Chapter 2

"ROUGUES!" Aaron yelled as he was looking at the ragged red wolf appear from the clearing. Two smaller grey wolves appeared with him. They looked sick and hungry, maybe they wondered a little too far into our territory looking for food. Unusual to see rogues here though, they haven't been sighted for years. Deep down I felt bad for them, they were only trying to survive but they were still extremely dangerous and unpredictable.

"Diana, get out of here NOW!" Adam yelled to me signaling me to leave, but I wasn't going to leave them alone to fight them. I knew I could help in other ways then fighting.

"No!" I said, but my words were unheard as Adam and Aaron were already bolting towards them as they shifted quickly into their wolves. I know killing them would be no issue as they were trained as warriors. They knew how to handle themselves in these situations, but something seemed off by the large red wolf, and I didn't want to leave them. No one could sense the smell but I could and it worried me.

It was only a matter of a few seconds when Aaron and Adam killed the two smaller grey wolves with a simple pounce and bite to their necks. They laid on the ground as blood gushed out of their necks while their eyes remained opened. They died quickly, but the red one was still was left standing waiting to square off with both of them. He was un-phased by the killing of his comrades and stood their growling showing his canines dripping with saliva.

He was much stronger then he looked by the way he moved and I felt like Adam and Aaron underestimated his strength. In the same time it they took down the red wolf's companions he took both Adam and Aaron down hard with his jaws. Both of them were left laying on the forest floor while I gasped from what just happened.

How could a rogue be so strong to take down both my brother and Aaron like that? I saw a large open gash going down Adam's entire body. Blood was oozing out fast and started pooling around his limp body. His breathes were shallow and his eyes were closed while he wined in pain. He was loosing blood too fast to heal himself, so I knew his life was in danger.

When I looked over at Aaron only a few feet away he seemed fine with minor injuries. He yelped in pain, but I knew he would be able to heal himself.

I was the last one standing and the red wolf finally caught eyes with me. I wasn't going to shift into my wolf because I knew I was no match to his size. I would have to try something different to get us out of this situation. I wasn't sure if it wasn't going to work, but we didn't have any other options and Adam's life was hanging by a thread.

I decided I would try to connect with the red rogue, just like my mother would connect with us as kids. A gift she had that no one else knew about. She passed it onto me and told me never to reveal it. I'm not sure what scared her, but I promised her I would never use it. This was the only time I ever needed to use it and it was to save my brother.

I cautiously walked up to the wolf with my arms raised up to show I was unarmed. He stood there heavily breathing with blood dripping from his mouth. I kept staring into his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

Suddenly, I felt a train of emotions that hit me like a ton of bricks. His pain, his suffering, his sacrifice and his fear. I felt overwhelmed by it, but kept walking, slowly but carefully. I was so close to him and I could feel his warm breathe on my skin. He was a few feet taller then me and he looked down at me confused but not threatened by me.

He didn't move an inch, and allowed me to place my hand on his body. It was full of scars and patches of missing fur. He was grieving. Tears filled my eyes as I felt the pain of his grief. It felt similar the loss of my mother. Like a missing puzzle piece lost forever, incomplete and unfinished.

I closed my eyes and focused on mending the gaps in his soul that was causing his feral state. I opened my eyes to see his fur and skin healing, mending and turning into a fiery red colour. He was looking bigger and healthier, full of life. I could have kept mending but I knew I had to get back to Adam. I think I did enough for him that he could leave us alone.

As I took my hand off his body he immediately bolted to the forest. Not looking back. I sighed in relief, but I knew my job wasn't finished.

"Adam!" I yelled.

I ran over to where he was still laying on the forest floor. More blood pooled around him and his wound was still not healed. He was unconscious, not responding to my screams. I had to do what I just did to the red wolf, which was to heal him.

I placed my hand on his dark grey fur just below the large wound that oozed with blood and focused my energy on closing it to stop the bleeding. Tears were still falling from my eyes, almost blinding me. I knew I had to be strong. Adam was my second half and I couldn't lose him like this.

After a minute of focusing my energy I heard a familiar voice.

"Diana." It was Adam, he was shifting back. He placed his hand on my face and smiled. He knew I just saved him. "Thank-you." He smiled and sighed in relief.

I grabbed his hand cupping my face and smiled back with tears of joy. I was so happy he was alive.

"I didn't know what I would do without you brother." I said.

"Mom told me to not allow you to use you're... -gift, but I broke my promise." He said in a disappointed tone.

"I guess I broke my promise too." I chuckled while tears fell from my face. We both looked at each other in content, happy to be alive.

"A-hem," Aaron was standing over us and it seemed like he was already back to his normal self. We both looked up at him as he stood there looking at me with a confused look.

"Diana, question for you... What the fuck was that?"