The Alpha's Temptation

The night was ripe as the moon moved across the sky towards the horizon. Felis knew that he had only a few hours to take over Cetus Monastery and he couldn't afford to waste even a single minute. All his men shifted. They walked to the monastery. He led them to the part which was nearest to the main residence of the High Priest.

Along with his men he crouched in the middle of a thicket to observe movement. There weren't any at this time. Through his mind link, he ordered his men to slowly emerge from their places and start walking towards the monastery.

The walls of the monastery were tall but not enough to stop them. All of them climbed it and jumped to the other side. A wave of magic rippled over them as if cold water was splashed with force. Felis raised his hand to signal his Nyxers to stop. It was dark magic.

He touched the wall in the air and it rippled again, revealing the magic. As soon as he assessed what it was, he closed it eyes and chanted a spell, "Otvoraty ga!" dark magic flowed through him and cascaded out of his hands, slicing right through the dark magic. The invisible wall broke apart easily.

Felis scoffed, noticing that the monks hadn't even spread their strong magic spells around the walls. It was an easy breach.

Very cautiously, they padded their way to the residence of the High Priest. After checking the area, they moved closer. There were only two guards manning the corridor that led to his room. The Nyxers took them down and snapped their necks. They dragged them to the corner and dumped them. The next two guards that they encountered were at the main door of the residence. Felis killed them using only his claws before they could scream and call for help. He opened the door and walked inside the bedroom of the High Priest.

The High Priest was sleeping but when he heard the movement, he got up instantly. However, by that time Felis's men were already on top of him. They gagged him and tied his hands at the back as Felis stood watching the priest. This was the most crucial step for his victory.

After some protest, the priest sat there, too scared to move. When Felis saw that he wasn't protesting, he gestured to his men to open his gag.

"Who are you?" the High Priest asked as soon as his gag was removed. "And what do you want?" No one had dared to enter his residence. No one could break the magic wall he had created around the monastery wall. These men smelled different and so it meant that he was facing something very dangerous.

Felis crossed his arms across his chest. "I am King Felis of the Hydra Kingdom."

The priest paled. His mouth fell to the floor as goosebumps lined his skin. He was facing the most notorious wolf of Araniea. He heard a torch bursting to life when one of the Nyxers burned it. When the light of its flames fell on the king's face, the priest was petrified. He scanned the room and found that every wolf out there had uncontrolled tattoos all over their bodies and faces. Only the king's face was clear but the tattoos were rising to his neck. Felis looked like someone walking out of hell.

Felis moved closer to the bed. Dragging a chair towards the bed, he sat down on it. "We have something very important to discuss with you, and you are going to comply with it."

The priest was dumbfounded. His muscles tensed. He couldn't even perform dark magic because his hands were tied. Ever since he had become the priest of the Cetus Monastery, he was undoing everything that Menkar did. Menkar had ruined everything in the monastery. All the treasuries were empty. The infrastructure was in bad shape. He was so busy that he didn't anticipate that he would be attacked. And that too by the king of Hydra. He wondered how they must have come to Cetus.

"Wh--what do you want?" he asked.

Felis studied him for a second. He said, "I want you to call all your monks, Kaitos."

"Why?" Kaitos asked, glancing at the Nyxers standing around him. His throat became paper dry as his stomach knotted.

Felis scoffed. "Don't worry. I won't kill them. I need them and their magic. If you won't call them, you die."

"Then you can kill me!" Kaitos rasped. "But I won't risk the lives of my people."

Felis growled as he got up and walked to Kaitos. He curled his finger beneath his chin and dug his claw inside. Blood started trickling down Kaitos's neck. "I am not going to stop only by killing you. I am going to kill all in the monastery. And it's not a threat."

Kaitos looked at Felis with wide eyes full of fear. He was trying his best to connect with his men through mind link but he couldn't. There was magic more powerful than his that was stopping him from crossing a barrier.

"Call them now!" Felis growled, peeling his lips back. He grabbed his arm and lifted him off the bed. He pushed the priest to the door and ordered, "Call them!" Felis stayed behind the door that was opened just enough for Kaitos to peep through.

Kaitos had no choice. He could sense that the Hydra King was not joking. He was going to kill everyone if he didn't comply with his wishes. He shouted for his servants when he saw that the two guards stationed at his door were lying in a pool of blood. As soon as his servants came, he ordered them, "I want all the monks here for an emergency meeting."

"Everything okay, m'lord?" the servant asked.

Kaitos gulped. "It is. Call them all as soon as possible and ask them to assemble in the courtyard."

The servant frowned. He didn't ask questions. He just bowed and left to call them.

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Apologies all. I was on a small vacation. The updates will resume from today.