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

The walk to the stadium had become a ritual in itself. We walked in silence, all of us focused on the task at hand, the

unknown game we would be playing. Last time it had been easy and fun. None of us expected it to be the same today. When we took our seats, it was ten minutes to nine. Finlay and Sam were on high alert and resembled bobble head

figures as they tried to watch all of the stadium at once.

“Dear packs. We have now passed the halfway mark of the games. Today’s game will be hide and seek,” the speaker’s

voice told us. Our pack perked up. The twice yearly hide and seek competitions were a loved tradition in our pack and we

had our champion with us. “Each pack will designate one or more seekers and one or more hiders. How many in each

role is up to you. The hiders will have a ten minutes’ head start to hide within the designated area. When the seekers are

allowed to start, they will try to find as many of the other packs hiders as possible. When they have found someone, they

will howl and an official will confirm they have found a hider. You will have two hours. When the time is up, every hider

who hasn’t been found will amount to twenty-five additional found targets for their pack. Claws, teeth or any other

violence is not allowed. You have the time until you arrive at the designated area to decide how to divide your pack.”

Everyone stood up and we were escorted to buses.

‘Amie and Jake are the best at hiding, as long as she stays in human form,’ Sam started our discussion.

‘I think I should hide as well,’ Ramses said.

‘It makes sense. If we stay hidden all the way to the end, it will be worth it,’ Jake agreed.

‘It does,’ I agreed as well. ‘You and the Alpha are good seekers,’ I said.

‘So are you,’ Finlay told me.

‘I don’t know if I’m twenty-five finds good,’ I admitted. Everyone nodded. We had a plan. When we walked off the bus,

there was a man noting down who would be hider and who would be seeker. It was the same area as we had been in for

the tag game.

‘Stay in touch with each other via mindlink and stay safe,’ Finlay reminded us before the first signal sounded. I sprinted

off towards an area I remembered had trees, bushes and large boulders. I found a good spot which had me out of sight,

but still allowed me to see in the directions where I guessed most would be coming from. When I hid, I had made sure no

one was around, but as I waited for the second signal and the release of the seekers, another wolf came running. He

mindlinked Finlay with the information. Not long after the second signal,

into the tree

Finlay,”

and keep giving me targets,’ he mindlinked me as he

for any traps,’ I answered. After the talk we had with his

Alpha Ryan would do something to sabotage us. I

was the glue keeping us together as a pack. Our leader.

mask my scent, if I stayed long enough in

any seeker to my old spot rather than my new. It also helped, as few seekers

meant it would be safer to move to a

saw someone shift hiding spots and alerted Finlay or

well. Neither Jake nor Ramses had been found. It looked as if we would get three bonuses

time. I made my

were tall, with straight trunks with few branches close to the ground. I saw

making sure I was alone, I took

branches, ending up on one high above the ground with a dense foliage around

many minutes passed and then I heard someone coming. I saw

let him know I was close by. Then I saw movement and when I looked in the direction,

Ocean shore pack. My heart stopped for a second. Then I told myself to stop being dramatic.

was regrettable, but not the

he was waiting for. When Ramses was almost directly underneath me, I saw the Beta

I saw the look in the Beta’s eyes

from my position. I shifted in the air.

outstretched hand with

his weight to turn around. It

Ramses’ shoulder. It felt like an eternity to drop down. I heard the joint pop as

pain. My wolf growled loudly as

My wolf’s instinct was to rip

to be

showing teeth and challenging anyone to get closer. To my surprise, it wasn’t Finlay who showed up

was in his wolf form and ran past me to stand in

was close to an Alpha’s growl. Impressive. The two of us didn’t let the offending Beta out of our sight.

on. Finlay came walking with two council

on of the council members

Ocean shore pack attacked me. My shoulder is crushed,” Ramses said. The pain in his voice was

was still standing over him, not letting him get up or

council

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‘Amie,’ Finlay mindlinked me.