Chapter 25

HECTOR POV

The main gate closes but I can still see Luna and my father through the iron bars. I saw five werewolves guarding the main gate. They were not here when we arrived. I turned to look at my brothers who were standing in the corner. They are talking.

I know my half-brothers hated me so much, that they even tried to kill me many times. The werewolves guarding the main gate were on high alert. I can see it in their expressions. This ceremony should be a peaceful one, but the werewolves act as if they are going into a war.

My wolf howled inside me, trying to convince me to get Luna out from here. Maybe, my wolf sensed her fear.

I tried to scan the place, everything came into a view as the moon shines in the sky.

I hear Francis and Stefan coming.

"What the hell Hector, how could you?" Stefan spoke to me with an angry look.

"What do you mean Stefan?" I asked in confusion.

I don't have any idea why both of my friends are angry with me.

"If we only knew the real reason why you brought Luna here, we shouldn't have helped you," Francis yelled.

"What? What are you saying?" I am so confused right now.

"Don't tell me, you don't know anything Hector, after all this time?" Stefan whispered.

"I told you the reason for this. Father needs Luna in his ceremony to save her life and our pack," I said in a low tone.

"You've been betrayed by your father Hector, he lied to you," Francis told me.

"What? What do you know, tell me?" I asked them.

My heart is beating so fast, I want to run inside and get Luna back.

"Your father needs Luna in her ceremony, not to save her life but to sacrifice her life," Stefan told me as he looked around.

The moment I heard those words, I and my wolf instantly agreed and I shift. Francis and Stefan also shift into their wolf forms.

The five werewolves blocked our way. I hate to taste blood today, but it's their choice anyway, I need to kill them to save my mate.

The wolves attacked us and we fought them back. Francis' wolf howl to call the other werewolf allies. We need help as my eyes caught my three half-brothers also shifting and aiming for us.

I am a good fighter, I can take down three wolves at the same time. I have alpha blood, I am strong. But with my half-brothers joining forces to take me down, I think I need more strength to fight them.

Frederick's wolf charged me believing he could take me down. Before he could hurt me, my sharp teeth emerged and penetrated into his back ripping his skin. He gave a painful howl as his thick blood-spattered.

Frederick thought that he was stronger than me, but he was wrong. I am a year older than him and as usual, I always win over him.

Drake and Max jumped toward me as their claws glistened. They both attacked together and pounced on me. It took me a while to get back to my feet. Drake's wolf almost burned his teeth on my neck but I was able to avoid him and push him down.

I felt Max's claws at my back, I turned to shove him and knocked him down. Francis and Stefan fought other wolves. I can smell the metallic smell of the blood in the air. Some werewolves are dead as others are wounded. It is a mix of my father's wolves and my allies.

For years, I was able to create my own group of allies thinking I will use their strength against the enemy, but I never expected that we will fight my own family.

Francis and Stefan soon arrived to help me, they fought Max and Drake who are now injured from fighting me.

Frederick returned and despite his wound, he still managed to attack me with his full strength. My claws penetrated his shoulders this time and push him down to the ground. I felt the urge to press his neck and so I did it.

We both shift back to our human form as I continue to press his neck.

"Do you know father's plan?" I asked him.

"You fool, of course, I do. He fooled you. He needed Luna, not to save her but to kill her," he said as he laugh.

My visions turned red, I want to kill my own brother just to save my mate.

"Father just used you for his ambitions. He wants to take back his throne as the Alpha and defeat uncle Emmanuel," he said.

"Why her? Father said Luna was cursed. He can remove that curse to save her and to save our pack," I said as I squeezed his neck.

"He lied to you, dearest brother. He knows, you will not follow him if you knew the truth," he is running out of breath.

"Of course, I will never support his evil plan. And now that I know everything, I will destroy him." I assured my brother.

I can't handle the anger that built inside me so I punched him in the face twice. His mouth turned crimson red as he spits blood.

I shifted back into my wolf form and stormed inside the garden. Another wolf blocked my way. I leaped on him and took him down with my teeth and claws. I can taste the blood in my mouth. My wolf howl with joy every time I will kill an enemy. I was able to break into the iron bars of the main gate. I need to see my mate. I need to save her from my father.

My wolf howls for her name, and I was able to sense that she was in danger. I never thought my father would betray me. I knew him as an ambitious man. He wasn't happy when his brother Emmanuel King took his throne. My father was not as strong as he was before. He started to be weak years ago. I heard him before that he will find all the means to take his strength back, his power as an alpha. But it never came to my mind that he will sacrifice Luna for his own desires.

As I near the Sand and stone garden, fear rose within me. The moonlight helped me see the place. Father was there laying in his own blood and he asked for help. I don’t care about him, I care for Luna. I scanned the place to look for my mate. She wasn't here anymore. Where is she?

I looked down to see blood scattered on the opposite side of my father. I tried to smell and recognize it. Terror filled my mind and body. It wasn't my father's blood, it was Luna's blood.