Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Leonidas POV
Wolves don’t kneel.
Yet every wolf in the hallway was on their knees.
The silence that followed the shockwave was suffocating. Dust floated lazily through the air where the ground had cracked, and the scent of Sable’s power hung thick around us–sweet, intoxicating, commanding.
My wolf trembled beneath my skin.
'Bow'.
The instinct came like a sudden wave, violent and overwhelming.
But I was an Alpha.
Alphas do not kneel.
My muscles strained as I forced myself upright, fighting the invisible weight pressing against my body. Around me, wolves lowered their heads in submission, their shoulders tense, with their breathing heavy. Even the strongest among them had bowed.
Sable shifted weakly in my arms.
"What...what’s happening?" she whispered.
Her voice was small, fragile, nothing like the power that had just exploded from her body.
Her glowing eyes were with confusion as she stared at the cracked stone beneath us.
"I didn’t...I didn’t mean to do that".
My wolf stirred again.
'Mine'.
I tightened my hold on her.
"You’re fine", I said quietly, though I knew that was far from the truth.
Nothing about this situation was fine. A low murmur rippled through the kneeling wolves.
"Omega..."
"The scent..."
"It’s real..."
The word spread through the hallway like wildfire.
'Omega'.
The most rarest existence among werewolves. A power whispered about in legends, even feared by Alphas. And now here it stood–as a girl in the middle of a university campus, barely conscious, trembling in my arms.
Zander was the only one who hadn’t knelt. The vampire stood several feet away, watching the scene unfold with interest, his eyes glowing faintly.
"Well", he said softly.
"That answers a few questions".
I shot him a glare.
"Not now, Zander".
"Oh, I’m afraid now is exactly the time", he replied calmly. "You’re standing in the middle of a supernatural catastrophe".
Behind us, Caius slowly rose from one knee.
Unlike the others, he didn’t look shocked.
He looked...calm,like this was exactly what he had expected.
"Everyone stay where you are", he ordered sharply.
The hunters behind him hesitated as they had felt the power too.
Even without wolf instincts, they understood something unusual had just happened.
One of the hunters raised his weapon uncertainly.
"What... what is she?" he asked.
Caius’s voice turned cold.
"No one touches her".
My eyes narrowed.
"Funny", I said. "That sounds like something someone protecting her would say".
Caius ignored the comment.
Instead, his gaze moved to Sable.
For the first time,something like worry flickered in his expression.
"Sable", he said carefully.
Her head turned weakly toward him.
"Caius...?".
The moment she recognized him, her glowing eyes flickered again. The power around her stirred again.
The wolves in the courtyard immediately tensed.
Some of them lowered their heads further while others looked like they were struggling to breathe.
Zander noticed.
"Ah", the vampire murmured. "Emotional triggers. That’s not good".
"What does that mean?" I asked.
"It means", Zander replied, "our newly awakened Omega has absolutely no control over her power".
Right on cue, the ground trembled again.
Sable gasped, grabbing my shirt as another pulse of energy escaped her body.
"I didn’t mean to!", she cried.
The wolves groaned collectively as the pressure increased. Even I felt it now. But not as submission rather as command.
An ancient instinct buried deep within my wolf.
My jaw clenched.
"No", I growled under my breath.
My wolf pushed harder.
'She is ours'.
I forced the instinct down violently.Across the courtyard, one of the younger wolves suddenly collapsed fully to the ground.
"I can’t–",he gasped.
Another wolf dropped beside him. Then another.
The Omega presence was overwhelming them.
Sable looked around in horror.
"Why are they doing that?" She asked.
"Because of you",Zander said bluntly.
I shot him a glare.
"Not helping".
He shrugged, "Truth rarely does".
Caius stepped closer cautiously.
"Your awakening is unstable", he said.
Sable shook her head frantically.
"I don’t understand! I didn’t do anything!"
"You removed the suppressant", he replied.
Her eyes widened.
"What suppressant?"
"The tea", he said quietly.
Realization slowly spread across her face.
"The tea… was medicine?"
"Yes".
"Then why..."
Before she could finish, a distant howl cut through the air. The sound froze every wolf in the courtyard.
Another howl followed.
Then another.
My stomach dropped.
More wolves.
Zander sighed dramatically.
"And the situation continues to worsen".
From the far edge of the campus, figures began emerging from between the buildings.
Wolves.
Dozens of them.
Some shifted into human form as they approached. Others stayed in their massive wolf forms, their eyes locked on Sable.
They were drawn by the scent.
Drawn by the Omega.
One of them stepped forward, a tall man with dark hair and scarred skin.
His eyes immediately landed on Sable.
And his expression changed instantly.
"Hear that?" Zander murmured beside me.
"What...", I replied.
"That’s the sound of trouble".
The man’s voice carried across the courtyard.
"An Omega".
The word echoed among the newcomers.
Excitement spread through the wolves.
Hunger.
Greed.
Power.
I felt my wolf struggling violently.
My grip on Sable tightened protectively.
"You’re not getting near her", I warned.
The scarred wolf smiled slowly.
"That’s not your decision to make, Alpha".
Several wolves behind him began shifting into their wolf forms.
The hunters raised their weapons nervously.
Caius cursed under his breath.
"This is exactly what I was trying to prevent".
Sable looked around in panic.
"Leonidas...."
Her fingers tightened in my shirt.
"Why are they looking at me like that?"
Because to them, she wasn’t a person.
She was power.
Control.
Dominance.
An Omega could command entire packs. If they could control her...
Zander’s voice cut through my thoughts.
"Leonidas", he said quietly.
I glanced at him.
His eyes had darkened.
"You might want to prepare yourself".
"For what?"
The vampire nodded toward the approaching wolves.
"They’re not here to kneel".
The scarred wolf stepped closer.
"You should hand her over", he said calmly.
My wolf exploded with fury.
"Try it".
The wolf grinned.
Then suddenly, Sable’s body went rigid in my arms.
Her glowing eyes widened.
"Make them stop!"she cried.
Another wave of power burst from her body.
Stronger.
Wilder.
The pressure slammed into every wolf in the courtyard.
Some dropped immediately.
Others staggered.
Even the scarred wolf stumbled back several steps.
The ground cracked again beneath our feet.
Wind exploded outward from the center of the courtyard.
The Omega power surged violently through the air.
And for the first time–
I felt it clearly.
Not submission.Not command.
But something deeper.
Something ancient.
My wolf went completely still.
Because the power reaching for me now wasn’t just Omega authority.
It was something else.
Something personal.
Sable’s glowing eyes slowly lifted to meet mine.
And when they did–
My wolf spoke with absolute certainty.
'Mate'.
My breath caught.
The world around us faded into silence.
She stared at me like she could hear my thoughts.
Like she felt the same pull.
"Leonidas..."she whispered.
The moment she said my name, the power around her flared again.
But this time, it wasn’t wild.
It was focused.
Directed straight at me.
My wolf went completely still.
Because her voice carried something new now.
Something powerful.
Something dangerous.
A command.
"Kneel".
My entire body froze.
Because for the first time in my life–
My wolf wanted to obey.