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.

or claws, which means changing

useful,’ I told them.

worth a try,’

he asked

‘Promise,’ I told him.

plan,’ he told all of us. When we arrived in the area, once again

We had a deep blue flag with a silhouette of a mountain in white printed on it.

I was planning to stay shifted through the game, I didn’t need to worry about the rope fitting my human shape as well. We made sure it was a good fit

to us.

work,’ Jake told us

teammates and go for the

we will see if we will adapt to a more defensive play,’ Sam mindlinked us all. We nodded.

and I took

direction and my human part grinned. There was a pack of

it,’

said, looking to the right. I looked in the

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

by running in close to them, circling around them and then giving them

one of them

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out. They all set off for me. I happily ran off.

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

my shoulder and saw Ramses. He had already snatched two flags and was doing quick work of the

men hadn’t even realised their flags were gone when I stopped running. Ramses cleared his

showed them

fuck did you

move quietly,” Ramses said with a grin. “Thank

joined him and we ran away together.

scouted our next

started with easy picks and could hand

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

and when I headed towards them, I ran past my brother

for a second and then he

little sister,” he shouted after me. My human part grinned. I

rest of his pack. James swirled around and

jaw drop as he saw my wolf run past them. Wolfless

my target.

Jake had done a good job at being the defensive unit. They had

flags as well, but more importantly, they had guarded the flags Ramses and

and then we meet up with the others and hold our stance for the rest of the

we selected a mark. I set off towards the group of three who stood together, backs against each other. I

They annoyingly stood steadfast. I

annoyed and unsure. It took me a

at me. I let him almost grab my flag before I ran away.

most problems keeping at a distance. My wolf enjoyed

obstacles. I was almost at the

He tried grabbing my hip, but missed. I

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

shred through my skin. The moment after, everything happened at

and hand. Ramses materialised between us as I spun around. Somewhere

speaker announced a disqualification due to use of claws.