An instant smile spread across my face as I looked adoringly at Leo. In the three days since he’s been here, the night wolves have really taken a liking to him, but I could clearly see why. After our first night back together, me and Leo had woken up early to go hunting and he personally cooked the meat and sat around the fire with the night wolves and could see just how intimidated and sceptical they were of him, especially because they could sense his alpha blood, but instead of just ignoring them, or probing them with a million questions, he just sat there telling us all stories that his father used to tell him. He also told them about the times he used to train on Blue mountain and felt him and his father weren’t alone. The night wolves instantly became intrigued by that story and started to remember seeing a young teenage boy running and playing with his father, and they began to warm to him. Since that first morning, he has purposefully made time to get to know them, he’s helped

“You did well on your hunt today”. I complimented Patrick, Brandon and Gordon as we put away the leftovers from dinner. Today was their first time to hunt together without me supervising and they had come back with a deer and three rabbits. But with the guards, mother and grams leaving five days ago, there wasn’t so many of us to feed, so we had a lot of meat left over for the following mornings.“It felt so good to finally let our wolves hunt. Just to be out there enjoying the chase again”. Patrick commented looking pleased with himself.“Yes, we want to hunt for tomorrows dinner too. In fact, I think we’re going to want to do it every day!” Brandon chuckled as he put out the fire. “Our wolves picked up the scent so quickly, and we pounced on them before they got away. It was….”“Exciting?” I chimed, seeing the thrilling spark in his eyes.“Yes, exactly! And with all the training we’ve been doing too, my wolf has really been stretching it’s legs… it feels exhilarating”. “Well then,

It was almost midnight by the time the half built wall came into our view, it was only three foot high and was far from surrounding the entire outskirts of our land. We cautiously walked through the small gap of the wall, where eventually two gates will stand, as the patrol guards gave respectful nods to Leo, commenting that it was good to have him back.I glanced along the top of the hill to our right where my house stood, and I could see dim lights glowing from the windows. My heart warmed as I smiled, to know that, for the first time since that nightmarish battle and the death of my uncle, it would be the first time that me, my mother, father and grams would be together again. I then looked to our left toward the footpath the wound through the wooded area just before the lake, and I told myself, that tomorrow, I would visit uncle’s resting place, but I still longed to have him here with us, so that he could see for himself….we did it!Leo held my hand tighter as we reached the entr

*Warning, chapter contains use of graphic violence*Me and Leo barely slept a wink last night as we thought over the fact that we had managed to convince Caleb to give us what we wanted, although, it was more Leo that did the convincing. When he had marched us into Caleb’s office, Leo was determined not to take no for an answer, regardless of Caleb insisting he needed more time to think it over.Leo almost flew into a rage, demanding Zach be dealt a brutal penalty for his crimes, and that technically if Zach hadn’t have run away when we escaped, we would have killed him ourselves anyway, or kept him as our prisoner ready for the night wolves to take as their own. The whole time Leo argued with his father, I stood there in shock and pride to see how much he had changed when it came to his parents. Back when we first came back into each other’s lives, as much as he tried to help and defend me, he was always still quite reserved when it came to standing his ground and his choices, but ye

One week later:It was surprising and interesting to see how quickly everyone including myself and Leo were trying to readjust to pack life. Both of my parents had resumed their responsibilities almost the moment they set foot back into Whitlock, and the usual hustle and bustle of the village paths began every morning and evening just as it used to, and sometimes I’d look out my bedroom window and watch them all pass by. They’d causally greet each other, wave and smile and I’d sometimes feel this strange notion in my stomach from how normal and unaffected everything seemed to be, as if the last year never happened.Even though a wall was still being built right in front of their eyes, no one seemed to take any notice of it, or even of the shambled trees along the border that had been snapped and ripped apart during the battle. Of course, it was only natural that everyone wanted to get on with their lives, especially now that we all felt a lot safer and had finally destroyed our enemie