Chapter 4

• SLADE
• The witch’s grotesque voice sounded from within the hut.
• Allegra is the only one that calls me by my first name. Every other member of my pack, including my family and even my father would rather address me with my family name, Slade. It started from childhood. I was always smarter than children my age, looked better, and people thought the name suited me than my first name. It wasn’t long before everyone in my pack started to address me as Slade. Even while I was in training at the alpha academy for several years, the name stuck like a second skin.
• She was seated on her old dirty mat with her legs crossed beneath her. Allegra could have a better accommodation and more modern facilities, but she chose to remain in her small crocked hut. The hut looks creepy. She has some old artworks laying on the walls, lots of potion samples and mixtures scattered here and there, and a candelabra with three candles burning on the ground where she sat.
• “You ignored all my requests to see you Alpha Hayden,” she says. “Please seat,” she points to the only chair in the room. The chair is dark brown, and it’s probably the cleanest thing in this place, but I couldn’t possibly sit on that. Whether clean or not, it just seemed unbefitting.
• I walked over to the only available window in the room and stared outside. “I’m not here for formalities, Allegra,” I say casually.
• “I know why you are here Alpha Hayden, and I have the answers you seek,” she says.
• I turned sharply to her, anger suddenly stirring inside me “You have the answers and you kept them to yourself? You are meant to serve us!” I barked.
• “But I did try to get across to you,” she defended in her grotesque voice “You restricted my movements around your pack because you do not wish to set eyes on me. There is only so much I can do Alpha Hayden,”
• “You could have sent the message through someone,” I growled.
• “I tried-”
• ‘So, what would have happened if I didn’t come here now? You would have kept it to yourself and allowed doom befall Dark Wolf?” I chided.
• She was silent. My wolf is growling in my head. Being in here makes him uncomfortable, but he was more concerned about any information about where we would find our mate.
• “I knew you would come,” she says and I snarled.
• “Tell me where I can find her,” I say impatiently. “I’ve combed through almost all packs,” From where I am standing, I can see the top of her head. Allegra has the longest hair I have ever seen. The tangled mane dropped to the floor because of her sitting position. If she were to be on her feet, it would fall all the way to her ankles.
• “You can’t find her in any werewolf pack,” she answers slowly.
• I moved from the window back to the entrance of the hut so I could look her in the face “What does that mean? Is she dead?” I asked. I dreaded the answer to that question. Maybe I didn’t have a mate, that would explain why I didn’t find her all these years. I could feel pain squeeze my chest, the kind of pain I was now familiar with.
• “Far from it,” Allegra responds. Hope, I have hope.
• “So, where the fuck is she?” I growled. It is taking everything in me not to lift Allegra off the ground and force the words out of her. I am a man of little patience, and time isn’t something I have now. The clock is ticking damn it.
• “I will let you know where to find her, but you must be aware she isn’t a full-blooded werewolf and she is totally unaware of our existence,” Allegra says.
• “A half-blood?” I reasoned and Allegra nods her head in confirmation.
• That is just great. Of all the powerful female werewolves on earth, the moon goddess just had to Pair me with a weak half-blood. Could I get any more unlucky?
• “She is within human territory,” Allegra answers.
• Different ideas are brewing in my head at this time, and if what Allegra says is true, then I must get to her as soon as possible. I am not impressed that I had to be paired with a half-blood, but I need her to provide an heir for my seat when I am gone.
• For the first time since the curse, I have hope. This explains why I didn’t find her during my rigorous search. Bringing a half blood into a pack I have successfully developed isn’t exactly a good idea. A half-human, half-werewolf cannot be the Luna of Dark wolf pack. Dark wolf pack is prided for its strength, but I didn’t have much choice. I needed to find out for sure if what Allegra says is true.
• “Tell me more,” I crossed my arms across my chest and leaned on her door.