BINDA The Werewolf Orphan

CHAPTER 2

SPOILS OF WAR

“Check everywhere! Make sure you find them! And bring them to me!” Lane ordered as they arrived at Drocco's house with Drocco chained on both legs, his eyes were swollen and bleeding.

They searched his house but couldn't find his wife and other members of his pack, Larry caught the scent of one of the wolves on a shallow path linking to the forest, the half-brother’s pack members in no haste jumped and tailed it to the forest in pursuit of what might have fled through the path.

Clifford could sense they were on their tail as he could hear a wild chase pounding from the ground beneath him.

“Sansa! We need to be fast, hurry! Get the Luna on my back!” he said shapeshifting to his werewolf.

Sansa hurriedly helped the Luna on Clifford’s back, wrapping her arms around his neck, Binda who was wrapped to Lisbon's chest gave a slight grunt, Clifford noticed they were firm and started running with more speed, Sansa shapeshifting to her werewolf followed suit and was behind him.

Lisbon had never ridden a werewolf before, but had seen her husband transformed into one, at first she was scared at the sight of her husband's wolf but when she tried to move closer she noticed his eyes remained tender towards her and she could feel him.

The ride with Clifford was not smooth, because Clifford had to run in a zig-zag form pounding from one diagonal position to the other with Sansa doing the same, however in an opposite direction.

She thought to herself, wolves are smart, they do this to cover their tracks from being tailed.

She could feel part of her legs losing grip as the running continued and she couldn't find a convenient way to hold it close to Clifford's body.

Sansa noticed and mind-linked Clifford to slow down so the Luna could get more grip.

Lisbon, looking for an opportunity to adjust her legs for more grip finally got it as she noticed Clifford slowed down for no reason.

Quickly, she positioned her leg in a V-shape with her knee pointed downwards on both sides and her feet crossed each other on Clifford's back, suddenly she felt Clifford taking up the pace again, what a slight relief she felt.

Clifford noticed a cave in their direction and headed over there to have a break as he could no longer feel the invaders chasing them.

Sansa hurriedly entered the cave to sniff for any danger and if it was safe, “Luna, you can come to take a rest”, Sansa said, already in her human form, Lisbon handed her a piece to cover up her body.

Lisbon entered the cave, looking closely and using her palm to feel the walls of the cave, never imagined such a place existed.

Tears rolled down her eyes, with her feet trembling, the thought of her husband losing to the invaders had crossed her mind, her heart was pounding gently, as she remembered how her husband had promised to bring her to see a place like this.

Drocco had informed her of the cave of Dunglam, an ancient cave in the forest where the wolves go to ease and cleanse their mind.

Tears continued flowing down her cheeks, making Binda give a loud grunt, as she wasn't comfortable any longer, she gently placed her down and gave her water to drink from the backpack she had collected.

“Sansa, stay with the Luna while I check how safe we are” Clifford said, while heading towards the north part of the cave, he could sense the pounding on the ground and the scent of werewolves coming closer to him he was about to run back to the cave to warn Sansa and the Luna when an Arrow struck him on the leg.

He shapefited to his wolf immediately and gave a loud growl. Sansa could hear his growl and she knew there was danger, “Luna, we have to go now!”.

She stepped out of the cave and as she was about to shapeshift to her wolf, one of the invaders' wolves jumped on her.

Larry, the duo-Alpha was a very good hunter, one of the best, he could easily tell the paths had been threaded either by a human or a hunter, once he saw the zigzag prints on the ground he knew they were fresh and they belonged to the wolves who fled the paths.

Immediately he had ordered all hot chase to stop, rather they walk on the top of the paws, making lighter moves until when it's time to give a hot pursuit.

Once Larry felt the scent getting stronger, he knew they were close by and ordered all the wolves to speed up the movement. “Get them now! they are here!” Pointing towards the cave.

Lisbon was frightened, knew Sansa was being attacked and they were here, all she could do was protect her child Binda.

Immediately she rubbed an ornament on Binda's body to prevent the wolves from sniffing her scent and hid her in one of the shallow parts of the cave. She drew out her sword and stepped out to help Sansa.

Sansa had been seriously injured and was still fighting the wolf when she stuck the sword in the wolf, immediately the wolf gave a sharp whimper cry, and fell on the ground.

“Sansa! Sansa, can you hear me? We have to go now!” said Lisbon while pushing her lying body to the ground.

Sansa was not breathing, she had injuries and open wounds all over her body, and they weren't healing, Lisbon knew something was wrong, she knew a werewolf could heal from an injury but wondered why she was not healing.

Lisbon looked at the teeth of the dead Invader wolf who had attacked Sansa and noticed a bluish colour in his teeth gum, the canine revealing the liquid dripping from its mouth, she thought to herself, “This isn’t normal, were they injected with teeth poisoning?”.

Quickly she stood up trying to head towards the cave to grab her baby, four other wolves appeared, with one dragging Clifford's dead wolf along and dropping it in front of her.

She knew it was over and she needed to do something to prevent more concentration on the cave at this point.

She threw down her sword signifying a surrender and knelt to the floor. Larry surfaced and immediately recognised her as the Luna. “Take her and let's go”... Larry ordered.

The wolves gathered to get the Luna chained as their prisoner and as they were about to leave, Larry could scent a strange smell coming from the cave, he felt something was not right and wanted to take a look.

Larry continuously walked towards the cave, Lisbon was scared and needed to do something in other to prevent Larry from entering the cave and finding her child.

Suddenly she fell, and the captives were a little bit perplexed, this caught the attention of Larry, who then ordered them to carry her and they all moved together.

“Thank God it worked!”, Lisbon thought to herself as she was being taken away by the invaders.

Drocco could feel the scent of his wife from afar as they drew nearer, he gave a loud cry and struggled to get loose from where he had been tied up, his hands were swollen and his lips turned dark from poisoning. His face was covered with blood and nostrils.

His wife saw him and ran towards him, wiping off his face with her baby's napkin, “where is she?” Drocco whispered, Lisbon knew he was asking of his daughter, they had similarities in common, the same set of eyes and looks, and one strange thing between them was that Binda never cried when she was with him, she always felt safe and loved her father.

“She is safe..” Tears rolled down Lisbon's Eyes crying profusely as these were the last words she could say to him before he was hanged in front of the Grand Square in Daytown.

It was a dark gloomy day in Daytown as the residents ran for their lives, those who couldn't, shut their doors and stayed silent in their houses with fear and their hearts pounding quickly as Drocco's house and pack were burnt to ashes.

The duo Alpha had always wanted to demonstrate dominance and control so they hanged Drocco till he died. Drocco's wife wept profusely as she was also laid to rest beside her husband.