CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: Hunting a prey

　　Blood hounds, werewolf’s shifters, pranced around horses’ hooves in the outer part of Valerian Castle. Nipping at each other’s butts, yapping and growling, ignoring their king’s words. All members of the werewolf Royal family that abodes in the castle were all present, Including Sian and Arian.

　　At last she was out the castle! Amelia thought excitedly as she clutched the reins of her mount, tightly in her fist. The hounds streamed past her, all excited to be in the open while the shifters sat in their human form on horses breathing in the fresh air of spring.

　　Some of the royal guards too were present, bright-eyed and colorfully dressed as this would mark their first hunting of the year, so close to the mating season.

　　The hunting expedition followed their hounds who were tracing after the tracks of a wild animal.

　　Suddenly they all stopped as the hounds took them to the spot where a bear dwelled. A wild bear.