Anita’s POV
I caught up with Carl easily, since he wasn't that deep in the woods. Which was weird, considering he'd had a good head start. But to my surprise he was sniffing the ground, looking utterly disgruntled even in his wolf-form!
Carl? I called out when I spotted the familiar wolf. Why are you here? My brother ordered you to follow the Alpha!
My brother, Carl, and his twin brother, Lenny, had been best friends since before they even knew what the word meant. They didn't have ranked wolves, but both brothers had sworn to always remain at Eirik's side and were loyal to him to the very being of their souls. So finding him out here disobeying Eirik's orders was a shock, to say the least.
The bodyguard just barely spared me a glance, before sticking his nose to the ground again. But
