Blood Fang
Copyright© 2008 by David Caspian
Chapter 2
As they neared the pack Paul was the first to notice it. Immediately he stopped feeling them in the very air. He sensed a dozen separate individuals and he did not need to be told they were lycanthropes.
Wounded Leg was a normal wolf but the others were so much more. There was both a human and wolf presence in each of them.
Right now the human presence was but a whisper but it was there and he could feel it. Like an overlay the wolf covered over the human one, until someone could barely see it.
Closing his eyes Paul reached out to them and all their minds immediately turned to him. Their voices filled his mind. Each greeted them and Paul saw their human faces and heard their human names.
'I'm Paul." He said projecting his mind to keep up the contact.
One voice came forward saying, "Leave now!"
The command burst into Paul's mind but it did not break his concentration and it had no sting.
"I will leave when I am good and ready. Who are you to show such rudeness?" Paul thought not liking his voice.
It's human name was Luke but the voice said, "I am the Alpha of my pack, and you are trespassing. Your companion I will allow in our territory, but you must leave."
Paul was not thinking clearly. All he heard was the challenge and in response he was filled with aggression. He had done nothing wrong so why should he be treated like an outlaw?
What he should have wondered was the why. Not only was Paul an Alpha but he was a strange werewolf entering another Alpha's territory.
A normal wolf wasn't a threat but Paul was. Luke was treating Paul accordingly. The only trouble was while Paul had an excuse, Luke should have known better.
Paul sensed his approach and snarled at the sight of him.
The two moved forth to meet each, circling as they bared their teeth. Wounded Leg could only watch as the two Alphas prepared to do battle.
Once battle was engaged, there would be only one winner. In a burst of speed Luke charged forward and the battle was joined.
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