Wolf-Reader
Chase has always known how to hold himself steady.
As the leader of Adventure Bay's rescue team, he runs the perimeter first, checks the fence posts twice, and fills every quiet hour before the quiet can find him. He is warm, capable, and completely fine - and he has been completely fine for longer than he can remember.
When Ryder arranges a family visit that brings the whole team's loved ones to the Lookout, Chase is genuinely glad. Glad for Marshall's dad, who fills every room he enters. Glad for Zuma's brothers and their surfboards and their chaos. Glad for his mom, steady as she has always been, and for Bella - four years old and already mapping the whole yard by the second afternoon.
But the visit also brings Skye's sister Luna. And it brings Skye herself, closer than the distance they have always carefully maintained. And somewhere between the copper afternoons on the cliff and the amber lights along the south fence and the conversations that happen when two dogs have run out of reasons to keep their distance - Chase begins to understand that carrying things quietly and being strong are not the same thing.
The Scars Beneath the Fur is a story about what gets built into a dog before he's old enough to choose it, and what it means, years later, to finally put it down.
This story should only be on Wattpad!!
Hey everyone! This story is a fanfiction based on Paw Patrol, which belongs to Keith Chapman, Spin Master Entertainment, and Nickelodeon.
I don't own the characters or the original series - all rights go to their rightful owners.