DimitriWhen I get close, I howl that I’m coming through the borders. My patrols howl back.‘Any concerns?’ I ask the patrol leaders.‘Only one, Alpha. It looks like a rogue somehow got into our pack lands but then exited without hurting anyone.’I get a sick feeling in my gut.‘Male or female?’‘Fe
“You said what?” I ask.He glances up at me, and seeing my attention on him, he stands up straighter, giving me his undivided attention. “Well, you told me to make sure she survived, I assumed because she was a rogue it was because she was involved in the war and you wanted information from her.”In
Ayda‘Wake up, Ayda. You need to wake up.’I hear Asena, but she sounds so far away. I’m cold and still aching all over. It’s like I’m back in my own personal hell again, only this time Asena is here with me.‘Ayda, wake up. We need to move. It’s not safe here.’‘Where’s here?’ I ask, trying to forc
‘Asena, if I do that and it sucks me under again, they’ll see me.’‘Do you have a better idea?’I look around. We’re still a full day from the mountain in my current condition and I desperately need to sleep.It’s about an hour later than we hear another howl go up, this one farther away.‘They went
DimitriThe morning after the battle, I got a search party, and we went back to the river to find the woman. I’d had to explain to my son that she had gotten frightened and run off. He’d wanted to participate in the search party, but without a wolf and with Masuzyo still out there threatening him, I
I stare at the waterfall, wishing that it could tell me it’s secrets. She’s been here and if water could talk, I’d make the river tell me where she went. But of course it can’t and when my warriors return, telling me they’ve lost her scent, I’m frustrated again. We begin running, trying to figure ou
“Yeah, I know. But on the off chance that Natasha did send this woman to help my son, or even if it was divine intervention by the Moon Goddess herself, I have to find this woman.”They nod. My mate was well-loved by our pack.“There,” I say, looking up at an overhang on the mountain. It’s very high
AydaI made it back to my little home, practically dragging myself by the time I got there. My hip was screaming at me and my arm was throbbing. I fell into my bed, barely able to pull the fur over me. I’m cold now that Asena is gone again. I hope she’s back soon. I miss my wolf.It’s the last thoug