"Try again!" Lycaon barked and whimpered a little. It was nine at night and the moon looked full but it wasn't. Tomorrow was my last day of freedom, actually today was because I decided to join Lycaons pack already. I lifted my head and howled almost immediately I felt Lycaons claw rake against my cheek. I whimpered like a dog as I fell to the ground clutching my face "Fool! You must match our pitch or you will be seen as weak!" Lycaon snarled.

I winced but nodded as I clutched my bleeding cheek. I heard rustling and I turned to see a small deer run past, I switched to my night vision to get a better look when Lycaon howled loudly. I looked at my new master and he grabbed me by the scruff of my neck "What is that?!" he asked. I gulped hard as his claw traced my metal face "Metal? You are not part of the gods anymore boy! We are free animals and this?! This is not natural!" he threw me to the ground and I groaned in pain. He stepped on my arms and I struggled but he was too strong "You...will not...have that!" he whispered through gritted teeth.

Then he started to rip my eye up.

I shrieked as his claws dug into the surrounding skin and he ripped the metal pieces out of my face. It felt exactly like it did last year when Alabaster ripped it out! My vision blurred as shards of bronze flew and I couldn't see to my right anymore. Then in my left side I saw Lycaon grin as he held up my mechanical eye. He looked at it before crushing it in his hands "You will have to work twice as hard to make up for this! Understood?!" he asked and I nodded trying to make the pain stop. He's my alpha I have to follow him.

I was gasping in pain as I slowly stood up and looked at Lycaon. What the hell am I doing?! This dude is a sadist! I backed up a little but when I turned I saw black wolves surrounding me. I felt his hand on my shoulder "Remember why you are here in the first place Samuel. The gods have abandoned you, your friends at camp abandoned you, with me you shall be more powerful than you ever thought possible." he explained. I nodded, he was right. This is for the best. I can't have my friends get hurt, better they leave and I wander around a mindless slave to Lycaon forever.

"The gods, my friends...Hylla." I said softly and Lycaon swiped his claw. I flew back and hit a tree, I rubbed my head as Lycaon approached me with his wolves flanking him. I whimpered again as Lycaon leaned forward and snarled. I felt angry now, he ripped my eye out! He's constantly attacking me! I glared at him as best I could with my one good eye "Why should I listen to you?! All you've done is ruin my life!" I shouted. Lycaon slammed his hands on the ground and glared at me with malice in his eyes.

"Ruin your life?! No child I opened your mind! The gods do not care for werewolves! They do not care for you! As soon as you became afflicted they turned their backs! Together we shall show them that we are the true rulers of the wilds and not that miserable She-Wolf! Come child, it is time for your final lesson." he said standing up. I slowly got to my feet and followed the alpha as best I could with my one good eye. We ran through the trees and soon we came to a mountainside.

I stepped forward but Lycaon held his hand out and stopped me "Hold child." he said. Before either of us could do anything one of his wolves leaped forward and immediately started yelping in pain. It collapsed to the ground and crumbled to dust. I gasped as I took a step back, I realized the entire field was covered in dark purple flowers.

Wolfsbane!

This could kill me if I touched it! Maybe I should you know not give Lycaon the satisfaction of taking full control over me. I wanted to move my legs forward and roll around in that poisonous field but I couldn't. Lycaon was my alpha, his word was law. He doesn't want me to die so I shall not disobey him. That little bit in the back of my mind was keeping me back and I couldn't fight it. Lycaon ran along the edge of the field and I followed close behind.

When we reached the end of the field he turned to his wolves "Find food! Make camp! Samuel come with me!" he ordered and I nodded. We ran up into the mountain and the air got thinner and it got colder.

"Hurry up Kinzie! We need as many as we can carry" I heard a voice say. That voice sounded so familiar, who was that? We crouched to the ground and I saw two figures in the distance, both woman and they were picking the flowers and stuffing them in bags. I growled, that flower is evil! They are used to kill my kind and if they are using it that means they are prey! I quickly sprinted behind a boulder to their left. I could just make out what they were saying in a hushed whisper.

"Poor Sam."

"Don't worry we'll get him back my lady."

"He looked so scared. So vulnerable."

"Let's just get these plants and then try to find him. He couldn't have gotten far."

I saw Lycaon step up out of the shadows "Hello my dears." he said smugly. I peered over the rock and saw the tall dark haired woman glaring at my master. She drew a silver dagger and I jumped out and tackled her to the ground, her dagger slipping out of her hand.

"Sam?!" she asked and I looked at her, she looked vaguely familiar those eyes seemed so...enticing. I cocked my head to the side and tried to remember where I saw her before when Lycaon laughed. he was holding Kinzie by her throat.

He looked at me and smiled "Well done Samuel! Tomorrow when you turn they shall be your first victims!" he said. I nodded as I picked the girl up and dragged her down the mountain. She was struggling but I kept my claws firmly on her arm. She looked at me and I glared at her, she was prey and that was it! Nothing more!

We brought out prisoners down to the pack and quickly tied them up so they couldn't escape. The tall girl looked at me pleadingly "Sam it's us! Your friends!" she said and I snarled. I snapped my jaws at her and she backed up next to the other girl in fear.

"I have no friends! I have no one! Only the pack!" I growled deeply. The girl started to cry and I cocked my head, why do I not like seeing that? Why does it make me feel so horrible? Where have I seen her before? She looks so familiar to me. Her eyes are so dark and intense, as if I was staring into a deep dark pit but they seemed soft as well like feathers. I grunted in annoyance and walked away from our new meals.

I saw Lycaon gnawing on a piece of meat and I sat in front of him, he grinned "Tomorrow we shall gather our full pack and then introduce you into the world of the wolf!" he said. I grinned as I grabbed some meat and took a large bite out of it. It tasted delicious and as Lycaon howled at the moon, all of the wolves joined in but I didn't I looked to the left of me at my prisoners.

I kept staring at that girl.

Who is she?

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