then rest her head on her forelegs closing in her eyes then falling asleep

“Dad! Guess what I’m in love” Lykos suddenly said to his father, as he drop three large meats their small cave Lycaon whose eyes were closed blink open and smiled at his son “already? Who?” he chuckled  “Aleu… oh Dad! She’s beautiful!” he said in a very dreamy voice his mouth opened slightly then he look up daydreaming.

“nice one, brother” a voice said then in the cave’s entrance a gray and black wolf appeared with a smirk in his face “nice what?” he asked innocently even though he already know that Sokyl was hiding there thanks to the wind that blew inside the den that he smell his scent before he appeared out of nowhere.

“Ha! You thought that I didn’t heard all of it? And I’ve been noticing you earlier when I was wandering in the territory that you guys have been staring…” Sokyl stopped as Lykos spoke up “hey I thought you’re the healer you should be in the healer’s den waiting for a patient to visit you” he frowned a little at his brother “ah ah ah” Sokyl said smirking at his brother “hehe I knew it you would say that… besides she likes you anyway”

“yeah right… your joking” Lykos scoffed “I’m not joking, Lykos” Sokyl replied to his brother in a serious voice “I’ve been noticing her as she kept looking or should I say staring at you, well not only you were smiling but she is too, you just didn’t notice because you kept looking her in the eyes” Lykos was taken aback, this was true he didn’t even notice her smiling at him and he didn’t even notice himself smiling. “why don’t you invite her in a walk?” his gray pelted brother suggested “Huh? What? No way, bro!” Lykos immediately refused he shouldn’t be at rush well maybe he should because the season of love is getting closer but to him, unlike everyone he thinks that time is slow. “C’mon, son invite her if she’s not busy” his father suddenly spoke up Lykos look at him and blinked in disbelief and surprise “aww, dad not you too” he moaned “C’mon, son it won’t be bad” Lykos sighed, frustrated then he open his mouth to speak “Fine but give me time to think” he said then walk off the cave, Lycaon watch his son exit the cave and smiled, he sighed then look at his other son, Sokyl “aren’t you suppose to be in the healer’s den?” Lycaon asked his son and raise a brow at him “ah yeah… hehehe” he grinned sheepishly then run out of the cave, he sighed happily again and a smile began to form his face then suddenly something clic his mind, he flinched as he remembered something important “oh yeah! I too need to go to my elder’s cave to meet the other members of the High Council oh silly old me am I, Marella?” he said to himself and look up at the sky as he too exit the cave, sighing as he remember his lovely mate, then jog along the way in the different direction where his two sons take.

Hours passed….

The sky turned into pinkish orange color as the sun was about to set, in a snowy meadow more than ten wolves were hiding in the snow-adapted bush in the meadow, hiding from their prey this would be difficult to hunt even for the new member of their clan: Lykos. Dalton was looking at the herd, finding any weak looking deer, then finally he had, he saw a buck with a gray mane in its neck, the buck seemed to be weak to move, so he look at his fellow packmates then pointed them their target and their dinner. Though it was too early to hunt but hunting in the night will be difficult and dangerous especially when its winter.

So Dalton look at one of the wolves then nod, one of the wolves nod then back away to their position as silently as possible then the wolf disappeared after a few minutes the wolf that Dalton nod was in the other position of the pack’s hiding place westward of the herd they all nodded in agreement as Lykos saw them with his squinting eyes

