think so.’

‘No just listen to me first…’ Before Blaez couldn’t finish Torren quickly jumped forward and slashed at Blaez with his huge paws, Blaez didn’t have time to react as he stumbled back as the side of muzzle began to bleed where Torren had hit him.

‘I’m not listening’ Torren sneered as Blaez regained his balance and frowned.

‘If you don’t listen to me you’re all going to die!’ Blaez yelled as Torren took another step forward.

‘Oh no I don’t believe we’re the ones going to die.’ Torren smirked.

Part 7

Slowly from the den nearby Dusk walked out with her two tiny pups at her heels as they hid behind her legs looking up at Blaez who looked down at them. Before any of them could say anything the ground seemed to shake for a moment causing all the wolves but Torren to look worried.

‘If you don’t believe me what’s that?’ Blaez said quickly.

‘A simple earth quake…’ Torren said rolling his eyes as he jumped forward knocking Blaez off his feet but Blaez still didn’t fight back as he slowly just stood back up. ‘This is going to be easier then I thought.’

Suddenly the ground shook madly and a faint howl was heard in the distance causing Blaez to look back towards the mountains with a worried look his face.

‘Torren look towards the mountains!’ Blaez yelled.

‘You can’t fool me with that…’ Torren started but Blaez interrupted.

‘JUST LOOK!’

Slowly Torren looked towards the mountains and when he squinted his eyes he could just make out what looked to be something rushing down the mountain.

‘It’s simply an avanlche it won’t reach here’ Torren said shaking his head and looking back at Blaez.

‘Are you willing to take that chance and put your pup’s lives in danger?’ Blaez said looking at the small pups who were cowering underneath Dusk obviously scared because of the Earthquake. Torren seemed to be thinking hard until Dusk said angrily.

‘He’s lying lets finish them now.’

‘No…’ Torren didn’t take his eyes of Blaez ‘we’re leaving now.’

‘What how can you…” Dusk started but didn’t get to finish.

‘Get the pups and we’re leaving right now!’ Torren yelled at a taken back Dusk who quickly picked up one of her pups whilst another female Shangkai wolf picked up the other one. Looking over at Blaez Torren growled but didn’t say anything as he and the other Shangkai wolves reared around and began to run away from the oncoming wall of water the ground shaking madly beneath them.

‘Blaez you did it!’ Akela said sounding excited but Blaez quickly stopped in front of her and the other wolves.

‘We have no time quickly follow me any injured will be helped by the others once we reach the border…hurry!’ Blaez said as he turned around and the others began to follow him through the trees all running so fast that that they thought they were flying.

Once they reached the border Saffron, Night, JD, Konnor and Azure waited and once they saw the others break through trees they quickly helped those who lagged behind as Blaez and the others ran as they started to ascend upwards in to the mountain ranges the ones opposite to the one where Sage was now waiting for them.

‘We’re going to make it!’ Konnor said excitably as he jumped in the air looking behind him noticing that they would just manage to outrun the water.

Blaez smiled as he ran but suddenly he heard a strange sound and skidded to a stop as all the wolves except Akela and Night stopped beside him.

‘What are you doing we have to go?’ Akela said panting slightly.

‘I can hear someone…’ Blaez said stopping and turning around the water in the distance edging ever closer destroyed the land as it did. ‘Keep going I’m going to check it out.’ Blaez said as he quickly turned around but Akela jumped in his way.

‘No please come with me to safety.’ She begged looking at Blaez who shook his head.

‘No go Akela I promise I’ll be back.’ Blaez said looking up at her.

‘I’m holding you to that’ Akela said smiling and looking at Blaez before she turned around and began to follow the others but Night didn’t.

As Blaez ran in to the forest he saw Night beside him and laughed to himself ‘I’m guessing I can’t make you turn around can I?’

‘If you need help I see no fitter wolf to accompany you.’

As the two wolves ran they stopped when they saw something moving in the trees nearby, Blaez looked at Night before he slowly walked forward and looked shocked at what he found. In some of the small shrub was a small puppy, and he instantly knew that it was a Shangkai wolf because of it’s markings.

