Mate by Fate, Bound by Love

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Adrian’s pov

I woke up with a throbbing headache, I sighed, ever since that night, I had not encountered such a throbbing headache, and I wondered what could be this cause.

FLASHBACK

After I had placed the spy in the dungeon, I became cautious of my every movement and speech, I did not tell the secret of the pack nor the strategy used to win the war anybody.

The Council of Elders was clueless about what was happening as in every war that was fought, the strategy was not brought forth in time.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

It was on the battlefield that the strategy would be told, and this caused a lot of confusion and distress among the soldiers.

I knew that this was not the best option as we have encountered several defeats as a result of the unplanned strategies but I was unfazed as I knew that the plan I had come up with was for the safety of the pack.

I could not be bothered by the looks given to me by the Council of Elders, only the moon goddess knows what wicked plans that run in their heart.

I began to show concern when the defeat was getting a whole lot, the pressure coming from losing the battle and also from the Council of Elders made my head spin.

I decided to give in to their plea and resumed my duty of saying the strategy before the war, although I was still cautious of my words before them and remained vigilant.

Ever since I resumed the idea of telling them the strategy beforehand, we had never lost a battle and were able to maintain the victories that we had, l did not lose guard because of this and I became more cautious than ever.

Well…. I do not wish to think that all was well with the pack as there was this foreboding feeling that all my actions were being watched by a pair of eyes, I tried to shake the feeling off but I could not.

This made me fall into deep contemplation as I wondered if there was any loophole in the palace and if there is, what are the necessary solutions.

Before the war, I had an ominous feeling, it looked like we were going to win the war but we were going to encounter severe and life-threatening injuries.

I shrugged the feeling off and wore my armour, preparing myself for battle. I entered and I noticed the smirk on the snow king’s face as I was in deep contemplation on the reason behind that expression on his face.

We engaged ourselves in a battle, it was a tough battle, although we emerged victorious, we sustained injuries.

The snow king looked at me and said

“Sometimes, close allies can become close enemies, a man’s downfall is tied to the company he has”

He left the arena when he had finished saying the words and I fell into a deep contemplation, trying to decipher the meaning of the words.

I knew there was a snitch among my Council of Elders but it pained me that I was not able to spot the spy among the Council of Elders.

I was getting angry as I pondered on the sort of leader I was, my eyes began changing their colours as everyone left the place where I was.

I had used the Alpha authority on them unknowingly as everyone shivered and bowed their eyes, it looked like they were being forced to do so, I sighed and left the area.

This scenario would make some believe that I was a tyrannical leader who did not have the people’s intention at heart, while on a second thought, I am trying my best to see that the wolves were saved.

The experience that almost made me wipe the Council of Elders from my rule was the last war in which we encountered a rival pack.

From all strategies we were meant to achieve victory not knowing that our plans were disclosed to the rival pack and they had prepared immensely for it.

The last pack war was a brutal war leading to death on both sides as there was no victor in the war, I sighed as I looked at their blood flowing to the ground.

The rival pack king smirked and said a word before leaving

“Do not trust anyone, all is fair in war, the end justifies the means”

The word struck a cord in me, I went back to the pack and conducted a thorough investigation on the Council of Elders, I got to find out the snitch and I killed him, hanging the different parts of his body in the market.

I wanted it to serve as a reminder to all those who would betray the pack in the later years.

Tears ran down my cheeks as I realized that I had placed the lives of the wolves in danger.

I increased the intensity of my training so that I would be strong enough to protect the people from danger, this strengthened my resolve to train myself in the art of war.

BACK TO PRESENT

I could not allow the ones who I am leading to encounter such fate again, Remembering how many loyal men died to save my life so that the pack would not be in shambles, I strengthened my resolve.

I went into the pack hospital as Lena was still sleeping, the pack doctor noticed my arrival, bowed his head then said

“She needs to rest for two days so that she would be able to regain the strength that she lost as a result of channeling her strength to save the baby”

I looked at her innocent face as I felt a wave of emotions passing me, I took a deep breath and left the pack hospital.

I entered the palace and saw Claire walking in the opposite direction, she saw me this time and was not afraid of me, I smirked.

The devious plan and strategy to take Lena is at its formulation stage, she would not know what would hit her.