Experiment

I want to see it. I want to know everything. If I am the next ruler of this tribe and wish to change everything, I need to know everything to plan everything to stop them.

"Aloisa!" I called her.

"Yes, my lady!" she responded to my call in an instant.

"Go on ahead and learn everything that you can. Do it discreetly. No one else has to know except me..." I commanded her with a stern voice.

"As you wish, my lady..." her response and then quickly moved away.

I followed to where my father is going. I want to see the experiment that they are talking about earlier. As I am walking towards the restricted area, I can hear howls. These are not just any ordinary wailing of lupus. It sounded like the very essence of their life is being stripped away. Closer and closer can also hear some screams of fear and anger from paragons. The noise is overwhelming. It feels like they are all begging me to free them from this wretched curse of a life.

I continued to walk and tried to ignore them as much as I could. I saw father standing there watching like it was the best show ever. I stood right next to him, and there I saw the most horrible scene ever.

Paragons are chained and tortured while their lupus is caged and bound. Nothing hurts more than to watch your other half being tortured or experimented on. I looked away as I cannot bear to see anymore. Even Astra and Solana are enraged with the scene. I cannot believe that my father would be able to do such a thing. For ages, lupus is not just regarded as spirits, companions, or our other half. They are also looked up to as similar to the gods.

"So this is what that dead man was telling you earlier..." I said while trying to maintain my composure and trying not to puke because of the scene.

"Via... if this continues... I will be able to wipe those Hatians once and for all." He said. His voice is full of energy. It is as if he has now reached the peak of his insanity. He is now manifesting not just rage but hatred. This heavy aura oozing out of him is suffocating. I cannot stand it anymore.

I slowly moved back and walked away, and I could not understand his hatred. For all I know, we have been under the peace treaty with them for hundreds of years. So why does he wanna wipe them all out?

'Via! Meilla wants to talk to you!' Astra told me through our mind link.

Astra is the lupus of the 2nd king after our entire tribe has split into two. She has the ability to link every lupus to the king and talk to them or link the king to every lupus under his command. The very first time I saw her during the bonding ceremony. I was stricken by her appearance, having a deep indigo fur with gleaming white parts that look like the night sky covering her entire back while her legs down to her paws are pure white and floating while walking so that her paws don't touch the ground.

'Via... you are still recounting the day we met...' she told me. She is so quiet that I sometimes forget that she is just there—Solana's exact opposite.

Solana, my other lupus, on the other hand, is as loud as she can be. With a firey and aggressive attitude. We did not fight during the bonding ritual, unlike the others. I do feel envious about that fact; they have earned their bond in the traditional sacred way. At the same time, I, on the other hand, was celebrated to contain this immense aura greater than the previous rulers, so they had done the taboo of bypassing the ritual and directly summoning both Solana and Astra.

'If anyone would ask... I would rather fight, unlike having this silent booger here with me is so much a killjoy compared to being hollow.' Solana spoke.

Any other person or lupus would get offended by her words, but Astra is so good at ignoring her to the point where she would just shut up.

'Via! we need to do something... we have to save them.' Astra once again spoke. I know what she meant, as we can all feel the agony of every single lupus. I won't be a hypocrite. I had killed countless paragons, but never in my mind would I get myself to kill a holy beast.

'I know, for now, we have to ask Solanis Halley; she is the only one that could guide us on what to do next.' I said as we all continued to talk through our mind link.

'My lady...' Meilla talked again.

'Yes, Meilla?' I answered

'We found something in the woods.' She said with an urgent tone

'What is it?' I asked

'It is hard to describe the scene, my lady, but based on the scent... most likely a massacre has taken place here. The stench of blood is everywhere, and if the wind catches on, this could spread through Zion and cause widespread panic.' She explained

'Understood! Don't do anything for now. I need you to come back. We have an important mission.' I commanded them.

'As you wish, my lady. We will be there after a few minutes.' Their short and brief reply

I looked back on the area where father had gathered those helpless lupus' and lambdas to be test subjects for his experiments.

Every scream is deafening and piercing. I can feel their agony and pain as if they were mine. I have to stop my father, and if it reaches that point, I won't hesitate to kill him.