“Get ready, guys” he whisper then he immediately stand up then howled quickly to signal that it was time to catch their prey, wolves from different north, east and west position of the herd bolted off to terminate their target. The herd suddenly break their formation panicly as they saw wolves appeared and running towards them out of nowhere, Lykos was the first to get close to their target then after a few seconds he jump then bite the old and weak caribou’s hind legs, the caribou made a cry of pain then fell down, Lykos was about to kill it with a death bite in the neck but a brownish-yellow wolf jump at the caribou’s neck then bite it hard ending its life. As the caribou died in Dalton’s jaws, the lead hunter turn around and look at Lykos “good job, Lykos” he said at the younger wolf, Lykos smiled at his leader’s comment of his performance then other wolves from the hunters group began to chase other deers Lykos immediately bolted towards them ready to help. The wolves were fighting a very strong buck, its antlers were swinging in the air to scare the other wolves but they were eager to kill the prey than ever, Lykos was silently crawling at the back of the buck but was he was soon spotted, then the buck turn around then swing its antlers towards Lykos, luckily he anticipated this then quickly dodge out of the way the others charged at the buck then bite its hind legs, the buck started to kick the wolves off of its hind legs, Lykos drop his mouth open as wolves got tossed in the air he growled angrily then charge at the buck, he jump then caught the buck’s lower jaw, the animal moaned in pain as Lykos was hanging in the lower jaw of the buck, soon all the wolves that are assigned to be hunters growled and charged at the buck bravely they bite every body part of the buck, soon the animal’s body was filled with its own blood, then finally it drop to the ground, breathing raspy dying breaths Dalton rushed towards the buck’s neck then bite it hard ending its life. Then everyone step back and panted heavily all of them have small smile in their face, happy that they were more successful than before “Good…job.., guys” was all Dalton could say then he cleared his throat  “folks time to go back to the territory” he said then began to grab the Buck’s hind leg but stop and look at Lykos “five of you will carry the older deer including you Lykos then half of you will help me carry this buck” all the wolves nodded then proceed to grab their prey then drag it to their territory, The sun was descending in the horizon from the west the colors turned to deep violet-blue then slowly and subtly the colors were widening changing the bloody orange-red color into deep violet, then suddenly snow started to fall furiously as the wind blew, Dalton let go of the deer then look at the sky they need to hurry “hurry, men! I can sense a storm was brewing in the east move quickly” he shouted in a commanding voice then everyone started to change their pace in pulling faster than before.

Aleu was sitting at the hills of the territory’s boundary, waiting for the hunters to arrived but in truth, he was waiting for the new member: Lykos, the wolf that she admired dearly she sighed then smiled as she think about him, then her eyes blinked wide and smile started to grow big as she saw ten wolves were dragging two large deer “scouts go and assist them” she commanded to one of the scouts who were scouting close to her bowed at her in respect then trotted off to help their fellow packmates, Aleu was like a ‘bosom like a bee’ bolted off the hill then run towards the deer that Lykos was dragging, she grab the same leg that Lykos was biting then she pull it

Lykos blinked in surprise then smiled and he felt his cheeks ran red, then he groaned as he continue to drag, soon as they finally reach their destination to gather the pack and eat, Aleu raise her head then howled Lykos look at her admiringly and smiled, her beautiful howl made his heart skip a beat, he sighed again admiring the howl and the beautiful slender body of hers.

As soon as they finish eating their meal they were all happy and thank the wolves who were assigned at hunting. Aleu give the hunter wolves a compliment and a joke to make them laugh and she even muttered that “laughter is the best medicine”, as soon they dismissed Dalton approached her “good evening, Alphess” hr greeted warmly at her “Good evening to you too, Dalton” she greeted him back “say can I talk to you while were having a walk in the territory?” he asked Aleu blinked slightly in surprise “well okay” she nodded, Lykos saw them then his ears drop sadly then a sad face form in his face *well she’s taken* he thought then proceed to walk away

“Alphess, Lykos is a good hunter than I am why don’t you replace me and promote him as the lead hunter of the pack?” Dalton began to speak as soon as they were out of earshot of the hunter wolves “hmm? Dalton why?” she asked in disbelief and shock “because Alphess you should have seen him on a hunt!” he said happily “uh.. uhm… well unless I saw his performance” she said “tomorrow I’ll help you guys in hunting and I will watch him closely”

“yes, Alpha Aleu” Dalton bowed his head “Good night, Alphess” then trotted off, Aleu sighed then trotted towards the place that she want to go when she was thinking about someone that she