The two women walked silently on the bushy path. Zayna carried their medium sized luggage while Catori walked beside her empty-handed. "Are you sure that you don't want my help?" Catori asked after a while. She didn't feel comfortable letting Zayna carry all the luggage though they were in a duffel bag.
The other woman, clad in black jeans and a black tee shirt, just like Tori, replied with a "No," for the upteenth time since they set out.
"I don't know why you keep fussing over a baby that isn't even well developed yet. Just let me help you," Catori said.
"Tori, all the help I need from you right now is for you to walk with me and keep quiet. We don't want to draw any unwanted attention to ourselves," Zayna replied. "And please, save your energy because I can bet you on anything that we might soon get attacked."
Choosing to heed the Ghost Reaper's words, Catori kept her mou
"So it's best for us to enter through this South border, actually. This is the less guarded area," Kurt explained to them. "If we go in successfully and stay put for a little while, we can gather some information first and know how to plan our moves."The others listened to him with interest. As a member of the elite warrior scouts, it made sense to have him give them the directions. Arthur listened to him as his mind slowly mapped out a method of attack. He nodded in agreement with the Hemming boy. Kurt trained well."That's good. I like your logic. Just as he said, we shouldn't barge in there. It has been a while since we were here. As much as Cassarina and Mrs Maxwell left just a few days ago, anything could have happened within that time," Arthur said. "We should steal into the pack. The problem now is when we can do that and where we will stay while we gather this info we need.""We also have to consider how we will
Catori's knees made forced contact with the floor. Kurt landed on her right side and her father was thrown to her left. There were sniggers from among those vipers. There was clapping and mock praise at the round table."Well, well, well, Catori Dolphus is finally home. It seems like you came at the right time," Zeta Ahmik Black said and laughed.Catori stared at him, trying to fix his face but to no avail."Don't let them know that you can't remember them," Arthur whispered as quietly as he could.Beta Calian raised a palm and there was silence. He stood up from his seat at the round table and went to stand before the prisoners. He glared at Kurt, who glared back."So you even had the face to show up here," he said to his sun. His expression depicted anger and disappointment. Kurt didn't reply, to which Arthur gave a sigh of relief."So to the re
A blonde lady suddenly jumped in front of her enemy to shield him. She looked exactly like him and Kurt.'She must be the sister that Kurt talked about,' she said in thought."Get out of my way," she growled but Kasa wasn't ready to budge. Beta Calian saw this as a golden opportunity. He was up and away in a matter of seconds away from them. She wanted to go after him but on second thoughts, she decided to let him be for the time being and check out what was wrong with the blonde girl in front of her. She looked disheveled."Who are you?" Kasa asked in a shaking voice.Catori stepped back and closed her eyes tight. She felt the fur on her body grow out to the ground. She felt her red hair fall on her shoulders and her bones clicked back and she was no longer standing on all fours."Catori?" Kasa called in a confused tone."So I was right. You do k
Catori surveyed nothing in particular from the edge of the hill. She could hear the birds chirping. They sounded so sweet. The air was so refreshing to breathe in.After the war, all the members of the council were either sacked or decided to resign on their own. Mrs Maxwell was appointed a high member of the council. At first, she was the only member. She singlehandedly conducted the Alpha's test on Catori and her brother. It had been decided that since another child of Luna Dakota was found, then it would only be fair to give him a chance at being alpha as well. Naturally, Liam failed. Kurt had become the new zeta of their pack. Cassarina became the beta.For the first time in a while, North Lotus was in perfect peace. She turned in the direction she came from.As she entered the busy town, she spotted a family honey skinned man with black hair. He was with a little boy who was about a year old on his neck. He pecked h
691200 seconds.11520 minutes.192 hours.8 days.That was how long she had been missing. Her chest constricted agonizingly at the single thought that haunted her mind at every given second. Once again, it was enough to plunge her heart to it’s bottomless depths and forced the breath out of her lungs, leaving her bare and empty.Instantly, she froze on her tracks and amidst the silent echoes of the strange tropical forest, reality sank in deeper and harder. Her feet swayed as exhaustion hit her bones and had her leaning back on the nearest tree. The large canopy of trees stood at an intimidating height, spanning through acres of land and fresh from the rain with evergreen grasses and plants.Fluttering her eyes shut, she tuned in her senses to the silent whisper of breeze dancing through the greens. The lush carpet of grasses swayed to the c
“What? No, Tori. We need to head back.” Kurt stepped forward and threw his hands towards the rest of the scouts. Most of them were tired of searching and were filled with exhaustion and fatigue no doubt.“We have been out here for three days. Three bloody days! Everyone is exhausted - the troop needs to rest and eat too.”“Are you asking me to give up, do you mean to say we should give up searching for her?” Her hardened gaze fell on his body.“No, no. Finding your Mum is our biggest priority. She’s like our mum too - our Alpha. But we have outdone ourselves for the day, we need to go back and refresh.”He said, staring at her.Perhaps she should have listened to Kurt. His words held some truth to an extent and afterall, he was the leader of the elite troop of wolves - North Lotus’ finest set of warriors. They had been tasked by the council t
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.Our rivals would laugh us to scorn if they could see what our once great and powerful pack had become. North Lotus used to be a subject of true envy to other smaller packs. Legend has it that our large pack was once a division of two smaller packs that got joined through the indivisible power of love.This happened when the original founder of our pack, Maurice Dolphus, found his mate and forever love in the eyes of Astrid Chann - Alpha’s daughter to a smaller local pack.The union of these two brought our packs together as one and started the new generation of North Lotus.Our pack was like one big family. We shared a strong love and bond for each other. And although a lot of our enemies never knew this, that was what kept us going.We knew that united, we could do anything - even conquer an entire region or t
Catori tore through the woods at an enviable speed. The mild wind rushed through her flaming red fur as she pushed her muscles to cover more ground. The agile she-wolf leaped over fallen tree branches with a daunting strength, given to the amount of time she spent in these particular woods.Everything here was familiar to her and to an extent, these woods were like her play ground. When she was younger, she and the twins would play hide and seek here with blindfolds as a way of strengthening their senses and tracking skills. Ofcourse, Kurt always won each time. But she was always good at the running part. Her speed always left the twins eating her dust and save for the fact that Kurt was an excellent tracker, it was almost impossible to keep up with her.The only other wolf in their pack who wouldn’t break a sweat while running with Catori was her Mum. She was just as good as her in speed - even better. Catching her mother was an impos