MY ARCHENEMY

ZAAN

I looked up at Walker and stared at his face. There was something about him that made it difficult for me to look away. As I peered into his soulful eyes and began to wonder what deep emotions lay there. He smelled like pine, and I found the scent very alluring.

I kept staring at him, but suddenly I came back to my senses, so I moved back.

"Zaan," he began...

"What are you doing?" I asked him as I realized that I had openly been in an intimate position with him, something which I usually never did.

"I was just..." he tried to explain.

"Why did you pull me back?" I asked again.

He struggled to explain as he began to stutter, but then I chose to let the matter go and said, "Come on, I will introduce you to the warriors."

I led him to where the other warriors were, and introduced him, telling everyone his name was Walker and he was going to be one of the warriors in the pack.

Carter, who was standing beside us at this point, said, "Come, Walker, I will train you."

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