Chapter 24: Wolf Territory

Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Wolf Territory

The ground came at them like a blade ready to devour them

"GENO WEAPON. NOW!" Luke roared. Purple light erupted as his sword snapped into existence.

Morgan on the other hand screamed inside his head. Literally Begged the system, but it kept dropping the same notification.

`[ERROR: GENO WEAPON SHATTERED]`

`[CANNOT GENERATE]`

"It’s gone! It’s not—"

"SHIT!"

The forest swallowed them.

Black trunks with no sky. It looks like a literally limitless bottomless fall

Luke drove his sword into the nearest tree.

Wood shrieked and splinters exploded. Smoke burned his l lungs as he carved a trench down the trunk, slowing inch by inch.

Morgan meanwhile had nothing. He reached his fingers and clawed air at the air. With a miracle he managed to catch a branch.

CRACK.

Pain instantly exploded in his chest. His left arm snapped violently. He spun, hit the ground, and rolled for a second.Blood filled his mouth

He kept silent for a while due to the pain.

For a clean 3 seconds, Morgan felt the world was gone.

Then he heard boots walking towards him. He looked up and saw Luke landed in a crouch beside him. Dust and sap in his purple hair. The blindfold was a little bit torn , but his actual eyes were not visible.

"Are you okay?" Luke’s voice was rough.

Morgan coughed. "Aside from a few crushed ribs. Never been better."

Luke exhaled. I see the fall hasn’t hindered your humor"

He ripped his sword free from the tree trunk. "Up. We’re not alone here."

The forest was absolutely spooky. There was no sunlight. No birds. No wind.

Just fog that clung to their skin and trees so thick they blotted out the sky.

And the silence only made things worse.

Morgan walked with one arm wrapped around his ribs. Every breath was glass.

When he turned around,that’s when he saw it.

A White. Behind a fallen log. A pub.

No bigger than a dog. Curly white fur matted with blood. Its left leg was torn to the bone. It couldn’t stand. It could only watch them with terrified amber eyes.

"Luke—"

Luke kept walking.He didn’t turn back

Morgan looked at it for a minute before deciding to walk towards it

He slowly crouched.

"Hey. Hey it’s okay."

The pup bared its tiny teeth at Morgan and Whined.

Morgan didn’t flinch. He reached out his hand and sank it into the fur. It felt Warm and shaking

"I’m not gonna hurt you," he whispered. "I’ll get you out of here. I promise."

"MORGAN."

Luke was behind him in an instant. Face pale under the blindfold.

"Where did you get that?."

"I found it. It’s dying—"

"MORGAN THIS IS WOLF TERRITORY!" Luke grabbed him by the collar. "That is their CHILD. You don’t touch their children!"

But it was too late.

Growling low and deep from behind every tree. From every corner: were wolves.

White and Massive. 7 feet at the shoulder. Deep scars down its face. Eyes gold and ancient. It was undoubtedly an Alpha wolf. But surprisingly it didn’t move. It just watched the pup in Morgan’s arms.

They turned to another wolf and blocked them. Then another.

Within seconds they were in a circle. Twenty wolves with teeth bared and no No fear where staring at them venously

Luke’s sword was in his hand. But the wolves didn’t care. They inched closer saliva dripping from corners of their mouths

The pup in Morgan’s arms trembled. Clueless.

Luke looked at Morgan then at the pup. Suddenly he tore the pup from Morgan’s arms.

The blade came up and pressed against the soft white throat.

"BACK OFF NOW!."

"LUKE STOP!" Morgan lunged, pain screaming through his ribs. "Don’t you—"

But suddenly, the alphas stared at Luke with the wolf in its hand, then their gaze shifted to Morgan’s horror.

For a long second, nothing moved.

Then the Alpha tilted its head.

And growled once.

The circle slowly parted.

A path opened for Luke and Morgan.

Luke didn’t breathe until they were past the trees.

Then he shoved the pup back into Morgan’s arms and kept walking.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Morgan shouted, clutching the shaking pup.

"THAT WAS US LIVING!" Luke spun on him. "You think I wanted to do that?! You think I—" He cut himself off. His hand was shaking.

"You don’t listen!"

"YOU’RE NOT MY DAD!"

"I’M NOT!" Luke snapped. Then quieter tone "I’m not your dad, Morgan. But this is The wolf territory and we just took their child.

People who don’t listen in the Lawless Lands.....die.And the Alpha let us go because now it knows our scent.

Next time it finds us, it won’t be so merciful."

The pup in Morgan’s arms licked his bloodied hand.