Chapter 2

LUCINA'S POV

Zach drove down the street of New Orleans and stopped by my apartment with a serious look on his face. He had something important to tell me and I could sense that. Maybe about a mission or something about the pack.

"Is there something wrong? Is it about the pack? Is Celine okay?"

"Of course, Celine is okay. She is the Alpha and can't be defeated easily." he said with a small smile, which was replaced by a serious look again. He looked at the cloudy sky and then back at me, "The council of elders will select a successor at the celebration in a week's time." he gave me a picture and pointed at the guy in it. "This guy, Edmund, is the most promising candidate, and we are sure he will be chosen. He is the New Moon Pack Alpha and the strongest among the candidates."

"New Moon Pack Alpha? The largest group?"

"Yes.... He defeated the last Alpha and became an Alpha at thirteen and have been undefeatable ever since his young age. He keeps growing stronger every year." he said looking at the picture, "He is a strong Alpha and feared by many packs Alpha." he looked at her, "The celebration day will be the best time to get closer to the Council of Elders and find out what they are planning to do. We also want to find out more on Edmund and what he's planning on next. Celine choose you for this assignment, because she believes you are the best to take it on and move amidst them unnoticed. You will disguise as a waiter and provide services to the elders in exchange for getting the information we need."

I looked at the picture with widened eyes as he said I was chosen for the assignment. Just the moment I have been waiting for all my life, the moment I have been wishing for to come. That moment is finally here. I will be able to see the faces of the murderers who killed my family and my pack. I tightened my hold on the seatbelt and swallowed nothing, trying not to show how excited I was to Zach or he will get suspicious. I took a silent breath and looked at him.

"I will take on this mission and won't disappoint the pack."

He narrowed his eyes as he stared at me as if sensing the build up excitement inside me. I stared back at him not blinking away or I will give in to his suspicion.

He stared away and sighed, "Are you hiding something cause you seem emotional right now?"

I forced out a smiled and looked straight, "Have you forgotten who I am? I am Lucina, the best in the game. Why will I be emotional about an assignment?"

He nodded and his mouth twitched, "Remember what Celine said, never reveal your identity. The Elders will hunt you down until you are dead. Don't forget what they did to you."

Celina, the female Alpha of my pack had warned me before my previous missions, my identity should never be revealed to anyone. I closed my eyes and leaned backward, remembering the final words of my mother.

'Lucina...... You are a rare gem and the descendant of the moon goddess. Power hungry men will come after you for this gift you have. Promise me you will never reveal your true self to anyone. Keep this secret with you till the end."

"I promise mother......"

I sighed and opened my eyes, with a serious look on my face, "I will take this mission and get the information the pack needs. Celine picked right cause I am the best at disguising."

The day my pack was exterminated was still clear in my head, how they were all bitten to death and killed. A group of crazy-like werewolves surrounded my pack and killed them all including my dad, the Alpha of my pack, and my mother. The werewolves were led by the council of Elders, who ordered them to kill everyone and find me. The Council of the Elders are ten elected werewolves by the packs of the states to be in power responsible for coordinating conflicts between the packs and acting as military commanders when there are conflicts with other species. They are mostly male Alphas or Betas with strong combat power.

I was just twelve when my pack were attacked and I was been pursued by them. I was oblivious of the reason why I was hunted by them and was stuffed into a secret passage by my parent, escaping their cruel hands. I watched from the passage how my parent were bitten to death because they refused to give in to their request to bring me out. At that moment, I knew they were really after me. Before my parent left me in the secret passage, they gave me a blue pill and told me to use it when I run to the forest, also giving me the instruction not to reveal my true self to anyone especially the Elders.

After I watched my parent death, I ran to the forest panting heavily as the scene of my pack death kept playing out. I tripped and fell to the floor, clenching my fist in anger and pain. I sat there with the death of my parent replaying in her memory, while staring into space. I had no one again, everyone had left. I am a lone wolf now with no pack. I was ambushed by my previous rebellions pack and was forced to eat the secret pill, painfully shifting into an ordinary wolf. They took me in but bullied me all my stay there. They took me in as a slave not as a member of their pack, I wasn't welcomed until a new pack took me in. And now, after eight years, I will be able to see the men who killed my pack.

I smiled at Zach and came out of his car, heading towards my apartment. The night is a long night and I will need a lot of rest. In a week time, I will see those murderers again, I am well prepared enough for that moment.

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