Aries

Chapter 6

Sorry for the late update. I was having internals continuously for a week. It was quite tiring. Hopefully, I will have a winter vacation and I write this as much as I can. Depends on the holiday though.

Dedicated to @AshiraAlexander This amazing person who supports me not only for Aries but also for Blaze. Words can't say how much I actually owe you. 

Anyways, enjoy!

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A silence as old as chaos grappled the clearing and made itself an uncomfortable home. Despite not feeling in its skin, it still stood there like a stubborn child. Even the birds that sang a few minutes ago succumbed to the invader. Winds being an ally of the stillness fell in line.

I breathed heavily. What did I do to be cast away from this pack? Was being Ethan's mate a curse?

Even if I had never shifted, I was still a shifter. My genes said both my parents were. And I had been grown in a pack. Being thrown out meant I would be a rouge, a creature who would lose their mind slowly and die of mental deterioration.

I glanced at Harper who had a huge smirk on her face. At Livvia who stood beside the new Alpha female with a stone face. At Cain who beamed as though it was the greatest idea. Finally at Ethan whose eyes skimmed over me. When our eyes met, there was a shift in the air.

His eyes glowed gold before it melted to blue again. His beast wanted to control him to get to his mate. For a second, just for a second, I felt nothing but pity towards his wolf. But that part of me, some animalistic part, that woke four days ago trashed within me for feeling that.

If his beast had wanted me, then he would have fought with his human. After all, the shifters were half humans and half animals. It was never about one part being dominant over the other. It was about coexistence.

Ethan pressed his lips together and cleared his throat. "If you are going to step forward, do fast. We don't have all day."

Rhaze thrashed and she released herself from one side. They tried to contain her, but she snarled at them with a fury that made them step back.

"I will follow her even to death," Rhaze enunciated, taking another step forward. "I will follow my true Alpha."

Cain scoffed. "Alpha? More like your sister."

The delta of western pack glowered. "Yes. Before the Alpha whom I serve comes my family. And I will fight for my family until the end. A true Alpha would never give me a choice to decide between family and pack, for he would know that both means same for us shifters."

Ethan snarled lowly. "Are you claiming that I am not worthy of bearing the title of Alpha of the Western pack?"

"Precisely," Rhaze spat. "Just because the Halls gave you the clearance does not mean you are worthy, Ethan." Gasps resonated in the clearing at the way she addressed the Alpha. "You should win over the pack! Respect over fear, Ethan! A true Alpha knows that loyalty, obedience and humility is the key to rule. But what have you done? You rejected your mate! First in aeons! You don't follow the Moon's will yourself. How do you expect us to follow you?"

My heart clenched. Did my sister love me that much to hand her life in a platter to these people? She knew what the cost was. She knew she would die for talking back to her Alpha like that.

From the crazed rage, I knew Rhaze saw father die. She knew what was on the line. Punishment to mother or herself. Was she willing to go through the pain of death only to be rewoken and beaten to her breaking point again? She, as the delta knew what punishment she would receive.