BLACK WOLVES

CHAPTER 4

    
       " What do you mean by you didn't see him?" Alan furiously asked.

      " Is there another meaning to that Leader? Lucas whined stamping his feet on the ground like a child.

     " Seriously Lucas now is not the right time to behave foolish. Leader , we apologize. We thought he was going to change and we can't move in and out of the building since we are not workers".

Alan took a deep breath but that did not help seeing as he took the pillows beside him and threw them all at Lucas who dramatically gasped and landed on the ground which equally generated exaggerated eye rolls .
  After what seems like hours though it was just two minutes when Alan spoke up.
      " I have come to a conclusion. Select two or three persons "

    " Why? Is it a mission? Does it involve chopping off heads? Because am so in".Lucas excitedly stood up from the ground.

   " Choose two or three persons " he continued as he glared at the bouncing figure of Lucas " except from Lucas , choose or I will and I promise that you would not like it. After choosing , get ready to work where the young wolf is working . We need to keep watch on him."

    " The mission is boring. Thank God am out. " He excitedly skipped out of the conversation.

    " Leader don't you think this is extreme?"

   " Hugh, it is getting late already. This is the tenth full moon. They are looking for him, the signs of him being alive and fulfilled is starting to show".

   " Let ease him into this"

  " There's no easing this time! Hugh, we must do this before it gets critical" he heaved out. "We found him easily. What does that say about the Finders....." He was interrupted as Hugh began laughing " what is funny now?" He asked annoyed.

    " Oh sorry , is just .... the 'Finders'.... the name is amusing. Which one is Finders? At least council could have been much better or anyth......"

    " That's not important right now! If you are going to contribute nothing , you can as well as jolly down the hallway as Lucas does. You are free to do so"

    " No am serious n..."

    " Just go. Am tired. Let everyone know of my conclusion since you have nothing else to talk about. After three hours, send three of our scouts for another round of searching or two". He instructed grumbling as he walked into his room.

    " Alan.. I mean Leader" he started amusingly but was cut short as Alan banged his door.

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   Experience in outrunning rogues, packwolves, wild animals and even sometimes inexperienced hunters helped Mason as he skillfully outran and escaped the wolves who came to look for him. Now he is sitting under a tree looking at his scent remover, it is about to used out and he needed money for it but that was not the issue since he can easily steal money or steal things for money. The problem is that it is a moving black market. It is prohibited to sell a scent remover and anything else the wolf council seems prohibited to sell. The black market, in other to avoid arrest, move from place and Don't stay long in a place and move again. He wasn't sure where they were or when they will be moving.

      "Aahhhhh! This is frustrating. Why can't my life be at least peaceful". He groaned kicking ' the innocent' stones on the ground as if they were the cause of his misery and banging his head against the trunk of the tree. Knowing the full moon is close by infuriated him too. He hated loosing control to his ' abominable' wolf and that will happen in two days time seeing as it was late in the night already.
    He had tried pills : pills that can kill the wolf counterpart, pills that hinder wolves momentarily, pills that can subdue the effect of the wolf counterpart, pills that subdue wolves during full moon and especially pills that kill both the wolf and human counterpart. As it is said , his wolf is destructive making most of the pills not to work. The key word ' most'. He had tried a pill sold at a black market ran by an unlicensed witch. A pill that could kill wolves counterparts, removing it completely from existence, let's say it didn't work ; it made the situation much worse as he took it during the full moon as instructed. He lost control as his wolf took over hungry for a kill mainly the blood of the witch. Waking up after the full moon, he was bathed in the blood of the witch. That made him cleaned his hands off from taking pills.
       Going home was not an option for him as he wasn't sure whether hunters must have raided his house in search for the dead Hunter in his basement and he needed a serious bath and change of clothes unless he was gonna receive the stink eye he received by the ma'am.