Her Fierce Protector

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

AMARU was calmly walking back to their pact, he was almost in their house when his friend Xerxes called him.

"Gamma, where have you been?" His friend looks serious, which is very rare.

It was almost dark, he waited for that mortal maiden to leave and made sure that she wouldn't enter the forest without him knowing, he couldn't be careless about the safety of Ashera.

"Why?"

"The Alpha already appointed his new Beta, he was looking for you earlier but you weren't here, he was furious about you not being present to his announcement."

Amaru's brows turned up and sighed, he scratched his head and went inside their home.

"Where is mother, Xerxes?" he asked the pact warrior.

"That's also what I wanted you to know!" Xerxes said stressfully and scratched his head, "Your mother was invited by the Alpha to their home for dinner…"

Amaru's eyes narrowed at his friend, "For dinner?"

He gulped, his eyes widened. It was very unusual for his brother to invite them to such a gathering, he knew how mad his brother, Remus, was to them.

"Come with me, Xerxes! I need to get my mother!" Amaru said to his friend, took his sword, and hurriedly went to his brother's house, a much larger and more elegant place compared to the small house where he is living. That is where his late father also lived, his father ordered him to live there a lot of times but he choose to stay with his mother, he was a son of an Alpha, a son that could inherit the position, yet he choose the simple life that his mother could give, he never dreamed about any power that he could get. That's why sometimes he couldn't understand his brother's resentment towards him and Remus sometimes challenges him for something against him.

"Why did you let my mother accept the invitation, Xerxes?!" he irritatedly asked, "You already know that it's not usual for them to invite my mother—"

"Do you think I can stop Aunt Sierra? Even you fold when it is her making decisions."

Amaru's dangerous eyes narrowed to his mother standing, facing a lot of guests, a lot of them were laughing at her, most of them were forcing her to dance, some were mocking her for being the mistress of the late alpha.

His eyes darted at his brother who was laughing at what his guests are doing to his poor mother who is now embarrassedly looking at the floor, holding her faded clothes tightly.

"Dance! Show us how you seduce the former Alpha!"

"Dance for us, slut!"

Even though his mother is a hundred years older than him, his mother still holds the beauty like she is still a maiden, except with the veins on her hands that show because of being too hard working.

His heart suddenly bleeds seeing his mother being humiliated. He tightened his grip for his sword that was on the case on his side.

He gritted his teeth and entered the household without any notice. He pulled his mother and placed her on his back, and Xerxes immediately hugged Sierra.

The visitors were surprised and stood up to question him about his act.

"How dare you ruin our fun?!" the werewolf he wasn't familiar with shouted pointing at him. "I am an Alpha and no one ever dared to disrespect me like that!"

"Tell me where can I find your pact then and I will bury fifty parts of your body on the different corners of your village!" he dangerously threatened the self-proclaimed Alpha.

"Ha! Who are you to threaten me like that?"

Amaru stared at the self-proclaimed Alpha, his eyes were emotionless, any time he was ready for any possible attacks.

"Who are you?! Tell me your name!"

"I am this woman's son!" he said powerfully, his voice even thundered making the other guests lose their smile, "Tell me, who gave you all the power to humiliate my mother?!"

"You're arrogant!"

"Yes, I am!" he shouted, "Tell me what is your pact and I will send them the message right away to pick a new Alpha!"

The self-proclaimed Alpha pulled his sword and rushed to him and hit him in too much anger but Amaru was fast to evade the attack making the alpha furious. He kept on attacking and all that Amaru did was circumvent the attacks without putting in much effort. He wasn't even nervous, this scene is very usual to him. For years of going to war, this will never move his fear to eat him.

"Remus will not like a messy place," he said and turned to the Alpha, in just a blink, he managed to position to the back of the Alpha and hit the back of his neck with his elbows. With the force, the alpha dropped on the wooden floor causing the momentary shaking of the house. The alpha was unable to move. Amaru managed to face everyone who was in total awe of what just happened.

