him to jump back avoiding the attack. He knew he had to defend himself but if she was who he thought she was she might be able to answer some of his questions.

‘Move away from here.’ She growled at Conan who kept his ground.

‘Who are you? I know you’re not a wolf’ Conan said looking at her noticing that she was obviously smaller then he was which meant she couldn’t be a wolf because nearly everyone in his pack was about his size. She was a mixture between a light grey and light brown with blue eyes.

‘Does it matter I’m telling you to leave.’ She jumped at Conan who easily jumped out of the way. ‘Just fight me or leave.’ She growled as she frowned looking at Conan who smiled to himself.

‘I could but then I’d win…’

‘You’re very confident.’ She said slyly watching Conan closely before back off a little and sighing. ‘If you were a wolf you would have attacked me by now.’

‘My names Conan and I’m a purebred wolf.’ He said proudly looking back at her who still seemed on edge.

‘My names Koara and I still I need you to leave.’ Koara said sternly looking at Conan who had relaxed slightly.

‘Don’t you remember me I was running beside you and the others on the glacier?’ Conan said looking at her and taking a step forward which made Koara instantly jumped back away from him.

‘You tried to attack us!’ She said backing off a little as Conan looked confused.

‘I was running beside you I was never going to attack you I was intrigued by what you were doing I’ve never seen something like that in my life.’

‘You’re going to be seeing a lot of us around because my owner has…’ She quickly stopped realizing she had said too much.

Owner? Conan thought to himself as the word kept going in and out of his mind. No one had an owner in the wild everyone lived free and did what they wanted. Wolves never had an owner unless she was talking about an Alpha Pair but even then why did she use the word owner? ‘What are you? Who’s an owner?’ Conan asked looking at Koara who was still on edge.

‘I’m a purebred Husky and my owner is the man.’ Koara said proudly standing up tall.

‘Husky…is that a type of wolf because I’ve never seen anything like you around here.’ Conan asked smiling up at her and took a step forward which made her instantly step back. ‘Why are you scared of me?’ He said stopping where he was and sitting down making Koara stop and look back at him.

‘You kill dogs, you kill animals…’

‘I kill to survive...but I’ve never killed a Husky and trust me I’m not going to start now.’ Conan said looking down at the ground.

 ‘Please leave Conan. I’m on watch.’ Koara pleaded looking up at him.

‘Maybe I can stay and keep you company then?’ Conan said happily as he quickly jumped back up and ran over to Koara who didn’t seem to stir as he sat down beside her. He was much larger than her but it didn’t seem to bother him as he sat there smiling to himself. She had the answers and he was going to get them.

‘Conan I really think you…’ Koara started but before she could finish they both heard a crashing sound and Conan watched as someone bounded out of the trees making them both stand up. It was another husky but he was black and white with red splashes around his eyes.

He growled fiercely as he approached Conan who instantly stepped forward barring his teeth the hair on the back of his back standing up as he walked closer.

‘Get out of here Koara he’s a wolf.’ The black and red husky said loudly as he lashed at Conan who quickly dodged the attack but before he had time to attack back heard Koara yell out.

‘Stop it Alden he was just leaving!’ Koara said staring at Conan who growled but stopped himself staring at Alden who Conan knew he could easily beat in a fight since he to was smaller then himself.

‘Get out of here before I call my master.’ Alden growled snapping at Conan who looked at Koara before frowning wanting nothing more then to beat him in a fight. He knew that Aleu had told him that the man was dangerous and for once he’d take her word, turning around he ran off in to the forest feeling as though he was a coward form backing down.

Alden turned to Koara who stood her ground as he walked up to her and said in her face. ‘These wolves are killers, we are here to stop them not make friends. I think you should leave your duty Koara and if you ever see a wolf again don’t disobey our master and stop the wolf yourself or call our master to do the job. You understand?’

‘I understand clearly.’ Koara cooed as she walked past Aden and towards the small camp that was nearby.

As she walked she couldn’t help but think that there was something different about Conan. Why was he so interested in who she was and what she was doing? A wolf would have attacked her but why was he more interested in her sled team? He looked exactly like a wolf but something different shone in his eyes she had never seen someone so different in her life.  

Chapter 5 Intentions

Koara looked up at the stars as she woke up from a light sleep. She was sleeping beside her masters’ tent with the other dogs on her team but they all seemed to be asleep. It was a cold night but her thick coat kept her nice and warm and she rested her head back down on to the snow closing her eyes.

She suddenly opened them again as she heard a howling wolf, quickly looking around she noticed that none of her other team mates had been woken up. She looked over at the trees and she saw a shadow and instantly jumped up and barred her teeth. She watched as the animal stepped forward in to the moonlight where she could see that it was only Conan.

Conan was surprised he could be so silent with such huge paws as he walked up closer and closer to the tent and the sleeping dogs. He watched as Koara stood up and silently totted over to him. ‘What are you doing?’

She said in a low tone looking at him. Conan was to busy looking at the strange tent to worry about all the dogs that were in front of him. ‘What is that?’

Conan said amazed as he looked at the tent and took another step forward. Koara quickly stood in front of him frowning as she motioned him away from the tent. Reluctantly he followed her until they reached the safety of the trees.

‘Who do you think you are? You could have woken my master or my sled team’ Koara hissed looking at Conan who was still staring at the tent before looking back at her.

‘I had to come back and see what was here. It was a little obvious you were guarding something before.’ Conan said slyly looking at her with a smirk on his face. Rolling her eyes Koara frowned.

‘If any of them woke up my master he would have had you shot…’

‘Does he kill wolves?’ Conan said shivering slightly as he remembered what had happened to that lone wolf he’d found.

‘We don’t kill them we just take them away…’ Conan frowned as he walked away from Koara who just stood there before quickly following him shaking her head.

‘How can you take them, this is our home we aren’t hurting anyone.’ He said as he kept walking with Koara beside him shaking her head.

‘You don’t understand.’

‘I understand perfectly, maybe my interest in your sled team was just me being stupid.’ Conan suddenly broke in to a run but Koara kept up with him as