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.

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

useful,’ I told them.

try,’ Sam

unnecessary risks?’ he asked

‘Promise,’ I told him.

we arrived in the area,

with a silhouette of a mountain in white

planning to stay shifted through the game, I didn’t need to worry about the rope

us.

work,’ Jake told us with

eyes open, look out for your teammates and go for

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

fun. The signal sounded and Ramses and I took off in one direction,

to our left,’ Ramses said. I looked in the direction and my human part grinned. There was a pack of huge wolves, looking smug

it,’

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

headed for the five men standing in a tight clump. I made

close to them, circling around them and then

one of them

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us now and

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

a speed that just kept me out of their reach. Not too fast so they would lose interest. I ran in between the trees. There was a soft thump.

already snatched

gone when

around he showed them the flags

you do

Amie is an excellent distraction, and I move quietly,” Ramses

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 to Finlay in a

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

I headed towards them, I ran past my brother in his

for a second and

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

have mindlinked the rest of his pack.

as he saw my wolf run past them. Wolfless and weak my ass,

my target.

and Jake had done a good

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

others and hold

a mark. I set off towards the group of three

them. They annoyingly stood steadfast.

unsure. It took me a while before

others to lunge at me. I let him almost grab my

most problems keeping at a distance. My wolf

was almost at the spot where I

tried grabbing my hip, but missed. I would have no

sharp pain in my hip as his claws sank

The moment after, everything happened at once. I heard him curse and

us as I spun around. Somewhere on the other

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