Chapter 3

Jake and the others witness the murder, several bodies in an open grave the culprit stares at them, he seemed not to believe his eyes saw several wild animals. He steps slowly backwards and tries to look smaller until he takes distance and runs away. Border patrolman find him and blurt out the killer, snap photos and address attached in an envelope.

"There's going to be media, coroners, police, the forensics team, and all sorts of curious people for months to come." Alysha arrives speaking after seeing them leave with the passed out killer" How am I going to hunt around here?" He finishes.

"Alysha, we can't leave the bodies here. " Farkas Anamali's father and Jake's beta turns to the girl. "Every person here has family."

"We must keep our distance from the site and leave humans away from our packs" Jake says.

"I want to see the victim that is in your hospital" The Governor says as his security guards put a cloak over him covering his nudity.

This didn't stop Alysha from taking a good look at the man in front of her, muscular body, red hair, unshaven beard and piercing green eyes. Anamali beside her was doing the same.

"Watch out!" Logan says attracting the attention of the two "You're dripping drool" He laughs following his father

"Aly" Anamali whispers to her panther friend" I... felt it when I held Logan's hand" Confides her panther friend.

" What, how handsome he is with that dark tattooed body, the medium black hair?" Aly laughs

"He's my mate!" Says startled, and the two look ahead where Logan was waving and waiting for the two.

"Wow! He didn't feel ... not even a different reaction?" Alysha questions her as they walked slowly,

"I don't know, I looked away" She says, making a sign of silence after they approached the others.

"Mali and Alysha, take Logan to show how we hunt and the divisions of territories while we handle the governor's business." Jake asks and everyone settles in except Logan.

"Typically, they will dump me with anyone in that group to avoid the conversation and questions I have." High Answers going forward

Jake shakes his head and walks off.

"Anyone?" Anamali was turning furiously and when the alpha's son looks back he gets scared and starts running, and it was surprisingly fast, soon they are in the meadow running to the cliff near a river, then the two stop breathing and sit there enjoying the wind from the north, the moon was already high in the sky and none of the young men there knew how long they had been running, but that view was totally worth it. They glimpse in the distance wild animals hunting, all in harmony.

"That, is better than I could have imagined" whispers Logan

"It must be confusing to find out you are a wolf and the future alpha". Mali comments

"It's different, I was always the fastest, strongest in the class at every school, and somehow I felt like an outsider there. On fathers days or showing off dad's profession I was never able to participate, and now I know why." Says Logan." As my mother would say, my father is an alpha, and I am a wolf. I have read many times about scientists and their research, and we would be the greatest discovery."

"I was told that the human world is the same here, I mean about the way of living.

"Most of them are busy running after money and goods, the children and teenagers are the same. The gigantic buildings..."

"I always wanted this Logan," says the dreamy Mali, "I wanted to live there and see this human world."

" You've never been? You live isolated here?" Logan laughs in disbelief

"Me, all I know is being a wolf and this here is all I know," she says pointing around "I've been to the little town, I studied there with humans, but I had to stop. There were people chasing me on the way back. I finished my studies here with a teacher who lives in the human world but lives here.

The two hear howling and Anamali immediately gets up. The alpha shouted and Logan kept walking, everyone looked worried.

"Where were you, I was afraid for you two. The party of Alpha Vilkas was attacked by the guardians of the mist. I thought you were there, and you were one of the dead!" shouts Jake angrily.

"You don't need that, Dad! We are adults, and you sent her to show me around. I was on the cliff watching the animals and the boundaries of the packs." Logan says seriously.

" We need to talk about some things you don't understand Logan, Anamali I'm releasing you from tonight's shift. I require you to call Alysha into the group, it is safer for her that she is alone and away from the group of panthers. " Says Jake and she nodded, walking over.

She was interrupted by a familiar voice, she dared not turn around and look who it was. "Anamali, I require help.

" Didn't you need it when you tricked me by saying we were just going to watch a human party, and it turned out to be... a secret meeting, where were you when I was captured?" She shouts, attracting the attention of a few passing people turning back to the pack.

"What? By whom?

" Don't play dumb, Marcus, not even the alpha or my father know. That meeting and the people they worked for were scientists, that's where Alysha and I escaped to. " You say and finish" I saw you there and that you took me to their experiments. "

" I... yes, you're right, that's why I made them trust me, and then I was able to free the members of my pack. Is that what you want to hear?

" I didn't take you to be captured, I took a Wonterpanam" Marcus says and is attacked by Alysha.

"For all I care, I would kill you right here and now". Shouts Aly in rage.

"What's going on here?" Farkas growls causing Marcus and the others to back away "Blackverus told us you are hanging around the group again. If I see you near my daughter, something of yours will never work again" He threatens through clenched teeth and his previously blue eyes change color to orange.

"Excuse me Mr. Demnser," Marcus says and walks away

"Daughter? I want to know why I didn't tell you before that you were captured by scientists". Farkas says and signals for the two to enter the pack and go home.

"Wait, I have come to warn you that the guardians of the mist are looking for the guardian of the older wolf and the heir." Marcus counters and turns into a wolf running into the forest.

"Damn, that complicates the situation. Both of you go into the house and don't come out for anything." Farkas commands and turns to the warriors.

"Stay alert, news has been brought that the guardians of the mist are searching for the guardian of the elder wolf, the heir is in danger, anything you see, report it immediately, this is not a training." Farkas warns, there were members of the elders there talking to Blackverus.

"The signs are clear, and we need to wake up the heir wolf. "Blackverus says "This is a matter for the elders of the circle.

Blackverus was an elder that no one knew why he was there, and was sure that he had called The Great Circle of Elders to a meeting, this hasn't happened in decades. The ritual would need to be completed urgently, the chaos had already started and only the heir with the wolf elder could stop it and save all the brothers and sisters of the reserve, wolves, panthers, lions and bears. Everyone hoped that Logan would help, because this problem was not unique to Fullmoon, but from all sides, there are invasions and deaths. Half of the country was turned into a reserve. This in itself scared and angered many humans with a thirst for power, using a beautiful and conscious slogan to hide the rottenness of their projects, hypocrisy on all sides and everyone wanting the destruction of a reserve that is home to millions of wild animals and all living without any human intervention. They want to make money out of it, appear in the media as the responsible ones, but without the responsibilities. For this reason, every four years a member of a pack is elected in the human world, in various areas, to protect and keep this world secret. Even so, many scientists live trying to get in and find out what they are hiding, and this includes humans with government conspiracy theories. Many hybrids in the human world are in danger, there is a plot and traitors bringing information to the government aiming to annihilate the races, only the ancient heir has the power to fight it all. The love story of the century, "The Heiress and the Guardian''.

Lunaris has delayed her return to the pack by investigating and gathering information about hybrids and pursuits. Many have been disappearing and the Institute for research and conservation of inhuman hybrid subjects called her, they are in a critical situation and want the governor's intervention for a place in the reserve designated for hybrids. She promised she would take the matter to Jake, alpha and representative of the reserve.

She was anxious, years away from her mate and so many times she imagined the reunion with her beloved Jake, running through the meadow together, in a hilltop cabin alone, the hunts together with her brothers and sisters.