The Attack

Marcus' POV

I knew that this attack sounds reckless but I understand Erina, I have to. She's been through tough times, watching her from afar, being treated like some animal, some slave makes me mad, it angers me to the point that I loathe this village, I want to help her before but I was abide by the wish of the former leader of the pack. I don't have any choice but to just watch her.

"You fucking bastard! What do you want from me?!" I heard the woman's voice coming out of one of the rooms upstairs. Her voice was that loud that I was able to hear it from the living room of their house.

I was hiding in the dark when I heard that scream. It must be Andrea.

Her mother, who is also here in the living room, have heard the scream coming from her daughter. She stood up quickly alerted by the scream.

She was ready to go upstairs when I revealed myself out of the dark and said, "That wouldn't do you good, Mrs."

She immediately changed her stance from a comfortable one to a defense stance. I have no intention to hurt her, it was not my decision to make. I have nothing to do with them since it is not mine to avenge, and I want my cousin to do the things that she wants to do with them.

Even though I loathe these wolves, I hated them to the fact that I wanted to kill this one in front of me right now but my only mission here is to not let anyone stopped Erina from doing her will of revenge and that is what I am doing now.

"What do you want from us?" Mrs. Vertina asked, she sounded calm with a bit of alertness. She was probably starting to put into pieces that we had already entered their house without them noticing. Erina has become so good at masking her presence that her power cannot be sensed by other wolves.

She is incredibly a fast learner, I never doubt it since it was in her blood, the strength she has right now is nothing compared to the strength she truly have, I knew that one day she will acquire those strengths... strengths that was stolen from her by her own sister. Good thing, her sister didn't acquire it well, Andrea might have learned to use some of it, but not the full capacity of those strengths, Erina is the only person who can use it.

"I am not in the position to answer that Ma'am... you shouldn't ask me," I said, still not moving from my position.

She, on the other hand, had already an arrow and bow with her and is ready to attack me with those. I never really had an encounter with the archers, I never experienced battling with them.

However, with Erina still practicing her archery skills from time to time, I was able to understand how those arrows move and how to avoid it. Like the one this Vertina sent to me, I could feel the wind coming from it because of the pressure that she has inserted into it. When you can feel it coming towards you which the wind would tell, you could easily avoid it.

I was born a dagger with a speed of the wind, and wind works with us I have already calculated its blow.

"Ma'am, I am not here to fight with you. Let's just sit over there, shall we?" I asked as I motioned the place where she was sitting a while ago.

However, the looks of her doesn't seemed that she will listen to me. I could also feel her heartbeat slightly increasing. She was a bit nervous from this situation and I could see that she was determined to go upstairs to look for her daughter. I wouldn't let her anyway, it was the only duty that I have to fulfill tonight and I never fail doing my duties.

Especially the one who gave me is the future leader of our pack, our future She Alpha.

She shot me again with her arrow, this time the wind has even gotten stronger. She was that agitated that it had affected the force of her arrow. Archery is for those who is calm, it cannot be for short-tempered wolves and not for those who are easily affected by their emotions. It is because it could affect the way it fly towards the oponent. As you get emotional, the wind from it increases which makes it easier to feel and avoid.

"May I ask you anyway." I said as I avoid another arrow from her.

I keep my posture calm, I trusted my cousin, I knew she will win against her sister, with the strength and anger she has, I don't think someone could beat her, especially her own sister.

"Do you know Lavarejos? The woman who was loved by your husband?" I got really curious about something, my mother and grandmother never told me what has killed Erina's mother. I never heard them speaks about it. I doubt that she died out of disease or by just simple encounter with other wolves, knowing that she was the strongest wolf in our pack that time.

Despite of her being a woman didn't defy her incredible strength, Erina's mother was the Goddess of Daggers, her speed was unbelievable that no one could ever seen her when she uses it, even her amazing physical strength could not even equate to a strongest Alpha. How could she die then?

My question has shocked her and the anger ignited within her even more. It was not my intention to make her more angry though, I just want to satisfy my curiosity and confirm my hypothesis regarding that matter.

"Who told you that?!" The anger was really evident from her voice. I guess, it was not a good move to talk about the woman who has loved by her husband. I guess it was a sore spot for her. Who cares? This woman is nothing to me, I could kill her if not for my cousin's will.

"Are you related to her death?" I asked her once again, without minding her last question. I was really curious about it and it was really a nice question while we are here waiting for Erina to finish her plans.

That last question of mine fuels her anger even more, I could see her eyes flaming with anger. Her eyes are telling me the answer, she does not need to answer it through words. The emotions coming from her eyes are enough for me to confirm what I thought. She did it, she killed Erina's mother. I am now certain of it, the looks in her eyes are telling me that she did committed our former leader's death. She was guilty but the anger is overpowering the guilt.

"I guess, like mother, like daughter. Traits are being carried on." I shook my head out of disappointment. It was really just a hypothesis to me before and I did hope that I was not true. I hoped before that she did not killed a Lavarejos because that would only add up to the price that they would need to pay.

It will only add up to Erina's anger and it was blinding her. She has become a different person as compared to when she was just being observed by us in this place. The anger and revenge had changed her and adding more to it would only worsen things. She needs to clear those anger and other related emotions when she will be crowned as our leader, she needs those away from her in order for her to be an effective leader. It would do her no good.

"She deserves it! That whore seduced my husband, she deserves her death!" She tried to justify her actions and the more it sounded, the more she gets guilty.

"She was your husband's mate, you just interfered with it. Was it black magic, too?" I knew it for that fact, grandmother has told me that he was her mate and that was the reason why she couldn't blame Erina's mother for falling for him.

Damn, history is just repeating itself.