The Wolf Who Saved Me

I glanced at Reule, and he was looking irritated. I could see that he did not like having Landon there. He did not like the effect of Landon’s presence on me. We were all at the kitchen preparing the food for the evening run when Lila came back.

“Finally, you are here!” Landon said.

“Why do you want me to be here?” Lila asked and pouted her lips.

“Of course, I wanted you to help. As you can see, all of us are already doing something. What is left is doing the dishes that are piling up. Can you do that?”

“What!? I’m doing the dishes again?”

I turned my head because I did not want Lila to see that I slightly smiled. I could not help it. Everyone seemed to be asking her to do the dishes today.

“You are not washing dishes at home. We have a maid to do it for us, but currently, in here, there is no other person who is not occupied except you.”

“Landon, I could do something else like making the salad. I am good at it because that’s what I usually eat to get in shape.”

“There is already somebody doing it. Why can’t you just listen to your brother?” Reule intervened.

Lila sighed and then moved to the sink to start washing the dishes. When we had clean utensils and plates, we started taking them outside together with the food. I was holding a tray of glasses when I glanced at Lila looking at me like she wanted to kill me. Then, she rolled her eyes and stormed out of the kitchen. There was still some food and plates that are needed to be taken out, but she did not bother to help.

“Lila, why did you not bring the rest of the food and plates while heading out?” Landon asked, looking at her, annoyed.

“I thought my job was only to wash the dishes; then I am done,” Lila replied sarcastically and left Landon at the door entrance.

“Tsk.. tsk.. this spoiled brat! You make me feel ashamed that you are my twin,” Landon uttered while I was near the door.

“Please give that to me. And can you get the rest of the marinated meat that needs to be barbecued?”

“Sure!”

I went back, and when I was about to head out, I met Reule.

“You will be running with me tonight,” Reule ordered.

“Ah.. is that fine with the pack?” I asked.

“I make the final decisions. They can leave the pack if they don’t like it.”

My eyes widened upon hearing that. Then Reule took the meat that I was carrying and left.

“What was that? Why does he suddenly want me to join him?” I whispered while picking up the remaining plates at the table.

The briefing was about to start when I arrived outside and placed the plates on the table.

“Everybody, listen up! Here we are with our evening run once again. We will do the usual routine that we always do. But for tonight, Wren would be joining the run. She will be in my group, so I can guide her as to how it is done. Landon would be leading the second group, and he will call the names of the ones with him. Any questions?”

Nobody dared to ask, but I quickly glanced at Lila. And it was the same time that she looked at me with such hatred. I looked away so I wouldn’t feel annoyed by her reaction. Suddenly, I heard Landon call Lila’s name.

And I heard Lila cry, “What!?”

“Any problem with that, Lila?” Reule asked, looking at her with sharp eyes.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

“Why do I have to be with Landon’s group?”

“Because he is your brother, I know he would be comfortable running with you.”

“But Alpha Reule, I am sure he would not mind me running with you. Right, Landon?”

“It’s done, Lila. Let’s stop wasting time with this unnecessary discussion.”

“But, Alpha Reule..”

Reule suddenly declared, “Alright guys, let’s start the evening run!”

I walked towards Alpha Reule, and on the way there, Lila slightly pushed me. I wanted to grab her arms and pull her hair, but I realized that it would not do me any good if I do that. I just went towards Reule’s group, who are currently removing their t-shirts so they could transform.

Reule did not do it, and when I was near the group, he said, “I know you can only partly shift, so I would do the same. In that way, I could talk to you. And I don’t want to hear any acomplaints about it.”

Reule had practically shut me off, so I could not say anything. He started to shift partly, and I was left to do the same thing. When all of us turned, we began running into the forest.

“Stay close to me,” Reule ordered.

I did not say a word and just followed him. We did not see anything unusual along the way until we saw some tracks. I was surprised to see some footsteps shaped like paws. Reule saw it and ordered the rest of the group to stop and spread out on the nearby areas. Reule and I remained in the place where we saw the marks and followed them. It leads us to the highway, outside the pack territory.

Thirty minutes after, the rest of the group came back and signaled that they did not find anything. Before we went back to our assembly area, Reule sat down and sniffed the footsteps. We all could tell that it was a werewolf, but we were unsure if it was one of the pack members.

When all has returned and is now outside Reule’s house, Reule asks Landon, “What have you found?”

“We did not find anything unusual,” Landon replied.

“I see, but our group has found some tracks. Werewolf footsteps, to be exact. We searched the nearby areas but did not find anyone. Wren and I followed the tracks, and we got led to the highway. I thought it was one of us, but it smelled differently.”

Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise, especially when Reule added, “We must be cautious. We are being spied.”