"The next time that I will hear that anyone of you humiliate my mother again, ready yourself because I will not only kill you… but as well as up to the fifth of your generation!" he announced powerfully. He glanced at his brother who was already glaring at him being so mad at what just happened, he just ruined the gathering.

"I can always give you respect even though you never respect me… but humiliating my mother is very different… you're a son too, you should understand what I mean, Remus!"

With that words, he went to his mother and pulled her out of the household, he saw Xerxes in his peripheral vision that followed him and three werewolves taking the dead body of the Alpha.

He sighed to calm himself, he wanted to remove the anger he was feeling. His mother was silent while they were walking back home, and he knew that the scene that happened earlier would make his mother cry for days and nights.

He wanted to cry for his mother, he knew how much shame and humiliation she had endured and received, it was only lessened when he was known in their pact as a dangerous, brave werewolf who was feared by many, no one in their village dared to humiliate his mother after he killed four of the werewolves in their pact after humiliating his mother… but werewolves s who came from the other pact that knew about his mother being the mistress of the former alpha were very ruthless and judgemental.

"I'm sorry, Mother," he sincerely apologized, "If only I came early, you wouldn't be forced to join them."

His mother didn't answer him, she just suddenly cried, started trembling as she was trying to control her emotions.

He pulled his mother into a deep hug, he felt the sudden tug inside his chest hearing and seeing his mother cry. He hugged her as tight as he could as if it would erase the pain that she was feeling.

"I'm sorry," he kept on whispering. They got inside their home and he let his mother rest. He kissed her forehead as he let her sleep inside their small home.

He went outside and saw his friend sitting on the log, it was not so distant from their home. He decided to go there, he felt the sudden guilt for what happened to his mother now.

"How was Aunt Sierra?" Xerxes asked seriously. Since Xerxes had lost his parents, Sierra became his mother figure. That's why he is concerned for Amaru's mother not just because Amaru is his friend but because Sierra is like a mother to him.

Amaru sighed and looked at Xerxes for a while then turned his gaze to the moon, it wasn't full, the moon is not even big tonight, it was just enough for them to know that it still exists.

"I'm guilty, Xerxes," he told his friend honestly, "My mother kept on reminding me not to do something that is forbidden to us… yet… I kept admiring… the mortal."

Xerxes tapped his shoulder, "Dude, we do not have control over it."

"I know…" he said in full disappointment, "But I was the one who chose to let it grow into something great… And look at what happened? I… I missed protecting my mother from this, Xerxes! I spent too much time for my own happiness forgetting my mother!"

He gritted his teeth, this time he is mad at himself, not with anyone.

"In the very first place… it was wrong for me to entertain the kind of attraction that I shouldn't feel towards a creature that is different from us."

"Gamma—"

"My mother is right, doing forbidden things is never good. It'll only ruin what we have," he concluded, he sighed and his hands turned into fists, "From now on… I will stop entertaining my feelings for her, Xerxes."

He looked at his friend, his friends looked at him as well with a doubting look, "Can you?" he asked.

Amaru stilled for a moment and thought about the maiden.

"It's not right, she is not for me, we are not for each other, we are forbidden, Xerxes… even though I try to make it possible… it will never be, Xerxes," he looked up at the sky again, he sighed, "I should accept it… Ashera and I… will never happen."

"Then make her a werewolf!" Xerxes suggested, "You can always do that…"

Amaru gulped and shook his head, "I don't want to force her to be someone who is not her, Xerxes…"

"Then what will you do?" Xerxes asked curiously.

Amaru gulped again, his eyes darted to their home where his mother was, then in his mind, the image of the beautiful mortal flashed.

"Forget her," he strongly said, "That's what I should do, Xerxes… in the first place… That's what I should do…"

Because Ashera is a mortal… I am a werewolf. Love could never be possible between two different races, for it will only cause… chaos.