Chapter 78


    It was a long and deep wolf howl followed by the noise of arge group fighting.


    “It’s from the North Gate!” Balvina snapped her head towards J, “Gamma J! What do we


    do?”


    Even till this point, none of them knew what the battle n was, except for J.


    They weren’t sure whether they should stand by right where they were or go to help the others out.


    J answered briefly with a nod, “Let’s go and give them a hand.”


    She leaped forward and shifted into a silver wolf in mid–air. All Blood Moon soldiers shifted behind


    their Gamma and followed her dashing towards the North.


    The view was very poor in the heavy storm. It wasn’t until they reached the North Gate of the fort


    did they saw fire and fighting soldiers.


    It was a heated battle.


    There were already many injured or dead bodies lying everywhere. Red blood sshed from many


    soldiers‘ open wounds and spilled across the snowy ground, forming a striking contrast to the white


    color of the snow.


    Wolves were biting each other and wrestling on the ground with hot steam gushing out of their


    fangs–bared mouth and nose.


    Some had lost energy to shift, and they engaged in sword or gunfight. The sound of bullets shooting


    and clicking and crashing of des could be heard from all over the ce.


    In the center of the battlefield, a giant ck wolf with a huge scar on its face was taking on 6


    soldiers at the same time. He was extremely strong and fierce. It took 6 men, and they still couldn’t


    bring him to his knee.


    J let out a deafening roar and jumped at the ck wolf. She was smallpared to his


    massive size, but very fast and agile.


    “Herees the little she–wolf!” Sterning crackled, “Ready to kneel beneath the Rouge King’s


    feet?”


    J charged at him. She delicately twisted her body in the mid–air and got onto Sterning’s back.


    The giant ck wolf growled in fury and tried to shake her off. But her four paws clung tightly to its


    back fur.


    Lowering her head, she bit his neck sinking her sharp fangs into his flesh.


    Sterning roared in pain and struggled even harder trying to throw her off his back. But he failed. The


    other 6 soldiers swamped him from all sides.


    J ripped off a part of his flesh with her teeth and spat it to the ground.


    “Your blood rakes,” she hissed with disgust.


    Just then, another rogue circled and tried to sneak up on her from the back.


    But J didn’t notice. Her entire focus was on Sterning.


    Kass just finished up with a rogue. He turned around and spotted that J was in danger.


    danger.


    “J WATCH OUT!!”


    He roared and dashed as fast as he could towards J, trying to save her from that.


    But he was too far away.


    There wasn’t enough time.


    And right at this second, somebody beat him to it.


    A gigantic wolf arrived at the battlefield with a loud howl. Ile seized the rogue between his fangs and


    shook his giant head, sending that rogue flying up into the air


    and dropping dead to the ground without a sound.


    “Daran!” J gasped with excitement. Her heart was finally at case at the sight of


    him.


    Sterning jerked around, his face horror–struck.


    “Daran…” he hissed.


    Some of the other rogues cried out in panic, “Daran is here!”


    “Christ, it’s Daran!”


    Fear spread across the battlefield like a gue.


    “Steady!” Sterning snapped, “We have Crimson Fortress! Ain’t gonna lose the battle this time!


    Everybody stays right where you are!”


    Daran snorted coldly, “You won’t have it for long.”


    His ck fur rustled in the wind in a majestic manner, almost god–like.


    Then he charged fiercely at Sterning.


    With Daran and Riverside’s soldiers here, J finally had time to check on other soldiers.


    She found Glen not far away from the battlefield lying underneath a tree. There was a deep cut on


    his back.


    “Glen!” J rushed to his side, “Are you hurt? What happened!”


    Glen tried to pull himself up from the ground but failed. He let out a low–grown, “I started the attack


    at the North Gate as nned. But the rogues were already waiting for us! It was like walking right


    into their trap!”


    J frowned.


    “I think they got hands on our n again!” Glen stomped the ground with his fist in rage, “That


    f**king traitor…”


    “Have you told anyone about our n?” J asked.


    “No! I got Alpha Daran’s message about the battle n around dusk and haven’t spoken to anyone


    since!” Glen said frustratedly, “But I can only speak for myself. Don’t know if the other Gammas had


    told anyone or not.”


    J nodded and knelt by his side, “Let’s take you to a doctor. You are still bleeding.”


    “Forget about me! We need to retreat immediately,” Glen said urgently. “The


    rogues know about our n already. We are losing. Call everyone back before we lose more


    soldiers!”


    “Rx. Daran is here. We don’t know it for sure yet,” J tried tofort him.


    “Are you crazy? I know Alpha Daran is strong, but he has only one man and he is facing arge


    crowd-”


    He was cut off by a deafening roar.


    They jerked around to look simultaneously.


    Daran was standing on top of a dead rogue’s body and howling at the moon. His strong Alpha aura


    brought many rogues to tremble down to their knees.


    Sterning struggled to stand straight but his body trembled violently under his animal instinct.


    “Hand over your King!” Daran bared his fangs at Sterning, “Or I will rip your throat open!”


    Sterning panted roughly with blood dripping down his face. Then he let out a strange


    “Well then.”


    Daran’s eyes gleamed dangerously, “Prepare to die.


    Yet instead of quivering in fear, Sterning burst intoughter, “You just won a single battle! But we


    still have the Crimson Fort and thousands of civilians living in it. Unless you want more human


    popsicles on the gpole, you better stand down now!”


    Furious growls could be heard across the battlefield.


    Sterning was threatening them with civilians‘ lives! And there seemed to be nothing they could do


    about it.


    The cocky smile on Sterning’s face grew wider as he said, “So what is it going to be, Alpha Daran?


    Retreat or stand here as I toss a couple more bodies over the wall?”


    Daran narrowed his eyes and looked beyond Sterning to the rampant behind him. A horn broke out


    from the rampant the next second, followed by a loud cry that rang in the sky:


    “Alpha Daran! We got the Crimson Fortress! We won!!”


    Sterning snapped his head around. The cocky smile was quickly reced by horror. “Impossible!”


    Sterning snapped with widened eyes, “How did you–Why-”


    Daran sneered coldly, “Try/and figure this out in hell.”


    He leapt and charged forward at Sterning at full speed!