Lunar Eclipse

Chapter Six

(Unknown Beta POV)

That was definitely a she-wolf but whether or not she was chasing me was not as certain, I knew she either smelled me or my Alpha but it was unsure which one she smelled. I took a long way around the forest before going back to camp just in case it was me she was chasing.

I finally got back to camp and looked around for my Alpha. I finally saw him splitting wood for the fire, he could have just ripped the wood apart with his bare hands but he was using an axe he had made from materials he gathered.

We had been at this camp the longest, the Alpha was going to try and ask Alpha Cajetan for help and sanctuary. Alpha Cajetan and Luna Randve were known for being kind to rouge wolves and ruthless in their killing of exiled wolves, it was our hope that they would take mercy on us.

“Alpha there was a she-wolf at the border, I wasn’t sure if she was a patrol but it seems very unlikely as she was alone” I was still in my wolf form so I had to mind link him, we preferred to stay in a wolf forms as much as possible, it made camping out in the woods easier and we only shifted back to do certain tasks that required apposable thumbs.

“What did she do at the border? Anything to suggest that she knows we are here?” Alpha turned around setting all the wood he just split on the other side of our makeshift tent, he then shifted back into his wolf form.

Every time he shifted my wolf cowered in fear slightly, my Alphas wolf was giant, a deep brown in color with black brindle all over his coat and in the right lighting he looked almost black. His wolf was especially good at camouflage and stealth. His teeth and claws were also twice the size of mine and being a male wolf I was already bigger than most.

“She howled, it spoke of, longing…”

Alphas head whipped around and stalked up to me “Was it your scent she caught or mine?”

“I am not sure Sir, it could have been either one since we ran together” my wolf was lowering its head out of respect, lately his tolerance was held by a frayed string so it was best to not push him with quips and jokes.

“I have felt the mate pull for a while now but it stronger here” I immediately looked at him, he had never spoken of a mate before, I had not known he was even looking for a mate.

“She was near about a half an hour ago but the pull is not as strong, but I feel it weakly” he looked off into the forest for a couple seconds before he turned to me “take me to where you saw her, I need to know for sure”

I didn’t question his order and took off towards the border where I saw her, the tracks still fresh in the ground. He sniffed the air and his wolf whined then growled. I never heard his wolf whine ever.

“Her scent… It can only mean one thing, she is my mate”