'The sprint'
I could not manage to lose the wolves, every time I thought I did I could hear another howl close to me. By this rate however I would enter friendly territory very soon.
I had survived the night by nothing but luck. The wolves could see far more than I could. So I stuck to the trees, only getting a few hours of sleep before running again. However it was now dawn, the sun shone brightly illuminating the trees with golden light. I turned my radio back on.
"I am currently seeing the biggest tree I have ever seen in my life. It has a small stream going around it. Does this mean I am close?" I asked into the radio, jogging through the routes on what little energy I had left.
"We call that tree Yggdrasil." A different voice said through the radio. He seemed to be a pretty relaxed fellow judging by his voice. "Means you're about half an hour away. If you were in wolf form."
"Sorry, one hundred percent human here." I said.
"Ah so you'll take like two hours?" He chuckled back. "Maybe three?" I rolled my eyes and started running a bit faster. "That is if the wolves don't get you." I heard someone in the background saying 'enough' but the guy just chuckled again.
"Wolves haven't been able to get me for twenty-two years." I answered back. "I bet I can survive for another hour."
"I'll take that bet" He mused back. More people seemed to be talking in the background. The signal was definitely getting stronger.
"If I win you go hunting and find me a boar. I am starving." I laughed. We never got to eat meat in our camp. The scent of blood would alert all the wolves in the territory within seconds.
"And if I win?" He asked.
"Well, I'd be dead." I answered. I heard a wolf howl. It was so loud I though the wolf must be standing right beside me. Thankfully for me he wasn't. I started sprinting again, occasionally jumping over fallen trees and rocks. There was nothing I could do but sprint anymore. The trees had started to thin out, there was no more hiding.
I ran like that for half an hour. I knew there was something off about the way they hunted. Each time one of them found me, but they never attacked before all three of them were present.
I heard the sound of paws digging into the mud close behind me and saw that my luck had run out. They were coming closer and closer to me. I was so busy looking behind me that I almost stopped out of shock of the clearing I came on.
About halfway through the grass field I noticed a familiar wolf, Russ, flanked by three unknown wolves on each side. One of them clearly being an Alpha, he had the size of it. Behind them were some people from our group. Never in my life had I ran faster than in that moment.
I only needed to go ten more meters when I felt a hot breath on my back. However he seemed to go slower as we neared the territory boundaries. I crossed over, and heard Russ growl incredibly loud. My legs seemed to give in from underneath me and I fell on my back in the grass, panting loudly. The sun felt nice on my skin, and for the first time since I was twelve, I could relax in the company of wolves.
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DILIGITIS // King Alpha
Hombres Lobo"Yes." I heard myself say. I did not even think twice about what he meant with 'it'. In my heart I knew he was talking about the pull I felt towards him. He hesitated for a second, but finally crossed back through the room, standing closer to me th...
