Night&gale

CHAPTER 8 - BERRIES

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"Lylah, hurry up. We're going to keep an eye on them not dissect them" Ohadh says while leaning against the door frame of my room.

My room has been my haven. The walls have a deep brown color and are bare of any photos.

I never fully understood the concept of staring at the people you love, stuck in a moment. I rather believed them to be alive in my heart.

The best part of my room is the study table which I adore and spend countless nights on.

It faces the glazed window which frames the pine tree just outside, which is my escape route in the quiet of the night.

"With Lylah, you never know brother" Noah answers as he comes beside Ohadh.

I grab the weapons "Check check checkkkcheckkkkkkk" I say and throw in the rest of the things into my bag. Done!

"Lylah, just out of curiosity. Do you plan on eating and wearing your fancy metal toys too" Noah asks with mock concern.

"While you both plan to play dress up, I plan to be playing with my metal toys" I say with a leer, pointing my eyes at the huge bags, which I am sure is stuffed with enough clothes to style the entire Denner Pride.

I walk out of the room with the bags in my hands and descend the staircase as Ohadh and Noah follow with theirs.

As we walk towards the threshold of the packhouse, I see my Aunt and Uncle accompanied with the Alpha and the Luna.

"My beautiful moon" My Uncle says as he embraces me for a hug, to which I comply willingly. He hugs me longer than usual which makes it harder for me to hold back my tears.

Ughhhh I hate this feeling. I have never really gone a day or two without seeing the both of them.

I turn to my Aunt and see that she is wearing a brave face as I am for her.

I hug her with all my might, I begin to pull back when she holds me firmer and whispers "Do not be a brave fool, come back to me alive."

"Once you reach the palace, you will be escorted by Elie to the Pride lion before you take place in being a part of the investigation" the Alpha looks at the three of us and hands me the map.

We reach the edge of our pack's territory and open the map. The pride we seek is at the east.

Which means we will be going in the left direction.

The three of us transform into our wolves. We have our bags in our mouth securely placed.

I look down and see the color of my fur, be in such contrast with the white snow.

We start running. It feels great to feel the cold wind nib at the fur of my wolf, I feel the snow at my paws melt as I hit the ground with every stride.

We travel through the stretch of pine trees, across the frozen lake and follow the thin waters then travel upstream till we were surrounded by blue maple trees and went beyond the valley of mist until we felt the land grew flat and open.

We are now at the edge of the borders of the Denners, we decide to rest up before entering their territories.

It took us nearly two sunsets to reach their borders. I quickly get behind a tree and change into my human form as do the both of them.