Ryan woke Lydia early in the following day. The sun was barely visible on the horizon.“We need to go.” he whispered, “Before anybody realizes why we’re gone.”The girl nodded sleepily but got out of bed. She couldn’t completely wake up until they reached the outskirts of the pack’s territory. Ryan shook her a little by her shoulders.“Come on, wake up, we really need to go! Race you there?”“Race you!” she grinned and bolted.She looked behind after several minutes and couldn’t see the man at all. Sometimes she still forgot how much stronger she was. She trotted back to Ryan and looked at him apologizingly. He was huffing and puffing and was already sweaty.“I need my wolf as soon as possible now.” he panted “But I guess that wouldn’t make much of a change for me. Especially if you break the rest of the chains.”“You will awaken him soon, I’m sure. You will find the witch, no matter what. Isn’t that your destiny?”“I have no idea what my destiny is anymore.” he shook his head “What e

Lydia saw the wolf immediately. It was unusually calm. When the girl reached the animal, she raised her head and looked at her.“Now what?” she chuckled “No snarling? No growling?”The wolf just lay back down and yawned lazily.“Oh, do you think I’m not strong enough for you? Do you miss the excitement? Unfortunately, I have a feeling we will get more fighting than I really want soon. Way too soon.” she sighed “Will we ever talk? I thought we were supposed to talk.” she sat in front of the wolf.The animal raised her head and pushed it against the girl’s hand. After the surprise, she petted the head of her wolf.“So you’re in a good mood, I’m happy to see that. I know it won’t last forever though.” she sighed “Otis is coming back soon.”The animal growled when she heard the name and Lydia chuckled at her reaction.“Let’s just try not to kill him for now, alright? Once we get back to our tribe, we will have to fight, I know. Just be patient for now.” she stroked the wolf’s head gently

The huntress gently boxed into the man’s shoulder.“Sure, we forgive you! Just stop being oversensitive!”“Fine, fine!” Ryan mumbled “I’m just helpless! I have no idea what to do, okay?”“So what? We have no idea either? Just relax a little bit, go with things, everything is going to be fine! You would never believe what Lydia did at the shooting range!”“What?”“She finally hit the middle!”“Did you really?” he looked at her.“I got some tips from Caleigh and I could finally do it!” she smiled humbly “I don’t know if I could do it ever again, really. I think I just got lucky.”“That’s what you’re saying now but you were so proud just before we left!” the huntress chuckled.“Well, I’m getting better at archery, but I could improve my swordsmanship.” she sent a suggestive look to Ryan.“Okay!” he sighed “I got it. I may never be stronger than you but I can still teach you some techniques. Understood. Just try not to cut me.” he smiled.“I hope I’m not that clumsy!” she laughed “We coul

The huntress sat down at first. She breathed a sigh and looked at Ryan and Lydia.“No matter what, you can’t help me.” she said “This is my struggle. You two have to do the sword training. No matter how miserable I look, you just can’t understand?”“But…” Lydia started but Ryan took her hand and interrupted her.“Understood.” he nodded “If that’s what you really want. If you need help just yell.”“Oh, I will. Of you go now!”The pair walked away from the huntress. The girl picked up the training sword and waited for the man’s instructions. Ryan showed her the stance and then patiently waited for her to copy what she saw. At first, it was similar to the stance she had to take during archery. Wide stance, right foot in front. She raised her heels and she lost some of her balance. She kept trying to keep her balance while she held out her sword. The man threw himself on the ground. He walked behind the girl and he softly placed his hands on her hip. This made her jump a little and blush.

Finding her wolf was becoming easier and easier for Lydia. When she saw the animal she walked up to her casually. She wasn’t afraid at all anymore. The wolf looked at her somewhat tiredly. So she felt her training, too. But they were so far away from the end. And who knew what was awaiting them at the Gemini Pack’s territory. She sat in front of the animal and waited patiently until she pushed her nose against her hand. She petted her head and smiled.“So you did feel that training, huh? We’re running out of time. Otis is coming.” she sighed.The wolf started the growl when she heard the name. She petted her head comfortingly. She looked at one of the chains.“It will be over soon. You will be free. Then we can go back to our pack. I just don’t want to kill anyone, you know?”The wolf lay her head in her lap to comfort her. Lydia smiled. She felt they grew closer in the past few days. She felt a little bit sad for the wolf was still not talking to her and she couldn’t ask for guidance