The battlefield was still.
Too still.
Even the wind seemed to hold back, like nature itself was afraid of what had just been revealed.
The last of the Royal Bloodline.
Those words echoed endlessly in my mind.
I stood there, unmoving, staring at the Alpha King like I was waiting for him to take it back.
To say it was a mistake.
A misunderstanding.
A lie.
But he didn't.
"Say something," I finally whispered.
My voice felt small compared to the weight pressing down on my chest.
The Alpha King studied me carefully, his golden eyes no longer just filled with authority…
But something deeper.
Recognition.
"I was hoping I was wrong," he said quietly.
That didn't help.
At all.
"What does that even mean?" I snapped, my emotions finally breaking through. "Royal Bloodline? You're the King—so what does that make me?!"
The surrounding warriors exchanged uneasy glances.
No one dared to speak.
No one dared to interrupt.
Because whatever this was…
It was bigger than all of them.
The Alpha King exhaled slowly, then turned away slightly, as if choosing his words carefully.
"Long before the current Alpha hierarchy," he began, "before packs were divided the way they are now… there was only one ruling bloodline."
I swallowed hard.
"One?"
He nodded.
"A lineage chosen by the Moon itself. Not just to lead… but to maintain balance between all wolves."
My heart started pounding again.
"And that's… me?"
His gaze returned to mine.
"Yes."
I shook my head immediately, stepping back.
"No. No, that's not possible. I was rejected. I didn't even have a wolf until today!"
My voice cracked at the end, frustration and disbelief spilling over.
"How can someone like me be anything 'royal'?!"
"Because it was taken from you."
The words hit like a slap.
I froze.
"…What?"
The Alpha King stepped closer, his voice dropping lower.
"Your power. Your identity. Your wolf."
A pause.
"They were sealed… when you were a child."
My mind went blank.
Child?
"I don't remember anything like that…"
"That's because your memories were altered."
My legs felt weak.
Everything… everything I thought I knew about myself suddenly felt like a lie.
"Who would do that?" I whispered.
And deep down…
I already feared the answer.
The Alpha King's jaw tightened.
"Someone who feared what you would become."
Before I could respond, one of the elders stepped forward hesitantly.
"My King… if what you're saying is true… then this aligns with the prophecy."
The word sent a strange chill through me.
"Prophecy…?" I repeated.
The elder nodded, his expression tense.
"It was said that the Royal Bloodline would return in a time of great imbalance… when creatures not of this world begin to cross into ours."
My thoughts immediately flashed to the monsters we just fought.
"They came for me," I said slowly.
Not a question.
A realization.
"Yes," the Alpha King confirmed.
"Because your existence threatens them."
"Or completes something," the elder added quietly.
I turned sharply.
"What does that mean?"
But the elder hesitated, clearly unsure if he should speak further.
The Alpha King gave a slight nod.
"Say it."
The elder swallowed.
"The prophecy doesn't just speak of a savior…"
A pause.
"It also speaks of destruction."
Silence.
Heavy.
Suffocating.
"What kind of destruction?" I asked.
But no one answered immediately.
And that silence told me everything.
My wolf stirred inside me again.
Restless.
Uneasy.
"They're not telling you everything."
I clenched my fists.
"I think I deserve the full truth," I said, my voice firmer now.
The Alpha King looked at me for a long moment.
Then—
"You do."
He turned slightly, gesturing for me to follow him.
"Walk with me."
We moved away from the others, the distant sounds of the aftermath fading behind us.
For a while, neither of us spoke.
Until—
"There was a war," he said.
I glanced at him.
"What kind of war?"
"The kind that nearly wiped out our entire kind."
My breath caught.
"It started with the Royal Bloodline," he continued. "Not because they were weak… but because they were too powerful."
I felt a strange tightness in my chest.
"They could command wolves without speaking. Control energy. Even influence the balance between worlds."
Worlds…
Plural.
"They were seen as gods," he added.
"But also as threats."
"So they were killed," I said quietly.
"Not all," he corrected.
"But most."
A cold realization settled in.
"And I'm… what? The last one left?"
"Yes."
We stopped walking.
The weight of that word hit harder than anything else so far.
Last.
Alone.
Target.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" I asked.
His expression hardened slightly.
"Because I wasn't certain."
A pause.
"And because once this truth is known… there's no going back."
I let out a shaky breath.
"Yeah… I can feel that."
My mind raced with questions.
Too many questions.
But one stood out the most.
"Who sealed me?"
The Alpha King's silence this time was different.
He didn't look unsure.
He looked… cautious.
"That," he said slowly, "is what we need to find out."
Before I could push further—
A sharp pain shot through my head.
I gasped, stumbling slightly.
Images flashed in my mind.
Blurry.
Broken.
But real.
A woman…
Crying…
Holding me…
"Run…" she whispered.
"They must never find her…"
A man's voice followed.
Cold.
Terrifying.
"If the child lives… everything falls."
I screamed as the vision snapped away.
The Alpha King caught me instantly.
"What did you see?!"
I clutched my head, breathing heavily.
"I… I think… I remember something…"
My heart raced.
"They were trying to protect me…"
A pause.
Fear creeping in.
"But from who…?" I whispered.
The Alpha King's expression darkened.
And this time—
He didn't hide it.
"From someone powerful enough… to rewrite your entire existence."
A chill ran down my spine.
Because deep down…
I felt it.
This wasn't over.
Not even close.
And whoever erased my past…
Might still be watching.