Fire

Unknown POV

Three years ago

"Hey, what're you doing over here? I thought you normally went for a run in the morning?" Allison asked.

Realizing I didn't want to give away the real reason I came stalking over here, I said the first excuse that came to mind.

"Yeah, I'm on my way to doing that, but Luna Rachel wants to see you in her office." Before she could say anything, I quickly took off for my run. That was probably the worst excuse I could have come up with. If her mom wanted to see her she would just have mind-linked her. I could have said literally anything else, now she will figure out I lied.

After a few hours of running the pack borders, I decided to start heading towards the pack house for some lunch before I started training our newest warrior recruits.

Halfway to the pack house, I suddenly had multiple pack members trying to contact me through mind-link.

"Beta, where have you been?! Everyone has been trying to reach you", I heard one of our warriors shout down the link.

"Hey, I just went for a run, sorry I must've been blocking the link, I had a lot on my mind. What's going on?" I asked.

"Sir, you need to come to the packhouse, ASAP!"

Hearing the fear in his voice, I shifted into my wolf Apollo to get there faster. Apollo towered over most wolves and was bulky, thanks to my training at a young age. He was pitch black and had the same black eyes to match.

Sniffing the air, I suddenly realized why the warrior sounded fearful. Smoke. How did I not notice it sooner? I'm a wolf for goddess sake, I should've smelt it from miles away. Barrelling through the trees into the clearing, I saw my worst nightmare. The pack house was on fire.

A:N/ Hello lovely readers, apologies for the short chapter. The next one is longer :) are you enjoying the book so far? I hope so, lots of love <3