pack turned on each other and my new pack rushed to help. As for Anyu, Sitkaand I, Boss was our only target.

            At first, Boss tried to run away, but Dakota cut him off. Anyu was silent, but she knew what she was doing as well. I simply fired myself at Boss. I sank my teeth into his fur, but I might have just been a fly for all he knew! He snarled and reached back, grabbing me with his teeth and ripping me off. He tried to pin me, but Dakota dived forward and bit his nose. Anyu helped me to my feet and for a few seconds, we watched our brother skillfully dodge Boss, but every time the huge, ugly wolf stepped back, Dakota went in to bite. Boss was quicker to learn then we thought though. He knew how Dakota was attacking after a while until Dakota tried one last time. Boss caught him by the scruff of the neck. But Anyu was faster. I didn’t even see her move! She was as deadly as she was graceful. With a lightening quick dive, she knocked Dakota right out of Boss’s mouth. Every move she made was precise; she made it look like it was no effort at all, and she did something Dakota and I had failed at so far. She hit him so hard, he tumbled to the ground.

            I had pushed Boss on the ground! Then with a sickening twist, his teeth grabbed onto the back of my neck, dragging me into a roll with him. When we stopped, he had me pinned.

            “Very impressive” Boss smiled evilly. “I’d say something an alpha female could do. My mate ran away, after this, you’ll be my new one”

“You’re sick!” I snarled, kicking him away from me. “I already have a mate! And even if you were the last thing on earth, I wouldn’t go near you!”

Boss’s face darkened and he looked livid.

            “Then I’m going to have to kill you”

He lunged, but I was ready. Too ready…I dodged right into him and one of his paws came crashing down on my head. Spots started to swirl around my vision… I tried to stand but my legs wouldn’t cooperate. I finally managed to rise, swaying. Then Boss hit me again and everything went black.

            I frantically glanced around. Through the chaos, I could see my mother fighting someone, Bristol and Bear back to back and Xenia knocking a wolf off of her two brothers.

            “ANYU!” Sitka screamed.

Horrified, I turned just as my older sister crumpled to the ground. Sitka propelled herself at Boss, fighting like I had seen her do the day that she had attacked Diego. For a moment, I couldn’t move. Anyu couldn’t be… could she? I walked stiffly forward, nothing distracting me from the white form. Slowly, I nudged my sister. She didn’t move. But she wasn’t dead! As carefully as I could, I dragged y sister away from the fight, under a tree. Boss was going to pay for this. I spun around and sprinted right into the middle of the fight, dodging friends and leaping over enemies. I searched for Boss and found him, just as Sitka fell to the ground like Anyu had. My blood ran cold. Letting go of any sense of good judgment I’d just had, I full out charged at Boss. I was losing control! But I’d lost so much I hadn’t even realized it! My teeth flashed, but never touched anything. Boss lunged, but never caught me. We fought so fierce and so fast, or teeth and claws were blurs. I couldn’t even keep track of my own paws they were going so fast! Boss was getting madder and madder. I didn’t notice. I was still bent on just ripping him apart! Suddenly, one of his forepaws finally caught me: right in the chest, knocking the wind out of me. I stumbled backwards, trying to get away, but Boss was stronger. With a final lunge, Boss had me pinned on the ground with both paws pressing his full weight down on my chest. Other wolves fighting nearby noticed and the younger wolves that had followed Anyu, Sitka, Tanner and I stopped fighting. I didn’t blame them… but that didn’t mean that they had to give up! But with a glance, I could see that was exactly what they were doing. Boss grinned evilly. I struggled and wriggled, anything to get away, but there was just no way out. The fight was over. We had lost.             

Boss could hardly contain himself. 

            “Let this be a lesson to all of you!” He thundered. “Anyone who tries to fight me will be crushed! I’m unbeatable!”

Then he leaned closer to me.

            “Too bad this lesson won’t apply to you. You won’t be alive…” he whispered in my ear.

I franticly struggled. I needed to get away!

            “This is going to hurt you a lot more then it’s going to hurt me… actually, it won’t hurt me at all”

An uneasy quit had settled over the two packs. No one dared move. Everyone was watching us. All hope was lost.

                        “Don’t you dare touch that pup!” someone thundered.

I couldn’t see the owner of the voice, but it had a familiar ring to it. I couldn’t place it.

                        “Your fight’s with me! You touch one hair on that pup, I’ll make your life more miserable then you could ever imagine!” the voice spat.

Boss looked dumbfounded, but he let me go. I slowly got up and turned around. My eyes widened when I saw the figure standing all alone on the ridge of rock overlooking the northern territory. I couldn’t believe it…                  

Dakota, Sitka, Anyu, and Midge © me

Sasha, Diego, Tanner, Melora, Mackenzie, Skyler, Janet © Xion Fan

Halo (c) Xion Fan and me

Boss (c) Tadie