CH IX

Allan POV

What was going on? My mind felt all jumbled up and woozy. Did I just banish my sister for execution? I was just sitting and having lunch with my parents and Julia's family and few members of the pack right. Whom was I asking I don't know. My wolf Ralph has not spoken to me in a month. I could not understand why though.

I felt fit and fine but still felt something off. I looked around me trying to understand what had just happened in the dining hall of the pack house. I was pondering things in my mind, when I felt Julia come up and squeeze my shoulder. Immediately I felt at peace with myself.

"baby don't worry yourself. she will not hurt me anymore. she is gone.", she cooed.

"I know", i replied curtly. I didn't understand what I was doing with her and why would my sister be hurting her. "it's ok I guess. Let's go to our room. I need to rest."

"yes baby. you need to rest. let's go."

With that we climbed the stairs to the first floor where the alpha and luna stay. I moved to my door and opened and was about to close when she came closer to me and purred

"baby wait for me, am coming in with you. we can have some fun."

I looked at her as though she had sprouted two heads. She was not my mate so why would I even sleep with her. "your not my mate, so why would I sleep with you?"

Her face contorted slightly before going back to normal and she whispered reaching out to me on my shoulder and squeezing, "baby but I am your mate. don't you remember me?"

With that she closed the gap between us and I was in a trance with her. I was lost in the dark depths of my mind and did not know nor comprehend what happened after. I had blacked out.

Ariya POV (wolf)

We had been running for a while now. My legs were getting tired and the lack of sleep to escape no-man's land was getting to me. I thought probably a few hours of sleep would not hurt anyone. With that thought I found nice little spot close to a small stream under a huge banyan tree and dozed away.

It was a few hours maybe and I was brought to current situation with a snap of a twig. Immediately I took a defensive stance and looked around me for the threat but could not find anything in the dark. I noted that it had got dark. It has probably been 2 days now that I escaped Blackheart pack and out in no-man's land. Suddenly I was thrust with hunger pangs and I really needed some food in my tummy.

I reached out to my human self and found that she was still resting herself and recuperating. I thought maybe few more hours would help and I can take care of us. I lifted myself off the ground and took to sprinting in the forest to find something to bite into and satisfy my hunger pangs which was roaring like a lion. You could probably hear the sound out loud. I wolf laughed at my thoughts and was aimlessly wandering when I heard the twig snap again from a long way in front of me.

I immediately took close to the ground and took an attack position, how did I know i guess its biology or genes not sure. It's in our blood is the best answer i guess. Anyways i looked ahead and there coming towards me was a beautiful plump little hare, hopping along its jolly way nibbling at roots and flowers. I licked my tongue against my chapped wolfy lips and lifted my hind legs ready to punce my prey.

I noticed in my mind Aria, my human self, waking up slightly. "Hello sleeping beauty", i quipped at her. She was in a sleep daze for a few seconds and did not understand where she was and who was talking to her. It took her few minutes to finally get a hold of the situation and finally she did. She moved forward and looked through my eyes and marvelled at how clear things looked for her. She then noticed the beautiful plump hare sitting and nibbling away at some fruit he had found.

"That's our meal", I informed her. "What? You can't eat such a beautiful thing", she clarified softly. "We either eat that or go hungry until next meal, don't know when that would be", i grumbled back wary at her naivity. "Okay", was all she said. I guess she closed her eyes, till I had finish my hunt and filled my belly.

"Soooo...you done?" "yep",I said popping the 'p'.

"umm how do I get my body back?"

"you just think about it and you get it back"

"okay", she said and scrunched her eyebrows thinking hard. Soon I reeded to the back of her mind and her human body returned. she opened her eyes and was awestruck at what happened to her. "wow" was all she said.

"Okay...not that you have learned to shift shall we move ahead?"

"Move ahead where? I don't know where to go?"

"I will guide you just follow or do as I say." "okay"

We started to walk with renewed energy. Guess the sleep of 2 days did give her the rest and energy she required or atleast a little to carry on. I taught or rather coached her to smell and notice things that she had never seen all her life. Being locked up in that shit hole, she had lost a lot of her life. we were walking a path that lead to a meadow, where beautiful fruit trees grew. How did I know it, no idea. My nose just took me there i guess.

She stopped staring at the view in front of her. It was a breathtaking view. A river with crystal clear waters flowed and was surrounded by fruit trees and flowers all around. Looking at the fruit trees she started to reach for it and plucked one out. She tasted it and decided that was the most tastiest fruit she had ever tasted. After this small meal, we thought it was better to rest for the night here it looked and felt safe. We soon fell into a beautiful sleep that would change things to come.