Game of Destiny – A Thrilling Tale of Power, Love & Fate

It was time for the fourth game and we all gathered at the stadium, I got a feeling of familiarity. We had done this before,

and we had done well. We sat in our usual seats and waited for the clock to turn nine. On the dot, the speaker switched

on.

“Welcome to the fourth game. Today’s game will be played by all the packs at the same time. It will focus on strength,

agility and tactical planning. Everyone will have a flag tied to your waist with a symbol for your pack on it. Your objective

is to keep your own flags and steal as many from the other packs as possible. Once you lose your flag, you can no longer

participate and have to join the onlookers. All the flags you have gathered will be given over if your flag is lost. Using

teeth or claws is forbidden. It is allowed to shift, but if you lose your flag while doing so, you will be out. The game will be

ongoing for two hours. We will now take you to the area in which it will take place. If you stray outside the designated

area, you will be disqualified. You have the time while we transport you to work out your tactics and ten minutes when

you get there to secure the flags. When the ten minutes are up, the game will begin.” We looked at each other.

‘This will be chaos,’ Sam mind linked us as we made our way to the waiting bus.

‘Any idea on how we will handle it?’ Finlay asked.

‘We can go on the offensive and try to catch a lot of flags, or we can go defensive and make sure no one gets ours,’ Jake

said.

‘I don’t think we can stay defensive, we won’t collect too many flags that way,’ I mused. ‘Ramses and I are quick and

stealthy. What if the three of you find a good place to stay defensive, keep an eye out for easy targets and make sure we

at least have your flags. Ramses and I will go on the defensive and collect flags. We can then pass them on to you so we

don’t risk losing them,’ I suggested.

‘I don’t know,’ Finlay linked.

‘It’s a brilliant plan,’ Jake said, oblivious to why Finlay was hesitant.

‘I agree with Jake,’ Sam said with a grin.

‘If we do, you can’t shift with the colour of your wolf,’ Ramses said.

‘That’s a good idea!’ I told him.

‘I know, red stands out like a sore thumb. They will spot you straight away,’ he agreed.

‘And that is what we want,’ I told him.

‘What?’ all the others linked as one.

‘I will shift and use my colour to put the focus on me. Ramses will sneak up and get their flags. Easy-peasy,’ I explained.

‘It sounds too easy,’ Ramses said.

‘Agreed,’ Finlay said.

we can’t use our teeth or claws, which means changing would be fairly useless. But

useful,’ I told them.

worth a try,’

asked me

‘Promise,’ I told him.

When we arrived in the area,

a deep blue flag with a silhouette of a mountain

and tied the flag around my waist. As I was planning to stay shifted through the game, I didn’t need to worry about the rope fitting my human shape as well.

to us. My unusual fur

work,’ Jake told us

for your teammates and go for the easy targets first. Once we

will adapt to a more defensive play,’ Sam mindlinked

would be fun. The signal sounded and Ramses and I took

direction and my human part grinned. There was a pack of huge wolves, looking smug in their human

do it,’

to the patch of trees over there,’ Ramses said, looking to the right. I

you there,’ I told him. We split and I headed for the five men standing in a tight clump. I made sure

in close to them, circling around them

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me. I happily ran off. They weren’t

Not too fast so they would lose interest. I ran in between the trees. There was a soft thump. I would have missed

Ramses. He had already snatched two flags

gone when I stopped running.

them

you

an excellent distraction, and I move quietly,” Ramses said

the next game.” I joined him and we ran away together. He made a detour to hand

while I scouted our

started with easy picks and could hand over several flags

most of the easy picks had been picked off and things got harder. The participants who were left weren’t as easy to get to chase me. But I could be annoying when I wanted and as we progressed I increased my efforts.

towards them, I ran past

a second and then he

sister,” he shouted after me. My

Elder must have mindlinked the rest of his pack. James swirled around

see his jaw drop as he saw my wolf run past them. Wolfless and weak my ass, I

my target.

Finlay, Sam and Jake had done a good job at being the

more importantly, they had guarded the

the others and hold our stance for the rest of the

off towards the group of three who stood

circle around them. They annoyingly stood steadfast. I started

do anything but to make them annoyed and unsure. It took me a while before I got

from the others to lunge at me. I let him almost grab

He was fast and by far the target I had most problems keeping at a distance. My wolf enjoyed

agility to weave around obstacles. I was almost at the spot where I knew Ramses was

He tried grabbing my hip, but missed. I would have no issue shaking his hand off

right and felt a sharp pain in my hip as his claws sank into me. I

moment after, everything happened

between us as I spun around. Somewhere on the

a disqualification due to use of claws. The offender had to turn his, and