🐺The Howling🐺

Deep in the darkness of the old abandoned oil rig on the outskirts of the city the Alpha of the Lost Pack, Zera was sitting outside the rig waiting for her half brother Brutus and the other 7 she sent out to scout for packs to destroy, when Morgra her older sister and retired pack alpha approached her and told her she was wasting her time, for if Brutus wasn't back by now, then something happened, and none of them would be coming back. Morgra was old, but she still had a good sense of intuition, which was the only reason Zera kept her around. None of the wolves they have defeated in the past ever thought that the leader of The Lost Pack was a female, due to the fact that Zera hid her leadership behind a false leader, named Flagg.

Zera grumbled to herself, knowing that she was probably right, then she went inside with Morgra following beside her. She called Flagg to her along with 7 pack leaders she appointed herself, and she spoke to them of their next line of attacks, and that Brutus and his small hunting party wouldn't be coming back, that somehow they managed to get defeated, and it was up to their warriors to hunt down this new enemy and take them out while they still had the numbers to do it with. Flagg agreed and sent Skete, Thrash, Slasher, and Zeke to search the city for any wolves, but only to attack if they had the upper hand, if not to report back and then they all would destroy them together.

Flagg rubbed up next to Zera and told her not to worry so much that they were the strongest thing alive with over 70 wolves and not even 100 small packs could defeat them, for they were a trained killing machine, and most all other wolf packs were guided by nobility and righteousness, two qualities that The Lost Pack let go for it being weaknesses. Morgra just sighed at the grotesque thought of Flagg and Zera actually being mates, because Zera hated all males, and that she had only one mate and he was killed long ago, Flagg used to be her mate, but just out of jealousy Zera took him from her just to show that she could because she killed the old Alpha and took leadership of the pack to make fear spread like wildfire. Flagg was blinded by the power to see Zera's true colors and ugly nature.

The rest of the pack was getting restless so they all went their separate ways to have some fun and hunt. Flagg followed Zera to her sleeping quarters in hopes of getting lucky with her, but as usual, she pushed him to his corner then went to sleep. Skete was the leader of the small search party, but Slasher was the toughest and the best tracker of them, and within half an hour he located the right scent and led them back to Johnathan and Dimitra's home, where they started out...but he held them all back, for all of Klayton's family was now inside the house not fully aware that they were even there...yet.

(Crisstopher's Pov)

I was down in my room with Kacie laying beside me with her head tightly against my shoulder when the amulet on my neck began to glow, I sat up and let my senses take over my body, as it showed me of the intruders just outside our home thinking on what to do, attack or flee for backup. I sent my signals directly to Klayton and told him their positions outside the house and that we needed to strike them fast and hard before they could figure out what hit them. Brutus was up by the door, for he knew their scent very well and told us that there were only 4 of them, but they were stronger members of the pack, and they did need to be careful and not underestimate their strength.

Luke, Sully, Klayton, and I headed out the back doors and circled them from a distance keeping downwind from them so our scent wouldn't reach them as quickly, then we all attacked simultaneously Luke had no remorse for any of them so the one he attacked was killed instantly. Klayton had Skete backed up against the wall of the house daring her to make any sudden movement, she knew Zeke was dead for they all felt his death. Luke slowly walked up behind Klayton with Zeke's throat dangling out of his mouth as he dropped it at Skete's feet and snarled at her like she was gonna be next.

Thrash and Slasher were still out there but Sully and I were hot on one of their tracks for he fled back to where they came from. Sully made a wild leap from off the upper bridge and reluctantly landed right on top of Thrash, he was going to kill him quickly but instead, he drug his unconscious ass back to the house to be judged by his alpha's. I on the other hand wasn't having the same luck, for Slash completely disappeared from me, so I rushed back to the house to see how my family faired thru the little attack we encountered. Klayton and the rest of the pack were questioning the two captives when I made it back letting them know that the one I was after disappeared without a trace or scent trail.

Thrash chuckled as he realized that Slasher would go back and tell Zera and they would all come down on this little rebel pack like the plague and wipe them all out. But our secret weapons came out of the shadows of our basement and told us ahead of time what Slash was capable of and that we needed to move to a different location before the Lost Pack came down on us all at once. Skete scowled at Brutus in disgust for his betrayal and told him and the other traitors that joined us over them, that one by one Zera and the Lost Pack would see us all fall.

Klayton gave Skete and Thrash an evil grin and told them to bring it on, then he gave Luke a tiny signal, and he quickly lunged right for Thrash's throat, and in one single motion, Thrash fell to the ground in his own pool of blood gushing from the open gap that used to be his throat. Then as he spat out Thrash's remains he moved toward Skete, awaiting Klayton's signal to kill. Skete attacked blindly first from the panic of dying without getting a chance to fight back, Luke hit the ground hard with Skete hovering over him clawing and snapping at him trying to get a kill shot, I jumped in and before anyone could really think on what was happening I made one violent swipe with my paw and Skete's head rolled off her shoulders and stopped right at Klayton's feet. They all looked at me in utter shock at the immense strength I had, and that was the first life I took myself. I also realized that after killing her, all of her knowledge and power went into me thanks to the power of the Wolf's Heart Amulet. 

....In the shadows but still, in seeing range, Slash watched as I killed Skete, and seen the amulet around my neck, then he ran off into the darkness, wondering if he chose the right pack to be in, because after seeing my power, he knew Zera wouldn't stand a chance against me, no matter how many wolves were in her pack.