The Hunter's Trial

d to endure the noxious air that permeated the d

lashed at him, he held his h

sight with such scorn that words mad

r the strength to speak up. "Is that the best

grin that reveal

r degree of what had been unleashed unto

llow the Delta mus

rin on the Delta's face suggested that such thought

ng! Tear him apart until his skin is shredd

or to think of him as a living thing, t

grunted at Ramsy's belit

hed theirs, but the inquisitor seemed like he would rather take the wh

hose addiction to torture bought him a title

slow or fast, he enjoyed the

else could he do but ignore the disregar

e was even conceiving to ba

h and be so close to taking It's hand, only to pull away and hang by the edge, cal

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pprentice whom he admired and held in high regard, years bef

tyro and had him clip

re never recounted sufficiently

nged to scrap Higgins' memory from ever being made refe

er, Higgins was renowned for his extraordin

cromancer Hunter, and his specialty was infl

assive island that housed several packs of werewol

so been revered enough to become

inental drift off the world shores that had become the dominating haven

ad become his undoubted fate until

founded reason to remain on the continent was taken from him, of w

g one of a raid-led attempt by two packs to wage

to strive for the betterment for all human kind, his since disregarded thoughts

y his mate's lips for the first time and hi

stood guarded in a dungeon by ferocious betas in witness of the

t's time to end it." Hig

breath thought to the close proximity of the

confined to an island that managed to provide someone to love him, took her

he taunting reality of memories made with his mate or the island itself, to

e that, but his words fed the flames to make them desire it

lways managed to reproduce and serve as impo

some even organized resistance that Higgins managed to have hidden under t

from an Alpha's bite, and when they died at the hands of their fellow creatures, the

rewolves that exhibited characteristics of havoc-loving wolves yielding to their primal urges-as we

ver-ending terrible urge to slaughter because no Alph

r grey skin transforms into the vicious, brown-furred, quadrupedal

bers of a pack and receive b

their usurpation attempts, scour their vastness, and save as many liv

an ten years ago, before he met her, lost both

geon, about to be lifted to a platform where the vulture-like vampires circle

to get captured, he wanted to die and si

the whip that rebounded about his body, feignin

o you thought the best way would be to show him, it wasn't a sensible option if you ask me. My being a Delta holds more

Higgins' pitiful state as the spat t

be liberating their people and domineering the greater mass of carnivorous beast that desir

the baracade by chains anchored to his wrists and a weakened resolve from that de

rs ago. So you were an asshole the whole tim

on to the rust-encrusted bars of

red to be a farce designed to prove his suspicion

ons as not been to flee in any way, but rather to stare him down, ignore the pain from blood being drawn by the chain

the end of a leg

ous intent in the tapping of

o eager to be apprehended that it almost seemed as if..." Ram

an, told him that you would 'take care of me' and now, you're thinking I would just allow you t

dging by the reverb in his tone, there was

hat stood parallel to the inquisitor's every att

Ramsy made towards Higgins and drew on his chin, in a bid to indulge his' focus partially to

ession engraved itself unto his gaze followi

"I could count a million more moons you could

t to spare him and torture out instead? Higgins trace

nking?" He insinuated, bu