The royal family was supported by people from the Golden Light pack and the Moon Dew pack, while the Red Claw pack had the Winter Moon pack in their corner.
The problem was; the Moon Dew pack and the Winter Moon pack came from the same place, they were from the eastern side of the kingdom. Likewise, the Red Claw pack and the Golden Light pack came from western side of the kingdom, thus the tension at the borders of the four packs was very high.
On the other hand, in the north, there was Alpha Derick from the Celestial Moon pack and in the south, Alpha Cane had all the seven packs wrapped around his fingers. Neither Alphas had decided where they stood in the matter of power struggle in the capital city.
"Kill them all," Alan said viciously, a brilliant smile appeared on the corners of his lips, as he sat on the throne. He couldn’t believe it! He made it to the throne!
Below him were Prince Mateo, Prince Arlo, Prince Iggy and Princess Laina.
"Alan!" Prince Mateo begged, fear in his eyes. He had never been his father’s favorite, but his title alone guaranteed a good life for him. "I have never set my eyes on the throne! I will leave the capital city!"
"You will die a horrendous death!" Prince Arlo roared. "This is how you repay me for what I have done?!" He screamed at the top of his lungs in anger. It was him, who led one of the groups of warriors in the battlefield against the Red Claw pack and the Winter Moon pack, but as a payback, Alan ordered his women and children to be killed before his eyes.
Meanwhile, Prince Iggy was only six years old, he didn’t know much about what was happening and why he couldn’t see his mother, but he knew for sure, he would get hurt. He could sense danger surrounding him. He stared fearfully at the warrior beasts that surrounded him, as he tried to be brave and not cry, though his small body was trembling.
He was only a child, who knew nothing, but his existence alone was a mistake in Alan’s eyes.
Crying, Princess Laina, who was only thirteen years old approached Alan, who was sitting on the throne. "Brother, please... don’t do this. We never dreamed of ascending the throne..."
Alan tilted his head at Princess Laina, she looked so fine and within a few years, she would become a true beauty. It was a waste to let her be killed.
"Please, brother... please..." Princess Laina cried so hard, her face turned red.
Hearing them plead for their lives made Alan even more drunk with greed and power hungry. It was the taste of power, the taste of the throne, where he could do everything, anything that he wanted and get rid of anyone that hurt his eyes, once he sat on the throne.
Alan stood up and approached Laina, he squatted down and pinched her chin, smiling, as he turned her body to face their three siblings. He held her head, so she wouldn’t be able to turn her head. "Fine. If that’s what you want. Kill them all, except her." Alan signaled for the beasts to go through with the execution. "Open your eyes, don’t you dare close them."
Laina screamed when the first beast started to tear Prince Iggy’s small body apart, as the little prince let out a gut wrenching cry, while the other warrior beasts did the same to the two princes. All four of them had been forced to drink Rottingbane leaves, thus they didn’t stand a chance in the face of the attacks for long.
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