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XANDER POV

"Aaaaaaaghh!!!?" The man screamed. His red blood splattered straight to my black fur.

I was in perdition.

Caine was going frantic, diabolically as I am being. The feeling of ripping someone's limbs apart and mauling their flesh was bliss. Everything didn't matter at the moment.

I wanted blood and death.

"Ronny!!! Nooooo! Stooopp!" The woman behind me shrieked. She kept on screaming bloody murder. I couldn't care less and growled murderously, shutting her out and whimpering the prey.

The man was choking on his blood and his innards were scattered out the place as I mauled harder, shaking and tugging the bloody lump of meat. The smell of blood and moss mixed together was driving me extremely insane.

The woman let out a piercing scream as she watched the man getting ripped into two. I wanted more. I pierced my sharp long canine teeth on his body and he began drowning in his own blood. The feeling of insanity was unstoppable. I didn't want it to stop.

"Uwahhhh!!??.." The woman screamed as I tossed the man's torned up body from my mouth. Her eyes widen in horror as she stared at the grotesque body, her mouth hanging open. The furor and dread was pictured in her face.

It got me enticed.

I took a step closer to her and growled alarmingly. She ran fast and disappear on my sight, heading deeper into the woods. I growled loudly, making nature shake on my grievous roar. I could feel Caine and I, howling in excitement.

I always love a good chase before a game.

Blood. Blood was on me. I caught up with the girl in a minute. And with her, I played in terror. Her bloody scream had satisfied me more than enough.

After a good chase, I shift back on my human form behind a large tree. My spare clothes and keys to my car was placed where I left it. I wiped the blood away and watched the dark grey clouds, engulfing the whole sky in darkness.

What have I done? I sighed and held a hand on my face. My insanity took over again.

I ran a hand to my eyesight and covered all the light. I wanted to be consumed by the darkness. My sanity was slowly breaking me apart.

YOU CAN'T ESCAPE IT. Caine cackled on my head.

I could have.

YOU WOULDN'T. YOUR A KILLER. Caine growled.

I stayed silent.

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A KILLER. My wolf was trying to get empowered by the dark lust.

I smirked evilly.

Disappear. I ordered Caine and he withdrew his presence on the back of my mind. He was blocked off in an instant.

I sighed and leaned on the large trunk of a tree. It was hard enduring it all and I was falling apart. Cel..my sister was making me uncontrollable. If I hadn't carry off my bidding and did the bloody hunt in a void place, I would have lose it and went wayward.

Hurting Cel physically for the first time tortured me. I pained her more than enough. I couldn't bear to watch her cry again. She would never want to do a thing again with me if she ever find out about my true nature. No one would. Even my mate.

Mate... Is this really all a crazy phenomenon?

Taking on the clothes, wiping the blood away and concealing it's lingering scent on me was contriving. I walked out the wilderness and walk straight to my gray Audi car, parked at an abandon area.

I stopped on my tracks when a small hand tugged the side of my shirt when I was about to open my car.

"Have you seen my mommy and daddy?.." A little boy asked. He was talking to me in adept to fear and may-care.

That couple had a kid. I should have known.

The kid looked at me with a weird look of hope. I ignored him when he take a hold of the hem of my shirt. I was forced to entertain the kid.

"No." I said in a blunt. The boy didn't let go of the hem of my white shirt.

"I saw you with mommy and daddy.." The kid glared.

"Do you have any relatives besides your parents?" I asked, oblivious to his imperious glare.

"N..no.. ! I want my mommy and daddy. Give them back..! Mommy said we'll go camp!!" The boy shouted.

Family Camping..

I looked around and observed the surroundings, noticing a small signboard in the road, 'Wilderness Adventures'. I looked at it blankly and turn my head at the boy. He was starting to cry and fall on his knees.

"I'll take you to your other relatives. Do you know any--"

"NOOO! I want my mommy and daddy!!" The boy cried, tears sinking his eyes.

"Your mom and dad are gone. They left you."

The kid looked horrified and shout a string of fraternity. "You fucking liar! I saw it! A big gray dog attacked mommy and daddy!"

Life is always unfair kid.

I bend down and ruffled his hair, he looked at me with a helpless and glaring look.

