Chapter 1
18 years had passed since Yami had been adopted. By now, Karu and Nevada had grown older, in their last years, but had enjoyed teaching Yami the ways of the wolf.
Yami had learnt every howl, growl and bark of every single pack member. He even knew all of their personality's and knew what ticked them off. He also knew the whole of Karu and Nevada's territory.
Yami's rank was Beta, along with the other wolves that he had grown up with and where like his brothers and sisters to him.
First, there was Zolton, the most dominant out of the four Betas. He was incredibly impatient and a strong fighter. He was jet black in colour, taking after his mother, with bright blue eyes.
Next there was Astennu. He was the joker of the bunch and played tricks on most of the pack. He was incredibly clever however, using skill instead of power in battle.
Then there was Destiny. She was quite shy and wasn't a very good fighter, but she was an incredibly good runner. Both she and Astennu were grey, just like their father, both with amber eyes.
Back when they were cubs, Zolton, Astennu and Destiny would play fight with each other while Yami sat out and watched. He found that he didn't have claws or fangs and didn't have nice thick fur to keep him warm in the winter. He had always known he was different. But he couldn't understand why.
Once every few days, when the moon was high in the sky, the pack would gather at the heart of the territory and howl toward the moon. Yami loved these times. He got a sense of pride run through each wolf and through him. The higher ranking you were, the louder you could howl.
Yami, of course, didn't howl, because he couldn't. He just sat by and watched.
As Yami had got older, he got used to the fact that he was different. Yami had no idea how, but as he grew the wolves would manage to get new clothes for him. It occurred to Yami later on that they managed to get them from the city that neighboured their territory.
However, on this day, Yami was walking through his father's territory, just looking about. There seemed to be a foot path through the forest, one that human's obviously took. Whenever humans made an appearance in the forest, Yami was told to hide. Karu didn't want Yami to be seen.
The path twisted some way up, which was accompanied by a small stream. It was here that Yami suddenly spotted Karu, talking with the neighbouring wolf pack alpha, Alpha Storm. Both wolves hadn't yet noticed that Yami was stood there.
Yami hid behind a nearby tree and peered round every so often. He tried listening to their conversation. It wasn't often that Karu talked to wolves from outside the pack, but when he did, it was important.
Yami picked up a few words from Alpha Storm like 'The city', 'no choice' and 'better for him'. Karu growled his words angrily in reply. Karu obviously didn't like what he was hearing. He then said something about 'not ready', and 'give him time'.
Yami gave up trying to listen and waited a few moments before making himself visible to the two wolves.
They both glanced at Yami and instantly stopped talking. Alpha Storm nodded his head at Yami and Karu as a farewell and fled back to his own territory.
Yami sat down next to Karu. Yami knew something was up.
'Yami...' Karu began. Yami looked at him.
'There is something you need to understand. It's something extremely important...'