Somewhere far from Golden Moon Pack,

[-In the conference room of the Castle of King Lucius-]

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After the meeting of King Lucius with his generals and Queen Titania, his biggest ally, a conclusion has been made to demote Lucas from General to Captain of the guards of King Lucius.

Thus, makes Lucas directly under supervision of King Lucius.

Losing the authority to lead an army and being limited to a control over the guards.

Somehow, there is still a special role for Lucas to play. In order to appease Lucas from his demotion.

Though, Lucas still does not like the idea of getting demoted just only because he saved someone special to him. It gave a bitter feeling to him that he has to abide completely and lose his own liberty of freedom to have his own choice and decision in his personal matters.

Queen Titania, the queen of fairies, had already expected the negative impact and reaction from Lucas.

As King Lucius announce to everyone, Lucas was standing behind this huge pillar of the castle.

"Despite of some setbacks in our ranks due to an improvised and improved strategy …" King Lucius disguised the demotion of Lucas into a strategy rather than demoralizing him further due to his sudden demotion, "For the upcoming battle we have … against the tyrant king. The preparations are completed. We have plans to ransack their richest ally and take possession of their resources."

An impressed reaction was all over the audience.

Jade Pack was considered as the richest wolf pack due to their control over abundant resources like gold and diamonds. They even have an abundant production of wool and harvesting products. Their wolf pack was considered to be the most sought ally due to their resources. But they are not a good fighting wolf pack. It explains their reason to hold on to stronger alliances.

"Since I am the new captain of the king's guards, Looks like I won't be doing anything in the battle field. My main responsibility now ... is protecting the king, not ransacking some filthy rich wolf pack. I hope you really do have a good strategy that does not involve me." Lucas pointed out his new role and trying to provoke King Lucius.

But it seems to be clear to the generals and King Lucius that Lucas has finally expressed his displeasure from the sudden decisions made around.

The queen of fairies grabbed King Lucius arm, to prevent from doing something stupid that he would regret in the process.

"Let him be. It is better to let him be rather than putting fuel to a fire. Remember, you have to accept the fact that he is no longer the same as he was before."

King Lucius held his own temper and did not allow Lucas to successfully provoke him.

When Lucas noticed that King Lucius was not taking his bait for a public confrontation, he simply walked away with Fluffy tagging along.

A worrisome situation which the king of rogue werewolves have to deal sooner.

Even though he had other intentions in keeping Lucas close to him but he grew closer to Lucas.

Unexpectedly, he got closer to Lucas than he intended to. Lucas became like a son which he never had.

His certain agitation is not due to the defiance of Lucas but the fact that the person he had gotten close with and treated like a son … is slipping away from his fingers and a gap has become apparent between the two.

All rogue warriors became excited at the plan of King Lucius in attacking the Jade Pack and taking over on their resources.

Cheers started to rile up for King Lucius.

"All hail to King Lucius!" yelled by one of the audience.

And others echoed in unison, "Hail to King Lucius!"

Generals of King Lucius stood proudly at front while Queen Titania stood at his side as a fellow respected and feared monarch of her own kingdom.

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[-In the hospital of Golden Moon Pack-]

Right after Kassandra performed an emergency healing procedure on Chloe to extract the poison out of her system.

They rushed Chloe to the hospital and put a restraint on her so she would not think about hurting herself again while being on medication.

Unlike werewolves, Chloe could not heal as quickly as others.

Prince Alcyd was informed that Selene will be staying beside Chloe for the whole night. So, he has to sleep alone in his room for the mean time.

But it did not stop the Alpha Prince of the Golden Moon Pack to be protective over his mate.

He sent Athena to be her shadow wherever she goes.

Immediately Athena obeyed Prince Alcyd's request and went ahead to the hospital.

Selene grew more guilty at Chloe's condition due to the stress and pain caused by her older brother.

"If you need anything I will just be outside and talk with the doctors regarding Chloe's condition." Athena excused herself.

Ever since Selene was introduced as the mate and future Luna of Prince Alcyd, the elite officers of Prince Alcyd became formal and less casual towards Selene. She is not only a mate of a normal Alpha but a mate of a royal prince as well.

"Don't worry, I will call you if I need anything." There is a crack on Selene's voice which makes her distress more obvious.

Immediately, the moment Athena stepped out the hospital room and closed the door, she reported to Prince Alcyd everything about Selene's condition … including her distress and entire itinerary.

When Athena left the room, Chloe started to open her eyes.

"Ummm …" Chloe tried to speak but Selene tried to stop her.

"Do not force yourself … Save your energy, you need it for your recovery. Luckily, there was no complications nor extreme damaged caused by your … foolish action!" Selene was not able to contain her frustration on Chloe's action.

She continued, "Is this how you want to solve and ease your pain? By taking your own life?"

Instead of replying or responding to Selene's words. Chloe moved herself and faced to the opposite side of Selene as her tears fell uncontrollably.

"I know it is painful. It hurts a lot. But if you take your own life, you will be wasting all the love and care of your father to you. He sacrificed his life to protect you and to stop the villain …" there was a pause in Selene's words mentioning the one responsible of all this pain and suffering, "from harming you. You are not alone, Chloe! You have Kassandra, your grandmother is still somewhere out there … and … you have me!

Chloe burst into tears and hugged Selene.

Selene could only hug Chloe back and comfort her closest friend in Golden Moon Pack.

Loud cries could be heard from Chloe who was releasing all her grief, sorrows and pain to a close friend.

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Meanwhile,

[-Western Border of the Golden Moon Pack Territory-]

Prince Alcyd received the full report of Athena, stating the current itinerary and plans of Selene.

"We are done here … The preparations are complete!" Garrett informed his best friend.

"That's good! Inform everyone, we will be leaving in two days. It is time for our travel to the royal palace." Prince Alcyd instructed Garrett.

There was a concerned and worried look painted all over Prince Alcyd's face.

'It will be a cold night alone in your room!' the spirit wolf of Prince Alcyd stated the obvious.

'Shut it!' The Alpha Prince of the Golden Moon Pack grumpily moved his way back to his vehicle.

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