Chapter 23: To Jasper

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:Humphrey's POV:

Shadow lay there as one of our medics tried to keep him stable.

"Will he make it." I asked.

"I'm not sure, it seems he's lost a large amount of blood I'm surprised that he was able to stay conscious as long as he did." replied the medic.

"What do you think happened?" I asked

"Well from the amount of cut's all over his body and the blood on his own claws I would say a prolonged fight with another wolf, although not from our pack the cuts are to small to match the size of claws on any of our wolves." the medic explained.

"It couldn't have been a Jasper wolf they are dealing with our southern allies plus the reigon into our territory is either flooded or covered in mud that would swallow a wolf up whole if he ever tried to cross it." I replied.

"It's possible that maybe one of the Jasper wolves wasn't able to retreat with the rest of their army and was stranded behind enemy lines." he replied.

Sera and Marcus were nearby keeping watch while the medic attended to Shadow and I knew what they were thinking, they wanted payback an so did I but before I could say anything to anyone Trepex appeared carrying the body of Hunter. I was shocked, I couldn't believe that someone killed Hunter. Sera started crying on Marcus's shoulder but he didn't shake her off or push her away he just held her as she cried.

"Who did this!" I demanded.

"I don't know but whoever did took Noah and Nicholas with them." replied Trepex.

"Dammit, send out a search party, I want them found now!" I ordered.

"Already done sir." Trepex replied.

I walked over to Marcus holding a still crying Sera.

"Take her home and keep an eye on her." I ordered.

"Yes, sir." Marcus replied quietly, then he led her away, she did not protest.

As they walked away Shadow started to come to but not very quietly. As soon as he opened his eyes he started to scream as the medic attempted to give him some herbs that would ease the pain. When the herbs finally took effect I began talking to him.

"What happened Shadow?"

"A wolf came out of nowhere and started walking toward us. Hunter told him to stop but he kept on walking and when Hunter told him to stop again he slit his throat. I tried to fight him off but he was so strong and I was so tired that he eventually overpowered me. I didn't know what else to do so I ran before he could finish me off."

"Was there anyone else with him?"

"Yes, Nicholas was with him but not as a captive he was working with him."

"Anything else."

"No sir everything else is just blank."

"Ok soldier you've done your job now rest."

Hours past and the sun was rising in the east when the search party finally reported in with nothing to show. This was bad with Noah and Nicholas gone who knows what could happen if the Jasper wolves learned from Nicholas our plan to launch an offensive and they had their master strategest back but we couldn't do anything because the trail had gone cold when we hit a river that was surprisingly calm. That was most likely the way they had gotten out of our territory.

I called the war council together to create a plan. The best we could come up with was to just launch our offensive early. So I decided we would do just that so we could end this war once and for all otherwise the war would last another year costing countless lives. We were headed for Jasper and we weren't going to stop, we had to end this once and for all.

AN: I know short chapter but I was really tired today I'll make the next one much longer expect it next Tuesday. Please Review.