The moon was in full bloom, it shone brightly from the middle of the sky and as usual the lake forest was crowded with lots of creatures and fun activities. Lupus and luna took advantage of the night to camp and cuddle on a roof top of one of the buildings in the school.
Luna sat the night out not participating in any fights, she was still recovering her strength after being ripped off her fur for eight days. They watched as other werewolves participated in the contest.
"What a shame not participating tonight." Luna sighed.
"Miss the pit that much?" Lupus teased her.
"Fighting is the only thing a Gretzinger is good at" she said in a sad tone.
"I see" there was a pause before he continued "if you were to choose a male as mate from any pack, who would it be?"
She scoffed 'if only we could" she sighed "let's see, i would pick.... Maximus Theodolph"
"Maximus? Why?" His brow furrowed in puzzlement.
"Well. For obvious reasons, i want to make strong pups and maximus possesses great strength, amazing speed, he's a mixed colored wolf, so yeah he's perfect as a mate for me. Besides, the Gretzingers always goes for omegas not alphas, so he will be the one. And, i think my mom likes him too." She explained.
"You know it's annoying how we can't pick our choice mates and make an imprint" he scoffed.
"Imprints are sacred, mine are for my pups alone, not wasting that special mark on just anyone. You know, my great grandmother never imprinted on anyone till i was born. Imprints are special and shouldn't be for just anyone except when you're double sure about that person."
"Yeah. Tell me about it" he said in a down tone.
"Sounds like someone has been destined a bad mate" she teased him.
"A worse one if you ask me" he scoffed.
"Really? Who?" She sat up and looked at him keenly.
He shook his head.
"Come on, at least mention her pack and last name. Come on...." She teased him.
"I'm sorry, can't tell. But what i can say is that she is the worse, worse that worst if you ask me. If i had the power to change it, with a snap of my finger i would. The worse part is, i have to imprint on her." His shoulders dropped, revealing how depressed he was about the whole idea.
"Ah! No way!" She gasped.
"Yes way" he replied in a drowsy tone.
"The council can be cruel you know?"
"As always"
"But your dad's an elder how come he didn't protest? Does he hate that much?"
"Okay first, my dad does not HATE me. And second, the lycan god decided it, not the council and it is not debatable." He said with a raised voice.
"Okay alpha, have it your way" she held her hands up as a sigh of backing out of the conversation.
"Why do you want to know who my mate is so bad?" He asked after thinking hard for a while.
"I told you mine so it's courtesy to know yours too" she pressed on.
"You didn't tell me yours, you only told me your choice preference" he frowned.
"Ya whatever!" She scoffed .
"Hmm... Are you jealous?" His glare grew intimidating as he looked at her.
"What? Jealous of who and why? Even if you were an option i still can't choose you cause Gretzingers don't pair with alphas, ever! Especially the pup of an elder, ew!" She frowned in disgust.
"I see, but they sure enjoy the dick of an alpha don't they?" He queered.
"Real mature lupus" she stood up angrily and walked away.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm done with whatever this is!" She yelled back at him.
"Sure! Go on, that's another thing the Gretzingers are known for, using and dumping alphas. It goes way back to your ancestors you know?" He fired. He wasn't wrong though, it's one of the reasons for their audacity.
Angered, She transformed into her werewolf form and pounced on him, she pinned him to the ground
"Take that back!" She growled.
"Or what?" He shoved her off him, transformed to his werewolf form just in time to stop the blows she threw at him. She growled angrily and rushed him with her claws, she scratched him on the side, he yelped in pain. He became angry, he puffed and his size grew bigger times two.
"Uh oh!" She exclaimed, she knew she was in trouble as she watched his size increase.
He landed her a kick which sent her flying off the roof, she crashed to the ground. He leaped off and landed in front of her.
"A Ragnolf never takes back his word!" He let out a loud howl.
She winced in pain while changing back to her human form, he did same too, eyed her and walked off.
She staggered off the floor in pain holding her sides and limped away.
Lupus took a walk around the school, he always takes walks to clear his head, especially after a fight or argument.
The one he had with luna tonight reminded him of the quarrels he used to have with his twin.
They fought and argued most times over a lot of things before his tragic passing. He lost his brother last year, after an argument, he went back to have a talk with him and found him laying in his blood pool with a silver knife in his heart.
The argument they had was about Tracy, the human he had fallen in love with, lupus knew how dangerous that was, it would wreck the family, have their father lose his post as an elder in the council. Lucious was adamant with his decision, he loved tracy a lot and was ready to jeopardise whatever just to have her.
When lupus saw how serious he was willing to drop his immortality to be with Tracy, he threatened to tell their father. Lucious hated the fact that his twin would betray him, he fought and quarreled with him, lupus went into the woods to clear his head and when he got back he saw the worst horror of his life. Unable to uncover the truth, it was tagged suicide, but lupus knew his brother would never consider the idea.
After his burial, lupus was given the werewolf fur of his twin to wear(the reason he can double size). It is the rule of the order to hand down the fur of a deceased family member to a relative, could be a child, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew or niece, whoever. The furs stays in the family.
He walked past the female hostel then stopped on his track when he heard a faint groan. He turned and scanned the area carefully to know where the sound was coming from. In a short while, he got the exact location of the source of the sound.
He climbed up the stairs in a hurry, barged through the door. What he saw in the room broke him. He saw valzella wincing in pain strapped in the bed, his heart sank.