Slowly Blaez bent down and picked up the small wolf in his mouth before turning to Night who looked shocked.

‘I thought I told you I’d kill if you tried to save them…’ Blaez looked a little worried as the small pup began to cry ‘…but you’ve saved your other friends which I thought was impossible as well so I can’t blame you my friend, an eye for an eye?’ Blaez seemed to sigh in relief as both he and Night began to run forward the water still rushing towards them.

Just as they began to ascend up in to the mountains the water over took them swallowing them as it crashed in to the rocky mountain.

Part 8

A whimpering sound made Blaez slowly open his eyes as he saw the small pup who was huddled in front of him crying and shivering from the cold icy water that had swallowed them. Blaez was aching all over as he slowly stood up and looked around him and noticed that the water had destroyed almost everything around him and had resided back in to a large lake in the middle of the Shangkai territory.

‘Night!’ Blaez yelled out as he looked around him not seeing him any where in the mess of branches and rocks. ‘Night!’ He yelled again but as he listened he didn’t hear a reply as he slowly sat back down hanging his head low as the small pup walked up to Blaez and huddled against his front paws.

Slowly Blaez bent down and picked up the small pup as he started to walk still looking for any sign of Night but as he did the hope of him seeing his friend again vanished.

It wasn’t long before the others found Blaez and they all walked back to the mountain ranges behind them where Sage was waiting for them and was very happy to see them alive.

Azure and Akela looked after the tiny pup as that night Blaez laid down on his own looking over the Shangkai pack lands which were a mess. He didn’t notice as Azure walked up beside him and laid down beside him.

‘How are you?’ She asked.

‘I’m fine just very sore and tired.’ Blaez admitted as he looked up in to the sky.

‘I just wanted to thank you for saving me and others.’ Akela said looking down at the ground.

‘It was no problem I couldn’t let you die, but I also let the Shangkai Pack escape,’ Blaez sighed ‘It was my fault that Night died, it’s just like Silver I keep letting them down.’

‘You didn’t let him down he chose to help you,’ Akela said softly but Blaez didn’t agree as he looked up in to the sky as the star Sirius which Night had shown him only a few days earlier seemed to shine much brighter than before.

‘There is no one left of the Night Pack now…’ Blaez sighed. ‘Its one more pack that Torren has destroyed and once again I was powerless to stop them from doing this.’

‘Don’t blame yourself..’ Akela said as she slowly nuzzled Blaez who smiled as he looked down at her as they both looked up at the Sirius star which shone over the entire area.

The small pup was asleep and as Azure watched it sleeping and smiled to herself Konnor slowly walked forward and up beside her.

‘Hey Azure…’ He said as she looked up at him and sat up.

‘Hello Konnor’

‘I need to say something to you…’ Before Konnor could finish Azure quickly nuzzled him making him looked shocked as he looked down at her.

‘Don’t say anything Konnor, please?’ Azure said as she smiled up at him and Konnor smiled down at her.

Meanwhile Torren was the only wolf awake as he looked down at the land which was almost completely destroyed and he couldn’t help but think as he looked down that Blaez had saved him, his pups and his pack but he knew that didn’t mean anything because next time Torren saw him he’d still kill him…

The last half of spring flew by with both packs training for the upcoming battle. Blaez used everything Night had taught him to show the wolves who practiced day in and day out knowing that during the Summer weeks the final battle would occur and the fate of Aleu’s pack would be in the balance. Blaez knew that he either destroyed the Shangkai pack or else his pack would not make it another year in the new land, it was now or never to keep his promise to Aleu and the pack that he would save them.

After having found his long lost son Blaez knew that the journey to find his only daughter had begun and he wanted to find her before the final battle which he knew he would not make it out of alive.

The new small pup Blaez had found was now getting used to his new pack and enjoyed playing with Konnor who acted like a pup himself. They named the small pup Night after the wolf who had helped rescue him in the hope that the small pup would keep alive Night’s memory as well as the memory of the mysterious Night pack whose mysteries would never be solved.

Coming soon

 Book 4: Summer