Chapter 25
Ona knew it would take a lot of work to match up with the speed, strength, and stamina of those she had teamed up with, but she did her best to keep up with them. The glow on her fur served as a strength preserver for her, and despite running for hours on end trying to keep up, she didn’t feel tired. She didn’t match their speed; that was like comparing a jet to a helicopter, but she had her strength
intact.
They had wondered further away from the Lycan king’s estate, and they were probably almost out of his territory, and she didn’t feel right about that.
She spoke up about her scepticism about crossing territories, and Vivian told her that the entire werewolf world was the Lycan king’s to rule over and have dominion over, and that was true. Yet, the same Lycan king spoke about the need to maintain territories and not be bullies.
If only the members of his pack followed his instructions, things would be so
much better.
“I would like to go no further.” Ona said, “Enough running for the sake of building strength.”
The others grumbled at her decision, but Vivian agreed with her, which came as a surprise to her. “You are right; we cannot build the strength you have lost, but we still have a few more hours until dawn. I suggest we do other things.”
“How about we hunt?” Ed, Ted’s wolf, suggested.
Ona had never hunted on a full moon before. Others who took pleasure in her suffering were always on the hunt for her. Otis taught her a few things about hunting, both in human form and in her Lycan form, but she never used those trainings. She didn’t want to hunt. Not until she had done it on her own and knew
to go about it while putting what Otis taught her into practice.
the way
“What do you say about it, Sky?” Vivian asked, staring at her.
“Why are you asking for her say in it? This is our usual full moon routine, and we already gave racing up.” Ed’s wolf growled from behind her.

She shivered a little in fear. “Sure, then, we can hunt.”
They followed Vivian’s direction, and though they didn’t go further, they ventured to another path for their hunt. When they arrived at the spot where Vivian and her team always hunted, she let Ed take the lead to instruct them on how the hunting
was done.
He told them the hunting game on the full moon was simple: whoever returned with the biggest kill would claim all the others.
The first two set out to hunt and returned with their kill, and Sussan’s wolf, Susy, had a better kill than Caroline’s wolf, Roli. So, Sussy devoured both kills.
Then it was time for Ed and Fuss to head out. They dashed into the woods to hunt, and after half an hour, Fuss and Ed returned with their kill. Surprisingly, Fuss had a better kill than Ed, and so he claimed the two kills. Ed didn’t like that very much, and he grunted around like someone who wanted to fight for the sake of it.
“It’s our turn,” Vivian told her, and her stomach coiled in a weird way. She didn’t want to do it again.
“Don’t tell us you’re about to change your mind,” Roli snarled at her from behind.
She saw the eyes of the other, and they looked like they would harm her if she changed her mind now. She remembered what Jose had told her about Ted. He was dangerous; everyone on this team was, and in their wolf form, they would do worse. She knew that if she didn’t do what they wanted here and now, they might
kill her.
She swallowed and shook her head.
“No,” she answered.
Vivian smiled, and she saw through her smile that there was nothing good that would come from this. She muttered a silent prayer to the moon goddess to protect her even as she set out.
They both went their separate ways to hunt for their prey, and she didn’t find anything at first. She didn’t even want to hunt, just as she didn’t want to be on Vivian’s team to begin with, but somehow, she found herself here.
She knew this would be her last time on Vivian’s team, and she would do anything to never be back here, even if it meant yanking her own arm out of its socket.
After endlessly searching, she came across an antelope, and she waited to study it. She needed to be sure she could match up with its speed and also have enough. strength to kill it. After examining it for a while, she realised she didn’t have the strength. She then waited for another to come walk by.
She waited for a few more minutes, but a squirrel came walking by on the same.
path. She knew she could hunt and kill it with ease, so she chased it and caught it after a few seconds.
She had a kill, and she headed back to meet the rest. It didn’t matter the size because she cared less about the competition; she just needed something so she would not get on their bad side.
Arriving at the spot where the rest of the team were when she headed out to hunt, she found no one there. Their scents lingered there, but they were so faint that it told her they left a long time ago, perhaps immediately after she stepped out.
Where did they go, then? She wondered.
“There it is!” she heard an unfamiliar voice say from far away. Her heart sk ipped, and she turned away, trying to hide, but she heard another voice speak from behind her.
“She is trying to escape!” These words made her heart sk ip, and not in a good way.
She heard footsteps on the ground, and she knew they were not less than a dozen people heading her way. From what she had heard already, they didn’t sound happy with her.
What was happening? Who were those coming?
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