It has felt d*rty since the first night. The scent was supposed to be old and concealed but instead it was


    strong and poignant. We doubled back two days ago tracking the scent from afar. I felt like we were


    being trapped.


    Grayson didn’t like the direction this was heading in, and now my gut told me the same thing. Luna


    Lilianna agreed instantly to double back and take a far away stance on the scent, so I knew she was as


    uneasy as I was.


    I also was having Beck the warrior from Waxing Pride follow behind us to see if there was a tracker on


    us.


    was surprised the Alpha allowed me toe along. This mission was far more personal than any other


    I had been on. This pack was the home of the man who assaulted my sister.


    He had hunted E like prey and attempted a heinous act in her own home. I can still smell her tears


    and blood mixed together when she got to my house safely..


    She had taken a knife and sliced him down the face taking out one of his eyes and then she stabbed


    him in the


    stomach.


    The scratches on her, my sister. My blood. She was mine to protect until she was bound. The failure I


    felt knowing I had left her to that monster.


    I saw how it haunted her, I saw how her face sl*ps away every once in a while. The way she has to pull


    herself back to reality.


    The day the intruder came I knew the fear that was swallowing her whole. I saw it choking her from the


    inside out.


    The goddess answered my prayers with our Luna. Ate let Ell cry and distract herself and she gave


    her a safe haven in her own home. She had called for me toe and she let me hold my sister in


    front of her with no judgement.


    Now here the same stench wing at my nostrils the gas and woods of differentnds. They would


    want nothing of


    peace


    if that was how someone who was raised there behaved.


    If they want E my family, my blood, I would rip them apart.


    But there was another fear….


    They would want Luna. My Alpha and Luna had been bound but she could still bear a pup to any


    enough to try and forcefully breed her.


    y man


    wretched


    I doubt they’d get her if she had a fighting chance but this pack yed by no decent rules. That’s why


    Grayson dumped the sigmas b*dy on theirnds sending the message of agonizing death to those who


    tried for revenge.


    We were out of our region and in another province at this point having just crossed the border a couple


    hours ago.


    The trees were bing increasingly simr to stench of the intruder wolf. My gut twisted of what


    coulde from this. Knots and sickness telling me to warn my pack now.


    The ground felt dangerous like it would betray our footing to give us away. Luna Lilianna was a strong


    and diligent


    tracker and even she seemed on edge.


    She didn’t motion to me often and when she did I felt like she was preparing for an attack. Freezing and


    turning her head left and right, her ears focused on any form of alien sounds.


    We both felt like the forest was sending word of us to someone. The grass keeping our scent, the trees


    holding our words, the wind carrying our intentions along to whoever waited at the end of the path.


    Alpha had told me that all we had to do was confirm the pack the scent came from and then get back


    home.


    Ahead of me Lilianna stilled in the same half breath I did. Beck was calling to us in a howl.


    There was someone tracking us.


    We took off in a sprint west towards a river. We could lose them there, and our scents would drift all


    over the ce.


    Beck signaling meant this pursuer would know we were aware of them. It mighte to blows but I


    doubt he could catch up to us,


    The sense of flight overshadowed all others and we felt nothing but the harsh wind and dusty floor. I felt


    the heat in my lungs and tried to keep a smile off my face. I was a warrior for a reason: thrill of the


    chase, high of the fight and rush of winning.


    Their smell would be caught by Beck and if it was simr to that of the intruder wolf we would know


    what type of situation we were getting into.


    We had the River in our sights when I heard the panting and thudding steps of our tail. It seems he


    didn’t want us getting away and he had the speed to meet us.


    I stopped dead in my tracks.


    “Go ahead now!”


    If she wanted to argue she couldn’t, she had a duty to her pack and mate. She had to go ahead and


    leave me to fight and run as far as she could until morning.


    Wie weren’t in our wolf forms because they could tell our origins from our fur. They had Goey fr for their


    more


    ountainous are


    Whereas our pack though northern was in a valley and so we had white and brown fur with hints of


    ck.


    If he saw me be’d know. I was the most simr to the alpha in terms of fur. My fur was almost ck


    except for the brown that came through just enough to be visible.


    I couldn’t shift while we fought or he would know exactly which pack I came from.


    Grayson is a particr looking being in both wolf and human form. In wolf form. I just so happen to give


    away who m alpha was


    I turned and bent down grabbing a fistful of dirt. I hid behind a tree.


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    He’sing from behind to the left but he’s moving wildly through the trees to throw me off. My original


    n to


    blind him is now screwed.


    I knelt down to the ground and concealed myself as much as possible hoping that he would miss me.


    Luckily that did pay off.


    He ran right past me caught off guard by the increase in stench stumbling his steps. I mmed my foot


    into his back after a fist into his ear.


    His growl was loud and frustrated augh came from me.


    He spun trying to take out my leg in a sweep but I had been trained to take a blow. I reached down and


    grabbed him, throwing him in front of me at least ten yards. I believe I knocked the wind out of him the


    way he wheezed like a fish


    out of water.


    He turned and extended his ws, his eyes darkening. He wanted to shift but wouldn’t. It seems he


    had to keep his


    colors a secret too.


    I advanced quickly as soon as he was on his feet. He sunk his ws into my back which hurt but I


    grabbed him and mmed him twice against a tree keeping it hard for him to breathe.


    He tried sinking his ws in further but I kneed him in his gut high and low. Then I moved out of the


    way so he could


    vomit.


    He got into me nicely with his ws. I was bleeding too much. But I knew what I had done, the knee


    high up had broken his ribs that had bent too much from my assault.


    He apparently lost his temper because I saw him start to shift. His ws overextending, his eyes


    shing, the fur shooting out on his limbs and the telltale crack of his bones to move into the shape of


    an animal.


    Before he could do much more to me, since he now had the advantage of sharp teeth and quick


    reflexes, I took off and jumped into the river.


    I had left him in pain and wounded enough that he would get even more injured shifting back and that


    meant he was


    going to have to stay put.


    I was going to watch him, and when I was ready and he was low enough I was going to make him tell


    me everything.


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    chika brooke


    this is Brian’s pov. who is this intruder nd wht does he want


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