north wing. The packhouse had four wings in general. Each wing was divided according to the ranks and job scope of the pack members. The north is for the alpha, beta, and delta, south is for the omegas and salutary or a more common term the healers, west is for the Bellator which consist of the sentinel, warriors, scouts, adversary, and hunters, and lastly, the east is for the Council which was mostly the pack elders, guardians, and the past alphas.

The Council members were looked up upon after the alpha as they were the educators and scholars of the pack and was viewed with much respect. Okay, I know with all the fancy terms most of your brain can be considered fried by now.

With all the kindness I can muster right now, let me educate you on a subject that I would proudly call ‘Werewolf 101’. First and foremost, what you need to know about a wolf, in general, is that they live in a pack and they are led by a leader known as the alpha and the mate to the alpha is the Luna. Well, the role of alpha can be summarized as the pillar and the leader of the pack as the final say of any meeting or decision will be made by the alpha apart from making the rules and checking the safety of the pack.

Next in the hierarchy is the beta or the second in command which meant that if anything were to happened to the alpha, the beta will take place as the new alpha. Thus their roles are to assist the alpha in ruling the pact and act as a filler when the alpha and the Luna are away. Below them is the delta which can be considered as the beta in training.

The Bellator is the pack ‘army’ and ‘police force’. They consist of the sentinel, warriors, scouts, adversaries, and hunters. Sentinels are the ones that are responsible for patrolling the territory. They are the gatekeeper of the pack territory. They are also the rule enforcement team. You must also be wondering how the hell do we know which territory is ours or how do we mark it. Well, there are couples of ways to scent a territory. But the most common ones are urinating or scant. Yea it's gross but necessary especially when you live in the wilderness.

The warriors are the elite fighters of the pack and they are led and trained by the adversary which can be considered as the pack generals and assassins. The scouts are one of the important units as they are the one that reports any changes that were to happen outside the territory and last but not least the hunters. Their roles are to hunt food, to ambush, and to track.

Finally, the lowest ranking but just as important of any pack, the omega and the salutary. The omega is the weakest ranking they are mainly the pup sitter or helpers and the salutary as I had mentioned before is the pack healer. Another key information is that since we were angels, we were destined to have one soulmate or partner which is considered as the other half of our soul.

Oh yea, if you’re thinking that when we shift from human to wolf and back to human we should be naked, that is totally right. But due to the angelic power we still have we could summon it, so when we shift back to human we would be fully clothed. Another perk of being a wolf we are equipped with heightened strength, sight, and smell (which is 100 times better than humans). The heightened smell helps us detect pheromone which is important for communication. Okay, now our class for today is over back to the drama.

Upon reaching my room, I slowly layout the torture plan for the night’s special guest. Let’s just say that what awaits them can be considered far from pretty. I might be an angel but when someone or something threatens my family I would not hesitate to seek out the dark side in me. In the midst of choosing the proper equipment for the occasion, I linked to our sentinel informing them of the situation and to send out the scout to look out for Araxiel.