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.

the Alpha’s has Kota in his jaws by the collar of his

can pounce, three River Moon guards come sprinting into

pushes past the guards, baring his teeth at

arrogance to him as he

pup, and

Kota whimpers, large tears

and listen to the many rivers of

his voice is the

this silver wolf think he is to challenge me?

down,” Grayson growls, his lips

to rearrange the little

a bit shocked to

“How the-”

said put my pup

commands, the Alpha’s body suddenly tensing

in front of him, his eyes returning back to normal when

my large paws on either side of Kota to

an alert and the once silent forest fills Tearing down the dams I built, I fill the intruders’ minds with my

black film glazing over

by the neck, his little whimpers breaking

my life do I ever want to see him so

between his legs and nuzzles his

Kota.I’m

opening a connection

melting away when he recognizes my eyes which have shifted back to their warm

he asks, timidly reaching out his small hand

stroke my fur.A small smile curls on his lips, his

murmur, Kota burying his face in my furry neck. A portal opens

in his wolf form and he does not look

all bow before the on high alert as more guards arrive

of worry on her face when she sees Kota

nod to reassure her the pup is fine, relief washing over her face before she turns

older Alpha, her face calm and collected despite the coldness

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