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Chapter Three

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Chapter Three

As children our parents would read us stories, we believed in them while we were young but as you grow up you realise they're just stories. The world is nothing like what we hear in fairy tales, there's no happily ever after, just after.

There's one thing the stories got right though, the wolves are dangerous.

Like in the stories, the werewolves are predators. They like to hunt, they like the chase and most importantly they like to kill. They aren't governed by the moon, they can turn into beasts at any time they want. The only thing, or should I say person, that controls them is the Alpha. Every pack has one, the leader, the one in charge.

There's no democracy, you can't choose to be an Alpha, you're born one. They are natural leaders, destined to rule. Alongside Alphas are Lunas, their other half. Werewolves believe in mates, they believe that every single one of them has someone made solely for them. Majority of the times their soulmates are other werewolves but sometimes it's humans too.

The Alpha and Luna are at the top of the food chain and below them are the Betas. They are second in command and hold almost as much power as the Luna, but never the Alpha. The Betas are similar to the Alphas though, they are also born into power.

After the Beta there are the warriors, they however are selected by the Alpha. The number of warriors differs pack to pack but the system is the same for all werewolves. Those in the Alpha, Luna or Beta's families are high ranked as well, there's no official title for them but their status is slightly higher than the pack warriors.

Alessandro Aristov is the Alpha of the neighbouring pack. Alphas are brutal in general but Aristov is known to be merciless, someone who enjoys inflicting pain on others, a sadist.

His cousin was dead and once Aristov found out, he would seek vengeance not stopping until he was satisfied.

We had our laws and rules to follow and they had theirs. While our rules were more like guidelines to werewolves, we had to follow theirs strictly as if we were one of them. No one would step in to help us if we got caught.

We could have got help if it was some random werewolf, there would have been a report, evidence would have been collected and there a decision would be made by both human and werewolf leaders. That's the way it usually works and this system has worked for years but when it comes to high rank pack members sometimes the human leaders look the other way. It also depends on the Alpha of the pack, the way they view humans and the relationships werewolves and humans have in general in that area.

There are some places where humans and werewolves thrive together and are treated equally and other places where it's not a good place to live in as humans are treated as second class citizen. We're fortunate to live here with Alpha Elias, he is a fair Alpha, he does his best to treat everyone equally which is echoed in his pack.

But even Alpha Elias would not be able to help us in this situation. We had to handle it ourselves.

I had completed my list while Cami rested. I told her to get some sleep before we did this but I could see the fear in her eyes, she was too scared to go upstairs and sleep so I suggested she slept in the living room while I made the plan.

I had everything ready and was confident we could so this. After we buried the body, we would have to clean every inch of this house, just in case we missed anything, burn our clothes and destroy any objects we used.

As long as we stuck to the plan, this would work.

"Cami, wake up." I shook Cami gently, trying my best not to startle her. "We have to do this now."