"Let's take you to home to your relatives. Your parents are gone." I said.

"NO! LIAR! BULLY! YOU SHITTY BULLY! They were attacked by a big black dog!" He shrieked in tears and pushed my hand away. I looked at him with a blunt look and asked.

"Dog?"

"Yeah! A very big dog took my mommy and daddy!! I will tell big brother about this..!!" The boy cried.

Life is really cruel.

I looked at him and he sobbed loudly.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"Ehh..?"

Crack. The sound of breaking someone's neck was faster than time itself. I finished it within a flash. The boy's body fell on his knees and I catch the corpse and let it lean on my torso.

I sighed deeply.

"What misfortune." I whispered to myself.

I placed the dead body on the place it wanted to be and took one last good look before leaving the place with an emotionless feeling.

I made my way through my car and drove past the 'Wilderness Adventure' sign, opening the mind link of the pack. Reports came flooding in as soon as my gear was on business.

'Alpha Xander. The Alpha King had asked for you to take over for today on his place.' An A-class fighter reported. I recognized it at Matt Greils, the best in close range combat in our pack.

'Proceed.' I said in a neutral tone. I could hear the uncomfortable sounds from my pack warriors. They knew how I take matters of punishments without blinking. I was obstinate of many emotions.

Different voices of A-class and B-class fighters flood in the mind link.

'Alpha. The Blue Crest Pack have announced a truce.'

'Alpha Xander. Beta Ryder's punishment had ended.'

'Alpha Xander. We had an audience with the Elders.'

'Alpha Xander, Beta Connor had requested for pack warriors for the mission.'

'Alpha. The packs at the South have been getting out of hand.'

'Alpha. We have currently caught the rogues who tried to trespassed in our borders.'

I tried seeing the connections and thought of all the statistics and possibilities from the reports. A wrong move on the decision could easily cause chaos. And as much as I wanted it to happen, I couldn't put my family in danger. Absolutely not Celaine.

'Accept the Blue Crest Pack's truce and uphold it with a contract of 10 years of a blood pact with the Elders.'

'Yes Alpha.'

' I suspend Beta Ryder's in his position for a week. Take Zach, the third in command's orders for the time being.'

'Yes Alpha.'

'The audience with the Elders will have to be move for tomorrow's night. Alpha Shane and I have our time full for today.'

'As you command.'

'I approved of Beta Connor's request. Send him a limit of ten A-class warriors from the pack.'

'Yes Alpha.'

'Send a meeting of the Alphas for the packs in the South. An unnecessary bloodbath is unneeded.'

'Yes Alpha.'

'Lock the caught rogues in the torture chambers and dig in the informations.'

'Yes Alpha.'

The matter stabilized in a short time and I felt myself resigned to the blood scent. Snake pits were in every corner.

I drove the car smoothly, coolly collecting my thoughts and the momentum. My phone rang and I grabbed for it, putting it on speaker.

"Alpha Xander. It's Hans." A voice from one of the prominent hacker on earth called.

"How did it go?" I asked bluntly.

"Failure."

What? Hmmm...

"Explain." I said coolly.

"The spy that tried to snoot in the Hunters Association didn't made it."

Just as I expected. There not called the Great Hunters for nothing.

"Give me the specific outcome."

"Someone that goes with the name of Gray and Violet caught on with the Spy's movement and eradicated him. They're using alias though. And their part of the Great Hunters Resistance." Han's sounded amused by his own report. I smirked weakly.

Gray.. Violet...Where have I heard those names before..?

"Alpha Xander?"

"I'm listening. What are the leads of finding what I asked you to?" I asked briefly.

"It's unstable at the moment. The Hunter's association is coded and locked on with extravagant and classy passwords. It will take a long time, trying to decode their system. But if it's hacking for only two minutes. I think I can without them tracking us." He sounded confident and smug.

"Do it."

"As you ordered. I'll get into it, first thing in the midnight."

"Good."

Hans sudden airless breathing and awkwardness was translucent for me to read his uneasiness.

"What is it?" I asked in a neutral tone.

"Mhmn.. I was just thinking that this may have a connection to that last hacking incident in our system."

Wait.. That's a possibility raised.. Yet, what would be the tectonic that had force them to use drastic measures?

