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Finally, it was tto return to the BloodMoon pack, and this t| would not go back without my Ayla in my
arms. For the past week, | had been training the guards. | made sure every single one of them knew what Ayla
looked like. That they all knew what David looked like, and that they all knew they should kill them if that meant
they could save Ayla.
1 did as Dad requested, or should | say suggested, and | kept about 30% of the army back at the castle. While
70% joinedin the Blood Moon pack. Of course, Dillion, Collin, Gerard, and Jessa joinedtoo. They would
always be there forand Ayla. | knew they would. But the fact that so many of us meant that we could not
take the jet. It's not a commercial airplane, so we cannot fit the hundred wolves that joinedinto the
BloodMoon pack. Somehow | liked that because driving there might take longer, but it was more active. It felt like
| was actually doing something to get closer to her. To get her back, | just knew | would have been restless on the
plane. Now | needed to focus On the road ahead of me, that is why I chose to drive alone.
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It is funny how the sjourney can feel so much shorter or longer depending on the reason for the journey.
Knowing this t| was going there, this tto rescue her. And how much t| would need to finally find her
the road to the BloodMoon pack seemed too long. That
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would have been the only upside of using the plane. It would have been there so much faster. Now | need to stop
halfway through the journey. We had made a reservation on forehand. Claiming to be a football team here for
practice, still, the hotel staff looked at us funny when we all entered the hotel. As was often the case when a
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Another downside of having to travel like this. But the biggest downside. was, how human we needed to act. We
couldn't shift to go for a run when most of us had a lot of pent-up energy. Eating as much as we wanted to in just
one restaurant. Because we eat more than an average human does, Dillion, Gerald, and | have been kicked out
of an all-you- can-eat restaurant before. Since they thought we were stealing food with how much we were
eating. To solve that, we go our separate ways in different groups. So that we do not draw so much attention to
ourselves. We would also all eat at two restaurants. Making this a costly trip, but | would drain the entire treasury
and my own accounts to get Ayla back, and it would all be worth it.
| knew that I could not get away with eating on my own. Dillion and the rest of them insisted on all of us going
together. Which would mean they would watch me. Keep an eye on what | was eating, and if | would make do
with the bare minimum because | was hardly able to swallow anything down. Not with the lump in my throat. Not
with the ball of nerves and worries about my mate longed in my throat.
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Dinner last night could have been worse, the others did carefully watch
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what | was eating. Still, the fact that | wasn’t alone all night made the tgo by faster. Now | was on the road
again, on my own in my car. Doing something to get closer to Ayla. Blasting songs that remindedof her.
Talking to her, promising her that | was getting closer to her. | didn’t hear her voice anymore. By now, | didn’t
even know if it had been real or not. Still, talking to her, believing, or maybe just hoping that she could hear me
madefeel better.
Everyone agreed withnot to stop at a hotel again tonight. We all wanted to get to the BloodMoon pack as
fast as possible. Not just to be able to shift and act like ourselves without having to be overly aware of the fact
that humans might notice something “weird” about us. Everyone was just as determined to get Ayla back as |
was. We talked about the fact that we would arrive so late in the night, and it would be dark out already. And it
had been one of our guards, Nicky, who suggested we could just go on a nice run. To give our wolves some
freedom after a long road trip.
“We can’t help being wolves, and being alert and maybe finding sclues when we do now can we Prince
Griffin” She had smirked.
| had just hugged her and everyone knew enough at that moment. Now | was antsy to finally arrive and go on
that run we talked about. She had a point, going out as wolves might be a smarter idea than going in our human
forms. Our instincts and senses are much better developed than those of a regular human, even in our human
forms. But it still was nothing compared to our instincts and especially senses when we were in our wolf forms.
Combined with the fact that we will be closer to the ground to notice clues like scents and footprints. | felt bad |
didn’t come
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After being in the car for another nine hours, with a thirty-minute break to get sfood. We finally arrived at
the Blood Moon pack at dusk. Alpha Jay and Luna Tessie were already waiting for us at the entrance. They both
looked awful, which made sense. Alongside their daughter being missing, they had taken over a pack that was
ruined to the ground. And while they were rebuilding it, they learned their little girl was raped. Raped by the wolf
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmthe once hoped she would be mated to.
The second Tessie saw me, she burst out in tears. Now was the tforto be strong. Not because | was, but
because it was what Ayla would want forto do. | walked over to Tessie and wrapped her in a tight hug.
“Don’t worry, we will get her back, and we will make him pay for what he has done” | told her.
“I know, and | am so happy she found a mate so understanding. Thank you for not blaming my little girl. | don’t
think she would survive losing you” Tessie answered me.
“Well, that won't happen because | would not survive losing her either. But listen, none of us could shift
yesterday. Do you mind if we go for a short run before we settle in?” | asked both her and Alpha Jay.
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The last gavea knowing smile, but they agreed. Even as befriended packs, as family. Werewolves are
sticklers for traditions and rules, showing our respect for one another. Withasking the Alpha and Luna for
permission to do something good for my.pack. The guards | brought with their written permission. | made sure
not to upset any of the other pack members. Which in the end would make my life so much casier. The loyalty in
this pack still was fragile, and we needed the pack to be strong enough to take on their former Alpha. Because
more and. more it seemed like that would be what we were going to have to deal with. Hopefully sooner rather
than later.
“Con guys, we can go on a run for about an hour before we have to settle in”
| shouted at my army, who stood at attention, paying their respect to this new Alpha and Luna. I felt a swirl of
pride in my chest as | looked at them, | truly did not understand how the Birches had run this pack to: the ground
because they only wanted higher-ranking members. But | had no tto think about that, | needed to go into
the woods to find my girl, and so I did...
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