Chapter 4: Chasing The Scent

“What’s the matter, Alaric?” Ralph whispered to Alaric who was looking around with his eyes wide open. His eyes stopped at the approaching figure of a person riding a superbike coming towards them. ‘It’s her. The scent is getting stronger. I know it is HER!’ the voice of Wade was heard. Wade is Alaric’s Wolf. A strong and large black Wolf that had fought thirty Warrior Wolves all by himself.. and won victoriously. In his Human form, Alaric is well-built with hard muscles from hours of working out in his private gym and hours of training as a Wolf. He is filthy rich with old money, he inherited from his ancestors who owned large oil businesses around the world. Being just at the age of twenty-six, he is considered quite young to lead the large Wolf pack from Hill View. But, his strength is undeniably the best among the Wolves in his pack or even in Morevar country. The former King of Alpha was his mentor and trained him to be who he is today. Fearless and strong. Alaric led his Wolf pack five years ago, replacing his father, who died from a war with the Purple. River Wolf pack. The many years of dispute were a territorial issue. It had to end. Once Alaric took power as the Alpha replacing his father, he killed the Alpha of the Purple River Wolf pack in a fight led by himself and Ralph. It was a fight between two Wolves against a fifty-strong wolf pack. Alaric is undefeated and feared by many Alphas of other territories too. The story of him defeating a large pack of Wolves all by himself sent shivers not just from other Wolves but also from the Agents of the Peacekeepers. Flexing his muscles, Ralph turned to look at the man wearing a grey suit. “Tommy, did you set us up with The Reaper?” Tommy immediately turned to his men and whispered some words making them all panic. Taking steps back, he raised both hands up, “I don’t know what we did to piss you off, Ralph. If The Reaper is here, we are done. The deal is off. We are leaving now” Before Tommy could run to reach his car, he was shocked to see a rider wearing a full black suit covering his face with a helmet coming towards him. It came too fast for him to escape. ‘BANG! BANG!’ Several gunshots were heard, and it was all aimed towards Tommy’s men, leaving only him alone and still alive. Not for long. By the time Amanda shot six out of seven of her targets for tonight, Alaric and his men had already shifted into their Wolf form and started to chase Amanda riding in her superbike. She ignored the threat of being killed by the Werewolves as her focus was to catch Tommy alive first. She has a plan. ‘Maybe Tommy has the answer on who Dante is. I must take this opportunity. I must question him’ Amanda thought of this plan as she rode down to meet her target. Fearless of the Wolves chasing her. Using her advanced helmet, she changed her voice into a male voice and shouted at Tommy, “Get on the bike if you want to live!” Tommy who was pissed in his pants got down on his knees pleading for mercy from The Reaper. He knew he had no chance of surviving The Reaper so he took the option to get on the bike for a second chance of life. Riding fast with Tommy on her back, Amanda pressed a button on her helmet, which showed a map of where to go and avoid being caught by four strong Werewolves chasing after her. They were led by a large-looking black Wolf. The one Amanda could guess to be their Alpha. She has no idea why the Werewolves were interested in chasing after her. She has no desire to end their lives tonight, but circumstances have changed making her start shooting at them too. They need to let her go but it seems that they wanted something from her. At that moment, she thought it was for Tommy. “Why are they chasing after you? Did you kill one of them? If you did, you are dead. They can track your scent,” Tommy shouted his words as they rode fast on the dark and lonely streets, lighted only by the moon guiding her way. “Who is Dante? I will spare your life if you tell me. If you don’t, you will die at the hands of those Werewolves. CHOOSE!” Wearing the voice change device, Amanda sounded like a man. Even her black suit It is designed to make her body look more like a man's, covering her breasts with additional padding on her chest For years, those who met The Reaper thought he was a man. No one could have guessed the reaper is a beautiful woman who could make a man fall to his knees. A woman may be the key to solving Laric’s misery. Or, the one that would make his life torment with unfulfilled desire. “I don’t know. No one does. He is like a ghost. We only get his orders through a man with the nickname Big Man. That’s all I know. I’m telling the truth. You need to save me from those Wolves. I beg you” Tommy pleaded and trembled seeing the Werewolves catching up on them pretty quickly. “Can’t this superbike go any faster? THEY ARE NEAR!” Amanda saw the Wolves catching up with her. She made a mental calculation on when they would catch up to her while she put a bullet in Tommy’s head. At the right time and place, Amanda pressed the brake on her superbike all of a sudden causing Tommy to fall off from his seat to the hard concrete ground. ‘BAM!”