Alpha position

Walking down the path of the forest, Theo sensed someone following him but with the familiar scent... he already knows who is it .

" come out Cain"

" Man... how did you know it was me ?" he came out of the bushes while dusting off his clothes that was covered with dust and his head with fallen leaves...

" Why did you come ?" he asked as he knows that Cain would only appear if it's something urgent , because it was he himself that precisely told him so.

" Ahem... well..." he said nervously and took a deep breath while continued , " Since your father asked about you, I didn't know what to tell him so I told him that you went out hunting Dèrox at the west! so now you have to hunt that really rare white Dèrox or else the Alpha will confine us down!". Cain said it in one breath and is now heavily panting while feeling like a bit of a weight is lifted from his shoulder , but what Theodore said made him weighed the weight down again

" It's you who lied, why would I be confined?"

Cain became irritated hearing what Theo said ... he doesn't know whether he is grateful that he became the friend of the pack leader's son or to be regretful that he is the only fool to think Theo treats him as a friend....

" This motherfucker can't even be grateful that I hid what he is doing in front of his damn father " Cain said in his thoughts while showing an irritated smile .

" so you are saying I shouldn't have saved your ass back then?" irritation was clear from Cain's voice and through his forced smile.

" I never asked you to "

Theo walked passed Cain as if nothing happened while Cain shouts in frustration

"YA! THEODORE! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!"

Cain didn't ask anything further because he knows that his "dear friend" wouldn't answer even if he shouts on top of his lungs, so he just follows where Theo is heading towards.

5 hours passed and Cain couldn't hold his curiosity any longer as they have been walking non-stop and walking on an ice berg was never his style either.

" YA! Theo! where the heck are we going that you have been walking for hours!"

" What has He been doing these days?" Theo asked, not that curious but its important for him to know .

" You mean The Alpha? nothing much … which makes me also think its weird because that's unusual of him.. but one thing is for sure that he didn't dropped the topic of making you the next Alpha of the Pack"

" TSK.... not surprised" mumbled Theo underneath his breath with an annoying voice.

Wanting to become the next Alpha is never Theo's desire... If you ask him what is the least position he wants to be in ; without any hesitation he will answer while grinning his teeth " Alpha's position" ; . Well that is ,if you have the courage to go to him and ask.

The reason he consider it as if its his nemesis is because he notice how corrupted and greedy one could be if they have that position.

To choose between your family and the throne

To choose between power and weakness

To choose between greed and honesty

to choose , to choose, to choose!!!

You will always be give options to choose! and before you could even realize greed, ego, pride has already taken over you .

The feeling of having a high respect than anyone

The feeling when everyone don't dare to look down on you

The feeling of wanting anything by any means of possible

And this ... he has witnessed it from his own father who calls himself the Alpha of the pack, the same Alpha that abandoned his own family for the throne and power, the same Alpha that's obsessed with gaining high rank status and the same Alpha that would rather choose his status than his own family

Being a selfish ruler without a single bit of emotion when his wife died is the least he wants to become; so he always try his best to avoid being involved in the corrupted world of being an Alpha.

As Theo stopped his walk without warning, Cain got his face slammed on that sturdy strong back of his friend's .

" you could've say something !" whined Cain as he rubs his throbbing nose cartilage

" Cain, get me an info" demanded Theo as he turn himself looking at his friend who was showing a curious looking face waiting to hear the remaining unsaid instructions yet to receive.

" Jacine i will close the shop, there isn't much customer anyway so you can return" announced Mark coming from the kitchen while drying his wet hands with the mini towel that's hanging on his waist apron.

" I could help too!" insisted Jacine but Mark had other plan while closing the shop so he refused and sent Jacine away.

" Kai... if only you had listened to me that time, that woman's child wouldn't be here bringing danger to us . "

Walking on his way home... Jacine thought its still early to go, so he decided to roam around a little and then return . Jacine heard noises of some teen kids playing and headed towards that direction.

They were playing marbles . Its a common game which is played ; the more you gain the marbles, the winner you are.

Each Players should have an equal amount of 2-4 marbles from the total marbles calculated, the rest of the marbles is kept on the ground encircled by a large circle around it . The Game starts with the first player aiming one of its marble at the group of the marbles on the ground so that it scatters. The marbles that goes out of the circle are the ones that he gets to gain. And it continues so until the marbles inside the circle are all taken by the players. Its just like how you play Pool , if you don't hit the balls into the pool ,your turn is over, and if you are lucky to shoot all the balls into the hole , the winner is already declared .

" Hey guys! i wanna play too!" Jacine said excitedly because he is confident he could get all the marbles . The kids allowed him to play but....

" HEY! THAT'S ENOUGH! " shouted one of the kid as he gets frustrated that Jacine has been the only one gaining more marbles

" but why? i still have many more chances " Jacine said excitedly as he shoots again, gaining another marble

" You are the only one getting marbles and its not fair! at this rate you will be the one taking almost all the marbles home!" complained another child and pushed Jacine away stopping him from playing with them anymore.

" You guys are just jealous " Jacine scuffed

" What??" asked the same kid while showing a " WTF are you saying" face.

"Just admit it that you cant play as good as me" Jacine said proudly not knowing he is getting on their nerves.

"Jealous? " scuffed the kid who shouted earlier and grinned his teeth with an irritated expression

" G.E.T. H.I.M"

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As the night falls the village lights are out , fireflies that are retained inside a lantern or using a fire torch to lighten their way during night time, thanks to these source of lights Theo is able to walk without bumping into anyone but its not like he cant see in the dark when he is transformed, he did told himself he wont reveal his true identity and also he can just simply use his strong sense of smell for directions but it wont help him for his vision when in the human form.

" Is carrying a deer by myself something to be surprised of? " murmured Theo to himself with a deer which he hunted, on his shoulder as he walks back to Maria's house.

KNOCK. KNOCK.

While waiting for the door to be opened , he could already hear some noises inside and knew whose it was.

" I told you I am fine mom!" Jacine shouted as he opened the door and looked up at Theo surprised with his face and clothes dirty. As Jacine moved his gaze at Theo's shoulder , he gasped " HOLY SHIT!" as he witnessed a hunted deer, which was usually supposed to be carried with a cart or at least 4 men, was actually carried by 1 person alone!.