Enchanted net

Myron jumped out of the bubble and started searching for Nora, when he turned around at the heavy silence behind himself and found out that no one was with him, because in their hurry to get to Nora's aid, they all had used three different bubbles while jumping.

So he quickly shifted back to his human form and started running along, so that he could find her while having the advantage of height and better mobility.

He had not been running for too long, when he barged into Robin, who was just as freaked out as he was; while Adrin was nowhere to be found yet.

The two silently communicated with their eyes and decided to find Nora first, as they needed to set their priorities straight now! 'Adrin had been here before and could navigate his way out of the forest on his own; so there wouldn't be any trouble, hopefully, if they didn't reach him in time. This clearly ensured that their primary task had to be finding Nora.'

'Because according to Robin's experience, she was the naive princess who didn't even know what direction the boy's hostel was supposed to be despite clear clues, and now she was somewhere, alone in the forbidden forest. The damsel in distress needed to be rescued before further chaos ensued!'

'Meanwhile, according to Myron, his younger sister had already gotten lost on her first day of school, she really needed her brother right now, and he was there to protect her from whatever harm would come to her!'

So after the agreement sealed by mirroring nods, they had split down two different ways, and whoever managed to find her would communicate with the other through the wolf telepathy, seeing that it wouldn't be possible to get any phone connectivity there. And going by the signs of owning the brightest luck that this girl was showing, it wouldn't be unlikely if she had ended up in one of the secluded corners of the forbidden forest.

And no matter how much authority Robin had shown and ordered Myron about not going towards the dead end, but the persistent brotherly rant from Myron's mouth made him surrender his weapon at last, as he started finding her in the other direction.

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Adrin had somehow landed exactly where Nora had, but before he could step out and escort her out of the forest and towards the school campus, his eyes fell on David. Although he didn't know what was going on, he thought it would be better to not interrupt them, and froze on the spot.

But the moment he saw David pushing Nora into the net, he realised what was going on, because that was an enchanted net that he had admittedly set up.

He gasped, as he was aware of the fact that according to ancient lore, only Sigma wolves would succeed in getting out of that net, and that too by using a weapon forged from enchanted silver. But even though he had the basic information pertaining to this matter unfolding in front of him, he still had two more questions.

First, where had David gotten the enchanted net and the silver dagger from; and why would he be pushing Nora into that trap?

And secondly, was he not aware of the fact that the Sigma wolves were prophesied to be born once in a thousand years! And if his plan was to threaten Nora and bully her, didn't the Prince of Eclipse pack know that he couldn't get her out now, even if he tried, without the help of a Sigma?!

Thinking this, he panicked and rushed towards them to help Nora, before he could close the net! 

But as before he could have reached even half way there, she was already completely trapped.

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"What do you mean by that? Whatever you are saying...Sigma, or what?

I am an Alpha, you idiot, and I don't know anything about Sigma-"

Nora roared out, as the net started giving her the slight jolts of electricity. 

'But it wasn't the shocks that were bothering her- she was already habituated to them, but what she was fearing and worried about most was not being able to reach the school on time!

She couldn't risk not being present in the school.'

"Please let me out David!" 

She pleaded, as she was reminded of her father and his words from yesterday. No, she couldn't risk it, she couldn't lose anything right now. And for that, she would do anything and everything that would be required, for her to keep the pride in her father's voice intact.

"Oh shut up! You are still trying to pull the same prank on me! Or do you think the pretense will continue, that you don't know anything about Sigma! I am not Robin, Louis or Ryan, who would fall for your cute face and believe anything you say!

So keep it together and come out quickly, or you will be late for school again, darling."

Saying this, he winked at her and slid the dragger inside the net carefully, along with the cloth. Just as casually, he walked away in the direction of the dense forest.

As soon as he left, Adrin jumped out of the bushes he had been hiding in, and shifted to his human form. This was when Nora noticed that Myron and Robin had also appeared there, running and out of breath.

"Don't worry Nora, I will find a way to get you out of here, just don't panic."

Myron spoke, looking at her trapped in the net.

He was about to touch the net to find a loose end or some kind of opening, when Adrin grabbed his elbow and stopped him just in time.

As everyone's questioning gaze landed on him, he explained, "Wait, this is not any normal net that you were going to touch! No one apart from an alpha can ever touch it, and no one apart from a Sigma can ever get someone out of this net. It requires the enchanted silver dagger- that only the Sigma wolf can touch safely- to be used to cut the strings of the net and get the person out from there. Or else, the light electric shocks from the net, despite being mild, will slowly kill the person trapped inside, and burn them completely once the person stops breathing."

He ended his statement, signaling towards the red marks which had started to appear on Nora's body because of the electric shocks.

"What do you mean?! I should stand here, watching my sister die without doing anything? No, not gonna happen- at least not in my life and not on my watch!"

Saying this, Myron jerked Adrin's hand away from his elbow and started walking towards the net to pull out the silver enchanted dagger, which he had assumed to be wrapped within the red cloth attached to the net.

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