. One shot hit her last target for the night. It was done. “I guess I have to find myself who Big Man is now. Thanks for nothing, Tommy. Rest in peace” Amanda adjusted her seat to ride away from the coming Werewolves. Before she left Tommy, she took his handphone and wallet. Just in case, it has some clue as to who Dante is. She rode off at full speed, ignorant of the danger that was following her. Her mind was thinking about the club. The Big Man, ‘Who the hell are you?’ But, what she did not expect was that the large black Wolf jumped high into the air and landed on her back, causing her to lose balance and fall oom the moving bike. Rolling her body to the side of the street, Amanda got on her injured feet and tried to run away but the big black Wolf was catching her faster than she anticipated. As she felt him near her, Amanda pressed the emergency button on a necklace she wore. It would send a distress call to her Agency to send for backup. “Nova! Activate Code 149. Request to kill Supernaturals” Amanda asked her programme while running away from the big bad black Wolf running towards her. “Negative. Request denied. Help is on the way. N. Nova’s answer does not help her situation at all. Hearing the sound of Wolves howling to each other, Amanda felt her options were limited. It was either that she jumped off the bridge and faced the possibility of drowning, or fought the Werewolves with whatever weapon she had on her right now. But, not to kill. ‘You said not to kill? Fine. It’ll hurt them, making them feel dead.... but not kill’ Amanda thought while still running as fast as she could. “STOP!” the voice of the black Wolf was heard. It was deep and full of anger. Somehow, Amanda felt a sense of familiarity. There was something about this black Wolf that was making her heart faster than normal. ‘Wait! Something is not right. What? H-how the hell.. I can understand Wolf language?’ Amanda shook that thought and assumed she was just hearing nonsense. Her mind is playing tricks. Taking out her gun that had only five bullets left, Amanda turned swiftly and kneeled on the ground on one knee, taking her aim at the Werewolves chasing after her. She shot to slow them down.. not to kill. Not yet. ‘BANG! BANG! BANG!’ She shot three times and hurt two Wolves’ legs leaving another two left. With only two bullets left in her gun, she must aim her target accurately not making a mistake that would cost her life. It was not easy to aim at a moving target.. especially Werewolves. She got up and started running again. While running, Amanda removed one special silver bullet that she has kept with her all the time. The bullet is worn like a pendant on her necklace to be used as an emergency, if ever she is in this kind of messed up situation being chased by a pack of Wolves. ‘Two normal bullets and one special bullet for you, Alpha. This is going to hurt, you animal’ Amanda thought with hate but smiled underneath her helmet. A silver bullet with Wolfbane poison could reduce Werewolf’s strength significantly. He would have 48 hours to find the cure to stop the poison from reaching his heart. For a rich, influential man like Alaric, Amanda was sure he would find a way to his cure with his filthy money. When she got near the bridge ready to jump, the other grey Wolf came jumping towards her ripping her gloves off her hand with the gun falling far from her reach. “DAMN IT!” Her real voice was heard loud and clear. The Grey Wolf also damaged her helmet with its feet, causing the system built into the helmet to malfunction. “The Reaper is a woman?” the voice of the black Wolf was heard. Amanda refused to believe she could understand his words spoken in Wolf's language. She has no idea how it is possible. To her, I Human. A Human could not understand Werewolves’ language. Not possible. ‘Then.. How is it possible? How could I understand him? I’m no Wolf. What is going on? F*ck! This is crazy’ Amanda thought nervously and took a few steps back while both Wolves were circling her in anger. They were showing their sharp teeth which was frightening to others. But, not to her. When the black Wolf saw the shining object on the ring finger of her left hand, he paused. “That Diamond Ring! How did she get it? It’s MINE!”