other wolf.

‘He’s with the elder…’ JD quickly went to find him, ‘No wait they might not want to be disturbed.’

‘Hey who couldn’t be happy to see me?’ JD laughed as Dusty quickly followed after him not wanting to leave his side for fear the other wolves would attack her. 

Once she was sure the others couldn’t hear her Dusty turned to JD, ‘They seemed happy to see you.’ She laughed.

‘It’s just because I do the job I’m supposed to but I do it my way.’

‘So you save a lot of wolves then?’ She asked quickly.

‘A few…and you just wolves I thought you were a dog?’ JD said slyly as Dusty frowned but didn't say anything. The two kept walking till they reached a clearing where a white wolf turned to look at them

‘Wait here Dusty.’ JD said looking at her as he quickly walked over the Alpha where they began to whisper. As she waited Dusty felt someone watching her and she quickly jumped around to see and elderly wolf looking at her.

‘Who are you?’ Dusty said looking at him.

‘My names Zagar and I’m the elder of the Southern Forest Pack, now if you don’t mind me asking are you any relation of Cyprus?’

'Why does everyone keep saying that? Frowning and shaking her head Dusty said loudly ‘I don’t know who he is!’

‘Forgive me young one my eyes aren’t as good as they once were.’ He said raising an eyebrow as he turned around and began to walk away before stopping. ‘If you want to know come with me and I’ll tell you…’

Dusty looked shocked but was reluctant to leave without JD by her side, she turned around where JD saw her and he quickly walked up to her. ‘I see you’ve met Zagar, he’s a little grouchy so just ignore that.’ JD winked and whispered softly ‘Go with him…’

‘But…’ Dusty said looking at JD.

‘Trust me, if you need me just call and I’ll be there I promise.’ JD said smiling as he walked away back over to the white Alpha. For a moment Dusty looked after him before turning back towards the elder who was starting to walk away.

‘Wait!’ Dusty called after him as she ran forward. ‘Show me.’ She said looking at the elder whose eyes glowed as he smiled and nodded and the two walked in to the forest. ‘Who is Cyprus?’ Dusty eventually asked as she stopped and looked at Zagar who sighed.

‘Cyprus was once our Alpha before he was murdered by the Northern Forest Pack.’

‘Why did they kill him?’ Dusty asked solemnly.

‘Striker was the brother of Cyprus because once we were known as the Forest Pack but a bitter rivalry came between the brothers both thought the leadership was their’s. Striker promised power to those who helped him where as Cyprus only had his trustful followers. One night about 2 years ago Cyprus found a wolf-dog and they had puppies but because of the war he was afraid Striker would grow jealous so he sent his mate back to her home in the town with her pups so they would be safe…’

‘What happened to Cyprus?’ Dusty asked knowing that she was almost 2 years old but deep down she told herself it couldn’t be she was a dog…not a wolf.

‘One night about a year ago Striker launched an attack on our pack and he was killed, and Striker vowed that if we didn’t come with him then he would take us out one by one. Breeze our new Alpha took his position being the Beta female...and since then we have hid in our land waiting for the imminent attack, waiting for the return of any one of Cyprus’s children to take their place leading our pack.’ Zagar looked at Dusty who quickly looked away.

‘I wish I could help you but I’m only a simple husky and tomorrow JD promised he’d take me home.’ Dusty slowly turned around and began to walk away.

‘Please Dusty look me in the eye and tell me you are definitely not the daughter of Cyprus.’

Stopping Dusty turned around and looked him in the eye. ‘I’m sorry but I’m not…’ With that Dusty walked back the way they had come. Her emotions were so mixed that she wasn’t sure what she was feeling. She had never known her father but she knew for a fact that she looked nothing like her mother so could it really be possible? Shaking her head Dusty laughed out aloud she was worrying over nothing she had nothing to do with this all she wanted was to go home to Nome and live life like an ordinary dog she was not cut out for being a wolf…she had been born and raised a husky even if she did have wolf blood in her she was to much like a dog to change her ways now.

Breaking through some overgrowth Dusty came to the group of wolves she had met when she first entered the pack lands with JD. For a moment Dusty felt a little worried but plucked up her courage and walked forward to them as they looked up at her. ‘I’m looking for JD.’ She asked them as they looked up at her.

