ATLAN

He got moved by the human, if only he could talk to her right now. She was so scared of him which was understandable, especially when she saw him trying to tear up the panda.

He guess she must have felt horribly shocked because he learnt the humans eat only what is cooked. Too bad she had to see him that way..

He had thought she must have escaped, but just as his beta had said, getting away from the woods was difficult, specially for those who knew nothing about how they came in.

When she ran away, he had chased after her, because he didn't want her to leave. Of course, why would he, when she has the scent that cools him down.

But after chasing her for a while and she decided to stop running, he stopped as well because his intent wasn't to hurt her, but to follow her. Who knows, she might just end up becoming a meal for the other wild beasts.

Not that he wasn't a beast, but he knows he would never hurt her, she calms him down. It is highly possible that this human could really break his curse, but that was highly impossible because she looked nothing like she would want to stay near him. He didn't even want to think of the possibility of being freed because all he sees are reasons why he's going to remain a beast for eternity.

She hates him because he kidnapped her in the first place, and now she had even seen him trying to devour another beast, and she had made her hatred known when she told him to come eat her.

At first, watching her talk amused him. The way she places her legs on the floor, and how she demonstrates with her hands and her hair so beautiful and long. Her face so beautiful that he could hardly take his eyes off her.

But what broke his heart for the first time after his parents died, was when she cried. He felt her pains when she cried. He observed that she was beginning to get scared, for he could feel her fears now.

She must have really been hurt this time because she had acted brave, ever since the day he saw her. He brought his gaze down to her legs, which were bare and her they looked swollen and sore. He realized that she was going to have difficulty in walking, seeing how swollen her legs have become.

He watched her until exhaustion hit her hard. He knew this was the only time he could actually help her, without her screaming her lungs out, or try to hurt him.

Atlan left the floor which he laid in. He walked slow and quietly towards her.

When he was close enough to her, he peered at her legs which was filled with bruises. Taking another look at her, he found her sleeping peacefully. She must have been very exhausted, owing to how long she had been running inside the woods, trying to escape.

Just as he did to his beta's injury which she had caused, he brought out his tongue, and began licking her legs, healing them with his saliva before now. He has an history of healing, because his mother came from the bloodline of healers.

They could heal with the saliva in their wolf form, or their blood, which is mostly effective for a wolf who is severely injured.

While he was licking her feet, Atlan felt like he never wanted to stop.

He continued licking as though he had never tasted anything so beautiful in his life before.

When he was done licking her blisters, they began healing just as quickly. This made him feel contented and happy. He immediately took her on on his back and raced down to his castle.

The moment he arrived, his beta was the first to run towards his direction.

Without telling him what to do, he took the human off his back and brought her to his room, just as he wanted.

Getting to his room, he ordered for the mate of his gamma, Randy to call in his mate, who always took care of things around the castle, to get the human changed out from what she was wearing.

Since Atlan had no clothing fitting for a woman, Audrey brought her own outfit and wore it on the human. While this was going on, he was outside his room with his beta waiting for Audrey to get finished with the dressing.

Atlan stood from the castle's balcony and stared into the wide vast land which was now empty without the trace of anyone. He felt a little pang of guilty, knowing he was the reason why the kingdom of Urindal had gone into extinction.

His beta walked up to him, and stood beside him, viewing the empty kingdom.

“Do you miss the old Urindal?” He tilted his head towards his beta who seemed to be far lost in thoughts as well. He must have missed his father and mother who died some few years ago.

Actually, Ezra Wasn't born yet when he was initially cursed by the witch. According to the past, betas who worked for him were only told about his curse and they still remained faithful to him. He guessed the first beta who served his late parents was actually a powerful and faithful man.

He kept his promise to let all his generation to follow in his footstep.

Atlan was glad he still had his betas to trust, for they are the only ones who stood by him all through his years of agony.

And truly, he missed the old Urindal, a city filled with so much love, happiness and wealth. Never would he have thought something tragic would happen to his parents and that he will be cursed.

Atlan closed his eyes, reminiscing the past and wish he could turn back the hands of time. He would have loved to correct the mistakes of the past by standing his ground with the beta to fight in the war.

Then he wouldn't be feeling useless like he was now, and maybe then, he would have been able to save his parents.