Chapter 4: Wolf Pack
Cassidy's POV
I pushed my way past tbe reddish brown wolf to get to the sandy colored one. The overwhelming need to be close to him was just to great.
The sandy colored wolf stood still as I sniffed him. Learning his scent. I stood still when he indicated that he wanted to do the same. I nudged him playfully and he did the same to me. The other wolves slowly came up to me as well. It wasn't long before I had sniffed each and every one of them and learned their scent.
I could not begin to tell you how many wolves there were. It didn't cross my mind to count them all. The only thing that I did know was that they were a pack. A pack that had seemingly allowed me to join them. I had never fully understood Rudyard Kipling's saying the strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf until now. I had never realized that as a wolf there was something missing. Now I do though. I was missing a pack. I felt complete in ways that I did not fully understand.
Before my transformation my knowledge of wolf behavior was very limited. Once I started transforming though I became obsessed with wolves. I checked out every book I could from the school and city libraries on wolves. I scoured the internet for whatever information I could find. I learned that wolves were social creatures that lived in packs. I also learned that there was a clear hierarchy in wolf packs.
At that time I didn't believe that any of that information would apply to me. I was fine the way I was. I didn't need other wolves. How wrong I was. I loved the feeling of belonging to a pack. From what I observed there was a hierarchy in this pack as well. The reddish brown wolf watched over all of us wolves carefully. Especially me. To me it was abundantly clear that he was the alpha of this pack.
There were times where I would just go lay down and simply observe all of the other wolves. Usually the sandy colored wolf come lay down right next to me. We would be so close to each other that our bodies were touching. The constant need to be near him was satisfied this way. Even if certain other members of the pack didn't seem to like it very much. For whatever reason. By certain other members I really mean just the alpha wolf. I caught him baring his teeth at us a few times. Somehow I knew he was not really going to attack us though.
I didn't even notice the passage of time until the sun had already set. I knew that I needed to head back home or else my parents would start to worry. Or worse, they would start looking for me. When I stood up to leave I could feel all of the other wolves watching me closely. I looked back at each of them as one by one they started to leave. Until it was only just the alpha wolf and I left. He walked a few feet and looked back. With his head he indicated that I should follow him.
I walked a few feet in the opposite direction toward home. I stopped when I heard him growling. Again I could tell through his body language that he wanted me to follow him. I started to run in the opposite direction hoping that he would get the hint that I did not want to go wherever he was leading me. It had been fun being with these wolves but I needed to get back home.
As I ran I heard loud growls and snarls behind me. I quickly glanced back and saw not only the alpha wolf but the entire pack chasing after me. Now I was scared as I didn't know what the hell was going on. I pushed myself to run as fast as I could. The wolves fell further behind as I quickly put distance between us. As a wolf I was an extremely fast and agile runner. On some nights I would run as fast as I could down an empty street just to read the speedometer. I nearly died of shock when I saw 117 miles per hour.
Looking back and seeing the wolves determined, but struggling to keep up, left me smirking. I was kind of shocked that I was this much faster then they were. Then again with humans there are Olympians and then there were people slower than turtles. Maybe it was the same with wolves. I didn't believe that I was an Olympian of the wolf world but I was definitely faster than these wolves.
I skidded to a halt when I realized I had reached a dead end. I tried to think fast as the wolves were catching up to me quickly. I jumped up to a ledge and took a flying leap right over the astonished wolf pack. I had to give these wolves an A for persistence. They certainly did not know when to give up. Didn't realize that I couldn't stay with them though? That I had a family to get back to? My brother and my parents would certainly worry about me being out so late.
Something jumped right into my path. I didn't have time to stop so I collided with the ice cold, rock hard figure. I yelped as I felt pain explode in my right shoulder. I hit the ground and rolled over. Suddenly teeth clamped down hard on my neck. It was alpha wolf. He didn't bite down hard enough to do any permanent damage but it was hard enough to get his message across. He was in charge of this pack which now included me. I had to do whatever he wanted me to do whether I liked it or not. I had no other choice then to submit.
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