The Alpha's Temptation

Felis took the path to the left through the forest along with the monks and his Nyxers. Before the Draka and the Orion army could come, he rode in that direction at top speed. He opened his mind link and told his Nyxers, ‘Do not shift. If you shift, they will be able to trace your wolf and take you down easily.’

He knew that most of his army was going to be quashed by the foes. He had to reshape his plan according to the latest developments. “Brix!” he called his commander. “Where is Gamon?”

“I don’t know Alpha!” Brix said, sounding nervous.”

Once again, he opened his mind link and called his commanders to the path he was going towards. ‘I want all of you along with your best Nyxers. Dodge the armies of the enemy and come to this side!’ The commanders hissed back their replies, not happy with what their king had led them into.

A loud blast sent shockwaves in the ground and it rippled beneath their feet. The horses neighed and some reared making the riders fall with them. “What the f**k is happening?” he shouted. But before he could say anything else, he saw a fae was above them and he was glaring at him with his wings stretched wide. The fae hurled his hands forward, throwing black smoke from his fingers.

Felis realized instantly that this was a shock wave to create another quake in the ground. Immediately, he too chanted a spell and threw his hands forward to stop the magic of the fae. While the magic clashed with a ripple in the air, Felis’s tongue was sliced inside. He hated that he had to face the consequences of magic while the faes were natural at it. He shouted again to his men, “Run as far as away from here!” He wanted some of his men to stay alive.

Now his plan was slightly different yet similar to what he did when he came through the Ivory Forest to Cetus. He was going to lead his army into the Pegasii Palace and take over the king and his fae mate, Kinshra. He had to sneak in somehow and kill the soldiers inside the palace and then he would be able to gain control of Pegasii.

Loud screams and shrieks were heard in the distance as he headed towards his destination. He cursed himself for getting his entire army into Pegasii. He should have left half of them at the border and asked them to come later. He never anticipated that the Draka and Orion armies would come like hordes of bees. How the hell did they come to know that he was attacking? He had kept it so well-planned.

—

Two days back.

Biham was sitting in the throne hall and listening to the general complaints of his subjects when General Balfour came rushing to him with a message. “Your Highness, we need to go to the meeting chamber. Something very urgent has come up and I need your private audience!”

Biham narrowed his eyes on him. Balfour looked panicky and this was unusual behavior of his General. He closed the proceedings and went to the meeting chamber along with Balfour. When they were alone, Balfour said, “The two faes that you had sent to the Cetus have come back and have engaged in a strange behavior. “They have killed another fae in the capital.”

“What?” Biham was shocked. He got up from his place, his hands shaking. Not again. Everything was going on so well in his kingdom with the faes. This incident was going to close all the portals once again and Kinshra would blame him for the chaos. “But why?”

“I have no idea, Your Highness!” said Balfour. “My spies say that the two faes are behaving weirdly. It’s as if they are not listening to anyone. They are hunting for other faes.”

“Call my commanders to the main hall!” Biham said. “And ready my horse. Take me to where these two are. We need to control them!”

“Yes, Your Highness!” Balfour left to call the Generals. He had to apprise her of the situation right from the start. He wouldn’t take a chance again.

Kinshra was not in her room and that panicked him. “Where is Lady Kinshra?” he asked the maid.

“She is getting ready to leave to visit a construction site,” she informed him.

“Stop her now!” he shouted at the top of his lungs. Before the maid could react, Biham was running out in the corridors, hoping that she hadn’t left already. He opened his mind link with everyone in the palace to stop Kinshra from heading out of the palace. When he reached the main hall, he saw that the commanders had already gathered. He dashed out for his mate. “Kinshra!” he roared when he didn’t see her in the carriageway. He ran out and felt like shifting to protect her. But he found her carriage along with a group of soldiers just a few meters away.

Kinshra was stunned to see Biham’s state. He appeared too nervous. She came out of the carriage and placed her hand on his cheek. “Biham?”

Biham closed his eyes and took a deep breath, thanking his stars. “Kinshra,” he said when he gained some control of his emotions. “There’s been an emergency!”

She looked at him with her brows furrowed.

He urged her inside the carriage. “Come, I will let you know on our way back to the main hall.”

When they were inside, he said, “The faes we had sent to Cetus are showing strange behavior after coming back from there. They are on a killing spree. My spies are saying that they are kind of tranced.”

Kinshra’s face paled. “I know what is going on.”

“What is going on?”

“They are under the spell of dark magic!”

Biham’s heart thundered. “H–how is this possible? There is no one who practices dark magic. Even the monks of Cetus have pledged not to use it!”

“There’s only one way. We have to trick them into going back to Vilinski. The Sgiáth Bio will limit their ability to use magic and before they reach Vilinski, the magic will weaken.”