Imbalance

By the looks of it, I think they are going for the second option. Which means that they are not a government-owned organization.

They are a private organization. And this is illegal. They would be sentenced to death once caught.

Blood was gushing out from Alpha Kai’s stomach as he grunted.

Just then, the fowlers grabbed a tin can and opened it, and a green smoke suddenly filled the air, engulfing the area.

I instantly closed my mouth to not breathe in that strange substance, keeping my senses clear as I know whatever the hell that can have was made to harm us. I also covered Alpha Kai’s nose.

However, as much as I prevented myself from breathing it. It was all useless as the moment it had contacted my skin, I could no longer see clearly, my mind hazy and I feel dizzy. All of my senses faded…my sense of sight, smell, and hearing.

But I could see them a bit as they covered our faces with a mask, grabbed the big cage they had, and walked over to me.

“Sleep well, my dear.” Said the leader as he grabbed my body. I attempted to fight, managing to break his nose but they were quick to put another chain on me. They even placed a big metal necklace on my neck and I winced, feeling it scraping the skin around my neck.

“Try to escape and this necklace will cut your head off.” He whispered, and I felt my body being dragged to another room. I couldn’t see Alpha Kai now.

I tried to fight back and gain my senses, but it sting my eyes so much that all I could see now was darkness.

Ah, Ace, Where the hell are you? I need you now…

ALPHA ACE’S POV

I couldn’t remember everything. And I never felt so weak until now. I had always endured pain, I never experienced it, except now. This is too severe that I felt like my whole body is being burned and hit a hundred times.

If I had predicted that this would happen, then I wouldn’t have entertained Alpha Zef’s ask for help, for leaving Kira, and for saving Alpha Kai.

I should have left him to die there than being betrayed by Alpha Zef who spilled our direction and trapped us to the fowlers.

Despite hurting physically, emotionally, and mentally, my pride and ego were severely damaged having to break my reputation as the “Strongest Alpha.”

Having a human mate was one thing, I had long gone accepted that even loved Kira for it, yet having to hear a human had defeated me in a fight is a whole different sense that it hurts me.

The great Lycan King, the strongest, lost a fight with a human.

Tsk, you must kid me not.

This is the weakest kind of death in the whole alpha history.

Surely that is not the same Alpha Ace we know.

I could just hear the werewolves whispering. How they would belittle me after, the alphas would see this as a weakness, a hole of an opportunity for them to steal my position.

But I would never give them that satisfaction. To hell with them. I’ll fight them to death, and I would never let them steal all the hard work I had encountered.

I killed hundreds of my kind, I had sacrificed my whole sanity for this, even dared against my weak father and mocked the moon goddess herself. I wouldn’t let myself die like this.

I erupted in laughter, and I could see from my line of vision ahead that Arya was glancing at me as he talked with Gusev.

“He’s having hysteria. That must be the poison’s effect. Kai was also hallucinating when he was hit by that man's poison.”

I groaned in pain as Maximus shifted into his wolf as carried me on his back.

Hell I, Lycan King Ace, never even let myself be carried by my own subordinates like this.

I never rode their backs.

One thing entered my mind, if my past beta, my second strongest in the pack, had come with me, would things have been different? He would have been there and would have been able to save Kira.

I shook my head, no. This is not about them. This is about me, I failed as their pack leader.

I am not strong enough to protect them. To protect my mate and let them take her like that. I promise to burn those damn fowlers' houses and towns to the ground until everything is left in ashes.

I would collect all their fingers and have them as my necklace, pluck their eyes out slowly and feed it to the fishes. I would have to cut off their head and have it on my wall as decorative pieces.

I forgot how cruel I am and how I would handle all my enemies just because Kira arrived. She softened my heart too much that I forgot the old Lycan King’s hobbies.

“Where are we going?” I managed to croak out from the pain and asked Maximus as Arya and Gusev were ahead of us, talking to themselves as they lead us to wherever the f*ck they want.

“To the Dark crest and Blood lust pack. We’ll be asking for Alpha Kamilah and Alpha Maximus' aid.

I nodded, and although it's against my wishes, I could not even argue with them. I wanted to hit my head on the stone so that the pain would go away.

I coughed blood to the ground, making Maximus pause. I could feel Arya’s heart beating fast in panic and glanced at Gusev who was also nervous.

“This is not good,” She muttered and he gulped.

“We need to run faster now. As soon as possible or he’ll be dead on arrival.” Gusev voiced out.

Gusev then kneeled as he grabbed me by the cheeks and made me look at him, “Ace, my friend, stay alive, you’re the Lycan king. You have the power with your elders, inform them about this disturbance or else other packs might get extinct. This would create an imbalance.”

As much as I hate this damn vampire who always wants to steal my mate, I couldn’t exactly hear his words. Their voices are only echoing, and I felt like I am trapped in the water and couldn’t breathe or move.

Arya shifted into her brown wolf and before long, we instantly broke into a run, faster than ever, as if our lifeline depends on it. I would often times want to sleep, yet Gusev was there to hit me in the face just to keep me awake.

I would hit him back if we were in a normal situation but since I was too weak to move, I let them. I was so used to controlling everything that letting them do everything is such a pain in the ass. It took us an hour before finally reached Alpha Magnus and Alpha Kamilah’s territory.