Chapter 24: The Wolf Within
***Jane***

After a quick lunch, Kota begs me for a game of hide and seek, arguing his case by giving me a pair of cute puppy eyes.

The little boy grins triumphantly when I give in, and he asks permission from Aurora for Rio to join us.We walk around the pack for a little while until we find a quiet little patch of trees for us to play in undisturbed.

Kota and Rio take off, leaving me in the middle of a clearing to count out loud.

“O-one…Two…Th-Three…F-F-Four…”

I grow embarrassed as I stumble through the numbers and begin to count quietly to myself until I reach twenty.

“He-Here I c-come Kota!” I call out, my eyes scanning the trees for any signs of the boy.

I sniff the air, catching his scent lingering in the wind.

This is probably the worst game to play with a wolf, Grayson chuckles to himself.

lignore his comment, pretending to look among the bushes for the hiding pup.

An unfamiliar scent suddenly brushes against my nose, the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end.

Something’s wrong, Grayson observes, my ears picking up the sound of rustling in the distance accompanied by the low rumble of a snarl.

Grayson wastes no time taking control and shifting mid-sprint as we follow the sound of Rio’s barking and Kota’s cries.

Please be okay, please be okay, please be okay, I pray to my dear Moon Goddess, my heart racing at the thought of Kota being hurt.

We sprint through the trees until we see a small clearing up ahead, Kota’s scent guiding us to him.

Grayson breaks through the trees and into a clearing, a group of large unfamiliar wolves gathering in the middle as Rio barks up a storm at the intruders.

They don’t appear to be rogues, their fur shiny and well-groomed and their build strong and muscular.

Two of them appear to be Alphas, their fur black as night and both bearing a single white spot on their foreheads, the symbol of an Alpha lineage among normal alpha wolves.

One appears to be older than the other, an air of power surrounding the older one.

in his jaws by the collar of his shirt, Kota’s cheeks stained with

River Moon guards come sprinting into the clearing in their wolf

past the guards, baring his teeth

an air of arrogance to him as he puffs out his chest to assert

pup, and we were getting him

whimpers, large tears rolling down

this morning, I lower down my walls and listen to the many rivers of thoughts flooding my mind until I figure out

dams so that his voice

this silver wolf think he is to challenge me? ” The Alpha thinks to himself, Grayson snarling

would do well to put the pup down,” Grayson growls, his lips curling

me to rearrange the little stain

bit shocked to

“How the-”

put my pup

commands, the Alpha’s body suddenly tensing as if

Kota down in front of him, his eyes returning back to

forward, placing my large paws on either side of Kota to protect him with my frame

River Moon guards howl an alert and the once silent forest fills Tearing down the dams I built, I fill the intruders’

glazing over

Rio by the neck, his little whimpers

in my life do I ever want to see him so

legs and

okay, Kota.I’m

opening a connection

me, his fears melting away when he recognizes my eyes which have shifted back

reaching out his

stroke my fur.A small smile curls

face in my furry neck. A portal opens beside me, Aurora stepping through it with Evan at

wolf form and he does not look happy to

on high alert as more guards

you alright?” Aurora asks, a look of worry on her face when she sees Kota snuggling up

is fine, relief washing over her face before she turns to

acknowledges the older Alpha, her face calm and collected despite the

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