Rare Gem...

Inside a dark room, smokes could be seen lingering everywhere, it was coming from the incense lamps that stood at each corner of the room.

A figure could be seen lying lifelessly on the bed with a man beside him. Beads... beads of sweat could be seen all over the face of the figure lying on the bed.

The figure was none other than Alexander while the man beside him was Old man Chen. He had been coming to this place for the past four days to check on him but there was no changes. Alex was still in his half beast form and has been in a deep sleep since the day he'd found them at the forest, both passed out.

He couldn't tell what had happened to them but from the look of things he was sure of one thing...

Their fate and path are crossed.

However, old man Chen shook his head as he stared at the sleeping Alex. He would never believe it if someone else were to tell him what he saw four days ago.

~~ FLASHBACK ~~

~~ NIGHT, FOUR DAYS AGO ~~

"Urghh.."

Old man Chen groaned dewy eyed as he flickered his eyes open. His head grew slightly dizzy as he struggled to get up and instantly his brows furrowed when found himself on the ground. Looking around, he found he was laying amidst plant far away from his hut and instantly what happened resurfaced in his mind.

Kim!

Old man Chen's eyes clear instantly, he managed to drag himself up from the ground and began running towards the hut. Immediately he got there, he found the door of the hut left ajar.

Hastily looking around, he didn't see Kimberly anywhere. He called and called for her but got no response. He was still looking around for her when his eyes caught the withered plants and his eyes widened.

No..!

Instantly, he began trailing the withered plants and it was leading him to the inner part of the forest but he cared less.

However...

He kept following the plants till he couldn't find the trails anymore, the withered plants were no longer seen. He began looking around for any clue but found none. What will he tell the Alpha that it's what happened to Kimberly?

He kept looking and looking when suddenly, he heard some sounds. He wasn't quite sure for the first time, but the second time, he left where he was stood and went to look for where the sounds was coming from.

He mistakenly stepped his foot on something and he fell. He stood up again and make an attempt of leaving, but heard the sounds again.

"What's this? At this hour?" He mumbled. However amidst the sounds, a sudden loud scream was heard and he stumbled. He was beginning to get very scared.

He took some steps forward and what he saw nearly took life out of him. It was at that moment the he saw a young woman in a black gown sitting on the ground with her eyes closed with a creature he'd never seen in his life staring at her like as if she's some rare gem.

Fear was a bad disease and Old man Chen wished he never had it. He wanted to go save the young woman but he couldn't. But however, looking at how the beast was staring at her like a precious item, was it enough to show that the beast won't hurt her?

Old man Chen fearfully stared at the duo especially the young woman carefully, trying to see if he could make out her face but he couldn't. And it was at that moment, that the unexpected happened.

The young woman opened her eyes and instantly pulled the beast into a warm hug.

Huh?!

Old man Chen's eyes widened in terror and his body shook involuntarily because of what was happening in front of him.

He wanted to run but his legs betrayed him, it refused to move. So he stood watching what was happening.

At that instant, he heard a shrill growl escape from the beast's mouth. It was as if the beast was in an excruciating pain as he kept growling and growling till he couldn't any longer.

After a while, Old man Chen's eyes widened for the umpteenth times that night as the beast's external body features began dissolving. He watched in terror mixed with amazement as the duo changed. The beast's external body features were dissolving whilst the young woman's black gown was changing to white!

It was at that moment that realization dawn on old man Chen that the young woman was actually Kimberly!

Huh?!

"What is happening?!" He thought inwardly with his mouth agape, staring at the duo.

However...

Not long after, Old man Chen's brows furrowed as his eyes settled on the beast whose beast's features has all disappeared and was only left with silver furs on some part of his body, looking like a wolf man.

"That back looks familiar.." Old man Chen muttered staring at the beast who was backing him.

At that moment, he saw the Kimberly's hand that was wrapped around the beast move slightly and instantly they dropped. At that instant, the beast also moved as he carried the young woman in front of him. Old man Chen's heart skipped the moment he saw the beast carry Kimberly.

But however, he heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the beast lay her down on a tree. Seems like she passed out.

Before Old man Chen could blink twice, he saw the beast squat down in front of Kimberly's unconscious figure but he couldn't see clearly what he was doing.

However...

It was not up to fourth five seconds the beast squatted down to Kimberly's level when....

"Who are you..?"

Old man Chen heard the beast mutter, with the help of his wolf's ability to hear from afar.

However, immediately after he heard the beast say that, he saw the beast's body drop as if he too has also passed out.

Old man Chen waited for about five minutes but he didn't hear anything else. He took a deep breath and began walking out of the place he was hiding. Immediately he got there, his eyes almost fell out of their sockets as they caught the familiar of Alex.

"Alpha..?!"

Old man Chen gasped out loudly.

Yes, he knows of the supreme Alpha Alex's beast but he has never seen it in his life, and no one else too including Ethan and Roman, his closest. That was why he wasn't able to recognize it when he first saw it.

"So that was why his back were familiar..." Old man Chen thought inwardly.

Looking at the duo in front of him, Old man Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Should he cry at how miserable their fate has been? or should he laugh that their path was becoming clearer than it was before?

However...

He had to get them out of there but where?

"The hut is not the best place they should be, not with the condition they are in right at the moment and the Alpha's mansion is very far from here to carry the both of them together..." old man Chen fell in deep thought.

At that moment...

"What of the castle?" Bai, his wolf said all of a sudden inside his mind and immediately Old man Chen's brows furrowed.

"The castle?" Old man Chen thought, he had forgotten that the Supreme Alpha actually has a castle down the hill, few meters away from the forest.

How many hundreds of years has passed since he last went there? Well, it wasn't his fault for forgetting, the Supreme Alpha hardly goes there and he could swear the Supreme Alpha hasn't been there for less the five centuries.

"Are we going there or not?" Bai, asked as he tried so hard to hide the excitement in his voice. Blame him not, Old man Chen hardly let him out as he was always practicing his herbal spells and doing a healer works.

But however...

Old man Chen notice the excitement in his voice and let out a chuckle. They were the same so Bai can't just hidden anything from him, he too was also excited as he was about go for a long run and letting Bai out wasn't really a bad idea.

At that moment...

"Yes.., we are.." Old man Chen muttered and instantly, he could feel Bai waggling his tail in excitement.

Almost immediately, he began to shift,the sounds of his cracking bones could be heard, as everything separated and joined together again, forming his huge silver wolf, Bai.

After he had shifted fully, Bai stood heavily on the ground, his silver colored fur shining brightly under the moon light and he made a loud and deep howl all over the forest.

"How long has it been?" Bai howled and waggled his tail in excitement as it has been very long he went for a run.

At first, Making Kimberly lie on his back was very hard for him but finally he was able to gather her on his back. Taking in a deep breath, Bai sped off.

After a while, Bai came back to the forest and did the same with Alex and sped off towards the same place he took Kimberly, towards the supreme Alpha's castle.

~~ FLASHBACK ENDS ~~

"She's awake, but why aren't you waking up?" Old man Chen asked.

With that, he stared at the sleeping Alex lastly before walking out of the room.