"Your not going to pursue the guy? This called Gray thing might have something more to do with this situations." Hans suggests.

"No." I said in abrupt.

"Eh?"

My lips squinted into a smile. Hans was nerving in getting an answer.

Something is missing. Were still missing too many pieces on the puzzle.

"We don't want the Hunter Society on our backs. We need to keep a low profile. And I only need one thing from the Hunter Association. Keep your eyes on the prey." I reminded in a hard voice.

"Understood, Alpha Xander."

"Inform me again, if any information is worth wasting my time."

"Why of course Alpha."

I hang up the phone and went back to driving. The road and my destination was a long ride. I left my car on a parking lot near the place I was going to stay, staring at the carboy with an emotionless look. He gulped and stuttered in promising not to let any scratch and dent on my car, placing his life on the line. I looked intently and quirked and eyebrow, he swallowed nervously. Vindication was on me, I gave the shaking man a cold shoulder and walked away.

I head for the famous luxury hotel called 'Calgary Herald.' It was the designated location for my meeting with the Red Stream Pack and the Silver Claws Pack's Alphas. The Alpha King had let me handle the business meeting.

I entered the hotel and went to the counter, an accountant lady chirped in immediately to incline for my needs. I was in need of a proper bath and wolf's block.

The faint scent of blood still lingered on my body. It was vague but it could get dangerous when the Alpha's of the two packs tried to pry. I could kill them without a blink to keep my own furtive, which would be radical.

I stood in the counter and watch one of my pack member named Svelte came to my need with a flustered look and a sexy glint on her eyes, never leaving her lusty look on my build.

I never forgot a face and a name when I see one. Svelte was a C-class fighter, working in the luxury hotel for a mission.

"That's all Svelte. I need the W on my room, send it with the food and make sure the room is soundproof." I said, implying the W as wolf's bane. She get the tip and winked at me seductively. The women in my pack could never get tired to get in bed with me. I ignored her signals.

"Anything for my Alpha." The way she spoke could lure a guy in but I wasn't playing with her.

"Keys." I said in monotone. She snapped out on her daze from gawking at me, drool almost on her mouth.

"The keys Svelte." I said with an emotionless stare. She giggled, apologizing and reached out for my keys.

"Floor 3. Room No. 306." She said and passed me the keys. "Call me when you need me." She added, exposing a lot of her cleavage to see as she popped up the counter. I brushed off the woman and left her without a word.

Walking and paying mind to my surrounding made me notice all the nasty scents and excited ambrosia from the women. Many were looking my way, undressing me with lust on their eyes. I remained oblivious and checked on my room, ignoring all the signals and secret passwords of amorous invitations from every directions. I silently went inside my room.

The room was high class and all. It was formal and cool. I didn't pay anymore mind to it and get straight to the bathroom. A minute later, the wolf's block spray and my ordered menu was delivered by a maid. I was still on my towel when the woman suddenly stepped in the room. It was a black American lady.

"Opps! I'm so sorry' Imma so dumb I ain't notice sir. I'm here for the delivery. I tried knocking but nobody ain't answering my calls." She explained.

I was brushing my wet hair and I fastly glanced down her chest to see the pin name attached to her uniform. The black woman was named Gina Reine.

"It's alright. You can leave the food there and make sure to knock on the door a hundred times next week."

"Wha-!? Excuse me? Imma' sayin' that I did knock on your door sir and you didn't answer." She raised an eyebrow and give me a one irritated smile. Despite her annoyance she still took in my appearance dreamily as I saw her cheeks getting red.

"I don't like being stared at, unless it's my wife." I said in a monotone. Sarcasm and a dead voice.

She flashed a redder look and opened her mouth but I cut her off when I started walking towards her with a faint smirk.

"Wha-what are you doin' homie? This ain't cool. My man sure ain't sexy as you but I ain't given you some pussy. I love my man so back off sir. Thank you very much if you'll do it now so." She warned and took a step back.

I smiled weakly and walked further to her. She was about to let out a scream when I grabbed for something in her hands and she stared at me with a confuse look. Redness and perplexity was on her face.

"You were holding what's mine." I said and showed her the wolf's block spray in my heads. It was disguised as a heater cup.

