You Rejected A Silver Wolf
Called It

Chapter Thirty-One - It

Chris's POV

My forehead creased. Were they mates? Or was she unsure?

"Alpha, I don't know what the princess needs, but we really need to be on our way. If she wants, we can send her a gift of the relic later..." Jake suggested.

"The relic is precious to Black Rose; no outsider can own it," the Delta raised his voice at Jake, who immediately fell silent.

So, he had such a bad temper? "You insulted my sister with your words, Jonah. Would it take anything from you to take off the necklace?"

He sighed. "Since you will it, I shall obey." He made a small bow before glaring at Vanessa. He took off the necklace. "Did I become a ghost?"

Jake laughed, and I sighed. Nothing happened after he took it off. What was Vanessa getting at?

The expectations in her eyes dimmed but revived when she saw the necklace in his hands.

"Give the necklace to Jake. I want you to have nothing to do with it," she demanded. Vanessa needed to stop.

"I don't want anything to do with you, either," Jonah snapped. What did he mean by that?

"He means he doesn't want to keep following your outrageous commands. It's just a relic; don't believe in superstitions," Jake noted. Vanessa's eyes dilated after Jonah snapped at her. Again, I felt there was some meaning to his words. He didn't want anything to do with her? "We will take our leave, Alpha King." Jonah was back to his agile self, smiling. "Stay well."

I nodded as they both walked away.

"Vanessa, is there something you need from Delta Jonah?"

"He doesn't want me. But why? I am the one and only princess of Black Hills!" Vanessa stormed toward me.

I moved back as she began to take on a scary form. He didn't want her? Was she trying to push herself on him? Had she become that desperate? "How would he want you when you ask ridiculous things of him?" I sighed.

"With the necklace on him, I can't be very sure if we are mates, but I know we are. He doesn't want to accept it!" she barked.

Frustration was eating her up. Was she sure about what she was saying? "How do you know? He didn't look like someone who had just met his mate."

Even if he didn't want her, which made no sense, there had to be some kind of feeling when meeting a mate for the first time.

"Has any other man been around you? I noticed him in the garden, but he disappeared. I thought my wolf was bluffing, but before I walked in just now, I caught the scent again."

I had flashbacks of Jonah looking nervous and switching necklaces with Jake when the knock came. Could it be that he actually was her mate?

How dare he reject my sister!

"Stay here!" I ordered her, pushing her into a chair. She plopped down and coiled herself in it.

I mind-linked the guards to ask about Jake and the Delta's whereabouts, and they informed me that they had already left.

"Should I prepare your horse?" a guard asked as I stepped out of the palace.

"Forget it; I'll run with my wolf!" I replied. "And alone," I added when they attempted to follow me.

They retreated, and I sped into the forest. Jake and the Delta wouldn't have used horses; it wasn't a Black Rose custom to travel by horse.

I shifted, tying my trousers to my legs. Zeke growled angrily before leaping into the forest with massive strides.

It was late at night, but with night vision, I could see everything. I heard nothing, which made me question if I was heading in the wrong direction.

All I knew was that as Alpha King, whether or not I caught up with Jake and the Delta, I could command them to come to me.

"We're in another territory," my wolf told me as different scents drifted into his nose-rogue scents.

We were either near rogues or surrounded by them. I was certainly not close to Black Rose; no rogue dared to go near them.

I heard the gentle bleat of goats and guessed I was near mountains, likely shepherd territory-close to Red Moon.

After running for twelve minutes, I found myself in Red Moon, nearly the farthest point from Black Hills. Zeke had really increased his speed. "It's an Alpha," I heard someone whisper.

I turned, snarling behind me. Another scent hit my nose, familiar but fleeting.

A part of me wanted more of the scent, but it faded. My wolf ran towards it, trapped by a strange desire. The desire to kill rogues? "Kill it!" a female voice screamed. Kill it? Was I the 'it'?

Suddenly, an arrow was fired at me. I dodged it easily. It seemed I was the 'it'. I growled, advancing towards the tree the girls were in. They jumped to another tree, and another arrow came from a different direction. I barely missed it. I was surrounded. The familiar scent returned, and then a blur of a wolf ran deeper into the woods. It was a Silver Wolf.

Had I crossed into Your Silver's domain? A snarl came from behind me, and I turned to see three small brown wolves, fierce in nature.

"I won't entertain them. It's clear I've lost my way," I sighed to Zeke.

Using my claws, I slashed at each wolf in one swipe, sending them flying into a tree. More arrows rained down.

A wolf engaged me in hot pursuit, fast and wild. Clearly a warrior wolf, accustomed to this terrain.

Trees popped up at different angles, making it hard to run. The familiar scent came again, and I glanced up.

A silver wolf was running beside me. Friend or foe? The scent was too familiar. Could it be Your Silver? How was he familiar to me? Then, I was slammed into a tree by the figure. I blinked and saw the blurry image of the silver wolf in front of me. How fast was this psycho? I blocked out the faintly sweet scent coming from him. It was indistinct, likely an ability of silver wolves to mask their scent and trick an Alpha. "Kill it!" another girl screamed. They were preparing another volley of arrows. My wolf was strangely unwilling to leave. Did he want to die? But I forced power through and dragged myself out from under the silver wolf, speeding towards the hills from where I'd come. "Don't chase it! Let it go!" the girl ordered again. It stung my pride to be called 'it' repeatedly.

Today, I had encountered Your Silver. He was stronger than the warriors claimed. Or maybe those warriors had never actually fought him. He was as strong as a Beta wolf, at least.

"Zeke, what was that about?"

My wolf didn't respond. He didn't know what weakness had made him unable to harm Your Silver. But it wouldn't happen again.