Willa looked up to the door as her captors returned. They were followed by an older looking man who was dragging someone behind him. Jason and Maverik gasped in unison as they all three noticed that it was Nanook. Blood poured from a wound in his head causing his hair to be plastered against his scalp near the impact spot. Dropping Nanook on the ground, the old man approached each of them as his two henchmen roughly tied their newest victim to a metal chair. The chair, much like the ones that the other 3 pups were in, were nailed to the floor to prevent escape. Nanook's head hung over his legs as blood dripped from his soaked hair. Willa gulped, blood was never her favorite thing to see. She was caught off guard as the old man grabbed her chin and turned her face towards him. Their eyes met and she saw his were bright yellow. Wolf-like. She immediately began glaring at him just like her father would have. He laughed as he pushed her face away. "My dear pups," He said as he paced in front of them, "I am Gustaf; I have taken you to be part of my new age pack." Willa looked at Jason and Maverik who returned her gaze and then back to Gustaf. "What is the new age pack," Jason asked, "Why would we want to join you?" Maverik piped in, "After you stole us from our family and killed Jason's mother?!" Gustaf chuckled. His voice was deep, almost too quiet to hear. "Because," He said, "Your family hides things from you." "What do you mean," Willa asked coldly, "Our family is very united and open." Gustaf again approached her and knelt down to eye level. "You, my dear," He said slowly, "You are an experiment," He said. Willa felt her blood run cold, "What do you mean and experiment," She asked trying to hide the shakiness in her voice. He stroked her hair, "Your mother is the only female to have ever survived the change," HE said coolly, "They don't know if you will, so they are waiting to see." "Your lying," She shot back, "My parent know I am strong and that I can do it." He laughed at her, "That is what they tell you," He asked, patting her leg as he stood up and turned his back away from her, "They are the ones lying." Willa looked at Jason and Maverik who avoided her eye contact. They knew too, didn't they? Willa felt her heart freeze. How could they? Keeping this from her….. She hung her head. "That is not all," Gustaf said, "You can all become wolves before the age of 16." Willa's head continued to hang; she didn't want to become a wolf. Not anymore. Maverik looked at Gustaf intrigued. As the alpha's son, he wanted to surpass his young pack mates and become a wolf before them. Gustaf smile as he noticed the boy's interest, "All you have to do is focus…"
Coming to, Nanook heard someone say something about lying… Willa… She had said someone was lying. He tried to shake himself out of the funk that he was in but to no avail as any movement caused a horrid pain to shoot through the back of his head. Listening carefully he head a man's voice talking about becoming a wolf anytime, even before a pup turned 16… Ignoring the pain in his head, he looked up as an explanation was about to be given. "No, you can't," He said as someone grabbed the back of his neck to shut him up. "Let him pitch in," The man laughed, "He is welcome to join in the festivities." Nanook felt the hand remove itself. Gasping, he continued, "If you force the change early, you will become a vargulf." Jason looked at him, "A vargulf?" Nanook nodded slowly, wincing at the pain in his head, "A vargulf is a rogue wolf, who can no longer control the change, and eventually become nothing but the wolf." Maverik grunted, "We are nothing but wolf anyway." "No," Nanook said, "We do have some humanity, whereas Vargulfs are animals, vicious and careless in everything that they do." Maverik shook his head, "Maybe for you betta's, but not for an Alpha," He said looking away from his pack mates and back to Gustaf, "Untie me and show me how to do it." Gustaf raised a hand and motioned for his henchmen to untie Maverik. Nanook yelled, "No, Maverik, don't give in to this, he is tricking you!" Maverik ignored his pleas. Jason pitched in, "Bro, I really don't think this is a good idea." Willa looked up but didn't say anything. "Now," Gustaf said walking over to the boy, "How old are you son?" Maverik cleared his throat, "I am 11 sir." Gustaf smiled, "Such a young man," He said, "Now, son, I want you to focus on your core." Maverik closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Good," Gustaf said, "Now, summon the wolf by imagining running through the forest." Willa, Jason and Nanook watched as Maverik stood still, unchanging, in the middle of the room. Suddenly, without warning, Maverik let out a blood curdling cry as his bones began to crack. He shifted to all fours as tears streamed down his face and he continued to grunt and yell as everything in his body was being rearranged. Willa's eyes were wide, and so were Jason's. Nanook closed his eyes and tried to shut out the cries. In what seemed like hours, the change was over and where Maverik had been standing now stood a black wolf with shiny yellow eyes. He barred his teeth at Nanook and snarled. "Maverik," Nanook said as the wolf took a step towards him, "Don't do what you are thinking of doing right now." The wolf snarled again to shut him up and continued to stalk closer…