CHAPER TWO

Dalton's stepdaughter is a beautiful and clever girl. She is a tall slim girl with blonde curly hair. She has a tiny voice that relates to her body shape. Her only body part that is large is her ears, a wide oval-shaped ears.

She and her mother usually go to Tampa market to sell. Every time they leave to the market, Ava's two brothers will plead with their parents to follow Ava, but they couldn't since it was Ava and her daughter was allowed to still associate with the people, Dalton, and the boys couldn't meet with them.

Meanwhile, Dalton and Harper's family struggled to survive in the dark cave. The boys had no real education, and their only source of entertainment was listening to their mother and stepsister's stories of life outside the cave. Ava would often describe the sights and sounds of the market, and the boys would listen with wide-eyed wonder, imagining what it would be like to live in a place where they could run and play freely in an open field with other kids.

Dalton and Haper the mother of the children never liked the life of cave, their children were lacking the basic things they could have been learning from others just because of Dalton's covetousness. The boys are of age to have enrolled in a craft and working with their master. Ava too would be learning from other mothers, not just her. Usually, they both have arguments about it.

Ava at least has seen what life outside the cave looks like, but for the boys, they were young before they moved there. Despite their struggles, Dalton and Harper remained determined to provide for their family. Dalton continued to hunt for food, and Harper would weave baskets from the vines that grew outside the cave. They had learned to make do with what little they had, but deep down, they longed for a better life for their children.

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In a deep dark primeval forest with houses built in it is where this pack of werewolves lives. This place is called the city of Timpa. Timpa have been existing for a long time. Jaxpon is Timpa's current alpha king. Jaxpon a strong, charming alpha with facial hair and statuesque height. He has a scar on the left side of his face, he had the scar when he was fighting alongside his father during their invasion in the eastern part of the forest. He lost his father during the war, although they came back victorious, but he never remained the same after the war.

 Timpa has many caves in it, Jaxpon usually sends people there as punishment. In one of the caves was the family of Dalton. Dalton was a hunter before he was sent there, and he still hunts to be able to provide for his family. Dalton wanted to steal from Jaxpon, but he was caught before executing his mission. His family with him was sent out to the cave to live there. He and his sons cannot step their feet in Tampa main village except his wife and her daughter, who is Dalton's stepdaughter that can only visit Tampa main village. They often go there to sell the meat that Dalton hunts and buys foodstuff for the family.

Jaxpon stood tall and regal in the heart of the ancient forest, surveying the land he called home. His piercing gaze, accented by the fierce scar that marked his face, spoke of his strength and conviction as the alpha of this powerful werewolf pack.

Jaxpon often took long walks in the forest, searching for any signs of his mate. He would stare at the moon and howl, hoping that his mate would hear his call and respond. But night after night, his howls went unanswered, and the emptiness within him grew deeper.

Jaxpon has lost hope of seeing his mate. The rumors he has been hearing from his subjects, he has started believing them. Jaxpon who was without a Luna or a child, his subject believed that the moon goddess wanted to pay him for his wickedness by not giving him his mate because how can an alpha king like him not have not seen his mate. How many territories he had conquered. The economy and peace of Tampa can never be compared to the pass, not even with his father's time. Although his own way of leadership is authoritative, you either go his way or you will be punished. This made everyone to fear him.

In his alone time he will be thinking about Tampa fate if he gets killed in a war since there is no one to succeed him. A kingdom that was divided and high level of starvation before he ascended the throne and stopped their invasion into other territories but used those armies to settle Tampa intra conflict. As the conflict stopped, food production increased. How can his labor be destroyed because he can't find his mate.

This night he felt that like walking through the forest.

"The forest has been our home for generations, a place of refuge and strength," he remembered what his father had told him before at the same forest before he died, his voice deep and resonant.

In his mind, Jaxpon can hear his father's voice, strong and commanding. Father: "Jaxpon, you must always put your pack first. The safety and security of your people is your primary responsibility Don't let your personal desires cloud your judgment ."

Jaxpon remembers the look of determination on his father's face, the same look that Jaxpon wears now.

Father: "The pack is more important than any one wolf, even the alpha.

Jaxpon's : "Now, my father has died and I have done my part in keeping this place safe and sound yet I don't feel any faithfulness at all." He said to himself But now I fear my pack is at risk.

I must make a difficult decision."