‘Look dog…’ One of them said getting up and raising an eyebrow ‘JD isn’t interested in you he saves a lot a people and flirts with everyone, now maybe you should just leave him alone.’ A wolf said looking directly at Dusty who frowned.

‘My names Dusty.’ She said through gritted teeth.

‘And my names Cana the timber wolf.’ One snarled.

‘Are you going to tell me where JD is or not?’ Dusty said looking at her directly in the eyes, if Cana was going to play this game then so was she. Hearing something behind them they both turned to see JD and Breeze standing there looking at them, Cana frowned one last time at Dusty before walking away to the others.

‘Listen up tomorrow we leave…’ Breeze started.

‘Wait JD you promised to take me back to the town.’ Dusty said turning to JD who looked down at the ground and sighed.

‘You’re not the daughter of Cyprus are you?’ He said solemnly.

‘Is that the only reason you saved me just so you could claim glory in finding me and so that I would help your pack? I think you all need to understand I’m a DOG I have no wolf blood in me at all, I want to help but I can’t and if you won’t help me then I guess I’ll have to help myself. I never knew my father and I now for sure he wasn’t this Cyprus you’re talking about!’ With that Dusty turned around and began to walk away she was going to find the town herself why did she ever think she could trust these wolves?

Cana looked after her and smirked. ‘Ignore her she won’t help us…’ Breeze said turning to everyone else as she continued. Once Breeze had finished JD sat down on the snow and sighed to himself as Cana walked up to him.

‘Good riddance to that dog.’ She cooed as JD looked at her and frowned before walking away making Cana huff annoyingly. Once JD was away from the others he stopped and watched the sunset in the distance not noticing that Zagar appeared next to him.

‘She’s lying JD she looks just like her father she just doesn’t know the wolf in her she, has been living in a world of lies.’ Zagar sighed.

‘Why is she so afraid of being a wolf?’ JD asked turning to the elder.

‘Wolves fear what they don’t understand, she is scared that she will turn her back on everything she knew. If you have grown up to believe something and suddenly someone tells you something different and you know deep down it’s true then you repel it because you don’t understand…’

‘It doesn’t matter elder she won’t help she made that clear, she thinks I just saved her because I thought she was the daughter of Cyprus…’

'You did JD and you weren’t wrong but now we just need to prove to her that her heritage is one of the greatest Alpha blood lines in Alaska and to show her who she really is…’

‘What if she won’t accept who she is?’ JD asked looking at Zagar.

‘Then we are destined to be ruled by Striker…’

‘Oh no Dusty went into Strikers territory I need to make sure she’s safe, I made her a promise…’ JD quickly stood up and began to run after Dusty knowing he might already be to late to help her.

As Dusty walked towards the sunset she couldn’t help but wonder that only a few days ago she was curled up beside her owner in Nome by the warm fire and yet here she stood, cold, alone and lost. If someone had told her a week ago where she would be in a weeks time she would have laughed at them. She frowned slightly if it wasn’t for that crazy husky Xander she would have stayed in the room with her new owner and he’d be alive right now. Something deep inside made her feel sick she regretted treating him so badly it wasn’t his fault that he had to take her away from her home. If she hadn’t ran off with Striker or if she was braver none of this would have happened.

Sitting down on the cold snow Dusty shivered glad that her thick coat was keeping her warm because as the sun set further in the distance the temperature began to drop and small snowflakes began to fall. She watched as one fell on her nose and she smiled for a moment until she suddenly heard someone talking. She quickly ran behind a large tree and when she peered around it she saw two guards she had seen when Striker kidnapped her, they must be part of his pack trying to find her or any other wolves who had stumbled in this area.

Dusty watched them till they were gone and when she was sure they were gone she quickly started running hoping they couldn’t see her, she just wanted to go back to the town and was scared that Striker would catch her again and this time no one would be there to save her. Once she was sure they couldn’t see her she started to walk again and laughed softly she was so jumpy she kept scaring herself. The sound of a something snapping behind her made her instantly turn around only to see that no one was behind her. Smiling a little to herself she turned back around and bumped right into JD making her jump back