She could hear the sneer in his voice as he taunted her with her name. The white wolf narrowed her piercing blue eyes as the breath of the creature in the heart of the pack seem to pool like an ominous cloud a few paces from the she-wolf’s muzzle. After all, they shared more in common with her than she would ever want to admit. It wouldn’t take much for her to make them visible to her. She could follow their scent and see where their pawsteps rested against the slightly muddy earth. Another creature tried from the other side, but she pelted around, colliding her skull with the creature’s shoulder to knock it aside.ĭespite that the creature were invisible, the she-wolf could pinpoint exactly where they were. She quickly doubled around and lifted a paw to fiercely slice it against the creature’s nose, causing it to yelp and leap back away from her. Her head swiveled around as she saw one of the creatures surge toward her haunch. The she-wolf’s fur fluffed up along her spine as she pressed against the boulder and hauled herself to her paws. Their breath billowed as they barked, coming closer and closer to her in an effort to startle her and force her back. Their jaws snapped in the air, sending beads of saliva showering in the air. With the smell of blood in the air, the pack of doglike creatures flanked around her. Her eyes shone in pain as blood seeped from a small nick on her forehead. She rolled harshly before hitting a large boulder that poked up from a flat sheen of the moor. She hadn’t run far when something slammed behind her, knocking her to the ground easily. Suddenly, she broke from the forest and into an open moor. She could feel their breath on her paws as she struggled to pull ahead. She glanced behind her with her blue eyes widening in alarm. Harsh barks echoed behind her, signaling that the pack was hard on her heels. Her steady paws sounded against the ground as she raced forward, branches and bushes snagging on her fur as she struggled through the forest. The scent of blood carried through the air as the pack locked onto their target.Īt the front of the chase was a thick furred white wolf with light gray, almost silver markings. The sounds only intensified as a pack of thick furred black doglike creatures raced through the forest, plowing through anything in their path from fallen branches to clumps of grass and fern. Wind rustled through the trees as it carried the sound throughout the forest. Howls broke the air as paws thundered against the ground, stirring up undergrowth that littered the forest floor.