Lycan Prince Matteo

Matteo

I had to inform Dad about what we had discussed. It was alarming to know that my uncle was trying to use the wolves to build his kingdom. I know what will happen next. He will surely betray them to become king. And wolves normally have no match for Lycans. If my uncle had insisted on these thoughts on any wolf with greedy thoughts, he would surely have succeeded in using that wolf.

“Dad,” I said when he answered and told him everything. I’m sure that he was furious because he was the most protective of the wolves. It never occurred to him that anyone of our kind would do something like this since we grew up being thought to be their protector and mediator.

“You must do everything to find him. After they left, Rapha assigned someone to get back to the cabin where Camila was held captive. They will search the whole place, and, before I forget, Rapha has found a new traitor. He had already asked someone to follow him and ended up in another cabin on the other side of the palace territory.” Dad said, “It appears that our enemy was trying to surround us with their hideouts, and that is not a good idea,” he added.

“How did Rapha find a traitor?” I asked,

“It was when Freya told us about her being the daughter of Alpha and Luna of the Howlers Pack. Someone was listening to their conversation when they reached the training hall and continued discussing it. The good thing is, Rapha asked someone to follow Freya all the time, undetected even if she was around us.”

“The one guarding her secretly saw the traitor listening to them,” I asked.

“Yes. He had linked Rapha, so he knew that he had given away some information since Freya was saying something. He didn’t want to alert the traitor, so he just let her talk. It was just a relief that all she said was about being cautious and careful.”

“We already found two of their hideouts, and we don’t have any idea as to how many there were. Dad, this is serious. If Uncle was trying to build a royal wolf and betray them later, then he surrounded the palace; I’m certain that he had started and prepared for this a long time ago.” I said it worriedly.

“That’s why I want you to focus there. We will try to find out everything we need, so if ever your uncle starts to make a move there, he won’t be able to take any action or damage here.” Dad said, “We will make sure that he can’t do what he pleases.”

We ended our call after we came to an agreement. We’re not going to leave the region and will look into the pups. That will be our top priority. I had to tell this to the others and start the investigation the next morning. We can’t waste any more time, as my uncle’s plan is starting to be executed. We must stop him at all costs.

The following day, Freya, Calvin, James, and Clay are with me on the way to the woods to search for potential hideouts. Alec and Camila were left in the pack to look after the training. We have a few warriors, and there’s more to come in the afternoon, as I requested from Dad when we talked.

Freya and Clay are with me, while Calvin and James are together. We divided our group into two to make the search more productive. Each group has five Lycan warriors and a warrior from the Crimson Pack to guide us and tell us about the territory. We are confident that we will be able to find something. Since Dad told me that another hideout was found on the outskirts of the palace, that is where we started our search. We roamed around the Crimson Pack territory, and we were glad that we didn’t find anything there. I linked Calvin and asked them about what they were doing, and it was the same for us. “Is that another pack’s territory?” I asked Noel, the Crimson Pack warrior.

“It’s neutral territory. It was a small land, and next to it was the Red Moon Pack,” he answered. “It’s the pack where two of their pups were missing, right?” I asked again.

“Yes, Your Highness. They have a family that came from the first werewolf,” he informed us.

“Let’s search in there. Since we will be passing the neutral territory, we will start from there.” I added it and told Calvin about it.

‘We will be there,’ he replied. Then we headed for the neutral territory where humans, rogues, different pack members, and other species meet.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

We crossed the border and started walking. Our senses were heightened, and we were about to continue when Freya stopped us. We looked at her, and we saw her sniffing. “What is it?” I asked,

“I smelled it,” she said.

“What?” I asked and started to sniff to catch the scent that she smelled, but I didn’t get any.

‘Just let her. Pi is from a tracker lineage, so their senses are far greater than ours.’ King said, so I did as he told me and waited for my mate to finally get what she caught.

“The scent is familiar to me; I smelled it when we rescued Camila.” She said after and continued sniffing, “Follow me,” she said, and so we did. If she smelled it from Camila’s captive, then do we have only one enemy? According to Camila, it appeared to her that the one who took her wanted to use her to get Rapha’s support. The kidnapping was supposed to be my uncle’s doing, so why is there the same scent in both places?

“Stop,” Freya said, so we did. She motioned for us to keep quiet, and I saw her close her eyes, just like she did when we rescued Camila and found out how many rogues were there. “They know we’re here,” she said, so there’s no use in hiding. Well, we didn’t mask our scent, so it was natural for them to feel our presence. “I needed to find that scent; it was coming from that cabin.” They do have a lot of cabins for hideouts. This is new information for Dad, but the only good news is that we are certain that whoever he was that made all of this commotion is already starting to make a move.

“Fight and kill only when necessary; we need them alive as much as possible for interrogation,” I told the others, and we showed up. They were Lycan rogues, and even if they already knew that I was their prince because of the aura that was emitting from my body, they never showed any respect or acknowledgment. I didn’t know that the number of rogue Lycans was increasing. Just what was happening?

“What are you doing here?” I asked,

“Isn’t it us who have the right to ask you that?” The other one replied that there were 3 of them that we were facing, and, according to Freya, there was another 3 inside.

“You have no respect for your prince. Do you know what punishment awaits you for disrespect?” I asked,

“We have no prince; we only have our king.”

“I am the king’s son; that made me your prince.”

“Our king has no son or family. He will reign after your father, the fake king, is dethroned,” the other replied, smirking. “And that is going to happen soon after our King makes him kneel before him.”

“That is not going to happen. Whoever your king was, he would never make my king kneel before him.” I replied angrily.

“Matteo,” Freya said, holding me in her arms. I know that I started to get agitated, and that is not helping. I could take them down instantly, but I had to know why they were doing this and what their King, as they called him, promised them to agree with him.

“You know that what you think will never happen,” she told them. The rogues looked confused and glanced at each other. “Because I am going to kill you now,” my mate added before she jumped at them, and because they were unaware of her abilities, they were shocked to see her fighting, as were the warriors who were with us. Clay was so fast that he went to her aid and fought with her. I was so stunned to see the swift moves that she took down two of them without a sweat.

The other three who were inside the cabin must have heard the fight, so they went out and came to rescue the three, who were all catching their breaths for their dear lives. Since my mate had done more than enough, I took them down, and King was so enraged that he missed the first fight. I feel sorry for those with whom I fought since they were shredded into pieces. Clearly, King is a beast.

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