THE ALPHA’S BROKEN LUNA

Hardin’S POV

Immediately Alpha Lance and Alpha Ralph, together with their soldiers retreat, I mind link Miguel to tell the soldiers at the boundary not to attack them.

I them turn to Kol who is staring daggers at me and I’m tempted to laugh.

“If you are about to laugh, just swallow it, what was the meaning of that?” He asks sternly.

“I can explain”

“Please do!”

“Bro, I know you are mad at me for not ordering the soldiers to slay them right now, but I need you to listen to me and understand me as well”

“I’m all ears”

“We all know this a battle that has to determine which Alpha is going to be the Paramount Alpha for the next one thousand years and which pack is going to be the most powerful and most prosperous for the one thousand years as well”

“I know that”

“Good. Bro, the moon goddess has made this battle a fair one, as in every Alpha involved in it can likely win, no matter how weak he might seem. Alpha Ralph and Lance were here with just a few soldiers, you have no idea how many they have at the boundary, you have no idea what their plan B is. Remember, they came for an ambush and they could have had other plan that we didn’t know about. It’s actually very dangerous for us to attack them. Also, there is something you don’t know”

“What’s that?’

“The battle isn’t considered if one party is greatly outnumbered. As in, if I had ordered the soldiers to attack them, just look at how outnumbered they were, that would have been an unfair fight and even after we kill them all, the power from the staff will not be released because they were greatly outnumbered”Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“Oh…” He exclaims as he nods his head. “So that’s why you always let them go every time we bust them during their planned ambush, that’s why you told them to come with all their troops on Saturday so it will be a fair war” He figures it out and I smile.

“Exactly! I’m glad you understand. When they both come with their various troops of soldiers, we will fight the war and it will be considered a fair battle. When we win, the power in the staff will be released and we will be back to being the Paramount pack”

“Wow! Now I get it. That’s actually a brave strategy bro”

“Yeah, I don’t want to fight an unfair battle which will be disqualified. We have fought too hard for this, we can’t mess it up now. We can wait a few more days for this victory.”

“Of course, we can”

“Hardin!” Miguel’s familiar voice calls from behind and we both turn to face him. He is walking towards us with Alpha Damien by his side and they both have very confused expressions on their faces.

They don’t look too happy about the fact that I decided to let the enemy leave unharmed.

“Yes Miguel”

“What was that for? Why did you tell me to let them go through unharmed?”

“Because, there is another plan”

“What other bloody plan Hardin? We had them in our hands, surrounded, outnumbered, overpowered. All we have to do was attack, finish them off and get this battle over and done with, but no! You just decided to let them go!” He rants in anger.

“You done talking?'”

“As a matter of fact, yes I’m done talking!”

“Good! Now you shut the hell up and listen very carefully!” I order and there is total silence in the entire field. “I want this victory more than any one of standing here, but you need to understand that this is not the kind of victory that comes easy. There are rules to follow and if we want to be victorious, we have to follow those rules. It’s true that these men came with evil intentions. To have our mates and pups killed. That is bad indeed, but come to think of it, the moon goddess made sure we knew they were coming through Kaylee, the female seer. That means she was not in support if it. With the revelation, we were able to keep our mates and pups away and now they are safe. Now you all must be thinking why we didn’t just finish the enemies off and end the fight, trust me, if it were left to me, I would have done that a longtime ago, but like I said, there are rules to follow! You would notice that they were greatly outnumbered because both Alphas didn’t come with their entire armies. Guys if we went ahead and fought them, that would have been an unfair battle because they were outnumbered and there would have been no Victory at all. To win this battle, we all have to be if not entirely, but almost equal in number, that way it will be a fair battle. That’s why I let them go. Now, what you don’t know is that I have organized the grand battle with them. They will be coming back here in three days time, that is on Saturday, with their entire troop of soldiers and we are going to end it here! That is going to be the final battle! On that day, you all will be free to fight as much as you want, kill whoever it is you want. There will be no restrictions. So guys, that’s it. I am your Alpha and I want you all to win, but we have to win the right way else all our efforts will be for nothing. We need to follow the rules, this victory we all crave for, can wait a few more days. I promise you all, that we are going to win this battle.” I conclude and there is a pin dropping silence in the entire field. Miguel just nods as he exhales heavily and turns to the others.

“You can head back to your quarters, later today you can go see your mates and pups in the underground accommodation, but be back by nightfall” He instructs and they all disperse.

“That was one intense speech” Alpha Damien remarks as he walks over to me.

“Ugh! I just had to say it to relieve the tension. They needed to understand what was really going on”

“Very important. I really do looked forward to fighting though”

“You are going to fight all you want on Saturday”

“Of course I will. I’ll be leaving by noon so I can go and prepare my soldiers as well, this is going to be a tough battle and I can’t wait for it to be over already”

“Me too”

“See you around” He walks away.

“I didn’t know you were this good with words” Kol compliments.

“One of the perks of being a Colton, we are always good with everything”

“Proud jerk!” He jokes as he smacks my head and walks away.

“You do know it’s for forbidden to smack an Alpha’s head, don’t you?” I shout as he walks on.

“Forbidden, my ass!”

I just shake my head as I turn around and make my way to the castle.

I need to talk to Reign.