UNTAMED: THE ALPHA

"All the people mentioned will be trained as members of The Hound. We need more people to protect our territory!" one of the members of The Hound said out loud why they called those names earlier. "All the males, above sixteen years old, will be trained as members of The Hound!"

After hearing that, a loud clamoring erupted, not all the people liked the idea, to be honest, none of them liked this idea.

All of them objected to this new order, they knew first hand the horror of fighting the supernatural creatures. They ran here to seek shelter, a safe place, not to hand over their lives by becoming the members of The Hound.

Every single teenager was making a fuss, while the parents were strongly rejecting the new order, hugging their young family members protectively.

There were around seventeen to twenty names that had been called in this group, which meant there would be around a thousand teenagers from all the groups in this city.

"YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THIS RULE IS UNFAIR!"

"WE ARE NOT INTENDING TO BECOME THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUND!"

They protested, creating ruckus for that sudden order, but when a man in dark blue uniform raised his hand and fired a blank into the air, all the ruckus died down in an instant. The people looked terrified to say the least.

"If you object to this order, you can walk through the border gates and go back to Fokosa city!" he roared loudly.

Of course, the government would keep the people safe, but the fact that the number of the members of The Hound dwindling very drastically coupled with the situation where they needed to cover a large area to keep those non human beings away from the survivors and this city, was something that they couldn't solve without enforcing this order.

Since no one wanted to volunteer to join The Hound, this was the only option left. A conscription.

Vanesha looked at Nikolai with tears in her eyes, she hugged him very tightly because she knew what that meant.

"I don't want you to go," she said. She was only eleven and Nikolai was the only person that she knew in this chaotic situation and among these strangers.

However, Nikolai didn't know what to say to his sister, because he himself was not in the right state of mind. He would be trained to kill supernatural creatures.

"LINE UP NOW!" The command came very harsh and all the young teenagers that were called earlier, stood up and walked toward the five men there, while their families were crying.

But, for Nikolai, it was only his little sister, who held him back. Vanesha was hugging him very tightly, and refused to let him go. She was scared. She was afraid that she would have no one if Nikolai went with them.

And Nikolai didn't know what to do with his sister. He couldn't leave her like this, but those people were waiting for him.

"What are you waiting for?!" the man shouted at Nikolai and then marched toward him.

"I can't leave my sister alone, we no longer have parents." Nikolai looked up at the man pleadingly, while hugging Vanesha. "She will be all alone if I go."

The man looked at Vanesha and then lifted her by her arms, for which she screeched and tried to free herself. "How old are you?"

"She is eleven," Nikolai replied.

"She can go to an orphanage," the man said, as he grabbed Vanesha's skinny arm and took her out of the basement with Nikolai and the rest of the young teenagers there.

The reality hit Nikolai. He would be separated from his sister for who knew how long…

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The young girl was dressed in a blue dress with little red flowers, her black hair cascaded down her shoulders and she was smiling softly at Zuri.

Zuri recognized her immediately. She had seen her in the old picture that Anne showed her when she was little. It was her when she was at Zuri's age now.

She looked beautiful and her eyes sparkled with curiosity.

"I am sorry," Zuri cried into her hands, as she dropped to her knees. "I am sorry…" there was nothing that she could say again and she didn't know why among millions of words, these became her last words to her.

The young Anne knelt down next to her and looked at the heartbroken girl in front of her, as her eyes became sad.

"It's okay now. You don't need to be sorry." She wanted to touch her, take her in her arms or at least offer some warmth to soothe her pain, yet there was nothing she could do. She was no longer in this realm, touching her was out of limit. "I understand."

"Don't go… please," Zuri said between her cries. She lifted her head and looked at Anne, who was staring at her with her sad eyes. "I don't want you to go. I don't want you to die. Why should you die?" She shook her head and then turned to Hades. "Bring her back."

"Her time is up." Hades shrugged his shoulders.

"You can bring her back."

"Girl, you don't have anything to trade." Hades' yellow eyes then lit up. "Why don't you beg Chaos? Maybe he will trade his life? But then, I bet you will never see him again."

Zuri was taken aback and then looked at Anne. "Please… I don't want you to go. I don't want you to go, I am sorry…"

"It's okay now, my little girl. I am fine now." Anne smiled softly at her. "Don't cry, everything has its own time. This is mine…"

Zuri could see how Anne's body started fading away.

"Instead of that, can you promise me to be with Chaos?" Anne had been keeping this feeling for years. So many years, until she forgot when it started, but she still couldn't love him enough.

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