Chapter 10: rewritten version.

Ayame paced back and forth in the cave, her eyes occasional moving towards the white dress on the mannequin in the back of the cave. It has been almost a whole week since Kouga told her that he knew and that he was going to save her but during that time not once has she seen him. This left Elect to do whatever he pleased with her. Ayame rubbed her left arm, which is black and blue since Elect threw her into the wall just one day before. She let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. What if Elect had found out that Kouga knew and killed her without her knowing. But then he would have killed me. She thought. She looked at the dress again. Neither less it was too late, tomorrow is the mating ceremony and her life as she knows it would end.

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The plan is in motion. Kouga stopped to lean against the cave entrance. He looked towards the peaceful looking outdoors. It was great for that wolf to help, but I still have some suspensions about him. Maybe I should tell Ayame about the plan. He turned his head to look into the cave. It was empty for the others were busy hunting. Hopefully she's still ok. Kouga thought about what happened 5 days ago and he wonders if the plan would actually work.

Flashback, 5 days ago:

Kouga walked up to an abandoned cave. Inside was the leader of the Gosai clan, Naito. He was sitting with the commander of the white wolves, Hoshi. Hoshi, unlike Naito, was an older wolf demon, maybe late 40's early 50's, and wore white fur with black armor and has loose shoulder length blonde hair. Kouga guessed that the wolf was about 6'4''. On the other side of Naito was Nikita. She is the female leader of the Kuroi pack and has waist length black hair and wears grey armor, she is about 5'8'' and maybe around her early 30's. Kouga sat down next to the commander. The packs sat behind their leaders

"So, how are we going to get rid of Elect?" Kouga asked really hating saying his name.

"I don't know. Elect will be hard to 'get rid of'. He does have exceptional strength." Said Hoshi.

Naito scoffed and he placed his hand on Nikita's shoulder. "I'd rather just tear this guy's throat out. There's no way he's getting to my girl."

She slapped his hand away. "I am not your girl." She told him with a scowl.

Naito grinned. "At least not yet Nikita."

While they were throwing out ideas, a red and white wolf came walking in. When he came in, everyone stopped talking and they watched him sit on a rock above their heads. Kouga looked at him, defiantly not recognizing the wolf. He was mostly white but had red markings on his shoulders, down his back, on his sides, his paws and his ears. The tip of his tail was red along with one of his eyes, the other grey. He nodded his head and the others continued talking.

Kouga looked back at the group. He mouthed 'Who is he?' He got a reply from Nikita who mouthed something like 'Wolf from his tribe.' It took a moment to figure out that "him" was actually Elect. He turned around and glared up at the wolf. "Who are you and why are you here?" He was pretty sure he interrupted Hoshi but he didn't care. He wanted to know why a Niiro wolf was here in the first place. He expected a series of barks but instead got something else.

"I am Hinote and I am here to help." Kouga was shocked for a little but shrugged that off.

"Hinote? That is really you?"

"Yes Hoshi. Nice to see you again."

Kouga looked at the two. "Can you fill me in? I feel third-wheel-ish."

"Hinote here actually belongs to two packs, ours and the Niiro pack. His father was a Niiro, his mother one of ours. Of course pups live with their mother so he lived with us for a while. When he won the fight to become the next leader of the Niiro, he left us to be their leader."

"But then he lost to Elect and was demoted down to watch dog." Naito said.

Kouga shook his head. "Alright, I'll buy that. But you still haven't answered my question on why you're here. And don't say that 'I'm here to help' is an acceptable answer."

"I'm here because I had enough of Elect treating the clan like shit. I want him gone from my family."

Kouga shrugged. "Alright, once again, I'll buy it."

Nikita slapped Naito's arm which was coming around her shoulders. "Well if you are here to help us, what can you help us with?"

"I can tell you his weaknesses. One is his back where the 3rd mat-to-be jumped on top of him when he was about to kill a person who was in the way. Another is the left arm. The 5th mate-to-be was the bravest. She fought him head on from the moment he talked to her. But she still died." Hinote shrugged at the last part. Kouga's eye twitched. How can Hinote just shrug after saying something like that?

"Well if we can plan an ambush on those two areas then he'll be weak, even if it's a little bit." Nikita thought out loud as she once again slapped Naito's hand.

Naito shrugged at the motion and placed his hands behind his head. "We first need to access the surroundings though, when should we ambush and when?"

Hoshi was silent for a few moments before lifting his right hand. "…That I don't know. Even as a commander."

"…What about at the wedding?" Hinote suggested.

"What? Do you really want to risk Ayame possibly being killed before then?" Kouga asked, worry in his voice.

Hinote looked down at him. "Yes. I can assure you that Elect is an idiot. He tries over and over again, even though he knows that others know of his past activities. This would be the first time a full blow on attack on him will be launched so he shouldn't suspect a thing. Meanwhile it would be best for Hoshi to keep a vigilant eye on Ayame just to make sure nothing goes wrong and if something does, alert the whole forest." He stood and Kouga was ultimately impressed. Wolf did know what he was talking about and ultimately Kouga knows from this that he was a great leader, and a caring one at that.

"The whole forest will be in on this?" Naito sounded surprise. He moved forward from his position and suddenly looked very serious.

"Yes. Believe me. The forest knows of Elect and they want him gone. The longer he's here the more dangerous it is for everyone else." Hinote replied.

Nikita nodded her head in agreement. "Yes. It is true. The longer he is here the more danger is present."

Hinote jumped down from the rock perch and landed on his fours like damn cat. "I have but one favor to ask of Hoshi."

"Yes?"

Hinote blinked. "Please, make sure she's alright. Just until I can show my face to her."

"…Of course Hinote." Hoshi nodded. "But she won't care that you lost against Elect. She under---"

"I'm sorry Hoshi. But I must get going." And with that the wolf gave one final nod at the others and ran out of the cave.

End:

"Hm. Now the thing is, the wedding is tomorrow and I still have doubts bout this wolf. Who was the 'she' he was referring to?" Kouga spoke aloud. Yes. Tomorrow the plan would go in motion and it would finally be the day Elect will die and Ayame will be safe again.

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