Chapter 7 : The Beautiful Life of Rex

Back at the Northern pack, my parents were the best healers in the pack, and have two sons, which is me and my brother. He was an alpha and to tell you the truth, I'm an omega, but you'll know why I lied when we get further into my past. I learned the art of medics and eventually, I grew up and became the same as my parents, and took their places as the pack's healer. My brother, Lex, became the commander of the wolves and assistant of the leader of the pack, Aren. Even though we were really busy with our work, we still maintain contact with each other and spend our time together when we have any spare time. During my working hours at my den, researching about other plants that can be used as medicine, it was that moment when I met the lover of my life, which is Aren's daughter, Rose. It was my second time seeing her; the first time was when I caught sight of her playing with her friends when we were pups and I mostly stayed indoors watching how my parents treat our pack wolves's injuries. She was beautiful, and my heart rate beats faster than ever when she entered my den.

'Hello, sir.' She asked as it was the first time that we met.

'Uh, hello. May I know your name?' I asked with a smile after awaking from my sudden daydream about my future life with her.

'Rose, Aren's daughter.' She replied.

'Ah, hot-shot's daughter, eh?' I joked and received a smile from her. 'Name's Rex.'

'Nice to meet you, Rex.' She said and shook her paw with mine.

Her eyes were golden and her coat was cream white. She looks like an angel who descended from heaven to find her true love. Our eyes met and she giggled as I couldn't snap out of her beauty.

'Could you check on my paw? It kinda hurt after my morning hunt today.' She said with a frown.

'Oh, sure.' I said, finally managed to snap out.

I examined her paw and found a small wooden splint sticked into it and I looked back at her with a smile.

'Oh, it's nothing. Just a splint. Let me help you get it out, but it might hurt a little.'

I gently used my claws to pinch the splint and plucked it out and she let out a small yelp. I threw it aside and smiled back at her.

'There you go. All better.'

'Thank you.' She replied and turned back before leaving the den. 'You know, you're the first charming wolf that I've ever seen in this pack.'

She winked and left the den and I felt my heart stopped beating. Does that mean that she's in love with me? I jumped around for a couple of minutes until collapsing to the ground in exhaust. The next morning sun arrives, and as I arrived at the feeding grounds, I caught sight of her being disturbed by a bunch of boys and decided to check it out. Turns out that they were forcing her to accept one of them as her boyfriend and I rolled my eyes at such situation and decided to step in.

'Get away from her.' I shouted.

They stopped and turned towards me with an angry face, and I immediately recognized that they were the bad and selfish alphas who bullies the omegas. I also noticed that Rose was crying, which made my heart burn in eternal flames.

'Well who it is, the famous healer omega.' The most bossy alpha and leader of the group, Billy said.

'Aren't you guys afraid of Aren knowing this?' I asked and they laughed.

'What can that old fool do? We can take him down easily since we're half the number of his alphas.'

He was right, Aren's alpha wolves were only twelve, and they're six strong and muscular wolves who can overpower the other half who aren't as strong as them.

'Leave. Her. Alone.' I snapped angrily.

My eyes met Rose's and it told me that I was sending myself to death, but I must help her, my crush on her's preventing me from quitting.

'What are you going to do, Rex? You're just a weak omega who only knows to heal others. You don't know anything about combats.'

What he said was also true, I've never been into alpha school and never fought anyone before because I'm very friendly, but now his selfishness ignites the very first fire in my heart, and his arrogance pours oil over it. If you can't overpower him, outsmart him. I may not be good in swiping my claws at them, but I can dodge and use my knowledge of blood circulation on their body to my advantage. Billy's boys were about to run for me, but was stopped by their gang leader.

'Let me handle this weakling.' He said.

They watched as we circled around each other, his face was full of anger while mine was calm as I was searching for the best spot to paralyze. Rose watched me from behind a tree with her eyes widened as she thought that I'm surely dead fighting against a muscular alpha. That's when she was wrong. Billy leaped and tried to scratch my face, but I side-stepped it swiftly and hit the artery in his paw. He landed on the ground and yelped when he placed pressure on the paw that I've hit. I was amazed by my hidden strength and I looked at my paws. He looked back at me with anger.

'What did you do to me?

I shrugged with an innocent face and heard a soft giggle from Rose. Billy roared and pounced at me, but I decided to end this fight by making another side-step and hit the arteries of his hind legs. He landed on the ground and unable to stand, his legs standing upright. His gang looked from their leader to me who was stretching my paw and I yelped as it was my first time hitting something hard.

'Alright, who's next?' I asked and they immediately ran away.

'Hey! Come back here cowards!' Billy roared.

Rose walked out of her hiding spot and stood infront of me.

'Thank you, Rex.' She said and gave a lick on my cheek.

