Episode 2

Savir lifted his head and managed to dodge the man's blow, but Yulak kept trying to strike him.

"Is that all you've got?" Savir shouted, laughing.

Yulak tried to come at him, but Savir slammed a hard punch into his stomach and sent him crashing down.

Yulak shifted into wolf form and ran far from there, frightened like an injured pup.

Savir smiled, satisfied.

"We've gotten ourselves into serious trouble with King Alpha Kadir," Byron said.

"And why should I care about King Alpha Kadir?" Savir shot back. "He'd better stay away, or I'll go after him. I promise you, even after all these years, he's still afraid of me."

Byron nodded, though he thought the Luna Dagda pack was still smaller in number than King Alpha Kadir's great army. Then again, Savir had once defeated the king and that great army almost by himself.

Saya raised her eyes and studied the man. She had never seen him before, but she had heard of the Luna Dagda tribe. In her pack, people said terrible things about them.

Her father let out a groan of pain.

The man came closer, and Saya trembled with fear. Their gazes crossed again. She felt the force of those eyes and instantly lowered her own. Then she smelled it too: mint, pine trees, fresh grass.

He is...

She refused to say it, because it was impossible. Impossible.

Savir examined the arrow wound. A man approached the injury and pulled out the arrow, which had onagra on it. The old man screamed, while Anika cried in her sister's arms. Their father fell silent when he noticed the fear in his daughters.

They placed cypress leaves over the wound and tried to cover his leg to stop the bleeding. Then several men decided to carry him and take him to the healers in the village.

"It will be harder to take him to the pack," Savir said, speaking as if the man's daughters were not standing right there.

Anika looked at Saya.

"Where are you taking my father?" Saya demanded when they lifted him.

Savir glanced sideways at her.

"We'll take him to the Luna Dagda pack."

"Why? Why won't you take him to our pack, to our healer, or to the priest?"

Savir's eyes fixed on the girl.

"We'll take him wherever I say, child. Look at yourself. You're alive, and that's because of me, because of the Alpha of Luna Dagda. Now you belong to me. Your father must be saved because he owes me your lives, and he has to pay for them."

Anika clung tightly to Saya. Saya was about to go after the man, but Anika stopped her.

"Don't do anything reckless, please. Think. They have Dad. They can kill him, and then they'll come for us. At least they haven't hurt us. Please."

Saya looked around at the bodies of the fallen men and knew Anika was right. They followed the man.

When they arrived at the pack, they saw the vast lands. It was a truly welcoming place. Saya and Anika walked behind their father. He was weak, but seeing them unharmed comforted him.

Women and men ran toward them. Some women took the day's hunt to redistribute it at the end of the month.

"Call the healer," Savir ordered.

Then they continued along the path until they reached an enormous castle of stone and iron. The girls stared in astonishment. They had once visited King Alpha Kadir's castle and King Alpha Hang's palace, and this castle was beautiful, just as beautiful as the others.

The girls followed their father as he was carried into a room with a bed. They laid him facedown because the wound was in his right calf, in the gastrocnemius muscle.

The healer did not take long to arrive. She began examining her patient.

Savir left the room.

"Keep this room watched. None of the three may leave without my consent. And bring them food," he ordered.

The healer applied ointments and treated the fever that had begun to rise.

"Will he be all right?" Saya asked.

The woman looked at her.

"He will. He's a strong man. Don't worry."

Saya felt better. They looked at the food that was brought to them. Anika did not hesitate to eat, but Saya had no appetite.

Savir went to his chambers. When he opened the door, a young woman leaped into his arms, straddling his waist and kissing him with passion and heat.

It was Kendra, his main concubine. Her kisses were fiery, their tongues moving wetly in that passionate kiss.

"Are you worn out from so much hunting, my chief?"

He set her on the bed and smiled wickedly.

"Actually, I couldn't hunt. I didn't have time. I had a problem."

Savir remembered the scent of that she-wolf and felt an urgency, a desire from his wolf, Rix. But he would not listen. Some things were forbidden to him, and having a mate was one of them.

"What happened, my Alpha?" the female asked, removing her dress and baring her breasts for him.

"Enemies I killed."

The girl smiled.

"No one can defeat my untamable Alpha," the woman said, reclining on the bed.

He moved closer. His mouth captured one of her pink peaks, his tongue caressing it. She gasped when someone knocked on the door.

"Damn it!" Savir snapped.

He went to the door and closed it behind him as he stepped out, finding his maid frightened by his annoyed expression.

"I'm sorry, Alpha."

"What do you want?"

"The council of elders has asked to see you. They say it's urgent."

Savir nodded. He would never miss a meeting with them.

He went down the stone stairs and made his way there.

Kendra left the room in a foul mood because the great chief had left her alone. She cursed under her breath.

Soon she came across a servant, who took her hand. It was her personal maid.

"What's wrong, Lotti?"

"The Alpha has brought females here, Kendra."

The woman went pale. Her hand curled into a fist.

"Where?" she cried desperately.

When Savir reached the council tent, the elders who made up the council were already there.

There were eight elders, including his father and stepmother.

Savir took a seat, uncertain why they had gathered.

"What matter does the dear council wish to discuss?"

"Alpha Savir, we have watched the hard work you've done leading the Luna Dagda pack. As always, we are proud of you. We gathered with you in mind. Our Moon Goddess sent us a message in a dream given to our dear Lady Lynn, who spoke it: 'It is time for our great Alpha to have his fated mate. It is time for our chief to have his Luna.'"

Savir had not expected those words. He quickly shook his head.

"I already have a partner. Maeve. You can't forget that," he said with force.

The elders looked at one another. It was the first time Savir had seen disappointment in them.

"Maeve is dead, Alpha. It is time to move on. You must marry. You must give us an heir as strong as Alpha Savir," old Lady Lynn said.

"I will never marry again. I will never find a woman like Maeve."

Lynn rose.

"In my dream, you looked happy with another woman. You said you loved her like the moon and the sun. You will be joined to a mate again. It will not be Maeve. It will be your fated Luna, Alpha."

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