Chapter 52
“Hmmm it seems she froze standing. It could be the second spell got to her before the first one.” What werewolf would not move when a deadly wolfbane filled riffle was pointed at it? The older man reckoned.
“Ohh… I understand!” Affirmed the young man enlightened, but he still felt it was weird. The second spell was cast after the first one, if someone would still be standing fighting the spells wouldn’t it be the Alpha of the pack and a high ranked one at that? But he did not have the experience of his superior, so he believed what the chief said. Not to mention she was a girl, how could she fight against it?
Seeing the ten wolves or so before them frozen on their knees, not even managing to shift, they relaxed their bodies and lowered their guard. As expected having those two witches had so many advantages. Since they used them from a year ago until now, the percentage of captured wolves rose from 10-20% to 100%. They were so effective that they even dared to enter the forest of the wolf king, which normally would be suicide.
The witches were to freeze the wolves, they would load them in trucks and be gone. It would take no more than two hours, and their source had also assured him that the only being who could feel something was amiss so fast as to hinder their plan, the king, was not in his palace tonight.
Normally even if this method of hunting was effective, it was difficult to attack a normal pack. Even the smallest pack they knew had about a thousand wolves, and the spell could not cover enough ground to ensure they could capture every wolf. As only capturing a portion of a group, would infuriate the rest, the consequence would be a united retaliation from the rest of the members and they would be killed immediately. This last year they mostly captured strays, but they were too few
to help them in their goal.
To find out about the exercise that was held these weeks coupled with the king’s absence, such a large group of werewolves at once, also young and easily controllable was truly a blessing. Another advantage was that capturing the werewolves under the watch of the king, would tone down his authority. Each group of students had pups from packs from around the world. It would help it! riled the werewolves up to revolt and keep the king occupied for some time.
“Now then, while the noncombatant members of your little makeshift pack are captured, let’s ask some questions.” The chief of the hunters said relaxed, lowering himself to one of the werewolves that seemed smaller and easier to interrogate.
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Normally under the influence of the spell the werewolves were totally silenced, but the hunter had
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on his neck a small amulet that nullified partially the effect of the second spell. So even though the last ranked werewolf, who still had the deer beside him, could not move, he would still answer the questions regardless of his will.
“Which one of the males here is the Alpha, little pup?” He serenely asked, disregarding Celia’s presence altogether through his question.
The young wolf was scared hearing the malicious voice and angry feeling his inability to react to an attack, but even so the solidarity with his pack would not let him answer honestly the question. He wanted to lie, but unfortunately the amulet also had the effect of making one answer questions truthfully. So instead of a lie, the truth came out.
“Celia is the Alpha.” The words easily slipped from his lips, making even him baffled of what he had
mtered.
“Ohhh… Celia?” Repeated the name wide eyed the hunter, briskly raising his gaze towards the only female between them. Then, after half a second, continued speaking.
“Now that is interesting! This explains better why the young female pup is still standing.”
Celia was more and more covered in snow, with small snowflakes littering her face and hair. As the small pieces of sculpted ice kept melting on the warm werewolf girl’s skin, small droplets of water adorned her beautiful face all around. One could mistake this water for sweat caused by the evident fight of the situation, perhaps this was also in the minds of the hunters, but she still did not react to their words.
To dare enter his highness’s forest, something important was happening. She already found out that they wanted them captured, instead of killed. When would hunters not kill a werewolf on sight?
Why the need to capture them alive? Pe she could find out a little bit more. She also did not
dare act rashly knowing now that they only wanted to capture them. If help was already on the way and she did not wait, what if it resulted in the death of some of the werewolves. She could still wait a little longer. As long as the hunters talked she would not act.
“But how can a female wolf be the alpha? What is her rank and what type of student is she?” Asked again the hunter, he was really curious. Might as well ask a little more, before the trucks with the other werewolves arrived.
“Celia is a 3rd rank wolf, she is a watcher student.” Slipped again the words from his mouth, even though this time the werewolf did not want to answer at all