I blushed and my heart beat shot up, surprised that she would do something like that to me. She noticed and giggled.

'So, what are we going to do with him?' She asked, looking at Billy.

'I think I have an idea.' I said with an evil grin.

We walked towards him and looked down with a smile. He looked back and began to whimper.

'So, am I still a weak omega?' I asked.

'No, you're not. You're scary!' He replied and Rose laughed.

'Will you ever disturb Rose again?'

'No, I won't.'

'I need a full confirmation and you must mean it.'

I slammed my paw into his tummy and he yelped in pain.

'Okay! Okay! I won't disturb her again!'

'Good.'

A few seconds later, Aren with his mate, Alexa and a few alphas ran towards them with a worried expression.

'What's with the yelling?' Aren asked.

They looked at Billy who was lying on the ground and turned towards Rose and I.

'What happened to him?' Alexa asked.

'Mom, Dad, he and his friends were bullying me when I was here to hunt for food. Luckily, Rex came and stopped them.' Rose replied.

'I paralyzed his legs so he's unable to move, ma'am.' I said with a salute and Rose giggled.

'I see. How did you do it?'

'Well, all I did was hitting the arteries in his legs like this and- ahh!' I said as I hit the artery on my left hind leg and I yelped when blood couldn't circulate through it.

'Are you okay?' Rose said as she leaned her body against mine to prevent me from falling.

'Yeah, I'm fine. Let me try to unblock it.'

I made a few hits on parts of my paralyzed leg and turned normal again. I circled around her and smiled.

'All better now.'

She smiled and turned towards her parents who were staring at Billy angrily.

'You'll be receiving a very heavy punishment, Billy.' Aren said and Billy whimpered.

'Please, let me move, Rex.' He said.

'Why should I? You're gonna make a run for it, as expectable.' I said and he made a frown.

'Do it, Rex. I'll take care of this mutt.' Aren snapped at Billy.

'Okay then.'

I made a few hits on his legs, same as how I did it on mine, and he's able to move again. He got up and shook my paw continuously.

'Oh, thank you. That pain was unbearable.' He said.

'I'll take you to your punishment.' Aren said and his alphas surrounded Billy as they left.

'Thank you, Rex. For saving my daughter.' Alexa said.

'It was what I must do, ma'am.' I said and made another salute and she laughed.

'I'll see you two later.'

She smiled and went to catch up with her mate, leaving me and Rose alone at the feeding ground. We look at each other and smiled.

'I guess he won't be bothering you anymore.' I said.

'Yeah, I hope so. How did you do that anyway? Is it something that you've learned from your parents?' She asked curiously.

'Uh, half of it. They didn't taught me about how to paralyze it, I figured it out myself.'

I looked at my paws and was still amazed about the hidden strength within it.

'But I never knew I could do that.'

'I'm glad that you can.' She said and placed her paw on my shoulder.

I smiled and at the same time, my tummy growled, so as hers and we laughed.

'Haven't hunt anything yet?' I asked and she nodded. 'Well, let's go.'

We began to search for any nearby prey and spotted a deer looking away from us. I sat on higher ground while I watch her dived into the tall grass. I was amazed that she crawled faster than any other wolves and she stopped when she's close to her prey. At the right moment, she pounced and grip its neck tightly with her mouth. The deer struggled, but gave up in the end and she snapped its neck. I ran towards her to congratulate her.

'Wow. That's amazing. You were like a ghost. How did you do that?' I asked.

'My parents taught me well. Would you like to learn?' She suggested.

'Sure, why not.'

We dragged the deer to the opening and panted heavily after dropping it.

'Well, time to eat some of those disgusting berries.' I said with my tongue sticking out in disgust and she laughed.

'Don't you like berries?' She asked with an eyebrow raised.

'Not really. I prefer meat.'

'Well, I can share this meat with you.' She said shyly.

My eyes widened when those words entered my ears. Was I dreaming? I slapped myself a few times and she made a curious expression. I noticed and smiled.

'Oh, it's nothing. Just wondering if I'm dreaming.'

'Why?' She said and began to move closer to me.

'Um, 'cause a beautiful girl like you would ask a guy like me to share your food, and it's quite… surprising.'

I blushed and she giggled. She moved her mouth close to my ear and whispered.

'Well, I like you.'

I felt my heart stopped when she said that, and a large smile spread across my face. She moved away and our eyes met.

'Really?' I asked and she nodded. 'Well, I also like you too.'

I scratched my head with my paw awkwardly and she smiled.

'Why don't we hang out after this? I have nothing to do anyway.' She said.

'Sure.' I replied and we ate our meal.

