'What's your problem, Sylvester?' I asked in angry frustration. 'Why do you like coming at the wrong times?'
'Christopher, I have a mind to fight you here and now!' he said. 'Why are you trespassing on my territory?'
'Your territory? Trespassing?' I asked, still very angry, my wolf furious at the interruption. 'How is she your territory? And how am I trespassing if I am with my mate?''
'Christopher, don't get me started!' he said as furious as I was. This mate issue was lingering too much for my liking. It has to be resolved so that we all know our stand especially those who don't already know theirs. As for me, my fate was with Millicent to whom I am mated.
'Sylvester, I should be the one telling you that. Do not get me started! How often does this have to go on? You keep interrupting my private time with my mate and you ask me not get you started?'
Millicent came and stood between us. 'I am mated to the both of you and I can choose to be with either of you or the both of you. Your childish bickering about it will not help at all! Infact I'll tell you sincerely, it pisses me off!' she said, walking away.
Sylvester stretched his hand to pull her back and most probably question the meaning of what she had spoken but I pulled his hand back. He could not drag my mate into our argument and I told him as such.
'Why not?' he asked. 'She started this! She should have kept to herself till all is resolved!'
'You cannot blame this on her', I replied. 'I started this and the mate bond took over. You may not understand it because you have not experienced it before, have you?' I asked furiously.
'How could I not have experienced it?' he asked, 'Am I not mated to her as well? Look, Christopher, we are brothers and I would not want us to keep having rows over my mate', he said tiredly. 'I am aware she is mated to us both but you alone cannot lay claim to her. She will either choose either of us who she prefers or mate with us both!'
'Listen to yourself!' I said. 'You claim to love her yet you are prepared for us both to mate with her. You are prepared to share her or are you pretending to love her?' I paused and shook my head. 'Though you are my brother, I shall not share her with you or anyone!'
'I shall not warn you again. Keep away from Millicent'! 'Or...' Sylvester left the rest of his words hanging.
'Or what?' I asked, ready to duel with him.' You seem to have forgotten I am the elder here!'
'Or I might have to do what I do not want to do to you!' he supplied.'
'And that is what?' I asked curiously. He did not say anything to that but left me staring after him, as he mumbled, 'It doesn't count that you were born some two minutes before I. We are twins. There's no elder!'
After Sylvester had left, I sat again in the grass and the cool breeze from the stream, calming me. I was restless. I needed to have Millicent. I could not explain how angry I was that Sylvester happened in on us at that time. What bad timing. I looked for my jacket and saw where it lay,folded neatly.
Millicent must have folded it when she got up and wire back her shirt. So thoughtful!
I picked the jacket and placed it on the floor close to me, then I lowered my self down, using the folded jacket as a pillow.
I shut my eyes and visualized Millicent and I as one, then she becomes pregnant with my pups and I spoil her silly and when she eventually gives birth, I spoil my pups silly as well. It felt like heaven and I wished for it harder. I did not know what it was about Millicent but I feel complete with her. She completes me and gives me joy.
I wondered what my life was before her. I had had other females of course both human and my kind but she is...
All of a sudden, I recalled Wendy. Wendy Palmer. I had met her when I nearly died at the border. Could the moon goddess have spared me because she wanted me to meet Millicent? My parents have always believed in the Moon goddess but I had been sceptical until Millicent nearly died of that wolfsbane poisoning. I believe the goddess answered my prayers and brought her back to me. So, she must have saved me at that time as well, using Wendy...
I had been sent to guard our borders being the better warrior and one with impeccable military strategy where Sylvester had been too impulsive but a great warrior nonetheless. I had been there for about two years when on that fateful day, I had sent my warriors out. They had been working very hard helping me out on a new strategy and I wanted them to stretch their legs, relax and have fun with any willing female of their choice. I was also going to relieve tension with any willing female that I fancied when I was through putting finishing touches to what I was working on, when the attack occured.
Some vampires and rogue wolves, out of no where, attacked me. My quickness of limb did not help me much. I killed a good number of them but I was outnumbered and could not get to my men through mind link. It was as though, we were blocked out- strange!
I did all I could but I was losing a lot of blood from all the areas I had been clawed and injured. I could feel myself losing strength, even as I continued fighting and wading off their attacks The rogue wolves started laughing as the vampires grew more blood thirsty. I started feeling dizzy, everywhere growing dark. I was moving from east to west like a drunk, not really seeing those I was fighting but determined to keep fighting till my men came back, praying the link would become active.
Then came a point when I knew I was gone and was going to fall, everywhere started moving round in circles and I felt I was standing on my head and then, the battle suddenly ceased and I fell, everything had gone black.
I woke sometime later and was shocked at my environment. Many strange objects and there was this tall beautiful woman saying strange things to me, then I realised she was making some sort of incantations.
'Who are you? Where am I?' I asked.
My men rushed to me. 'Alpha you're awake. Thank goodness. We thought we had lost you for real!'
'What happened?' I asked, my brain woozy and I had a slight headache.
'There was a battle. You are indeed a great warrior, Alpha Christopher. When we saw the number of bodies lying dead on the ground, we knew it had been a major attack and you single - handedly fought them all off. We are privileged to serve under you!' my Beta said, bowing.
I waved it aside and tried to sit up but could never not. The pain in my body, especially my limbs was excruciating. I recalled it all then. How the hounds and vampires had been coming at me from all angles and sides, only my agility and quickness of limb had helped me.
'Why could I not get to you through mind - link?' I asked. That question had been bothering me. It felt like there was a traitor in our midst but I was not going to alert them yet.
'I'm not sure', Samuel, my Beta said. 'I was going to ask why you didn't think it necessary to tell us what was going on through the mind - link. Then I reasoned that you may have thought you could tackle them alone but they kept being reinforced, and when you decided to alert us, you could no longer do it because you had become too week due to the quantity of blood you had lost'.
I nodded. But I knew someone or something had intentionally blocked the link and intimated the vampires and rogue wolves that I was alone.
'How long have I been unconscious?' I asked.
'About Three weeks!'
'Did you send word home?' I asked, hoping they hadn't. Sylvester, my younger twin had a lot to do, leading the pack and I didn't want to alarm him.
'We did but played down your condotion a bit because we knew you'd want us to do that. Your brother sends his best wishes for your speedy recovery'.
'Good!' I said nodding.
'I felt strange and restless. When I got up, I was drawn to the field where you were fighting', the strange beautiful woman who had been making incantations said.
'Who are you?' I asked again, looking at her but there was nothing in her appearance to show that we had met before.
'I am Wendy, at your service, Alpha Christopher.
I nodded for her to continue.
'I saw how bravely you fought alone but you were losing a lot of blood and could fall at anytime and they would definitely have killed you then for sure. So, I cast a spell and they could no longer see you. I then teleported the both of us to this place to tend to your wounds', she added.
'You are a...' I began, not knowing if she would feel an exception to the word.
'Witch', she completed for me. 'Witch Wendy at your service, sir', she repeated, smiling at me.
'How did you know where to find me?' I asked my men. But it was Wendy who answered again. 'I drew them to this place'.
Then my Beta, Samuel, continued the narration. 'When we got to this place and saw you immobile, we were going to kill Wendy but she told us what had happened and took us to our border where we saw the bodies and believed her. She has since tended your wounds and we are joyful that you are now awake!'
'I owe you my life, eh..Wendy', I said, looking gratefully at her. 'What can I do to show my appreciation?' I asked.
'Rest for now so that you can recover fast and let's be friends. I shall tell you what I want later!' she said coyly and I nodded.
