Destined To A Rejected One
Chapter 38

– Do we have a deal? – asks Angèle with her hand outstretched towards Occisor.

– Yes – Occisor shakes hands with the first princess. They were now officially allies.

The conversation lasted about five minutes, Angèle made it clear that her goals are only peace, and that she will do whatever it takes for the little ones to see tomorrow.

– When are we going? – asks Mari, adjusting her leather coat.

Mari’s brain is high on serotonin, at last the war is about to come to an end, well, at least between two races. Adrenaline rushes through her veins as if she were still in her first four hundred years of vampiric life.

– Now! – Occisor smiles.

Even with a smile, his chest tightens inside. To face the alpha for the alpha, after so long in denial, to return to his kind and proclaim his place through the bickering. It’s not a comforting thing to do, but he needed to do it, not just because the goddess herself asked him to, but because Sasha is in danger, he needs to save her, and in a challenge or not, in the end either way he would have to face all the wolves.

– All right, come closer – Lorraine speaks and so do they all.

Catherine’s forehead meets Lorraine’s, the image of the first pack’s location reflected in the second princess’s mind. She can now take them to the front of the castle of the ascending pride. The second princess, Lorraine, can open a portal anywhere, but if she does not have the correct location in mind, the portal is not stable and can lead anywhere at random.

– Resurgens maple aperire portal – Lorraine speaks with her jewel.

A round portal with blue sparks opens over the heads of everyone present, and as it descends, bodies are teleported to the destination. It takes about three seconds for the portal to close over their feet.

Occisor takes a deep breath, it has been over two months since he has hunted or raided a herd. He looks behind him, the rusted gateway at the entrance to the castle is gone, only the large solid wooden doors remain.

Mari, recognising the place, feels a squeeze in her brain. “It had to be the first one” – she thinks regretfully. She decides not to say anything, preferring to let things take their course.

Angèle conjures the wind once more, causing the great doors to open with a thud that can be heard in all the dens inside the castle.

Arriving in the hall, the place is lit by several torches, two human slaves stand by each door, looking at the group and trembling with fear.

– Call the alpha – Occisor speaks firmly and the humans comply in fear.

The slaves run and even slip on some steps of the staircase, the alpha’s lair is on the top floor, but they didn’t even need to get there, Rolfe had already left his lair and was halfway there.

– Sen… sir, the witches and the hunter have invaded the castle, and he demands your presence.

Rolfe’s eyes widen in surprise, his brain taking a few seconds to process the information. “With the hunter… You mean my son?” – he wonders and hurries down the stairs, all the other members of the pack also emerge from their dens and follow the alpha.

As he walks through the doors, Rolfe feels his body freeze. At last he sees his son. During these ten years, his pack had never been the target of the hunter’s attack, but as the genuine one had commanded, just by hearing and sensing that he was near, they were to change territory immediately.

The resemblance between them was great, the shape of his chin, the colour of his hair and his eyes. He was their son, and at last he was before their eyes.

– What do you want? – beta shouts as he enters the room.

Occisor sniffs the air, the scent coming from the alpha is familiar, but he doesn’t understand why.

– I have come to challenge the alpha – he speaks loudly and firmly.

– What right do you think you have to do that? You’re a traitor! – he accuses him, causing anger to grow inside Occisor.

– I’m a reject! I only did to you what you did to me! – he mumbles, the beta falls silent, after all, that was a fact, the young man was hunted and rejected – I am part of this race, I have a right!

Occisor in response receives numerous grunts coming from the beta pairs, and soon after they all transform and position themselves in attack form. Occisor wastes no time and transforms as well. The big black wolf with red eyes makes everyone hesitate, for Rolfe that was like a punch in the stomach, but proof that this was his puppy, the puppy he rejected as soon as he came into the world.

With firm steps, Occisor approaches the transformed betas and exerts his dominance over them, who do their best to hold on, but the strength of the dominance is far greater than that of the current alpha, and in that moment, they knew it. The alpha Rolfe will lose the leadership. Surrendering, they stop fighting and drop their heads, exposing their necks. Rolfe just watches with a clenched heart.

“He came back to take what is his, his place” – I conclude and turn away. Like Occisor, Rolfe’s wolf is black and has red eyes. That is the characteristic of an alpha, and even if a beta comes to take leadership, he will go through a painful process. All their hair and nails will fall out, and when they are born again, it will be such a sharp pain that some of them will not be able to bear it and will die. I have to get another beta to take over the cycle.

