All Chapters of Raven - The runaway wolf : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

My body jolted itself awake under the brightness of the sun and my attention fell straight on the wolves, realising I dozed off when Izzy and Dante took over patrolling last night. I sighed with relief, thankful that nothing had happened whilst I was sleeping. My body and neck ached from resting on the hard ground with my head against the log.   Izzy and Dante were busying themselves, cooking and pulling up fresh water in the well bucket for our breakfast. I got to my feet with a stretch and scanned each of the wolves, checking their medicine and moving the carts under cooler shade.   “Good morning sleepy head”. Dante chuckled as he roasted more fresh rabbit.   “When did you hunt for that?” I asked curiously as I finished moving the third cart.   “I went out this morning while Izzy watched over the camp. I figured you’d be asleep long enough for me to hunt and get back, that way

Six days passed as we carried on with our chores and routine, gathering enough water and food for us all as grams and mother continued to make bulks of her mushrooms and herbs to sustain the wolves and help their muscle growth now that they were starting to wake up throughout the day. It would only last for a few minutes with their eyes opening and whimpering in fear at their new surroundings. But each time, I’d run my hand gently down their fur, and I’d smile with care, I’d tell them that they were safe and that I was a night wolf watching over them. It seemed to work enough for them to relax their tension under my hand and calmly let their eyes close again. They were even trusting grams now whenever she was nearby when they woke, she’d reassure them, and they’d listen. Yesterday, they showed their appreciation with  a happy wag of their tails as we cleaned and brushed their fur, and we even managed to encourage two of them to eat some of the deer

Once again I had to leave Leo’s side and return back to camp. With Zach still out there, it uneased me to leave the nightwolves under little protection. When we left the gates of Lundberg, I could only hope that soon we would hear news of Caleb and my father’s return and success at finding and catching Zach, and that Leo would wake up and we could all start to move forward with our lives, no longer in fear of what hellish treachery would happen next. I had also been told by alpha Wayne that Violet had been taken back to Whitlock prison with the few guards and Whitlock men that had been instructed to start the build of the border wall. According to Wayne, Caleb still hadn’t decided whether to let Violet rot in a cell for the rest of her life or sentence her to treason by death or banishment. “What is it, Raven. You look as though you’re a million miles away in your thoughts?” Izzy asked as we slowed down our pace to a slow jog. “It’s nothing, I’m just thinking over a lot of things,

Over the next few days we all worked together to keep the camp running smoothly and I started to slowly reintroduce the night wolves into hunting again. I took the lead but encouraged them to use their senses. To allow the earth beneath their feet feel the movement of their pray and to breathe in the air that would lead them the way of their next meal. For so long all of their senses had been weakened and almost completely diminished, it made them feel confused and frustrated to feel as though they were learning the advanced skills of a night wolf all over again.I had still avoided telling them of Zach’s rogues still lurking in the forest, and whilst they slept at night in the cabins, I’d secretly patrol the grounds with some of the guards, then come up with all different kinds of excuses to retreat to my cabin during the day to catch up on my rest. I could see how hard they were all trying to adjust being back on forest grounds after so many years of hiding away in the mountains, an

“Damn you look amazing!” Leo panted as our lips crushed against each other’s mouths the moment we stepped inside the cabin. “Fuck I’ve missed you”. “I’ve missed you too. I love you so much”. I mumbled as we fervently kissed each other’s faces and lips, wanting to savour and soak in one another’s touch, smell and presence.“I love you! I never want to be apart from you again”. He growled as he stumbled into the bedroom, his hands wandering all over my back, the nape of my neck and my buttocks as my thighs tightened around his waist, immediately feeling the arousal of finally having him so close to me.We fell onto the bed with his body on top of mine as I fumbled with his shirt, vigorously trying to remove it from his chest that I so desperately wanted to feel with my own hands. We impatiently ripped away each other’s clothes, revealing our bear and heated skin to caress and grasp onto as our lips and tongues devoured each other’s mouths and necks in an inflamed frenzy. My hands trail