speak.
"Spit it out Mutt!" A new voice reached Gracie's ears, one of a wolf, female perhaps. Gracie jerked her head to the left in which she was staring into the yellow eyes of a pure white wolf. She lay her ears back against her head and strained to keep her hackles from raising.
"Where am I?" Gracie sputtered out, trying to speak as fast as she could so she wouldn't stutter.
"Get your friend up!" Snapped the white wolf. "You will know soon." The wolf eyed Rue and spat next to her paw. Gracie stared blankly into the wolf's eyes, with Gracie full of fear as she turned to leave the room. Gracie nudged Rue and licked her face, soon coming to the coppery taste of blood. Dried blood was caked all around Rue's eyes signaling her sister's obsessive scratching to unfreeze them.
"Rue..." Gracie sighed sympathetically. She nudged Rue's neck with her cold nose, hoping it would awaken her. Rue's right eye fluttered open but the left one remained shut. There was a large gash covering the left eye's lid and Gracie could already tell, it would never be able to be used again. Rue lifter her head and groaned, then she melted into her sister's fur.
"Oh, Gracie!" Rue breathed a huge sigh of relief. "I thought we were dead!" She nuzzled and nuzzled and nuzzled Gracie's shoulder until Gracie was sure her sister's nose would be as unusable as her left eye.
"What did I tell you Sis?" She rubbed her face into Rue's, licking up the remaining dry blood and crying happily.
"I just guess this left eye is still frozen though, huh?" Rue cocked her head and strained to open it. "Could be awhile I guess." She smiled and wagged her tail. Gracie cringed and thought, does Rue not know that eye is dead now? But she wriggled her tail back and forth to signal to Rue that everything was going to be okay.
"Mutt!" A sharp voice sounded. "Let's go, NOW." The white wolf poked her head in the room and smiled ominously. "I've got a surprise for you." Uh oh, Gracie thought, a surprise. Rue lowered her head and ears and whispered to Gracie.
"Who's that?" she quavered.
"I don't know, Rue, but do what she says." Gracie replied trying not to tremble. The two siblings meandered past old bones and rotted meat spread about the floor until they stopped behind the wolf. The wolf opened a door with her nose and revealed a very deep redded German Shepherd Dog sitting with an eyebrow raised and fangs showing. Rue yelped and hid her face under her paws.
"Gracie!" Rue's voice had gotten shriller from fear. "I know him!" Gracie cocked her head. He didn't look familiar. The Shepherd padded over to the two and he rubbed against Gracie's black saddle. Of course, Gracie thought, but it can't be!
"Hello, Daughters," The dog said. He paused before daughters as if recollecting a memory of some kind. Rue snarled, the most fearsome one Gracie had ever heard and it surprised the other two as well. "Well, my little Athene, I remember you well." The dog smartly stated as if there was no shock at all. Rue continued to growl and the fur down her back rose. "And, my little Perseus." The dog stopped and looked Gracie over, head to toe. "Although I would've sworn you were a boy when you were born." At this statement, Gracie rose from her sitting position and let out a snarl herself.
"You do anything to us!" Gracie snapped. "I will personally tear you apart, DAD." Gracie yelled the word Dad so everyone in the forest could hear.
"Uh, uh, uh." The dog sneered. "I wouldn't do that to your father if I were you. I could always send Akira to eat you, she is always hungry." He motioned to the white wolf and she licked her chops.
"Always hungry," she repeated. "And it would be an honor to eat you two under Shakespeare's orders." Her eyes gleamed on the shepherd as if he were her Master. "Unless of course you would like to say your last words to your sled dog friends." Akira had trouble pronouncing friends.
"What have you done with them? And how could you catch the fastest nine dogs in the state?" Gracie was dumbfounded. Rue stood in front, no longer afraid, just beckoning Shakespeare to make one move and she would attack.
"Oh not nine," he replied sullenly. "Only...three."
"Three?" Gracie asked out loud. She counted on her paws the only two that would mean anything to her, the ones she knew. Baron and her brother, Ares.
"Yes," Shakespeare replied. "Three. But one is not...Present." Shakespeare gleamed evilly to Akira.
"The red one, is now...redder." Akira said wittily.
"Baron!" Rue yiped. Gracie stared intently into her father's eyes.
"Who are the other two?" Gracie said calmly. Shakespeare came up to Gracie so his tail rubbed against her chin.
"Ares, and I brought an annoying one along for the ride as well." He grinned. "Calls himself Krieger."
"I don't know a Krieger," Gracie said puzzled. She cocked her head and Shakespeare shoved it back up. Rue came closer to Gracie.
"No offense," she whispered. "But the only boys on the team you know are Baron and Ares."
"Shut up, Rue," Gracie growled.
"Shut up, Perseus!" Shakespeare snarled, trying to mock Gracie's tone.
"Shut up all of you!" Boomed some voices from behind. Akira had unlocked a room from the back and two sled dogs jumped out. Shakespeare put his paw over his eyes. Gracie spotted Ares and let out a sigh of relief. She ran over to her brother and caressed him.
"We have to get out of here, Bud." Gracie looked into Ares' eyes and saw pure fear. This was something she had never seen from her brother. Rue stumbled over and hugged her brother. Her right eye showed admiration but her left eye twitched. Ares cringed.
"What happened, Sis?" Ares circled his sister and finally sat down on his haunches in front of her. Rue breathed deep and almost spoke but she couldn't choke a single word out. Shakespeare tensed his muscles and readied himself to strike. A gleam glinted off his white fangs and Gracie caught it.
"Move! Ares, Rue!" She leaped up and knocked her siblings to the side sending them all sprawling into a corner of the cabin. Shakespeare crashed into Akira, leaving a crumpled heap of canine against the opposite wall. Then Gracie spotted the second sled dog that had appeared out of that room with her brother. This husky was stalking along the edges of the room, staying hidden in the shadows. Ares took the hint and nudged his sisters in the side.
"Look!" He whispered harshly. Gracie stared to where her brother was pointing. A door with light to the outside. Snow was flooding in and she knew she would have to face the storm again but it could be the only way to save her siblings. Gracie started to move. "No!" Ares snapped. He slapped his sister down at the withers and she collapsed. "Wait for Krieger to strike!" Gracie shook her head and realized Krieger was the husky sneaking up behind Shakespeare and Akira who were beginning to regain their balance. Krieger sprawled his front paws forward and a grin spread across his face. He shot a glance to Ares and Ares' shoulder muscles twitched. "Get Ready," Ares whispered into Gracie's ear.
"Wha-?" Gracie started but she was cut off by her brother.
"NOW!" Ares barked. Krieger leaped onto Akira and Shakespeare snarling and raving, his fangs clashing with the enemy's. Ares shoved his sisters out the door, he assuming they wouldn't move fast enough and bounded out after them. Gracie, Rue, and Ares crashed together into the snow dune outside. Ares immediately got out and shook all the snow off. "I'm going in!" Ares snarled. Gracie poked her head out and Rue followed suit.
"You can't!" Gracie yelped. "They'll kill you!"
"Krieger saved our lives, now I am going to get him out!" Ares growled. Gracie jumped out of the dune and shook joining Ares' side.
"Then I'm going too." Grace said defiantly. They all heard a shrill yelp from inside and Ares kicked Gracie in the chest sending her back into the snow dune. He took
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