RIAN'S POV
"Take all their resources and burn their homes and buildings," I heard my father cruelly order his army of wolves. "Capture as many of them as you can so we can take them back as slaves, including children. Among the ones you capture take all the women and defile them in front of their men to demoralize them," my father ordered his pack's knights. "Once you're done report back to me and we can head back."
I was hidden behind some trees around the small area where my father was, by the entrance of the city he was raiding.
Soon the army spread out and began to light fires to all the buildings in the city the dark night of the sky turning red and orange, illuminating everything. Soon I heard sounds of distant screaming and saw multiple people begin to run around. Families running out of their burning homes. All the while my father's army was looting their resources and or capturing people.
My eyes widened in horror as I witnessed this. This had not been what I was expecting when I snuck along with my father's army and followed them to the kingdom of the pack they were invading. I could only remain behind the bushes watching in horror.
After a while, a group of wolves were then brought to my father. The group consisted of; a middle-aged man, two women, and five children.
"Your Majesty, I present you the royal family of the Ibris pack," one of the army wolves told him.
A man from the captured group was then pushed forward toward my father and made to kneel before him.A satisfied grin appeared on my father's face.
"Alpha Andrea," my father said to him. "As you can see, I'll be taking your kingdom." He pointed at the city that was up in flames.
Andrea had a fearful demeanor but tried to be strong for his family.
"Do what you want with me but don't hurt my family please!" the alpha begged my father.
My father smiled evilly, "just for that I'm going to start with them. How dare you think can make a request in this situation."
"No, no!" the alpha begged.
"Bring me his heir," my father ordered, and army wolves came forward and they pulled the boy away from the enemy alpha.
He was a little boy perhaps the same age as me, maybe a little bit older. Pure fear was on his face as he looked at my merciless father. My father towered over him like
From the trees where I hid, I could only watch in horror. How could…how could my father do this to people? I couldn't believe this. He then lifted his arm and changed it to his wolf claws.
"Watch as I end him," he said to Alpha Andrea sadistically.
My father would rip the boy into two at this rate. He was just a child. I couldn't take this anymore. This was too much for me. I wanted to stop this, but how? What power did I have? As my father's arm lowered, I unconsciously let out a disembodied scream as I didn't know what to do to help the situation. My father looked my way and narrowly missed the boy's face giving him a scratch instead. There a pause for a moment.
Whilst my father was distracted by me Alpha Andrea quickly took advantage of the moment and went forward pulling his son away. All the army wolves attention turned to Alpha Andrea.
"Run, all of you! I'll handle this," he yelled at his family and then pushed the boy back. He transformed into his wolf form and made an attempt to hit my father but my father dodged. My father took a moment as he looked in my direction once more. I knew I was going to be in trouble once this was over but that wasn't important right now.
"Father!" the boy said as he held his bleeding eye.
"Get out of here that's an order!" Alpha Andrea yelled out desperately.
The boy reluctantly followed the order and began to run. The army wolves tried to chase after him, but Andrea rushed to stop them and his other family members tried to do the same as they screamed.
Andrea continued to defend and attack buying time for his family.
Before I could even process all that was happening my father suddenly appeared behind Alpha Andrea. He then cleanly swept off Andrea's head with his claws and it dropped to the ground. I brought my hands to my mouth to keep from screaming in horror.
"Find all of them and kill them," My father coldly ordered his wolves.
The army wolves ran to catch the remaining members of the Ibis royal family. Some of the other family members had also been caught and killed. The others were being chased down after they ran away during the Alpha's distraction. I wondered if the boy was going to make it? Would he be able to escape?
The situation seemed completely hopeless and there was nothing I could do. I sat down on the ground in defeat and my head to knees in distress.
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I woke up with a start breathing heavily and panting. It was that nightmare again I thought to myself.
I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep after that dream, I would just have it again. So I had to stay awake until morning. I got out of my bed and lit a candle that was on my bedside table. I then went to my walk-in closet where I got a stool to reach one of the high locked hidden shelves. I unlocked it and brought the candle close to find what I was looking for. In the far end of the shelf behind some sheets was a bunch of books and some vials. I took out a book and as well as some vials all containing herbs and interesting liquids inside.
I decided I would instead continue working on my research as I waited for morning to come. With my work in hand I went toward the table in the main room from where I could work from. I placed all my materials on the table and sat down. I listened carefully with my ears focused on any footsteps outside my room.
I had to do all this in secret as well as keep my work hidden or else I would be in trouble. Memories of what happened to me the time I got caught came to mind. I opened my research book to the last page I had written and opened the vial of the ointment I was currently working on.