The Alpha King' Chapter 12: You Are Me...I Am You (Ch.12)

Chapter 12: You Are ...I Am You (Ch.12)

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I rember the first day I shifted, I rember how brightly the moon had shone that night, casting it’s enchanting rays upon

as my bones twisted, snapped and reford.

I rember the excruciating pain, pain that wracked through my little body, that back arching pain that took away my breath, pain that made

feel as though I would die.

I rember hearing my father’s tender voice, making every attempt to comfort

and ease my pain, he knew as well as I did that I was too young to endure such pain,

Each of us were as helpless as the other, the creator had deed it fit to grant

my wolf at the age of six, and as the Creator’s true blood, our fates were subject to the Creator’s will.

I rember how my father’s voice had sounded so far away as I scread out in agony, drowning in the pain of my body’s change,

I rember that prickling and piercing feeling as fur sprouted out, tearing it’s way through my skin,

I rember how I cried and scread yet I dared not pray for it to co to an end for I knew this was the greatest pride of a shifter and each and every second of pain was worth the gift of my true form.

Seconds stretched into minutes and minutes stretched into hours till the moon had risen to it’s highest and then the pain ca to an end.

I rember my father’s gasp of amazent and awe as I whined, shaking my little wolf head and struggling and failing to stand on my wobbling limbs.

I rember my father’s delight, I rember his words of awe, how he had marvelled at his beautiful pup whilst trying to blink back the tears in his eyes,

I rember how my father had shifted into his wolf form, his massive muscular bulk towering over

as he snuggled

close to his side, lathering

with his scent.

I rember how my father had nudged

to take my first steps, pushing

forwards till I had adjusted to my new limbs and the next mont, I was dashing through the forest at blinding speed.

I rember hearing her warm voice in my head for the very first ti, she sounded much like

but still different, the voice of my wolf filled my mind, sending my heart racing with love, awe and adoration.

I rember the feeling of the wind in my fur, that feeling as the world flashed by all around

as I ran as fast as my little limbs would allow,

That feeling of freedom, that feeling of exhilaration, that feeling of calm and peace and every blissful feeling in between,

That feeling was indescribable and even for years to co, I would never have the right words to tell just how much it ant to .

Just how blessed I felt in that mont and every mont of my life after, that the creator had given

Torin and that she was as much I as I was her, two halves of a single entity, in life and in death...wolf and man bound together as one.

So why was I alive and she was dying? Why was I granted a second chance to live a life without her?

Why did I grow stronger by the day while her life force slowly seeped away? Just who was Alpha Zariah without my beloved wolf Torin?

The Creator had granted

a gift so precious, he had given

Torin the strong, Torin the most understanding, Torin the wisest, Torin the fastest, Torin that was my better half...

Torin, the very definition of my existence as a shifter...My wolf Torin.

With her, I knew I had everything...

And now...I had lost it all...

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Zariah raced through the woods at blinding speed, leaping over fallen logs and ducking low hanging branches, she twisted between tightly packed trees and vaulted around corners.

Zariah’s heart raced, she was not even sure how long she had been running for...it could have been a day, maybe more... Zariah could not tell, all she knew was that she had to keep running... she had to keep running till that suffocating feeling tightening her chest eased away.

As Zariah ran, tears stread down her face uncontrollably, the pain in her heart stirring her to run even faster.

"Zari...you have to calm down, please." Zariah heard her wolf’s voice in her mind and it only made Zariah run even faster.

Torin’s voice was barely audible in Zariah’s mind and the strength of their bond had waned terribly.

Zariah’s heart constricted painfully, with each word Torin said, it only made reality all the more apparent...Torin was dying and there was nothing Zariah could do to save her.

’Why?! Why must I lose everything?! Just what did I ever do wrong?! Why is this happening to ?!’ Zariah thought as she ran even faster, stray branches whipped past her face, cutting into her skin but Zariah did not care.

Zariah ran and ran till she could run no more, till all the strength had left her limbs and she collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.

Zariah lay there, in the middle of the forest, gazing up at the moon as tears stread down her face.

"It is the darkness isn’t it?" Zariah whispered quietly knowing her wolf would hear.

Torin humd quietly in response and Zariah eyes fluttered closed painfully.

"How much longer...?" Zariah asked in a tone barely above a whisper, her voice hoarse.

"I’m... I’m not sure... not much longer..." Torin replied weakly.

"Why was I saved and not you? Why can I live and you can’t? I...I cannot live without you Torin...I can’t!" Zariah sobbed out,

"But you must Zari...it breaks my heart to leave to you this great burden, but you must live and protect Crimson Moon,"

"You must live and atone for our mistakes. You must live and make them pay for all we have suffered..." Torin’s weak voice filled Zariah’s mind and Zariah bit her trembling lips to hold back her sobs.

"I will protect Crimson Moon...I will find all who had a hand in the conspiracy of the past lifeti and I will kill them all. I will fulfill my mission and then I will co to you."

"We will always be together...in life and in death, for you are

and I am you..." Zariah whispered as she felt the last tendrils of Torin’s life force fade away, Torin’s final words echoing in her mind.

"You are

and I am you..."