The Alpha King's Witch Bride
Chapter 114: _A Human Settlement

Chapter 114: _A Human Settlement

We continued moving forward after my uncle reluctantly wrapped up the human body in his coat and then carried it over his shoulder.

I could feel his judgemental stares on the back of my head as we moved forward, heading for the direction I had taken last night in my search for Odessa.

But I couldn’t care less about my uncle or what he thought and blissfully ignored as we navigated our way through the woods.

"Oh... Wow." Marcellus muttered as we paused at a point.

His eyes widened with surprise at the sight before us and I couldn’t blame him. In front of us were tens of broken trees, turned into nothing but splinters and wood on the forest floor.

This went on for what seemed like hundreds of meters ahead, making that part of the woods desolate.

There were also large claw marks on the trees and even on the ground around... My claw marks.

’Damon you son of a bitch.’ I muttered to my wolf in my head, causing him to snigger teasingly.

’Oh, come on, Kaelos! It’s not our fault that you’re blessed with the most powerful wolf in the continent.’ he said with a proud voice, but I didn’t share his sentiment.

I had the power to shred whole armies, level entire battlefields with my howl, and so many other feats that made me the closest thing to the divine powers of the goddess herself.

Yet, I’ve always been hesitant about using them... Because of the destruction that follows and the power drive that gets into my head.

’You’re boring, you know that right?’ Damon said with a scoff but I ignored him, turning my gaze to Marcellus and the rest.

"Yes, I had to shift to my wolf when things got... Serious." I revealed a wry smile on my face as my gaze landed on my uncle, who looked the most surprised.

He also shared the Alpha King bloodline, but unfortunately, not everyone with the bloodline had a wolf as powerful or ’unique’ as mine. I could see the envy in his eyes... But I could also see the confusion.

"You? Finding things so serious that you had to shift?" Marcellus repeated with disbelief, shaking his head. "The last time that happened, the humans lost a good chunk of their soldiers."

Marcellus’ eyes glinted with nostalgia as he sighed, shaking his head. "The good old days." He remarked.

Oh, yes... ’The good old days’ during the early years of my reign as Alpha king. When all I focused on was carrying on my father’s legacy of being a ruthless and unforgiving ruler.

The good days that gave me my current reputation as someone who baths in the blood of his enemies.

’Remembering those days brings excitement to your bones.’ Damon whispered in my mind like the little devil that he was. ’Come on, admit it. Don’t you miss having fear and respect? The glory and the–’

’Keep talking and I’ll cut you off.’ I said coldly before I spoke physically to the rest of the group. "We’re slowing down. The small camp the rogues made is just up ahead of this devastation. Let’s keep moving and see if we can find anything."

Without another word, I kept on moving, once again feeling the judgemental stares from the Gamma and Delta.

"I guess saving that witch bride of his was so ’serious’ to him that he had to shift." My uncle whispered with a scoff, but I wasn’t bothered at all by his insignificant words.

Anyway, we finally got to the camp of the rogues which was still littered with their remains. The blades of grass were blowing into the wind with dried-up blood at the tips, and a few trees were broken in half or had a body close to them.

And the fireplace at the center was snuffed out, the small smoke going into the air the only sign that people had lived there.

Once again, all eyes went to me, the obvious cause of the destruction and death, but I ignored it all and began searching the tents in the camp and also the clothes on the bodies.

Well... The bodies that were still intact anyway.

"Ugh, there’s nothing important," Marcellus grunted after we stayed searching for several minutes, causing me to sigh softly.

The next decision was obvious.

"Let’s continue moving then. There’s a human town not too far at the outskirts of the other side of the woods." I revealed, scanning my gaze around with my arms folded in front of my chest. "If my guess is correct, the human woman should be from those parts."

I glanced at Gamma Zane who still had her body placed over his shoulder, his eyes twitching with more irritation with each passing second.

If he thinks he’s the only one about to ’snap’ then he’s got another thing coming.

Anyway, I turned away and headed through the path Odessa and I had taken to bring that human woman from last night back to her home.

However, when the group finally got out of the Blood Oak woods and arrived at the outskirts of the small town, my eyebrows furrowed when I saw soldiers patrolling the area.

Human soldiers.

"Hey, over there!" One of them yelled at his comrades, pointing at us before he pointed a gun at us.

The rest turned to us and did the same, cautious expressions on their faces. They seemed to number over twenty or so, with one armored car in their arsenal and guns, which I was certain were all loaded with silver bullets.

"Puny humans." Gamma Zane spoke with a low tone but before he could step forward and do anything, I turned my gaze to him, glaring at him.

He instantly kept his mouth shut as I slowly raised my hands and stared at the human soldiers with a smile plastered on my face.

"Gentlemen, greetings," I said, my voice loud but calm. "I’m Alpha King Kaelos BloodOak. Alpha of the Blood Oak pack and Alpha king of the North American packs. And we’re–"

"Oh, we know who you are, harbinger of chaos." One of the men, who seemed to be in his fifties and like he had the same stubbornness as my uncle, stepped forward, eyeing me with contempt. "Your reputation and your face precede you."

Oh...

I tried my best to keep the smile on my face, withholding the urge to just rip them to shreds. I’m trying to make peace so I have to act like it, right?

"What I wish to know is if you’re aware of the fact that your werewolves are slaughtering innocent humans in these parts." The man continued with a stern expression, causing me to sigh to myself.

Crap...