“You did well on your hunt today”. I complimented Patrick, Brandon and Gordon as we put away the leftovers from dinner. Today was their first time to hunt together without me supervising and they had come back with a deer and three rabbits. But with the guards, mother and grams leaving five days ago, there wasn’t so many of us to feed, so we had a lot of meat left over for the following mornings.“It felt so good to finally let our wolves hunt. Just to be out there enjoying the chase again”. Patrick commented looking pleased with himself.“Yes, we want to hunt for tomorrows dinner too. In fact, I think we’re going to want to do it every day!” Brandon chuckled as he put out the fire. “Our wolves picked up the scent so quickly, and we pounced on them before they got away. It was….”“Exciting?” I chimed, seeing the thrilling spark in his eyes.“Yes, exactly! And with all the training we’ve been doing too, my wolf has really been stretching it’s legs… it feels exhilarating”. “Well then,
Only a few days after my father’s surprising visit we were quickly faced with yet another problem… Luckily it was nothing me, Leo, Izzy and Dante couldn’t handle together, although at times we would pass each other the occasional doubtful glance.Our new problem started when all of the camp mates returned one afternoon, completely taking us by surprise and leaving us unprepared. The night wolves immediately looked threatened, their trust and belief in us flashed before their eyes as they grouped together, backing into a corner, ready to attack. Their eyes kept darting back and forth to me and the camps mates, confused and alarmed frowns, looking at me as if they were wondering why I wasn’t charging to protect them. Our camp mates looked just as caught off guards as the night wolves, both groups were startled and uneasy, me and Leo had to quickly whisk the night wolves away, just outside the camp to calm them and explain why so many people had suddenly turned up in their sanctuary. At
It was almost midnight by the time the half built wall came into our view, it was only three foot high and was far from surrounding the entire outskirts of our land. We cautiously walked through the small gap of the wall, where eventually two gates will stand, as the patrol guards gave respectful nods to Leo, commenting that it was good to have him back.I glanced along the top of the hill to our right where my house stood, and I could see dim lights glowing from the windows. My heart warmed as I smiled, to know that, for the first time since that nightmarish battle and the death of my uncle, it would be the first time that me, my mother, father and grams would be together again. I then looked to our left toward the footpath the wound through the wooded area just before the lake, and I told myself, that tomorrow, I would visit uncle’s resting place, but I still longed to have him here with us, so that he could see for himself….we did it!Leo held my hand tighter as we reached the entr
For once in the last year things felt slightly normal when me and Leo had spent the morning eating our breakfast and casually talking and laughing with father, mother and grams. We didn’t discuss Zach, Violet or any of the horrible things that had happened since we’d all been torn away from each other time after time. Instead we spoke of how relieved and happy everyone was now that they were back on their homeland, Grams told us that she spends parts of her days helping to patrol and how much she has become to enjoy it and her plans to visit Lundberg the following week to see some old friends and Wayne.We told mother and Grams how well the night wolves were doing and their decision to stay at the camp and call it their home, and our plans to visit them. Father told us that Caleb had finally been able to re-open the rest of our land after it being closed off for an entire year, and both me and Leo passed each other a playful glance, sharing the same thought of going back to the lake j
*Warning, chapter contains use of graphic violence*Me and Leo barely slept a wink last night as we thought over the fact that we had managed to convince Caleb to give us what we wanted, although, it was more Leo that did the convincing. When he had marched us into Caleb’s office, Leo was determined not to take no for an answer, regardless of Caleb insisting he needed more time to think it over.Leo almost flew into a rage, demanding Zach be dealt a brutal penalty for his crimes, and that technically if Zach hadn’t have run away when we escaped, we would have killed him ourselves anyway, or kept him as our prisoner ready for the night wolves to take as their own. The whole time Leo argued with his father, I stood there in shock and pride to see how much he had changed when it came to his parents. Back when we first came back into each other’s lives, as much as he tried to help and defend me, he was always still quite reserved when it came to standing his ground and his choices, but ye
I inhaled a long relaxed breath as my head rested on Leo’s chest, with my eyes closed I gratefully basked under the hot sun. We’d been coming here every evening for the last week since we took Zach to his death, just to remind ourselves why we bestowed him such a vicious death. It was for this… for everything we were so close to never experiencing again. Of course, the night he died, it did plague me, Leo, Izzy and Dante at first, we had barely spoken a word to each other when we walked away. We felt a slight sense of guilt, almost convincing ourselves that we must be monsters to allow him to die such a painful death, but when me and Leo woke up the next morning safely in each other’s arms and no longer a black cloud over our heads, we actually felt relief. We felt safe, calm and ready to move on with our lives, leaving the pain of what happened behind us, including the ones who caused it.Caleb had announced to the entire pack the following day after Zach’s death that they no longer
One week later:It was surprising and interesting to see how quickly everyone including myself and Leo were trying to readjust to pack life. Both of my parents had resumed their responsibilities almost the moment they set foot back into Whitlock, and the usual hustle and bustle of the village paths began every morning and evening just as it used to, and sometimes I’d look out my bedroom window and watch them all pass by. They’d causally greet each other, wave and smile and I’d sometimes feel this strange notion in my stomach from how normal and unaffected everything seemed to be, as if the last year never happened.Even though a wall was still being built right in front of their eyes, no one seemed to take any notice of it, or even of the shambled trees along the border that had been snapped and ripped apart during the battle. Of course, it was only natural that everyone wanted to get on with their lives, especially now that we all felt a lot safer and had finally destroyed our enemie
As I sat patiently whilst he wrote down the last part of his notes, he finally looked up at me with a warm smile.“Right, now that’s sorted, is there anything else you wanted to discuss, before I have to head off and be stuck in my office for the rest of the day?” “Actually, yes. There was one other thing?” I mentioned reservedly as I was unsure if he’d take to my second idea as well as he did with my first.“Ok, well, tell me”. He encouraged heartily, with a keenness to hear more.“Well, it’s actually about Zach and Luke”. I started and he instantly frowned with confusion.“What about them? Don’t tell me there is a fourth person they were working with…” He said with a hesitated look in his eyes.“Oh, no, it’s nothing like that”. I smiled with a dismissive wave of my hand.“Thank goodness for that!” He breathed out a sigh of relief with an amused grin.“No, it’s just about the pack they came from, Clemonte..”“Ok, and what about it?” He asked with a curious expression.“Well, I don’t