Occisor’s black wolf is five inches bigger than Rolfe’s, who is not intimidated. They walk in circles looking at each other, all stepping back to give him space. Rolfe makes the first attack, but a kick to the face knocks him to the ground and Occisor goes for him. Teeth pierce the skin eliciting a grunt of pain, Rolfe uses his hind legs to knock the younger man down, Occisor shakes his big furry head and Rolfe attacks again, a paw to the face and a bite to the neck brings Occisor down.

– Don’t you dare lose, you mangy dog! – Lorraine shouts.

Occisor snarls, thrusts his body forward and bites down hard on the shoulder of his opponent who recoils in b***d, Occisor rises from the ground. In the fight he has already won, Rolfe has little to do, his shoulder has been broken by Occisor’s bite.

Now it’s time to dominate. He exerts his dominance over the alpha, and Rolfe does the same, a duel of who dominates whom. Rolfe is weak and bleeding, his son’s dominance is far greater than his, within minutes he loses the fight and puts his head down. He has lost.

Occisor turns his gaze to the other members, they all bow. They have already understood who the new alpha is. Rolfe feels his heart clench, his son has returned, and now it is he who is leaving; the wounded black wolf gets up and starts to leave the castle, but is stopped by Occisor’s thought.

– Where are you going?

– I figured you wouldn’t let me leave alive – he turns to the new alpha and lies down waiting for death.

– Don’t put your ridiculous ways on me! – he growls, causing Rolfe to raise his head.

– What’s your point?

– I have no intention of killing you, let alone staying here as alpha for more than a few hours!

– What are you going to do?

– I’m going to defeat the other six alphas!

– Why? – your mind boggles.

– I will become the supreme alpha!

Rolfe inwardly panics, he could only be mishearing. Even though he was strong, there was no way he could defeat the genuine alpha. The strongest being among them all. It never happened.

– You’re suicidal! – accuse.

Drawing everyone’s attention, a black raven crosses the poles. Rolfe returns to his human form and the raven stops on his arm. He picks up the scroll and reads.

Occisor also returns to his human form, and Catherina makes him a dress to cover his nakedness.

– What is written?

– The genuine one summoned me, recovered his daughter.

– And why did he summon you? – he asks with a raised eyebrow.

– To copulate, he wants me to place a male heir in Bloodstain’s womb.

Occisor’s growl startles everyone present, Rolfe looks at him curiously trying to understand what is going on.

– Put a finger on my destiny and I’ll kill you and anyone else who comes near it!

The eyes of all the pack members widened, all imagining that she would never have a destiny. And to everyone’s surprise, she does, and to top it all off, she is the hunter of the races. The most feared of the Van Helsings family.

– I won’t touch…

A kick to Rolfe’s back sends him sprawling to the ground at Occisor’s feet.

– Aren’t you going to apologise? – Mari speaks.

Rolfe closes his eyes tightly, he already knew what the vampire was talking about, he never imagined such a moment would come. Occisor looks at Mari in confusion, but Rolfe draws her attention back to him.

– Ten years ago… My mate gave birth… A human baby… A simple, weak human baby… – he remembers the day the child was born – I rejected him… I thought it was the fruit of betrayal, I accused my partner of adultery and of being involved with the witches…. I killed my partner …. I killed… – pulls the air sharply – Your mother – he speaks with tears in his eyes – I only found out I was wrong when you turned and slaughtered one of the neighbouring packs…. Regret has never been so great in my life.

– Vo… you…

Occisor takes a few steps backwards, a pain hits his chest. He was facing his father, the murderer of his mother and aunt. His eyes turn red, he turns his hands into claws and walks determined to end his father’s life.

– Nothing will repay the evil I have done, but I am proud for you, my son.

– Don’t you dare call me son! – he snarls, and Rolfe lowers his head.

– We don’t have time! – Angèle steps in front of Rolfe – There are still six packs to go, Sasha is in big trouble!

The first princess’ words regarding Sasha bring him back to his senses.

– I’ll never forgive him! None of you! – he shouts looking at all the members, Occisor starts to walk away from his father.

– Give me the exact location of the nearest herd,” Lorraine approaches Rolfe and brushes her forehead against his, “All of you, gather round!

All eight members, including the omega pairs approach.

– aperire portal in arce Markab – Lorraine speaks into her jewel.

A huge portal opens over everyone’s heads, and in just three seconds, everyone is already in front of the castle of the Markab pack, with Sebastian as their alpha.

The goddess watched over everything, her plan is in accordance with the agreement between the gods.