It's been 6 months. An endless war between two packs. I turn around to see what I'm left with.

What was once one of the strongest packs in Europe is now a wounded bundle of cowardice men, crying women and sick pups. I look at the other side of the battlefield and see Leon's pack, standing stronger than my own. They have more pack members and more warriors left. There was no chance we could win this battle.

I turn to face my beta, Daniel standing beside me and with a slight nod of his head I know what has to be done.

Looking at the monster standing before me I pledge one simple word: "Mercy." I whisper in defeat.

"Mercy? You dare ask for mercy after you've ambushed half of my pack? Destroyed our homes?After you murdered my mate with your bare hands?" He growls. I watch as he shakes with anger, his eyes turn into a blood red colour and before I know it he's transformed into his wolf form and his claws find their way around my neck.

I quickly turn into my own wolf and try to pry him off. He was strong but he was fighting out of rage, I just had to outsmart him.

I use my lower legs to scratch his wolf, he yelps and let's go of his hold around my neck. I use this to my advantage and throw him into one of the surrounding forest trees. I change back into my human form, as does Leon.

"Kill them." He says referring to his remaining warriors. They begin to step forward but I can't let them kill the rest of my pack members. That would be the end of everything I've worked for.

"Wait!" I shout with my right hand in the air. "I have a proposition."

I watch as Leon brushes his dirty hands of on his bare skin. After a while he looks at me still with his red eyes and manages to growl out a "Go ahead. I'm listening."

"An eye for an eye." I begin quickly before he changes his mind. "I took your mate away from you when I get mine I promise you can have her. Doesn't matter who she is or what you want to do with her...she'll be all yours." I say in defeat.

I see his eyes alternating from his wolfs red to his regular black. I watch in defeat as he smirks in satisfaction and takes a solid step forward and clasp his hands together as if sealing the trade.

"Fine. Give me your mate as soon as you find her and if you don't I get to extinguish your entire pack. Deal?"

"It's a deal." I whisper.

I wipe my hand over my desk clearing everything on it in frustration. I hear things breaking as they drop to the ground and lean my head back from the chair i'm currently sitting in.

That was fifty years ago. Since then my pack has grown, we've become stronger and tougher. We're now the most feared pack in the world which would give us an advantage over Leon's pack any day but I've also found my mate.

I don't know how he did it but he knows. Leon knows about Ayanna and now he wants me to fulfil the promise I made all those years ago. He was filled with so much rage and fury that night, I know he only wants Ayanna for one solid purpose. He want's to torture her so I can feel the pain he felt the day I killed his obnoxious mate. He's doing this for revenge but i'll go through hell and back before he gets his filthy claws on my mate.

Thinking back to that day has me going insane.I didn't think I would ever have a mate. I'd been living for hundreds of years and still hadn't found her. Immortal or not werewolves commonly find their mate at the age of 18 and that point in time I was far from 18. I guess you could say that I had lost hope. I lost hope on finding my mate, my beautiful Ayanna.

I stand up from my office chair and head over to the double windows showing a spectacular view of the pack grounds. I see Ayanna playing hide and seek with a few of the pack pups and smile. She's amazing.

I have to tell her about what happened with Leon all those years ago, I have to tell her about what I did. The deal we made.

Looking at my mate now: her beautiful smile, petite body and those eyes - her perfect hazel eyes that have made me fall for her faster than I ever thought was physically possible I don't have the courage to do it.

I would never let Leon take her away from me. I know that it's selfish, that means I'm going to be putting my whole pack in danger but he can't have her. He can't have my mate.

I sigh and head out of my office.

I guess there's going to be another war.