Fated Mate novel Chapter 4

"A very long time ago, our pack was completely at peace and there was nothing but love and respect between ourselves and the neighboring packs but all of this changed very suddenly. A certain pack suddenly felt envious of our peaceful way of life and they did the most horrible thing to ruin it." Layla said, deliberately exaggerating her tone to keep the children's minds invested.

The Children paid attention to her as she spoke, waiting for her to keep going with her story.

"The pack alongside another envious pack, attacked our peaceful pack and they killed thousands of our people with the aim of stealing our land and our properties but guess what, our then Alpha, Alpha Manuel was very strong and powerful and with his strength and the strength and the will of other members of the pack, they were able to chase the wolves away and send them out of wonderful pack but sadly, the then Luna, Luna Silvia, who was heavily pregnant had been brutally murdered. Do you want to know the worst part? They didn't spare the life of the Alpha's only son who was only six years old." She narrated and they all gasp in unison.

"Aunt Layla, they are really bad!" Amelia blurted out, earning a nod of agreement from everyone including Layla.

"Aunty, who are those bad wolves Layla?" Aria asked and Layla went quiet for a while as she looked up at the full moon that was shining so brightly and obviously full of life.

"Aunt Layla, who are the bad wolves and what is the name of this horrible pack?" Kira asked eagerly, wanting to know the name of the pack that had killed the Luna.

"They're known as the Silvermoon pack my dear and they are dangerous and deceitful. They hate peace and love and they would do absolutely anything to ruin it which is why you need to be wary of them. They are not good wolves." Layla said, laying emphasis on her every word.

The children panicked in fear as the tone she had used sent shivers down their spine.

"The Silvermoon pack must be very bad. They are really the bad wolves." Kira said, shaking her little head in utter disgust.

"Yes they are Kira dear, which is why you must never befriend them because when you do, they will use that against you and they'll betray you without thinking twice about it. They do not want any friendship of any kind and they're too selfish to be sincere with anyone so you must stay away from them." She said.

"Are we understood?" She asked and the children were quick to nod their heads.

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The next day, Kira looked forward to going to the Riverside with her aunt. She didn't have a mother but her aunt had helped her ease the sadness of not having her mother around. She had been taking care of her all this while and never hesitated to get her whatever it is she wanted.

"Kira, stay right here, you hear me? I will be back soon and you better not move an inch from here, are we clear?" Layla said strictly and Kira nodded her head.

As soon as Layla left, Kira sat down on one of the branches that seemed to be lying around and she waited patiently for aunt to come back.

After a while, she got tired of sitting as she already started to feel uncomfortable and she decided to stand up. Just as she got up, she lost her balance slightly and hit her toe on the rock in front of her.

"Ouch!" She cried out in pain.

She noticed the deep cut on her big toe and in no time, blood began to pour out causing her to cry out as the pain felt unbearable. She looked around for her aunt but couldn't find her anywhere.

She cried even more as she stared at her wound helplessly. She didn't know what to do and she wished her aunt would come back soon and get her out of here.

"Why are you crying?" She heard a voice ask suddenly and she quickly looked around to spot whose voice that was.

"What happened to you?" The voice asked again and this time, the person behind the voice moved closer and appeared in front of her.

She sniffled a little before wiping off her tears with the back of her hand and looking back at the person in front of her with a confused expression.

The little boy looked down at her feet and saw the blood gushing out from her big toe.

"Don't cry, I'll help you with your wound." He said to her calmly with a small smile tugging on his lips.

She offered a small smile in return to show her gratitude

He moved around a bit and cut certain types of leaves that he had been taught to use for any emergency injuries. He uses the nearest stone he could find to ground them before rushing to apply the theme on her wound.

She hissed in pain as he placed the medicinal leaves carefully on her toe. He looked up at her and she smiled softly at him once she noticed he was staring at her.