Rise of the Fallen

CHAPTER 50

ELENA

“So who was your mother?”

“Well she was the nicest person I've ever met in this world and I love her so much that I can't do anything to hurt her. She's my pride and everything and I love her even if she's dead” I stuttered, this was the right time to kill this murderer, he killed my parents, and he has to pay for the crimes that he committed.

“Brace yourself, this is cowardice, he's not even stable to battle with you, let him live. When the time isb right, you would know that he's the one that you should kill” I agreed to the voice in my head.

“I wished I could say the same for my parents, they were not the nicest people I met. They were the worst that I can assure you of that, I'm glad they're both dead now.” I was shocked when he said those words, wondering what his parents must have done to him to inculcate this kind of hate that he displayed.

“What did they do to you?” I inquired,

“They made my life a living hell” he stutters, he couldn't deny the fact that he was sobbing at this point.

“What did they do exactly? Is it just natural hate, or they created that hate inside of you?” I wanted to know exactly the basis of what a parent could do to his child to make him this way.

“Oh they did create that hate in me, and they made me so evil that I had to kill my father and my father was proud when he died he said to me," the sudden pause in his tone, I understood that his father was someone very wicked and shrewd to have done this to his son.

“I trained you to kill me because I'm your enemy, and you should eliminate all of my kind from the earth” Now I understood the hate he had for werewolves.

“Wait was your father a werewolf?” I asked,

“Yes he was a werewolf” he divulged, I was surprised, wondering why Ethan wasn't a werewolf or was he a late shifter?

“That's wild then why did you become a wolf hunter” I was being inquisitive, knowing how my words were supposed to be channelled to avoid suspicion.

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“My father was a wolf hunter and my mother as well, but he tried so hard to hide his identity that no one ever knew that he was a werewolf, he made me a werewolf hunter. I had a girl in my life that I loved so much, she was so pure but my father and my mother forced me to kill her and pronounce her dead to affirm my faith as a werewolf hunter”

“Well, he must have done an impressive job hiding his identity, Did you do it?” I asked,

“Yes, when I knew my life and that of my sister depended on it”

“Where's your sister?”

“She was killed by the leader of the pack, my imagined father-in-law, but I guess it didn't work out. My father, out of anger, hunted and killed all the pack members, he was declared the greatest wolf hunter that ever lived” I guess his father's story was the same my father once told me about.

“You know, one thing about my father is that he died with a purpose, but there are some werewolves that die without a purpose, and they don't get to live the life that they dreamt to live because of us… We make them targets, and we hunt them and when we have them, we kill them and sometimes feed their meat to our dogs”.

“Why are you telling me all this?” I wondered why he was telling me all these words.

Is he aware of the fact that I'm a werewolf?__

“You should know that you're one of the purest humans I've ever seen, you enjoy being alone, and you don't even have friends, I don't even how Talon found you and brought you to our lands, I just want to let you know on the basics of our community” to think that he sees me as a human I guess his father didn't teach him to know the traits of a werewolf when he sees one.

“Isn't that great? You're not the right person I'm supposed to take that commands from I guess” I uttered as he stared at me for a while,

“Who told you that?” He said out loud as I wasn't even scared of him, if he makes me angry I could push him over the edge, and he would just die.

“Talon's the leader of this community and he's the emperor. you're just second in command I guess” I knew he was the former leader, and he was just subdued by Talon and that makes him second in command when he's supposed to be the leader as his father wishes.

“You know I think I should kill that werewolf and let everyone know that I'm the leader around here” he uttered with boldness.

“You should know that killing your leader would only make you a coward, you have to face him and challenge him to a duel, winner takes the leader position, the traditional way of finding the right person to sit on the throne” I suggested as I saw the smile on his face, I knew he hearkened to my words, my words must have sunk deep into his mind.

“You should know that this will be a hard feat, knowing that I'm a half man without my legs” he stuttered as he hit his hands on the wheelchair, he hated himself for that injury, I guess he didn't even know that Talon was the one responsible for his pains.

“You're a werewolf hunter. I guess you know the weak points of a werewolf or did your father exclude that from his teachings?” I uttered, feeling scared that he might react because I mentioned his father.

“Don't you ever mention that in my presence” he warned,

“Well it's not my fault, it's just that you have all the qualities to defeat that lunatic, and you're here just whining and grinding in your pains” I retorted as he stared at me, he sighed,

“I'm healing”

“You're healing?" I chuckled.

“Yes I am healing and once I have my legs back, I would challenge him to a duel, the winner takes the throne and the loser becomes second in command” he uttered as someone interrupted his words.

“Don't be surprised you remain second in command until Talon's ready to do away with you”