Wolf-Shifter

Dancing among the Stars

Prologue

Sleek is the wolf. Secretive is the raven. When both blend, they become one animal, one force. These two cultures are different, yet the same. Both share the love of family and yet both do not share a love for dance. The two cultures were banned to mingle, to merge ever since the war of the serpiente and avian began.

Yet all that changed with the birth of Wyvern's Court. Some wolves of the Lupine territory learned of this merging and were appalled at Zane and Danica's union, saying it to be unholy. Others, however, thought it to proper. Rebel wolves challenged the alpha and alphess, saying that wolves were better then the others, too proud to be with other cultures.

The wise leaders were not moved and refused to change their ways. A meeting of the two groups resulted in the death of the alpha, and the death of the cubs the alphess carried. Her people drove the rebels out and ever since, the Lupine people have never seen any real battle among their own pack.

Elders have predicted a prophecy, and still that prophecy has not been answered and is far from completed.

It spoke of a woman, a she-wolf, who loved her mate but also bore a greater love for a childhood friend: A rogue wolf. She was to choose, but who shall love this dancer, a dancer among the stars?

A rogue cries in the night

His song of a great and mournful height

Calling to her to set things right

Melting ice, like tears falling from a cheek

She longed to climb the highest mountain, touch the uppermost peak

Running wild along the drifts of snow

She was at least willing to take her people from the river of their woe

She shall go to the fortress of bird and snake

A proposition she shall make

She shall marry for her people's sake

Trust and confidence is all it will take

Something else strung a song on the strings of her heart

A song of a friendship fallen apart

Of love found and almost lost

She realized everything in life, had a cost

She had tried to avoid any future wars

Her betrayal and choices left unhealed scars

Left her bitter rage behind mental bars

She is the dancer among stars

A young woman came from the healers, a small vial in her hands. She smiled at the moon, green eyes twinkling, and walked back to her den where her mate lay in slumber. Kamaria laid a hand on her swelling stomach and grinned. This child was her first cub since she swore allegiance to her mate Yiska, two years before and she felt proud to carry Yiska's child.

Kamaria gazed at the light twilight and smiled, "If this child is a girl then the name shall be Namid, star-dancer and if it is male then Aud, son of the night."

Kamaria climbed in beside her mate and felt him stir in his sleep before settling into dream. Chapter 1

Ten years passed, since that one night, and the cub that Kamaria carried grew into a young she-whelp. The she and Yiska, along with the Lupine tribe, rejoiced. The alphess later appointed Namid her heir. The parents were surprised at this but the alphess later explained that the now-healed wound on her stomach left by the rebel wolves, tore through her womb and thus left her unable to bear any more heirs.