Chapter 70: Out of funds!

Azrael stood in front of a crowd of werewolves while he was drenched in sweat. The singlet top he wore was soaked in a mixture of sweat and sand and it had claw marks at specific areas as he faced off against three werewolves.

"gggggggrrrrrrrrrrrr" One of the werewolves before him grunted as he pounced.

Azrael jumped with such fluidity, easily escaping the attack and meandering through the other two with a blow to the head of both werewolves.

The two fell unconscious, while the last one ran towards him again.

Azrael somersaulted over him and used his back heel to hit his skull while suspended for a few seconds in the air, before landing like a gymnast.

The crowd around the area started to cheer...

"Alpha Azrael....."

"Our powerful Alpha..."

"No one can take your throne."

This battle was one of the many challenges from an increasing number of Alpha challenges that Azrael has received this month.

This time, Azrael asked the three challengers to come together as a team and face him, three to one and he still defeated them.

After Alpha James' demise, the werewolves felt much more closer and freer to their new Alpha, to the extent that some even crave his throne.

Azrael never used that against them, in fact, he wants his pack to be stronger, which is why, he trains them hard on a daily basis, pushing them past their limit.

And his method seemed to work. His pack members grow stronger and stronger each day and to top that off, stray or lone werewolves would many times appear and decide to join the pack.

There is word out there that Alpha Azrael doesn't discriminate among werewolves and he is very accepting of lone werewolves which is a rarity in the present times.

The werewolf pack that initially had a population of about 800 werewolves in total has grown to a population of 3,000.

Alpha James pack used to be the smallest and weakest of the packs, but it is steadily growing and much stronger than before.

Azrael couldn't be happier. He never knew he would enjoy leadership so much.

Everyone looks at him with pride and love and there is even a deep loyalty that can't be bought.

Just a month has passed since he usurped the position of an Alpha from the late Alpha James and a lot has changed.

The pack moved from their previous location to the state of Tiowa in the country of Melbourne. Tiowa state is the state in which his previous school, Geronia High School, from which he was expelled was situated.

Tiowa is also very close to the Herrington state which was named after his father, and is also where his father lives.

Azrael is the son of a wealthy man, so with such wealth, he could help to keep the pack running for a while, but then, his father noticed the huge amount of money he was spending and started to complain severally.

Azrael couldn't tell him the bit about the werewolf aspect of his life, he only told his father that he would pay him back soon, however, the spending continued until his father couldn't take it anymore and decided to cut off his funding totally.

Azrael now needs lots of money because of the young members of the pack.

Most of them don't have any other means of livelihood and were totally dependent on the pack.

With his funding being cut off, Azrael would have to find another means to raise funds. However, at the time, he didn't know that his father has cut off his funding.

Azrael's Beta, Londan Grey who also used to be Alpha James' Beta came to meet Azrael where he sat after the bout with the challengers.

Londan Grey had sworn fealty to Azrael and had proven to be dependable. He even claimed that he preferred Azrael to the precious Alpha James.

Azrael was cleaning his hands and upper body with a piece of towel when Londan Grey came into view.

Londan went down on one knee, kowtowing to Azrael as is customary in the pack as a show of respect and surrender.

"Alpha..." Londan said with a mild tone.

"Londan... Did you get the money...?" Azrael asked with an expectant gaze and a slightly raised pitch.

"The card kept declining, I think your father has blocked the card..." Londan replied sadly.

"Really..." Azrael said as he got up from his seated position.

"I even tried it on multiple withdrawing machines, and ATMs and even went as far as entering the bank, but it's all the same."

Azrael looked worriedly and asked a question. "How long is our present food stock going to last us?"

"Maybe a week unless we reduce rations, we won't be able to pay anyone for their services and so many construction works are going around the pack, we might have to find a way to make more money. Alpha..." Londan replied.

The crowd around the Arena didn't know what conversation was going on between the Alpha and his beta, but they were cheering loudly and enjoying themselves.

Another group of fighters had entered the center stage and they were pushing and shoving at each other, trying to out-muscle each other.

Azrael got up and left the stage and headed back to his residence.

He entered looking a little worried and went straight to the shower.

He took his bath and changed his clothes and got a piece of jotter, he sat down by his living room and started to do a number of complex calculations.

From time to time, he would squeeze a paper he had exhausted into a ball and throw it toward the position of the dustbin in frustration.

His constant grunting and hissing just showed how frustrated he was getting.

At this time, Alex that was trying to sleep couldn't do so, she got out of bed and came to the living room to meet him.

"My lover... " Alex said softly as her perfumed clothes filled the room with a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Even Azrael couldn't help but feel a bit of ease by perceiving such a nice scent.

Alex went to him and put her hands around his shoulder while sitting on his lap.

She rubbed his head gently and tenderly.

"Why do you look like you have the weight of the entire world on your shoulders?" Alex asked as she rubbed his head lovingly.

"My father froze my account, I can't get access to funds and I need that money now more than ever, to feed the people, I need to complete the various construction going around the pack. Without that money we would starve, My Dad doesn't even care that I need so much, he doesn't use much of it anyway, why does he have to be so selfish..." Azrael was ranting and Alex put both hands on both sides of his face and pulled his face towards hers.

She bent slightly and kissed his lips.

"We will figure something out, we always do. We have survived so much already, I believe we can survive this..." Alex's gentle voice calmed Azrael so efficiently that he couldn't help but feel better.

"You know I love you right?" Azrael responded as he totally forgot about the previous indignation he felt.

"You better..." Alex smiled.