THE INDIFFERENT LUNA 1 - Austan wolf

CHAPTER 55

We walked for three days nonstop. I was exhausted and needed to rest, but I couldn't. Rohan was weak and was slipping away, both physically and mentally. If I didn't hurry, we might not make it to the Blood River pack before he died. So we walked day and night and soon we were there.

Standing at the edge of the pack border, I concealed my scent and stared at the seemingly peaceful forest that surrounded the place where the man that killed Adela resided.

"I can't go any longer," Rohan said and coughed up blood.

I glanced at him, then focused my attention back on the forest, "I know. I had no plans of bringing you either. You may leave." I said, not even sparing him a glance.

He stared at me with surprise, "You're not going to kill me?" he asked, and I looked at him.

For the past three days that we've traveled together, he had been..... very obedient, not that he had a choice anyway. But the effect of the wolf bane was severe. He was like a person with a terminal illness and he was about to die. I almost felt pity for him.

A pity that was stopped by the reminder that they had done the exact thing to Adela. I sighed, "Of what use is staining my hand with your blood? You're going to die anyway. But if you do not hurry, your former comrades will do it themselves."

I said to him before walking away.

I didn't step into their border directly, at least, Grata night had thought me that much. I climbed a tree whose branches extended onto their border and I slowly walked on it into the border.

Just to see if there was any trap worth seeing, when I didn't feel or smell anything, I jumped down soundlessly and dashed towards the pack, avoiding the border patrols as much as I could.

Soon I was bending down by a shrub not far from the large clearing that was the park's residential area.

River blood was not a pack, or at least, that wasn't what a pack looked like. There were no children, no females, just a large number of warriors, with males training and a single large castle, he must have gathered rogues. I thought.

I looked closely at the training men, but couldn't notice anyone with an alpha aura, so I sighed. He was either not there or he wasn't an alpha. Maybe he was just a stupid rogue who felt he was smart enough to kill Adela.

But the way the alpha of Grata night spoke of him, made him a little scary.

I sighed as I watched the combat style of his warriors for some time and I frowned. It was the exact same one that was used to train us in the lair. Are there more spies in our midst? How did they lay their hand on our combat style? I thought as I gritted my teeth.

It doesn't matter, I will get my answers when I meet face-to-face with their alpha tonight. I thought as I looked up at the sky, it was afternoon and the sun was still high in the sky.

I might as well take a nap before I put an end to this. I thought as I returned to the safety of the forest, I climbed up a tree, too far for the training wolves to notice me, but close enough for me to watch their training myself. Settling on the tree. I closed my eyes, hoping to rest my aching limbs before the fight tonight.

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The sound of cricket woke me up. When I woke up, it took a few seconds for my eyes and brain to adjust to my situation. The sky was pitch black and silent.

I wonder how long I have slept. I thought, as I jumped down the tree and headed for the pack, my ears and nose on high alert to both hear and pick up the scent of the pack members.