We enjoyed our conversation together while eating at the same time. She revealed to me that she loves to venture to other places and she was surprised when I told her that I have the same interest too. Eventually, we began to date for a long time. She always come to my den after her duties and we usually played at the pond. There was one time when my brother entered my den with her girlfriend that he's going to howl with for tonight's Moonlight Howl.

'Hey bro.' He greeted and gave me a hug.

'Hey man.' I greeted back and noticed a lady beside him. 'Well, who's this?'

'This is my beautiful girl, Rebecca.'

'Nice to meet you, Rex. Your brother always talk about you to me.' She said and shook my paw.

'Really? Well that's surprising. I never expected him to do that.' I replied.

'Well, we're going to the Moonlight Howl tonight. So, you're going with your gal?' Lex asked.

'Of course.' I said and at that moment, Rose walked in with a smile.

'Hello handsome. Hey Lex.' She said and gave me a lick on the cheek.

She turned towards Rebecca and her eyes widened.

'Rebecca? What are you doing here?' She asked curiously.

'Well, do you remember the macho alpha that I've talked about before?' Rebecca said.

'Oh, I remember. You've got a good lady, Lex.'

'I know.' Lex replied and rubbed his muzzle with his girlfriend.

'Wanna go and play, handsome?' Rose asked and wiped her tail under my chin.

'Well, sure. Not much patients came to me today anyway.' I replied and we left the den.

When we arrived, I decided that we should play hide-and-seek, a game that alphas are best in. Sadly, Rebecca's an alpha, so I'm the only omega who has a huge disadvantage in this.

'So, who's going to be the seeker?' I asked playfully as games and fun is written in my blood.

They looked at each other and turned towards me with looks that I completely understand what they had in mind.

'Fine. I'll be it.'

They smiled and watched as I faced towards a tree and began to count to ten. I closed my eyes and heard their footsteps as I count.

3… 2… 1…

I turned around and began to search. It was really hard, as they were masters of stealth and I'm just an ordinary wolf who only provides medical care. A few minutes later, I gave up and called them out.

'Guys! Come out! I gave up!'

Lex and Rebecca ran towards me, but Rose wasn't behind them.

'Where's Rose?' I asked.

'Turn around.' Lex said and I followed, but nothing happened.

'Where is she?' I asked again and they giggled.

Suddenly, I felt someone hugged me from behind and heard a laugh.

'I'm behind you the whole time, silly.' She said and my eyes widened.

'But. But how? You didn't leave any footprints or made any noise.'

'Another technique that I've created.'

'I gotta learn that.'

'Sure.'

She smiled and we continued to play our game.

'So, who's the seeker now?' I asked playfully.

'I'll be it.' Rose said raising her paw.

'Okay. You know the rules?' I asked.

'We already played this before, Rex.'

'Oh, right. Start counting.'

She faced towards the tree and as she begin the countdown, Rebecca, my brother and I immediately spring into action to find a good hiding spot. I climbed a tree nearby that has a clear view of her and sat on the branch and waited for her to finish.

3… 2… 1…

She turned around and began to examine her surroundings. She stopped by the tree where I was hiding and smiled and continued to search for us. A few minutes later, I heard Lex and Rebecca's voice from afar and began to grow louder.

'How did you know that both of us were hiding under a rock? It was the best hiding spot that I made.' He said.

'Well maybe you should dig a bit more deeper.' Rebecca suggested.

'That would make it difficult for us to climb out.'

'Where's Rex anyway?'

They stopped below the tree where I was hiding and my body began to shake and hoped that they won't find me and walk away. Strangely, Rose raised her paw and they understood what she meant, unlike me who understands nothing about hand signs. Sound of cracks began to appear beneath me and my eyes widened as the branch was beginning to break as it was unable to hold my weight no longer. Finally, it broke and I fell to the ground hard, landing beside her. She looked at me with a smile while Lex and Rebecca's eyes widened. I got up slowly as my muscles hurt after making full impact on the ground and turned towards her.

'Hello darling.' She said with a smile.

'So, you know that I've been hiding up there all along?' I asked curiously.

'Yep.'

'How?'

'Instincts.' She said as she pat one side of her head with her paw.

'Can you teach me?'

'Sorry, Rex. But I can't teach you that. It is only be mastered by yourself. I never knew you love to learn, and your progress on hunting lessons was excellent.'

'Well, that's because I have a good and hot coach.'

She laughed and licked my cheek and we continued to play till the sun begins to set. Lex and Rebecca left to take a bath somewhere else while Rose and I reserved the pond. We sat in the cool water and began to wash ourselves. As she walk out of the pond and shook herself dry, my jaw dropped at such beauty; her sexy body, charming eyes and beautiful fur which glowed under the moonlight and she swayed her hair back makes her look so attractive. She noticed my amazed expression and giggled.

