Where We Come From ✅ [Complete]

Chapter 39: The Composition of Red

A/N: Words in bold are spoken in Trigedasleng.

They get as close to the reapers as they can. From the shadows they see as the group of reapers, about seven of them are devouring a freshly killed moose. The wolves observe and after about an hour everyone has had their fill of food. There seems to be a hierarchy in their feeding. The strongest eats first followed by the second strongest and so forth until the last gets the smallest share of the animal.

"They act just like a pack, maybe it has to do with their wolf instincts," Sky observes. They wait a few minutes and notice the reapers heading back more into the woods so they follow, quietly and discreetly. The last two reapers seem familiar but Talon can't place them. He sniffs the air but all he gets is the smell of blood, mud and grime. "They stink to high heaven," Bellamy remarks and hears Talon hum, agreeing with him.

After some minutes, the last two members of the group turn around and look towards the wolves' direction and so they duck and remain still. Sky squints her eyes while O focuses. She sees that behind the blood covered mouth and muddy clothes, that person seems familiar. He has wavy black hair and those facial features, she recognizes immediately and gasps. "Sky, that's Atom. It's him!" Sky mindlinks Talon and then he focuses on the other person. The walk is familiar, those head movements are also familiar. "That is Murphy!" Talon informs Sky and she nods.

"We have to get to them. We have to separate them from the rest," Sky says through their mindlink.

"Storm," Talon says through his mindlink with her and explains who the last two persons are.

"I'll distract the rest with my barks and growls. You two get Atom and Murphy. They need to be knocked out or else they'll think you are food," Storm says and then starts moving silently through the woods. About thirty feet from Talon and Sky, Storm begins to bark and growl loudly causing the reapers to look at her. The group starts heading her way and she trots away meanwhile, Talon and Sky slowly walk behind Atom and Murphy. Out of nowhere, Sky jumps and with her hindlegs kicks Atom on his back and he flies towards a tree trunk, getting the wind knocked out of him but still very conscious.

Back more towards home, Mist and her siblings have arrived at the small clearing where they shifted. Quickly Leo sets down the animal on his back and with his mouth grabs his backpack and heads behind some bushes to shift. He groans out at the pain as his bones turn back to human again. After a while, he emerges with his pants and boots on. He quickly puts on his shirt while Dawn goes to shift. Mist is the last to shift and when she comes out from behind the bush, her siblings are already tying their catch on long branches. They place both boars on a branch. Noah and Dawn are already making their way towards home while Lisa and Troy place the other branch on their shoulders carrying the buck and cougar.

Back inside the woods, "Fuck! That didn't work!" Sky growls out while she hears Talon growling. Atom's eyes are blood red and he snarls at her, foamy saliva running down the side of his mouth. He gets up and charges at her and she stands her ground. When he is three feet from her she slightly jumps and with her head bucks Atom's head and the alpha drops totally unconscious on the ground.

Talon on the other hand is having a little more trouble with Murphy. With a dagger in his hand, Murphy trashes left and right violently trying to stab Talon. "Oh this fucker! Even in reaper form, he's still a pain in the ass!" Bell tells his wolf.

"How's it going?" Noah asks through the packlink and Storm answers. "The reapers are chasing my joken ass! Oh -"

"Storm?" Maya asks but there is no reply. "Talon, Sky?" she adds nervously but still there is no answer.