Chapter 10

The day drew to a close in Jasper and the moon was rising he was walking alone in the woods he had snuck out he wanted to find this thing and fight it and if nothing else he wanted to find and kill Winston the leader he had trusted so much. He heard a rustle in the brush and turned to face it then he heard another this time close but from the rear he turned to face it also. "A two front fight" he thought "fair enough" he backed up a bit so both sides were in his view but he didnt keep one way covered the rear. He felt it before he saw it all he got out was a yelp before and extreme pain rang out in his stomach only there wasnt anything in its place then he saw his attacker the very thing he had been looking for. He cursed it "fuck you!" he said with the last of his quickly draining energy the world faded to black around him and it was over. The last thing he saw was the thing run away into the woods coward he thought the he died.

Flora jumped the lone wolf from his rear flank she toppled him and ripped his stomach out "Fuck you!" he exclaimed before dieing of extreme blood loss "i impress myself" she said out loud the she took off knowing someone was bound to find the body sooner or later. She was right the second she was out of sight a pack of wolves at least 10 surrounded the body it was the usual gasps and then curses one wolf though very beautiful looked at the body and then broke down "aww how cute he had a girlfriend" she thought to herself "just like that couple had pups due in a few months" Winston said from behind her. His mocking tone which far outdid hers made her feel a twinge of guilt but she hid it. "guilt is a weakness she told herself" "I heard that Winston said remember i can hear every word you say and it was very intersting last night while you slept." she scowled and said "fuck you could you a least try to mind your on buisiness?" "Hard to do when i can hear every word you say" Winston replied "and by the way" he said "nice kill you made it extra bloody nice way to shake them up a bit more." "I do.." she was cut off "you do try i know well enough" Winston said "you`ve said it enough times for me to remember."

The attack came has no shock to anyone but who it was did it was one of the higher alphas of the pack hierarchy his name was scott he had a very kind young girlfreind Jenny was had come back in shambles her parents had been killed in the second battle and now her boyfreind who she was going to marry in just a few weeks was dead like so many others. Humphrey really wasnt too affected by the murder it wasnt the first report he had gotten and he feared it wouldnt be the last. He walked back into the den and told Kate about the murder she simply nodded and let a single tear shed add this to the list of things making her so stressful. Soon one of them was going to lose it completely and he feared it would be Kate she was falling apart she was barely sleeping and she was getting to where she wouldnt talk to anyone and hardly to him if at all. He had heard about Kayla`s breakdown from Tyler who looked kind of like Humphrey the two of them though they were sleeping it wasnt enough they both still ahd baggy eyes and they were a bit stumbly when it came to walking and add the fear factor of it all and they were close to insanity themselves Laila after discovering it has been her best freind and her freinds husband who was murdered had also lost it a bit and Laila had had a nervous breakdown the previous night the pack overall was beginning to lose it little by little. It was only so long before they all totally lost it and if that happend they were all doomed.

Kayla was doing better she was able to sleep with only one nightmare waking her up and she had fallen asleep within minutes after it. She was still on edge the next morning she had heard about the murder but was glad to find out it was no one she knew and in hinesty mainly to herself she felt guilty about that huge relief knowing someone had lost someone they loved dearly to this thing but everyone in the pack had that story to tell. She went to visit Laila to find that she wasnt at her den but instead she had gone to see Humphrey and Kate. When Kayla arrived she saw Kate lieing in the corner Laila and Humphrey were talking and they both acknowleged her. "how are you feeling" asked Humphrey "I feel like im being eaten by my own emotions" kayla said but the truth was that was a huge understatement in reality it felt like it was ripping aprt from the inside not just eating her. "we all feel like that" Laila said and Humphrey nodded solemly Kayla and Laila both knew about Streak and how it must be tearing that family up. Kayla and Laila were careful not to bring it up but Laila finally asked "how is Kate doing?" Humphrey replied "not very good she can hardly sleep she stumbles when she walks and she will hardly talk to anyone." "Its like shes a hollow shell of herself" Humphrey finished. "I think we are all somewhat like that" Kayla siad and they both nodded in agreement with her. "Well i need to get home" Kayla said as she got up "bye" they both called out Laila left a few minutes later and Humphrey went to check on Kate. She was shaking and she had tears in her eyes he sat down next to her "Shhhhhhh" he said "im here" he didnt dare say everything was fine because he knew that was a lie like no other. "she stopped crying and the shaking wnt down a bit. "hold me just hold me" she said and he did just that until the night fell.