She looked at me with a frustrated red face, shaking in either embarrassment or hatred.

"You can go now." I said with a neutral voice.

"Bitch.." She mumbled, barely even a whisper that was hearable.

"Bitch are female dogs. I'm not a dog Miss Gina Reine." I said coolly, concentrating my mind deeply as not to murder her. My wolf Caine wasn't pleased with the disrespect and neither was I. I could easily break her neck if it weren't for the pack meeting.

I looked at her over my shoulder and she looked at me with a horrified face.

"Uh..you.." She was contemplating how I heard her small whisper. I stared at her intently, my blood screaming death was out, making her spun on her heels and dashed out the room.

YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED HER.

Calm down. The place is full of trap.

THAT WOULDN'T STOP YOU. Caine gnarled.

I quite down and blocked Caine on my head. It was a mad choice to tell him that the black woman reminded me of Cel and it made me doubt my kill. Also Caine hadn't said a word about his mate ever since I hurted Cel. I had never been disgusted by myself until that...

And Cel is slowly getting farther away.

My phone started to ring and knock out my thoughts. I picked it up over the table and heard an indiscreet voice.

"Bro it's Maximus. "

"That's Alpha for you." I replied.

"Alpha Xan--Aghh! Fuck yo--"

I ended the call and turned off my phone. I didn't had time for my useless brothers.

Half an hour passed and all was prepared. I sat on an armchair in the designated meeting place and observed the exclusive surrounding. Two big Alpha were eyeing me with scandalous funny smiles.

Must be hard bowing down to someone who's younger than you. 45 years old Alpha Lergo from Red Stream Pack and 40 years old Alpha Drone from the Silver Claws Pack...

"Were honored to have the Alpha Prince, prince Xander to listen to our priors in this meeting." Alpha Largo announced with a fake warm smile. The man was big and bulky.

"I'm Alpha Drone and this is Alpha Largo." Alpha Drone gestured to each of them, hiding the annoyance in his voice.

I already know.

I nod with a blank face, hiding disgruntle and a few things of saying dulcet. The meeting was filled with tension and aggravation in each second.

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"You couldn't be that mindless of your surrounding." Alpha Largo was a sly old raccoon.

"This meeting is.." Alpha Drone trailed away, gritting his teeth out. He was a hard man with a low temper.

"The Rogues in your lands have been growing in numbers. You've been letting them pass your borders without uprooting the cause of their resistance. Isn't that also mindless Alpha Largo?" I asked with an emotionless gaze.

"You..." Alpha Largo let out a flash of frustrated look and covered it with a fake sigh and smile, "I think your right."

Wrong. You don't think pup.

"I am." I said. "And it isn't mindless no matter on what angle I try to see it. An alliance with my pack for exterminating the rogues in your land in exchange for your loyalty and your pack's submission to the Alpha Royalty is originally a give and take." I replied naturally.

Alpha Drone snapped out first and stood on his chair, slamming the table.

"You maybe our Alpha Prince but aren't you showing a bit too much of that royalty instead of a brain." He mocked with an ugly smug. I stared at him with no emotion.

"I would have to say that an old man blaming his fault and taking his anger out on someone younger than him because he couldn't keep up with the strong chains is actually someone without a brain and don't have a hint of dignity in him." I said in a neutral tone. Power and Reign on my tone was consuming the old Alpha, letting him back out with a sweaty, shaking form.

He sat down and mumbled a sincere apology.

It was funny and entertaining on how Drone croaked over and over in my overwhelming dark presence. The table was so easily played in my hand. I turned to Alpha Largo, he looked nervous and paler at my every move. They obviously just realized that a demon was actually sitting with them.

"Do we have a de--" I was cut in when my phone started to vibrate. I picked it up and saw Maximus on the address call. I ignored it and looked at the sweating big Alphas.

"Excuse me for that. Now do we have a deal in thi--"

My phone vibrated again and I finally excused myself from the jouncing two. Something was wrong at the mansion.

"It's me. What do you want Maximus?" My voice was dead cold.

"Xander! You bastard! Seth and Alexander had been hit! And-she--she--he--you-you- Seth..--then Alexander..and.."

Maximus is