Howls of the moon 🌑 Echoes Roars of the sun 🌕

Chapter 1: A Stranger

"Catch him and don't let him get away!"

Tiye could hear the howls behind her as she ran through the forest. She then quickly hid behind a tree and waited for a few wolf men to pass by her.

"Why are they here?!" Tiye muttered as she tried to gather her breath.

"He's over here!!"

Tiye's head quickly turned to spot a wolf man leaping towards her. In just the nick of time, she was able to dodge him. She then twists her body around, for a roundhouse kick in the back of his head. At the moment she landed the kick, she leapt back and took the chance to flee. Putting some distance between her and them.

"Why you brat!" Tiye could hear him shout in anger behind her, but without warning, she lost her balance because her feet tumbled over some gravel. Her body jerked forward, landing, twisting and tumbling down for what seems like forever.

At this point, one would have thought she had broken her neck, but these wolf men would search for even the dead.

Tiye suddenly came to a forceful stop into a bush. Her body, once warm, felt numb to her. She looked around only to lock eyes with another's that were as white as snow. Tiye tried to speak for help but they quickly shushed her.

"Shhh! You're going to be okay..." he spoke in a manly yet calm voice but his eyes told Tiye that her condition was much worse. Suddenly, a rush of footsteps approaching from behind him made him jump in surprise. The next thing Tiye knew, he was out of her sight.

"Your holiness! There has been an intruder on the grounds! we must get you inside this instance!" Said a wolf man in armor with a stern voice.

"May I ask what kind of intruder is such a threat that I must leave my private time on such short notice, Mark?" Tiye could tell from their voice that it was white eyes who spoke earlier. Then a sudden realization came to her.

"He's a wolf man!" Tiye thought in horror.

"A human boy, your holiness." Replied Mark

The approach of metal clinking together grew ever louder as the guards approached.

"Your holiness! The smell of the intruder led us here. We would like to investigate in case the boy is taking shelter nearby." Replied a guard

"No need, I was here when I found it." Replied white eyes as he looked back at the bushes behind him.

"Wait, don't tell me he plans to turn me in?!" Tiye screamed in her head as he reached towards her while closing her eyes in complete fear.

Tiye couldn't feel his hand touch her, then he pulled something out from underneath her. When she peaked her eyes open, Tiye noticed that it was the rabbit she had hunted down earlier and that it was covered in her blood. White eyes then stood back up, facing towards the guards once again.

"This fell from that Clift above. I presume that whatever you were chasing was hurt and needed a distraction to lure the guards away." Replied white eyes.

A loud pair of feet approached him, shaking the ground. Tiye could hear him smelling something, as if to confirm what was being said.

"I see... so we were led astray. Very well, I will take the rabbit and discard it" Replied the familiar voice from earlier. Tiye started to wonder if that was the gray wolf she kicked in the face just a few minutes ago.

"That is not necessarily a need for it. Fang, I have already dug a grave for it."

"But your holiness, I would prefer you not stain your hands!" replied the voice known as Fang.