to see members of the Nights Pack slinking down the mountain towards the Shangkai pack lands. With one last look at them Blaez turned around and began to follow the wolves. Konnor sighed as he turned around to see Azure lying down with JD beside her comforting her; looking sadly away Konnor walked away leaving Akela watching as the Night-Slayers continued to run down the steep slopes of the mountain to their doom.

‘I thought you said none of those weak wolves would come with us!’ Orion growled at Night who looked at him and shook his head.

‘Don’t’ worry my friend he will cross and different path then us he is not here to fight.’ Night looked at Blaez who gave one last looks at him before hurriedly rushing off to the plains to find the special plant that he needed to save Azure with.

It wasn’t long before Blaez found the plant and quickly picked it up in his teeth and began to run back towards the mountains and away from the fight that he could hear happening only meters away from him.

Blaez blocked out the sounds as he ran but suddenly someone appeared in front of him and he quickly hid behind some trees and saw that it was Night who looked in bad shape. Smiling that he was alright Blaez was about to jump out and help him but stopped when he saw Jate the Shangkai wolf leap out from behind a nearby tree smiling Blaez was about to step out knowing Jate was a friend but stopped when he listening to what they were saying.

‘Where do you think you’re going?’ Jate snarled at Night who managed to say.

‘My pack, they’re…they’re…’

Laughing to himself Jate sneered. ‘No one can defeat the Shangkai pack you’re fools to even think so…’

‘No please…’ Night yelled as Jate slinked forward, Blaez was just about to jump out to help Night when he felt something sink their teeth in to his leg and as he thrashed around he came face to face with Torren who smiled showing his razor sharp teeth. 

‘How joyful that you’re apart of this Night-Slayer pack and I actually thought they might be a threat but oh…how wrong was I? You pitiful wolves just don’t understand we are the new rulers of this land…Jate!’ Torren roared as Jate burst through some trees with a smirk on his face but as soon as he saw Blaez it was instantly wiped away.

‘Yes Torren?’ Jate said not looking away from Blaez who stared are Jate with a hatred he’d never felt before.

‘Kill him.’ Torren said boredly stepping back as Jate looked from Blaez to Torren as though unsure what to do.

‘You’re a traitor Jate!’ Blaez yelled angrily as Torren who looked intrigued turned to Jate as Blaez continued.

‘He’s been helping us; he saved us from the den he’s fighting against you!’ Jate looked very worried as he turned to Torren who looked furious.

‘No Torren wait listen to me…’ Jate pleaded looking at Torren who slinked forward towards him ignoring Blaez completely. Seeing his chance Blaez quickly picked the plant he needed and hurriedly limped away because Torren was to busy with Jate.

He knew that Akela would be so disappointed that her only Shangkai friend turned out to be a traitor and as Blaez ran away he knew he had done the right thing the traitor had been dealt with for murdering Night and other Night-Slayer wolves.

The journey back up the small mountain drained all of Blaez energy as he finally managed to make it back to the large open clearing near the top and as soon as he did he sat down breathing deeply as he turned around and looked back towards the Shangkai Pack lands.

‘Blaez!?’ Konnor yelled as he ran forward towards Blaez who smiled up at his friend.

‘What happened…you’re hurt!’ Konnor said looking down at Blaez’s back leg which was bleeding.

‘I’m fine, quick give this Azure.’ Nodding Konnor took the small plant and ran to find Azure and JD and just as he left Akela quickly padded forward towards Blaez with a frown on her face.

‘How could you Blaez!?’ She yelled making Blaez look really confused but he quickly looked past her to see Night sitting down in the distance looking at Blaez.

‘Night’s alive he managed to escape Jate.’ Blaez said happily smiling but stopped when Akela gave him a serious look.

‘Jate didn’t kill him he pretended to so Night could escape, and now you’ve told on Jate, you told Torren even though he tried to help you, he tried to help everyone!’ Akela yelled making Blaez gasp as he stood up and shake his head.

‘No Akela I saw, he was going to…’

‘Don’t talk to me Blaez…’ Akela said as a tear slid down her face as she slowly walked away leaving Blaez on his own. Blaez could have kicked himself as he sighed and hung his head low as Night walked up beside Blaez.

‘I don’t blame you Blaez I did to believe he was going to kill me and…I want to apologized if I had done as you had told me my pack-mates would still be alive now.’ Night hung his head low but Blaez didn’t say anything as Night slowly walked away leaving Blaez alone in the cold snow his leg stinging painfully.

Slowly Blaez walked over to Konnor who had given the plant for Azure to eat. ‘How is she?’

Blaez asked looking at Konnor who looked sad. ‘We have to wait…’

That night Night sat alone on a small ledge looking up at stars thinking about his mistakes, Akela sat on her own a little teary as she overlooked her old territory, Konnor and JD watched over Azure whilst Blaez laid down on his own with a guilty pit in his stomach that seemed to get worse every second, what had he done?

Meanwhile at Torren’s den his mater Dusk quickly walked up to him and nuzzled him softly. ‘I have good news my mate.’ She whispered smiling up at him. ‘I’m going to have pups.’

Torren nuzzled his mate as he smiled and looked out of his den as the snow began to fall lighter and the clouds flew by revealing the moon shining in the sky, Winter would be over in a week or so and spring would arise with new life.

Coming soon

Book 3: Spring

Characters: Blaez, Konnor, Azure, Silver, Akela, Keaton, Torren, Dusk, Night, Orion, Sage, Saffron (c) Kaynight