I hadn't planned on adding another chapter. I had considered it done, but so many people Dark Wolf on alert. So here you are. This is the last chapter in Dark Wolf. But you can look forward to Dark Fear, the next installment in the Lycan Girls series.
It was noon when Sitka woke next. She stretched and yelped. Okay, the gash would need more time to heal. She peeked under the covers. There was a pack of herbs on her leg. Carefully, she peeled them off. There was a nice scab. Great, she thought. More scars.
Sighing, she replaced the pack and went in search of her knives. They had been given to her by her grandmother at her Hunters ceremony. Tawny knew that she would be looking for them, he had placed them at her bedside table.
Sitka noticed the opulent bedroom. It was huge. The giant fourposter took up only a little of the space. It was gently lit, with heavy drapes to block out the light. There was a clock on the mantle over the fireplace. It confirmed Sitka's inner time table, it was around noon.
Sitka rolled her eyes at the overdone room. Sighing again, she reached for her wolf. The herbs fell off, Tawny would give her grief over that, but she didn't care. As a wolf she padded over to her knives, placing her nose on the moonstone embedded in the hilt.
Moonstone, particularly gold moonstone was the power stone of Lycans. They could reach long distances to speak with one another.
Mom? Dad?
We were worried about you. Why haven't you reported before now? Simon Forthsyng demanded.
Sorry, been a bit busy fighting off Jaguar men.
WHAT?!!!! Her parents cried in unison.
Sitka gave them the full story.
Humph, Larina said. Well at least Josh won't bother you now. We will be meeting this male and warning him of the consequences of hurting you.
Mom, Lyle and Tawny already did that. Zacharias won't hurt me. He loves me, I don't know why though. We need an alliance, will you go to the Carpathian mountains?
Bruce and Alicia, of Sifting Sand pack, they are going. You know Luna? The Carpathian girl that they adopted? It seems that she's been communicating with her lifemate, they were going anyway, but that made them bring her, Larina said.
Good. I need to go, Zacharias will be rising soon.
Be careful, Simon said.
I'll be fine, I always have been. Sitka pulled her nose off the moonstone, breaking the connection.
She knew what her future was. Zacharias would rise, eventually he would convert her, they would fight the Jaguar men together. Idly, she wondered what would happen to Luna, she liked the girl.
Sitka smiled, if she had a male like Zacharias, she would be fine.
Zacharias opened the door, Sitka embraced her future with both hands.
The end.