Chapter 30

**Alexander’s point of view: Finally returning home.**

As the new reigning king of the werewolf kingdom, the prince finally has the power and opportunity to challenge my authority as ruler of the three realms. With a slow forming army and a large number of new recruits undergoing training as we speak, his new plans for forming a rebellion against the other two kingdoms, will later on succeed and become a reality.

I think the thought came into motion, right after he had heard the troublesome news from his accomplices, that the attack on me had ended in failure and later on discovering, that I was still alive and well, while attending the peace treaty ball. With the failure of his first attempt, he had to come up with a new set of plans, for his ultimate goal of dethroning me and taking my place as the emperor!

Finally, after more than a week of living and working as servants in the main capital of the werewolf kingdom, we finally found the necessary evidence to prove that our initial thoughts of impending danger of an uprising, is indeed valid and very much underway of becoming a reality.

That night, after making sure that everyone was fast asleep, Xavier and I silently made our way out of the servants sleeping quarters and slowly found our way back to the tunnel we originally came from. After a while of carefully sneaking through the dark tunnel system, we finally saw the moonlight creeping in through the small entrance that led us to our freedom once again.

But before we could safely start our descend down the stairs, we had to wait for the current guards, who was busy patrolling the grounds underneath the stairs to change their shifts. So, during that time, we remained hidden in the tunnels, until the time was right for us to make our move.

The night we had arrived here, we instantly noticed their presence and carefully watched them, while we patiently waited to see how long it took for them to change shifts with other guards.

Once we were down on the ground we crossed over the pathway, that was next to the mountain and after a while of searching, we finally found the same sand dune we took shelter behind when we had first arrived here. It was located a safe distance away from where the werewolf’s usually took turns patrolling the grounds near the stairs.

I was very concerned about Xavier, because he hasn’t had a meal for quite some time now… I knew he wouldn’t be able to survive the journey back home, in his current condition! So, I made the decision to give him some of my own blood.

At first, he didn’t want to feed from me, but luckily after a while of convincing him that it is his only option for survival, he finally let go of his stubbornness and agreed to my proposition, before he slowly lowered his head and fed from my wrist.

After getting some rest throughout the early morning hours, we left the safe zone from behind the sand dune, just before sunrise and continued our journey back home.

When the sun began to set, after a long day of walking in the unbearable heat of the desert sun, we decided to set up camp behind one of the many sand dunes that surrounded us. Just like we did many times before, each of one of us took turns keeping watch and resting in between shifts.

Early next morning before sunrise, we rose from our sleeping positions and packed up our campsite, before persisting onwards in our journey home. After half a day’s walk, we finally reached the shore line. With a sigh of relief, I patter Xavier on the back and slightly smiled at him. In return he also slightly smirked, before turning his head around and making direct eye contact. With a grateful glance in his eyes, he whispered the words thank you, before looking ahead again.

After a while of searching for it, we finally found the solid rock we previously used as a concealment, to safely hide our tradesmen uniforms underneath. We then changed back into the uniforms and anxiously stood watch for any signs of approaching ferry boats.

Later that evening, we finally started to hear movement in the water, from a ferry boat slowly making its way up the river stream.

Filled with relief, we turned around and quickly retreated further back and hid behind one of the sand dunes, when the ferry drifted passed our positioned, where we were standing on the shore, only mere moments before. After a while the ferry finally came to a full stop and the walking plank was slowly lowered onto the side of the riverbank.

Just like the previous time, we waited for everyone to fall asleep, before we slowly crawled our way across the rocky, sloped riverbank and finally sneaked over the walking plank and then onto the ferry boat. We hid ourselves behind some of the larger loading crates, that was meant to return to the vampire realm.

After their nap on shore, they quickly packed everything up, they used for refreshments and then returned to the deck of the ferry boat. After retracting the walking plank, the boat slowly started to move further away from the riverbank and deeper into the middle of the river, before mist started forming around the ferry and the werewolf realm became a distant memory, when everything slowly disappeared behind us and all we could see is thick mist clouds floating around us.

After a while the mist slowly started to evaporate again and the first thing we took in was the familiar smell of fresh falling snow that reached our noses, before the snowy landscape of the vampire realm finally appeared in front of us!

The enjoyment of the moment didn’t last very long, when the reality of our new forming situation punched me in the gut…

Knowing our mission had ended in success and the investigation was concluded, we could finally start our preparation for the rebellion and ultimately the war that lied ahead us. We tried our best to ignore conflict for so many centuries, but thanks to one young wolf’s lust for greed and more power, our peaceful existence will soon come to an end.

As Emperor, the duty now falls upon my shoulders, to inform the rest of the innocent people, residing in the vampire and fairy realms about the new grave situation, forming in the werewolf realm… I also have to ensure that our combined army, gets back into shape and are prepared for whatever comes our way next.