Alpha Damon’s Greatest Regret

JULIAN~

I stood at the top of the watch tower looking down on everything I was meant to protect, the fields of Howl Creek stretched miles till the border between It and Silver Hollow.

The alpha had ordered me to send more men to the border which could only mean one thing, Those bastards at Silver Hollow wanted to try something and it was my job to stop them.

"Any word from the border" I asked the men who stood behind me, my deep voice filled with authority. 

"Not yet sir" one of them answered, Something felt wrong I could feel my wolf Goliath growling and that was never a good sign, his intuition was never wrong.

"I'll go check it out," I said as I turned around and began walking towards the stairs that led down to the ground "You're in charge," I said pointing at the one who had answered me earlier. 

The stairs were long and draining but I liked them, they kept me fit and reminded me of my age, I wasn't the Julian Hagar who used to tear down his enemies anymore, now I was Julian Hagar the glorified watchman, a downgrade from what I used to be but I knew my post was important. I was the pack's first response to any danger that faced it and that was enough to give me pride. As I got to the last step I looked at the long road ahead of me.

I needed to get to the border fast and I couldn't take a car so that left me with one more option, I cracked my neck and did a few stretches to loosen up my tired muscle, a pleased smile crossed my lips as I took a few steps back then ran forward and jumped into the air, Midair my bones began to shift and rearrange, the hairs on my body grew longer and by the time I landed on the floor Goliath had taken over, 7 foot 3 inches of muscle and blood lust, Grey fur and crystal blue eyes, The only Other wolf that could rival his size was the eighth foot Nox of the Alpha. 

He dragged his body back and pushed himself off the ground as he began to run, he was fast, moving through the vast fields like it was just a few meters, it only took a few minutes for me to get to the border and stealthily enter into the Silver hollow side, he couldn't afford to be seen if not howl creek would be seen as the aggressors, once Goliath was sure no one had seen us enter he reversed the transformation and I was back in control.

"What are you bastards up to" I quietly said to myself as I began to walk through the woods that served as the demarcation, I walked for a bit making sure not to be seen by Silver Hollow scouts when I came across something that looked suspicious, guards surrounded a large tent in the middle of nothing important, it wasn't a scout stronghold so why so many guards, I took off my uniform leaving me in my normal clothes, I didn't look like a normal citizen but at least it was better than looking like an enemy scout, slowly I walked towards the tent and two uniformed guards walked towards me.

"Who are you" one of them shouted.

"Well'm—" I dragged on till I got to his front and slammed my fist into his stomach, before the other one could react I punched his throat, halting his airflow he fell to his knees gasping for breath then I turned back to the other one and hit him so hard on behind his head he passed out then with all my strength I kicked the head of the one already on his knees, his head shook like a bobblehead before he slump over and passed out. 

To avoid any trouble I dragged the two of them away from the tent so their unconscious body wouldn't be noticed, then I stripped one of them and wore his clothes allowing me to blend in perfectly. I walked into the tent and the first thing that came to mind was how much it looked like mining operation, men in helmets ran here and there with axes and carts filled with sand, I walked towards where they all seemed to be coming from and found a large hole had been dug in the ground with stairs inside that led deeper into the ground, a worker moved past me with an axe on his shoulder and went down into the stairs not evening paying the slightest attention to me, I was curious as to what it is they were doing so I walked into the hole and down the stairs finding myself in a tunnel with torches on the walls that led down as far as the eye could see, my curiosity built up and I began walking deeper and deeper into the tunnel making sure I didn't draw to much attention to myself after what felt like an eternity walking I could finally see stairs lit up by natural light, stopping I let out an exhausted sigh before I began ascending the stairs, the more steps I climbed the brighter the light got till I came out of the tunnel and what I saw made my stomach sink.

The tunnel led to an abandoned building in Howlcreek, Men ran around the place setting up tents.

"Fuck" I said under my breath and immediately I turned on my heel and ran back into the tunnel. I was out of breath, and tired but I couldn't stop moving, I ran past workers, people who were fixing the torches, and even other uniformed guards but I didn't slow down, After a while of running I was at the other end of the tunnel I leaped out and ran out of the tent, Not even looking back to see if anyone followed me, I ran straight into the woods and jumped into the air allowing Goliath take over and continue the speedy retreat back to the watch tower.