Prince Reagan

The Brutal Truth

Twirling the aluminum arrowhead between my thumb and forefinger, I refrain from hissing out in pain as it burns and peels my delicate flesh off. Yep, wolf’s bane. Even if I was turning to a Lycan, that thing could still hurt me like a b***h.

I let the weapon go and it falls down to the wet forest floor beside my feet. Even though it’s no longer near my sight, I could still see the crest of the werewolf hunters, which was a tiny wolf’s bane, at the fletching.

So, it means everyone was right to judge the hunters. Somehow, their weapons are being used in ambushing smaller packs and kidnapping she-wolves. Either they have a hand in it, or they have traitors in their midst.

Thave been helping Reagan in the past few weeks with the investigation, and so far, we still aren’t able to catch any of the invaders. We had doubled the security in almost every pack with everyone being on alert, but those sly bastards are still able to outsmart us.

Eclipse pack, which is one of the smallest in Los Angeles, recently got ambushed in the middle of the night. The same cycle was repeated, where warriors are injured with some killed, and she-wolves kidnapped. But this time, something is different.

Eclipse Pack isn’t isolated like the other packs that have been ambushed for the past few months. It was small, yes, but accessible. Most pack members live in the city and only a few stay at the packhouse. Maybe that’s why it was an easy target. Either way, the attackers were getting bolder. For them to attack a pack in the open, and one that’s closer to my former pack, the Lunar pack, which is one of the largest in California, goes to show they weren’t scared.

First, they had stopped for a few weeks, not ambushing any pack. And all our guards had been let down, giving them the advantage they needed. They started to strike once more last week, and in just a week they had attacked three packs, with Eclipse being the third.

We haven’t been able to even find the she-wolves that are being kidnapped. There’s no trace of them, and their scents are masked perfectly enough for even a Lycan to not be able to detect them. It’s always a dead end with us wasting time. This rogues are experts, it seems and the hunters helping them only makes it worse.

Even now, I couldn’t pick a whiff of the attackers’ scent, nothing. We had been alerted too late about the ambush as it was in the middle of the night, and the pack members were busy protecting and defending themselves rather than call us. It was unexpected as no one thought they would attack an open pack. We were all focused on the isolated ones.

promised, seven days later. He wasn’t happy with me, that much I could tell from the death glare he gave me after picking up his mate. I had helped in hiding Lana from him, so he was pretty pissed.

Anyway, I guess the rogues would be stupid to attack a pack like Red Moon. They would be taken down in a few minutes and clawed to pieces. So, it made sense that they picked Eclipse pack, despite being an open one, it was still small, weak, and vulnerable to attack.

“Found anything, Princess?” I roll my eyes at the annoying nickname, not even turning around as I know there’s only one person who could call me that.

Danny has been in a pretty good mood, at least ever since Janet left. After Reagan and! moved out, she just disappeared, and I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. She didn’t seem like the type to give up, but she was gone, just like that. I’m still not buyingit. She will be back, that much I know. But now, I’m more prepared for her and won’t let her manipulate or trick me.

“We’re wasting our time, there’s nothing here. Just another dead end.” I sigh, staring around the empty forest in dismay. The arrows used in the attack were the only useful things here, but they only worked as a lead to the hunters, so not really a good lead. We’ve all scouted the entire forest but came up empty-handed.

There were paw prints, though, but even they were untraceable. The rogues must have divided themselves into two groups. Those wielding the arrows and those in their werewolf

form.

weapons had hidden in trees to shoot at unsuspecting pack members, and

ambush.

was good with sighting the tiniest detail. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but

mean to direct it at me. It’s sad to know that I was useless in helping my mate out while Janet would have done a better job than lam right now. I’ve heard she was good at tracking. Her father was an expert tracker, and she had learned from him. But the she-devil had fled right when we needed her. Even though she was a pain in the butt, I would prefer she was here and helped solve the case. At least innocent

an eyebrow at him while he

shrugs, “I

mentioned she tried to, but didn’t get a response. I guess there’s no

out a sigh. “I haven’t really told anyone before, especially Reagan.” He combs his fingers through his full brown

his words and wait patiently for him to continue,

him in

at a new restaurant. There was this waitress, a human to be precise,

like to hear some other female tried

thought she was just fine, with no jealous bone in her

the lovely and innocent Janet, mutilating the

going and going while I stared in horror. And I’m a Lycan, Ellie, but it still sickened me.” He spits with a look of disgust on his

as

seen a lot of people murdered in front of me. But we beasts have this unspoken

other to duels, but not harmless humans that can’t properly defend

in such a brutal way over just one

girl, and the image of the human’s guts on the forest

turning to puke the sandwich I had eaten

feel bad for the unsuspecting human. Her life had been taken in such

was still roaming free amid other naive

was how she turned back to her usual self the next day, playing the lovely girl everyone thought her to be. I don’t know, but after that day, couldn’t see her the same way, and I have despised her ever since. She does

heard about what she did, she could be in a cell for

believe me?” He shrugs,

her from the start, I wouldn’t have even been able