Chapter 25

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Finding his way to the forest where the werewolves lived, Sham who now looked like Zaria stood in front of all of them.

" Zaria?" Zaruch asked suprised. " It so good to see you he said giving her a hug.

Zaruch had always loved Zaria as a sibling.

"It so nice you. " Sham said returning the hug. It felt weird hugging his fellow male and his enemy Zaruch as that. The other werewolves gathered and excitedly narrated to her all that bad happened since she left with Raphael, especially the battle with the weredragons. 

" Really? Zaruch! I'm so proud of you. I think we don't need that girl chosen Alpha anymore since you have proven that you are more than able to take care of the pack. " She responded excitedly.

" Well..." Zaruch shyly scratched his head.

" Are you okay?" Zaria asked concerned.

" I'm fine just nervous." Zaruch responded. 

" How about Raphael?" Zaruch asked when he looked around and could not see Raphael. " And the girl he claims to be the Alpha?" He asked further.

" Well, I found out the quest wasn't worth it. Why look outside when we have capable hands here. I've decided to stick with my pack and fight with them against the weredragons. " He explained.

" Hum" Was the only response Zaruch gave. This wasn't like the Zaria he knows. He knew her to be feirce and one who never gave up on whatever she had put her mind to do. He was kind of shocked with what she was saying but he decided that everyone was subject to change at any point in life.

" Tomorrow, we celebrate our new Alpha." Zaria announced excitedly.

' Celebration? Zaria was never a fan of these things. She always believed in serious business and the only time she even fell in love and got her heart broken, made her worse. She became still as ice.' Zaruch wondered if the journey had made her change so much. 

" Sham came around." He brought up the topic.

" O what did he want?" She asked acting suprised.

" He warned us about the impeded Weredragons attack and thanks to him, we were able to prepare before hand. He also made mention of a plan he had to impregnate a weredragon. It sounded so stupid but according to him, it would be to our own advantage. " He is explained finding the whole talk unbelievable.

" Woah, I know it will work." She said.

  " What?" Zaruch asked suprised.

" What I mean is that anything is possible and if it works, it wouldn't be a bad one." He tried correcting what he said.

" Oh, I see. You should rest, we will talk more tomorrow." He said standing up.

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" How do we locate Zaria now?" Elsa asked pacing

" We need to get word to the rest of the pack asking for their help." Raphael suggested.

" Wait so there are more of you? You are called what exactly?" She asked looking scared and suprised at the same time.

" We are called werewolves and we are on a mission." Raphael summarized.

" Woah" she exclaimed.

" I will have to take word there myself but I'm not sure of leaving you all behind. Or, would you like to meet he rest of the park?". Raphael Asked.

I became nervous thinking about coming face to face with werewolves other than Zaria and Raphael. 

" I'm not sure." I replied nervous.

" You will be fine. Don't worry we wouldn't stay long and it's necessary you meet your people. You need to know what it feels to be among stronger, wiser and bigger werewolves than your self." He encouraged.

" Alright." She reluctantly agreed.

" Rest, a bit we move out soon." He told them.

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"Well , well, well, who do we have here?" Adrain asked suprised to see a pretty girl tied to the wall of the sorcerer's hut.

" She was brought here by Sham" the sorcerer explained.

" Hhm, she is very beautiful. Send her to my room."   He commanded.

"But my Lord..." He protested.

" Shut up Sorcerer and do as I say. The lady deserves a better treatment." He commanded before leaving.

Arrangements were made for Zaria to change her clothes and meet with Adrian in his personal Chamber. She vowed in her heart that if he should try anything stupid, she would murder him in cold blood although it wouldn't be easy.

" Welcome" Adrain said pouring a wine into a cup.

" Have a seat." He offered handing her a cup.

" I'll rather stand." She protested.

" Stubborn and beautiful, what a nice combination." He complimented smiling.

" For Sham to bring you here, I guess you are a werewolf." He said 

" What do you want from me Adrain?" She asked eyeing him.

" Ah, I was right. Since you know my name, I bet you are a werewolf." He said sipping from he wine.

" What's your name?" He asked moving close to her. 

" Relax. I'm never a fan of werewolves and I wouldn't think of bedding you but I just like you. So, what's your name?" He asked with a smile still sipping from his cup.

" Zaria" she hesitated before answering.

" What? The same Zaria that has been with Raphael training the unaccepted Alpha?" He asked suprised.

" Wait? How do you know that?" She asked equally suprised at how much Adrian knew about the werewolves.

" Why do you look suprised? I know so much." He asked laughing.

Suddenly, Fiona appeared in the room in her real self. The two were suprised at the rude intrusion whereas Fiona was shocked to see Zaria in the same room as her father. What would have happened if she decided to visit with Anna's body? She would have been exposed.

" Fiona, how dare you barge into my room without knocking?" He asked a bit angered by her actions.

" Please Father, are you being this way because you have a damsel in your room?" She rolled her eyes.

" You, shu away, I have personal business with my dad." She rudely said to Zaria.

" Young lady, watch your tongue. I'm not one of your dragon slaves." She replied her sternly.

" I'll come back then. " She hissed

" Have we met before?" Zaria asked Fiona suspiciously.

" Who doesn't know, Fiona?" She scoffed before answering.

" I guess" Zaria replied relaxing a bit.

" Come, let's go to the Palace." Adrain said to Fiona before leaving the room. He had intended to lock the door behind him but since the guards were there, he decided to leave the door opened.

" Ha!" Zaria screamed loud enough for the guards to hear her.

" What's going on?" The stern looking man asked with not so much as care on his face.

" Something flew into my eyes" she cried painfully.

Immediately the guard came closer, she used something to stab his eyes and hit him hard on the groin. Adrian properly underestimated her that even with the silver collar on her neck, she was still able to make some moves.

She finally picked the key that was the table and in locked the collar. She could feel strength come back in full form and how good she felt about it.

Walking gently to the palace, she overheard the two discussion but she was too worried about getting caught that she had to abandon her listening.