Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Far away from human civilization, there is a huge forest almost untouched, where we can be ourselves, we have an agreement with our brothers and sisters of other races, the agreement consists of wolves, panthers, bears and lions will live forest without invading each other's space, of course it was before the Great War, where many were killed for their ideals and along with the war rose a legend. The Heir would arise to restore peace to the Great Circle and bring order to the chaos. For years, we tried to rebuild our packs, fearing a new war. Amongst equals, wolves against the Great Circle. My son is returning, he grew up with humans without knowing his origin, on his 23rd birthday he returns to his true home where we will see the ritual happen. Our pack is one of the most prosperous, I have managed to be respected by all the alphas, they don't fear me, and respect me, which is totally different since I don't need to be some kind of dictator for them, after all we are a family. Strays live around the pack, most of the time without giving us any trouble, not all of them are wolves. For some months now, dead humans have been turning up, animal bites and claws are the report of the coroners who are willing to come to the place, and of course when this happens we have to make them stay as far away from the pack as possible. But if humans are dying in the vicinity, someone is breaking the treaty of the elders that was created thousands of years ago. I can't say with total certainty that it wasn't any wolf, because many omegas roam the meadow, so... Who has been violating the law of the elders? I am out of our forest, looking for my son who I have not seen since he was just a baby, Lunaris ran away with him in her lap when our pack was invaded 22 years ago, I don't know how I should act because I know there are many things to assimilate. I see people getting off the bus and traveling, an isolated and hidden place where members of all the packs come and go in the human world to deal with matters concerning our reserve, people from the government have been watching it for years, thinking of a way to make even more money out of it, app environmental police are always around watching and this is not good, they have to choose a successor to occupy a position in the government at some point or another. We need our representatives there in the human world to know what we are dealing with.

My beta is dealing with the preparation of the circle for the ritual of Logan, my son and future alpha.

I get in the car with Logan, he is so grown up, tattoos on his arm and hands, I have spent years imagining our reunion, and now I have nothing to say or any way to bring up the subject, my son and I are complete strangers that is the truth. The war took away my wife and son, they had to flee because of a prophecy that my son is an heir.

Every year heirs emerge amongst the races, for high-ranking positions in the human world. But my son possesses the ancient blood. I can't even think about it. We arrive at the entrance of the pack and everyone is in their forms and wolf. They were gathered in the middle of the woods all in their wolf forms, while in the middle there was a kind of fountain where the transformation rituals were taking place and I know they are expecting a wolf as the future alpha.

Anamali, daughter of Farkas, Jake's beta born and raised here in our village, is there waiting for me along with her father.

"This is my son Logan the heir and future alpha." After those words I see everyone around let out disgruntled grunts. Anamali and Farkas stand in front of us, I transform and growl at them to transform again.

"All the elders and I will have meeting, call Blackverus, show pack to him Anamali." I say and turn around entering the meeting room.

I enter the meeting room, waiting for the other elders to enter and take their seats. Blackverus is the last to arrive and closes the door his face seemed to be that of one who already knew the subject.

"As you might imagine I have gathered you here to talk about my son Logan, Lunaris told me about years ago having put Logan's wolf to sleep, that was the only way to keep him safe." I say, and they seemed to agree, we were in seven with Bkackverus who clears his throat and lets out a long sigh indicating he was going to say something, coming from him any subject would become a long historical and epic discussion.

"Do the circle elders know? Would they have left us in the dark for two decades if they knew? You should have stopped your Luna from doing such nonsense! The ritual to awaken the wolf elder is painful, time-consuming and difficult, not to mention that no one has ever done it before, in the past it was a punishment for disobedience was seen as a solution for those who no longer wanted to be a wolf. " I was very angry, it was visible, and I was right.

"It was a thoughtless thing to do but also if Logan didn't have the wolf asleep he could have had his first transformation in a human school, like a show or a festival and everyone would see it, what would it have been like to go to the doctor and end up in a lab in a study?" Joey, trainer of the wolves and teacher of the younger ones.

" You are right, I am open to opinions" I say, observing them.

"Transformation tends to be painful and at fifteen years old you don't know how to control your emotions, especially anger and jealousy. For teenagers, everything is eight or eighty years old. It would have been difficult. Like my Joseph, when we first met, he almost killed his training partner over a conversation between me and the poor boy. He turned for the first time right there, without any control." Mrs. Sanders comments. She lost her husband 12 years ago and has since taken her place in the group of elders who represent the pack, she is responsible for the readaptation of wolves who lose control over themselves.

" We need to know how to wake up the heir wolf, train him because once everyone knows, they will come in droves and once they know about the sleeping wolf, we will be vulnerable." Jacqueline Severo, leader of the hunters protecting the outskirts of the pack, the scouting party, took her place after her parents and grandparents passed away in the last war "Anamali should train Logan, a young face of the same age makes things easier, I heard Jordan and Logan got into an ugly fight when he found out his best friend was there to watch over him."

"Regardless, we need to wake up Logan's wolf." I say impatiently, I would have to communicate to all the wolf packs and also the villages of the wonterpapan, lions and bears and a letter to the elders. "Hiding will only bring worries in the future."

"We will communicate to the leaders about this, and it will probably provoke a meeting with the elders of the Great Circle, we have to be prepared," Frank argues, we know he wants an escort, because the last time the leaders left the packs they were attacked and tried to kill the leaders.

We retreat, we all know what must be done, I see Anamali training and Logan watching.

"Mali? Come here in a minute?" I call out to her, if there is anyone who knows exactly how an alpha should act, it is Anamali. For years, I thought my son was dead, and so was Lunaris. So I trained Anamali in case something happened. She was my immediate replacement, Logan can feel comfortable with people his own age. Jordan is due to arrive in a few days with Lunaris and many warriors Logan's age are on a mission. Immediately she approaches, I call my son as well. "Great training," I say.

"Thanks uncle, your face looks serious, what happened?”