Chapter 1 - Waiting

He is waiting. He has been waiting for a long time—for 15 years. What is he waiting for…?

He knows that it won't happen, whatever he's waiting for. He knows that she won't come, but still. He is waiting.

But his thoughts have been changing recently… He is not waiting for her anymore.

He is waiting for death. Why death…? 

He knows she won't come because he felt her die five years ago. It's been five years since her death. He can't feel her anymore, and that is torture for him. Before, he could feel her sadness, which hurt, but he knew she was alive. Nowadays, everything is blank. There is no sadness, no pain—nothing. Everything feels empty. He can't forget her.

Yes…he saw her once, 15 years ago. That was how the mate bond formed between them. That was how he could feel her emotions. It was a beautiful sunny day. He has always been mischievous and liked to prank his siblings. Back then, he was just ten and had experienced his first shift ten days ago. His wolf was just a puppy, and it was so small. He had pranked his brother Oliver and was caught red-handed by his mother, Sofia. She had started chasing him around, but he shifted to his puppy form and ran quickly into the forest. He ran for an hour or so and wanted a break, so he went to a nearby lake and drank some water. But his leg was caught in a trap. Since he was so small, he didn't have the strength to escape.

He started howling for help, but nobody came for half an hour. That was when he saw his angel…a 5-year old beautiful little girl. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She was wearing a small pink gown and a small strawberry hair clip in her hair.

She had heard his cries from far away and come searching for the source of the sound. She was an animal lover, and she went to the forest every weekend with her dad. When she saw a small wolf pup caught in a trap, she decided to help him without hesitation. He didn't want to frighten her by shifting in front of her, so he stayed in puppy form. The little girl introduced herself as Carol and called him "puppy." He fell in love with her at first sight.

He had found his mate, but he couldn't tell her because they were both are so young and she was human. He planned to slowly follow her and make her fall in love with him.

He had thought that he had plenty of time. He was 10, and she was 5, so they could spend eternity together. He wanted to take it slowly. But who would have thought that everything he thought would happen was going to become just a dream? Who would have thought that he was going to lose his soulmate forever?

The two children played there for some time. They played chase, and Carol called him, "Puppy" again and again, and he was so happy that he just went along with it.

But suddenly, he heard some noises. He became alert, but before he could react, he felt a prick in his leg, and it became limp. He couldn't move. He could see what was happening, but he couldn't do anything. He felt so useless. He saw a person carrying a lifeless body, and the little angel was crying for the death of her father, but he couldn't go and comfort her. Suddenly, he heard a "pak!" sound, and he could see that his little angel had been hit with a piece of wood. Now, she was lying on the grass with blood running from her head. He couldn't shift or move because of the injection, and he cried until blackness took over. He woke up in his bed in human form, hooked up to machines with various wires and tubes. He could see his mother crying near the bed. He was in a hospital bed, but how?

Every memory flows in his mind like a waterfall, bringing tears to his eyes. He starts crying.

He had lost everything in a fraction of a second. He could feel her emotions through the bond, and she was very sad. That proved to him that she was alive, but he couldn't do anything. His eyes looked lifeless. He was too small to do anything on his own, so he decided to ask help.

He called his parents and told them about his mate and everything that had happened. His father promised to help him. They searched for ten years, but nothing could be found. It was like Carol didn't exist.

He never smiled or laughed the way he had before after that incident. He isolated himself. He couldn't even save his mate…his love…his lifetime partner. He thought of himself as a major disappointment.

He never interacted with his brother or friends again. He never pranked anyone after that. It was like he was not him anymore—he was more of a shell that breathed and ate only for the sake of living.

His friends and family, especially his brother, missed his cheerfulness and his pranks. Even though they were often annoyed by those pranks, a part of them still enjoyed that part of him. Now, they missed him a lot. They tried many things to make him better, but nothing could be done. He had shut himself, and only Carol could open him.

After ten years of searching, he experienced an unbearable pain one day and fainted. His family and friends became frightened. He woke after a week of being unconscious, and after that, he couldn't feel her emotions anymore. It was like their bond had been broken—but not completely. That part confused him.

Still, he was totally heartbroken. He knew that something had happened to her. He had felt her death when he fainted. His wolf wouldn't talk with him anymore. It was like a soul in his mind, not active and mostly dead.

He was bottling his anger up inside him, so when he became angered and his wolf did come out, he was like a beast that no one could control. So those who tried to talk with him stopped.

He finally stopped searching for Carol. He stopped talking with anyone for anything other than business. His wolf was now grown, and it was not a puppy anymore. The anger was growing inside him day by day. He was becoming a beast.

If he allowed the beast to grow like this, it would destroy everything because he couldn't control his anger. Somebody had killed his mate…his life. If that person appeared before him, he would torture them to death.

Nobody was allowed to go near him, especially women. He would even kill anyone who disobeyed him.

It's been five years since his mate's death, and now, he is waiting for his own death to come his way. Otherwise, he will take his own life after his birthday, which is five months from now. He will be turning 25 on that day. That will be his last day…

You may ask who he is?

He is the king of supernaturals, Hagon King. And he is waiting for his death.

Will it happen?