Ryder ~ Wolf Dominion

Chapter 7

I'm let out of my cage by a helper that twilight, as there is an emergency assembly being held for the entire Wolf Dominion.

I'm off to the side, kneeling with the slaves – and every other member of the Wolf Dominion is here – as Alpha Skye speaks to thousands packed into this open levelled Court. Twenty stories of balconies and more wolves look on, while I'm on the bottom floor with others of lower rank.

I see yet another side to Alpha Skye today.

Skye is presenting on a podium, at about midway between every level, without an artificial projector for his voice.

I knew him to speak at a normal frequency or a quiet death drawl if enraged.

This – what I hear now, enlightens me to another side of the Alpha.

He is not just a petty dictator, he's almost akin to a god. His genetics gave him a voice that could transcend the whole Court, and he was clear, every word articulated precisely, his passion and aggressive energy at a focal point of his speech, Skye begins, "THE TREATY TO THE FELINE COMPANY WAS BURNED, THE LITTER STOLEN WAS SLAUGHTERED – EXCEPT FOR ONE SURVIVOR; XRAT. THIS LITTER WAS MILITARIALY CONDITIONED FOR WAR. A GENERATION BORN UNDER THE CENTURY MOON WAS BRUTUALLY MURDERED IN FINAL DECLARATION OF THE FELINE'S WILL; TO DIE AT OUR HANDS WITHOUT MERCY. ALL MINERS WILL DISASSEMBLE INTO YOUR WAR RANKS – WE ARE TAKING THEIR HOLD ON THE WATER STATION XRITE – NO SURVIVORS. BUT IF YOU FIND THEIR YOUNG – BRING THEM TO ME. FELINE COMPANY TAKE THEIR LITTERS INTO WARS – I WANT NINE KITTENS BROUGHT TO ME. A MILLION SOLIVIDIAN JEWELLES WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR FAMILIES RANK IF YOU COMPLETE THIS TASK. EVERYONE WHO MAINTAINS W-D FALL BACK INTO A 24/7 SCOUR. EVERY INCH OF OUR TERRITORY WILL BE SEARCHED FOR IMPOSERS. THAT BEING SAID, A FELINE COMPANY SPY WAS UNCOVERERD IN THE MERIVIDIAN COUNCIL – IN WOLF DOMINION TERRITORY. I HAVE THEIR BEAST."

The floor rumbles with the Wolf Kind's cheers, as I look up, to the platform where a man is dragged out in chains – and a large leopard in a cage is risen upon a platform – chains weighing heavy on every paw, the neck and even the tail.

The cat hisses at Alpha Skye, showing a jaw large enough to ravage at least five Genesis heads. The animal is huge. It's marked with blue electric patterns, deep scars from many wars, and broken teeth, including a bleeding eye.

I cannot watch how the death happens.

It is too disturbing.

Almost every eye is on the next set of events.

I can only guess what happens through what I hear, as my eyes remain closed. The Feline Beast is burned slowly alive – while the man connected through the Nexus bond to the Beast – screams in agony until his death, which equals his Beast's dreadful death.

I can only look up, when the screaming ends.

I can't even look at the remains of either being – but there isn't much left to see anyway.

I focus on the Alpha Skye, who hasn't lost a single nerve throughout the double murder.

As the Wolf Dominion stirs with cheers of excitement for the war, and the joy at the death of the Feline spy – I am reminded yet again of their joy for blood and war and battle.

Will.

What is my will?

Hopefully to never get burned alive like that.

Slow.

And on stage.

While every cheered.

I am suddenly focused, however, on a little ball of fur that the Alpha lifts to the crowd. Silver glossy fur, blue paws, and a blue circle on it's forehead, a black tipped tail and a blue and yellow eye open so wide, focused on a camera as it looks around in total fright.