Alpha King Damon Deep in the forest, following Maia’s scent, I come across a beautiful plum tree with many fresh, ripe plums on the ground. I pick one up, and bite into it; its wine-coloured juice runs down my chin messily. I wipe it with my sleeve and sense something is amiss ten metres up. I quickly undress, shift into my wolf, and run to a spot with a cave, where a soldier I do not know hovers over my mate. I pierce his flesh with my fangs, killing him instantly. Maia is sits up and looks at me in fear. I shift back into human form, and cover myself with my hands. I slowly approach her. ‘Your safe now.’ I say gently. ‘I won’t hurt you.’ I assure her. Her shaking subsides, I gently pick her up sparks form where our skin touch. I walk over to the waterfall and step in until I a