All Chapters of Gift of the Moon Goddess: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

She sat perched on a thick long branch in complete darkness.  She felt the moist moss beneath her hand where she gripped the bark.  Her breathing was steady, long deep breaths, keeping her balance.  Her eyes were focused.  It was dark with only the light from the moon illuminating the forest.  She waited silently.  Then she heard the rustle of bushes.  She saw what she had been tracking since sunset.  Hunting at night may not be the safest option, but she had the advantage.  She positioned her bow.  Slowly she p

Thud….Thud  Her head bobbed up over the bushes towards the center of the forest where she heard the noise.  Thinking quickly, she ran towards the bank of the river.  She gathered mud scooping it into the front of her shirt and carried it like a sack back to where the wolf lie.  She began to rub it onto branches making the shelter more secure.  Back and forth she ran while making sure to coat herself as well to hide her scent.  After she had finally made a good enough shelter while also covering the wolf itself with mud to suffocate the scent of its blood she grabbed one big bunch of mulberry bushes and mints and laid on the top of the heap. 

In an unrelenting stand off, the girl and wolf remained like statues, holding their gaze upon one another.  “Do not fear me, girl.  I will not harm you.  You have saved my life and for that, I owe you immensely,” the wolf told her.  She stood up tall, withdrawing her blade and spoke to him.  “You owe me nothing as you have likewise saved mine.  I am grateful you have not ripped me to shreds, thank you.”  She gave the wolf a slight bow with her head.  At this, the wolf chuckled.  He looked upon this tiny being, covered still in dried mu

It was dark by the time they got to Ty’s pack.  They reached a clearing and Ty could now feel the full force of the New Moon.  He placed Azura on the ground and let out a loud howl.  There was short wall built of boulders that stretched out far in either direction, with a broken part that formed an entrance.  He picked her up again and continued through the opening.  He had gotten halfway through the open field when two large wolves approached him.  “Alpha Ty, where have you been?  And who is that you have with you?” the larger of the two asked him.  He was a copper color with dashes of white and had green

Four days had passed and Azura had still not awaken.  Ty grew more restless with each passing moment.  He stayed with her at night and tried to visit as much as he could during the day, but he had important matters of the pack to attend to.  Food had grown more and more scarce as the hunters brought back less and less.  The lake which served as their primary source of water was beginning to dry.  Crops began to either wither or not yield vegetables.  Members of the pack were growing anxious and scared.  This had been going on for months and the hunters now went deeper into the forest to hunt, but this was too dangerous to continue doing.