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.

means changing would be fairly useless. But

useful,’ I told them.

think it’s worth a try,’

asked me

‘Promise,’ I told him.

we have a plan,’ he told all of us. When we arrived in the area, once again marked out by

with a silhouette of a mountain in white printed on it.

shifted through the game, I didn’t need to worry about the rope fitting my human

to us. My unusual fur drew

Jake told

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

to a more defensive play,’ Sam mindlinked us

sounded and Ramses and I took

human part grinned. There

do it,’ I

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

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

circling around them and then giving them

one of them

read the complete version of

now and

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

to run at a speed that just kept me out of their reach. Not too fast so they would

saw Ramses. He had already snatched two flags

realised their flags were gone

showed them the flags in

the fuck did you do that?” their

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

away together.

while I scouted our next

picks and could hand over several flags to Finlay in a short

first half hour, 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

them, I ran

a second and then

he shouted after me. My

have mindlinked the rest of his

my wolf run past them. Wolfless and

my target.

its end. Finlay, Sam and Jake had done a good job at being the defensive unit.

more importantly, they had guarded the flags Ramses and I had

then we meet up with the others and hold

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

them. They annoyingly stood steadfast. I

make them annoyed and unsure. It took me a while before I got the result I wanted. One

from the others to lunge at me. I let him almost grab my flag before I ran away. I

fast and by far the target I had most problems

almost at the spot where I knew Ramses

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

fur. I manoeuvred right and felt a sharp pain in my hip as his claws

claws shred through my skin. The moment after, everything happened at once. I heard

his claws and hand. Ramses materialised between us as I spun around. Somewhere on the other

speaker announced a disqualification due to use of claws. The offender had