Slaved To The Alpha

I then decided just to run, keep on running until I felt tired or exhausted. But that moment never actually came. The more I ran, the more I felt more energetic. I didn’t know where this sudden burst of energy was coming from, but I do know that it was benefiting me.

For a moment, I forgot everything that was happening to me, my problems from the Annual pack gathering preparations and the events itself, Krisna, Mabelle, my stress, anxiety. All of that went away as I felt like I was on top of the world. I felt like no one could stop me. I was untouchable.

An hour had since passed, finally felt the fatigue on my body, and I was panting. Was I finally exhausted? Was I able to drain all of my energy? If so, then not bad. I thought I was going to get exhausted way earlier than expected, but an hour and a half, that’s something.

I was finally ready to go home, and I kept hearing my comfortable and soft bed calling out my name as I jogged on the way home.

But before I could even exit the woods, I heard it. Footsteps, someone else was in here with me, I don’t know their intentions if they just came here to relax, or maybe they came here for me.

Whatever their reason was, I couldn’t let my guard down, and I was on all fours while looking for whoever was in here with me.

I focused on my hearing and smell, but I couldn’t figure out their location. I think my abilities are failing me. I should be able to hear and smell their scent even if they’re far away from me. Now, I can’t even hear my enemy, even if my life depended on it.

There it was again, a twig broke, but I can’t pinpoint which direction it came from. I think I’m becoming rusty. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been in a situation like this one. Maybe I really am getting rusty.

Suddenly, I couldn’t sense them anymore. I was able to know if someone was here, but I couldn’t track them accurately without my abilities. How should I proceed with this? I think I should just make a run for it, and I’m the one being hunted right now. If I stay in my current position, I’ll likely be dead meat if I was caught by surprise.

Having left with no choice, I made a run for it, and then they appeared again. I was able to sense them near me, but I didn’t know where they were. “Grant!” I heard my name, and I suddenly stopped since I thought they knew me.

But if this were a decoy, I surely would’ve been killed on the spot the moment I stopped.

“How do you know my name?” I said in a cautious tone of voice as I looked around to see if they were going to jump me.

The voice then started laughing. A couple of moments later, another fellow wolf came out of some bushes. “Why are you running? I thought you were scared or something.” I was being mocked by none other than Ralph.

I thought an assassin came to kill me, but it was just Ralph. “Ralph?! What are you doing here in the middle of the night?”

He chuckled and smiled at me. “I should ask the same thing to you.” His voice was deep, and I still don’t know how he was born with it.

Then I thought of something since I was still having trouble with my thoughts. Who better to let it all out to than Ralph.

“I’m here because I’m thinking too much at a time. I just needed a breather, that’s all.”

He was surprised that I, Grant, was even having a hard time processing all of this stuff. “really? Well, me, I just came here to patrol. When I asked around, they said that no one barely comes here, so I thought that this area was a security flaw, so I tried to patrol it, then I ran into you.”All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“Yeah, I thought that I was being attacked. Thankfully, I was wrong.’

“What is going on in your mind anyway?” he suddenly asked me out of nowhere.

I just looked into the sky and sighed. “Girl problems, the Annual Pack Gathering. Everyone and I mean everyone, keeps reminding me that I will meet my soulmate here, which I think I already do since she kept saying she was, but I don’t believe in any of that fairytale, and my mother also keeps on pushing that topic on to me.” I just went straight to the point since I didn’t want to waste any more time.

“You know, Grant, when I was your age, I used to think the same. I hated people that told me what to do, and I hated people that got too close in my personal space. But as I aged, their advice and the things they were telling me to do actually paid off in the long run. I’m not saying that everything they say is right, but you have to follow them sometimes to see if they’re wrong or not. They are your family, and they’re trying to help you, not drag you down.” He said in an enthusiastic tone of voice.

That actually got me thinking a little, and I think that he is actually right. I should try to take them up on their offer. But I don’t think that I will still change my mind about Krisna’s offer, that’s not what I need at the moment.