Throat

"Maybe because that's the best way to make someone like you dance to my tune. The ball is in your court. You decide whether you will listen to me or be stubborn." She said that and walked out on her mother.

"What's it with you and your sister? Why are you both behaving like enemies?" Their mother demanded.

"Mother, please let me rest my brain. Why don't you ask your daughter? She's just like her father" he shouted angrily.

"Hey, shut up; I won't watch you speak to your father anyhow. Understand" She shouted at him.

"It's good; you all claimed that I have no resentment, right? Okay, what did your husband get? I know he hated me and was bad always. He shared his property equally between his other two children and left me with nothing, and you call him my father. I promised I was going to make a life for myself. I will make a lot of money and show him what I got even in his grave" he shouted, shattered. His mother understands his emotions; he knows Ryan to always go for what he wants; he wants to make a good life for himself, but his father only wants him to join the family business. The two had such a great clash that he had to change his will by removing his name. She fought her husband, but when she couldn't keep up with the energy, she sent Ryan out of the pack to the human world. But despite the dispute, he still came to honor him when he was about to take his last breath, and he still told him he wouldn't step a foot in his company. And he went back to the human world after that, trying to fit into their lives, but the betrayal he got from humans made him hate them so much.

"Common, my Ryan, you should know your sister cares for and loves you so much. She was just venting and paranoid. I am sure she will calm down later." She tried to pacify him.

"No, mother, you keep doing this every time; just say it straightly that I am the bad luck in the family; I am useless and have nothing to offer, right?" He cried and sat on the couch in his room. She sat beside her, robbing her palm with his just to calm him down.

"Don't forget you said you had to protect Alpha. Nathan, you know he's a good Alpha and would support whatever you decided. Just talk to him like a gentleman. I am sure your sister will come around soon. She will surely see that she said the wrong thing to you. Just keep being yourself. Just forget everything; you are more than this. And you don't need to make her your enemy; she's never your enemy. She's your sister, who cares for and loves you so much. I will also speak with her. just promise to be that sweet guy you are" she said, trying to make him feel better.

"You are right, mom; I am beyond this" he said, smiling.

"That's the code, my baby boy" she said, smiling.

*****

"Hi Alpha Nathan! Prince Roger pays his respect.

"You are welcome, Prince Roger" Alpha Nathan shook hands with him, and so did his Beta.

"Hi Ryan, it's been a while." Prince Roger greeted him, and he waved at him with a fierce look.

"Common, don't be that serious; we aren't in war." Prince Roger said with a smile, and everyone smiled, including Ryan.

"Just that we are still enemies, not until your pack decides to back out of the war. You know, we can't trust people so much. They might slabbed us in the back. Well, I will take your greeting, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't cut off your head if we meet in war" he said with a straight look as they shook hands.

"I am so proud to have a brother-in-law like him; he knows how to be cautious and not fall into traps." Alpha Nathan smirked, and Prince Roger nodded, forcing a smile. They all went to settle down. Ryan stood behind Alpha Nathan, but he asked him to sit, as he might also have some contributions. Prince Roger cleared his throat.

"Prince Roger, have you decided to see us despite the fact that your brother declared war on us? Alpha Nathan keeps the question straight.

"You are right, my alpha; I don't deserve to be here, but I also have to be here. I know you are fierce and fearless. But I am also thinking that if this war happens, innocent people will lose their lives. And this isn't a way to seek victory. I have tried speaking with my brother, but he's stubborn. I couldn't watch him do that; I had to run down to the pack from the human world after Beta Bryan told me everything. I know you are reasonable, so I choose to see you; maybe we could discuss this amicably, "Prince Roger said, keeping his voice down.

"You know I can't call off this war when your brother has refused" Alpha Nathan said.

",You have the supremacy staff; you can use it to declare that there shouldn't be war" Prince Roger said.

"Sorry, Prince Roger, but the staff isn't just under my pack watch; it's also under your pack. So I don't have the right to do that without coming to a certain conclusion from the two packs." Alpha Nathan said, and he nodded positively.

"You are right, but here I am; I belong to other packs, and by being here, I am representing the luna and the beta of my pack" Prince Roger said.

"Prince Roger, you should know better that both the luna and beta don't have the final say if it wasn't vetted by the Alpha, Beta said, and Prince Roger stood up angrily.

"Who do you people think you are? I came here so we could settle this amicably. Why are you saying nonsense?" he thundered, and Ryan stood up at once, placing his sword by his throat.