'Come on handsome. You don't wanna be late.' She said happily.

'Okay.' I replied and got out of the water.

I shook myself dry and turned towards her who was already waiting and noticed something missing on her appearance, and remembered immediately once I caught sight of a nearby rose plant. I harvested one and returned to her. She watched as I placed it in her fur and smiled.

'Perfect.' I said.

'Thank you.' She said and gave me a kiss in the lips which made my heart beat rate shot up.

My face blushed bright red and she giggled.

'Come on. Let's go.' She said and leaned against me as we walked towards the Howling Rock in my pack's territory.

The rock was a large C-shaped clearing with a large pond in the middle and has a clear view of the silver moon. Rose and I usually take the highest spot and howl together. We sat and looked at each other with a smile.

'Well, are you ready?' I asked.

'Always.' She replied, and we howled.

Our howl was like songs of heaven and every wolf looked up at us with their eyes widened. We noticed and continued to howl. At that very moment after we pulled away, with the moon shining on our coats, I kneeled down and spoke a question that had been in my mind ever since our first date and it made her heart melt.

'Rose, will you marry me?'

Tears began to swell up in her eyes and I began my touching and truthful speech.

'I knew that we were a perfect match since the start, and our howl confirms it. I want to be the wolf who protects you, love you, and give you support whenever you need. I will give up my life for you, and I-' I stopped when she pounced at me and kiss me passionately in the lips.

She pulled away and our muzzle touched.

'I do, Rex.'

A big smile spread across my face and kissed her again. All of the wolves present cheered and clapped their paws at my successful wedding proposal. Surprisingly, Lex did the same thing to Rebecca too, and she said yes. In the end, we married so as Lex and Rebecca on the same wedding day and lived happily together. During our honeymoon, Rose and I decided to explore other places outside our pack territory's border and I brought some medicine just in case if any one of us got injured. We said our goodbyes and began our adventure. We decided not to have pups as they would be a load to our lives. The sun began to set as we travel, and we stopped under a tree. She sat beside me and smiled.

'Well, that was an awfully long trip to where we are now.' She said.

'Yeah. I'll hunt for us, darling. Just stay and rest till your handsome alpha return.' I replied and touched her cheek and she giggled.

'You really do look like an alpha, Rex. After all of the training that I gave you, you've grown muscular.'

'Thank you, but I'm still your fun-loving omega, right?'

'Yeah.'

'I'll be right back.' I said and gave her a kiss in the lips before leaving.

I made a quick hunt on a few rabbits due to her training on the ghost stalk and she smiled as I returned. I sat it down infront of her and we began to eat, but stopped when we heard a nearby sound.

'What is that? It sounds… amazing.' She said curiously.

'Let's check it out.' I said with a grin and we began to walk towards the beautiful sound.

We arrived infront of a human camp and we hid in a large thick bush while listening to the attractive sound coming out from a shining box. We looked at each other with a smile and began to memorize the words coming out from it. Once we're done, we returned to where our meal was left and continued to eat. During the next Moonlight Howl, we sang what we memorized and every wolf watched us with their eyes widened as we sang it perfectly. I still remember every word of it.

''Say something, I'm giving up on you

I'll be the one, if you want me to

Anywhere I would've followed you

Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I am feeling so small

It was over my head

I know nothing at all

And I will stumble and fall

I'm still learning to love

Just starting to crawl

Say something, I'm giving up on you

I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you

Anywhere I would've followed you

Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I will swallow my pride

You're the one that I love

And I'm saying goodbye

Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you

And anywhere I would've followed you, oh-oh-oh-oh

Say something, I'm giving up on you

Say something, I'm giving up on you

Say something...''

Every wolf clapped at such beautiful song and we kissed under the silver moonlight and we continued to live happily.

'Wow. Your life with Rose was wonderful.' Kate said.

They've been listening to Rex's story for around an hour and some of the wolves began to return to their den to sleep for the night. They were amazed by his voice when he sang the song that he once sang with his mate.

'Yeah.' Rex said in agreement and has a big smile on his face that they've never seen before for the past few days.

'But that doesn't explain how you were banished.' Humphrey said and Rex's smile faded away and was replaced by a frown.

'Well, our happiness ran out when something happened to Rebecca…'

I'm sorry that this chapter isn't the sad part, but the next chapter is 'cause this is pretty much filled. Just to let you know that the next chapter might be long to update as my holiday's over and it's hard to write 'cause like I said, it's a sad chapter and it hurts my emotion as I'm writing in Rex's Point of View. As I said this for the seventh time, but I'm still gonna say it, thank you for the support and I'm glad that you like the story so far. As usual, leave a review/follow/favourite. It means a lot to me and have a wonderful day. Peace out. -LoverWolfs1121